TOKYO —

Alex Ramirez had a tiebreaking single and Wirfin Obispo threw one-run ball over 6-2/3 innings as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hiroshima Carp 4-1 on Thursday. Ramirez broke a 1-1 tie with his hit to center in the third and Yoshiyuki Kamei followed with an RBI grounder. Hayato Sakamoto capped the scoring with a run-scoring double in the sixth for the Central League leader.
   
Obispo (1-0), making his first start in Japan, scattered seven hits, struck out six and walked two at Tokyo Dome. Colby Lewis (4-4) took the loss. Kenta Kurihara homered for a 1-0 lead in the second before a Lee Seung Yeop RBI single tied it in the bottom half.

In other games: Tigers 4, Dragons 3; Fighters 6, Eagles 3; Buffaloes 6, Hawks 5, 11 innings and Marines 9, Lions 8, 12 innings

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  pawatan at 10:17 AM JST - 3rd July

  What, no words on the epic Seibu-Lotte game, or the Orix-Softbank one?

  JT, you need to step up your baseball coverage to more than one game a day.

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