Home boys …

Marines stay unbeaten in interleague at CMS

The Lotte Marines kept their interleague home march in step on Tuesday, trampling all over the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants 11-0 at Chiba Marine Stadium.
Bill Murphy won his fourth decision without a loss, scattering four hits and three walks over seven innings as Lotte won its seventh straight at home vs. the CL.
Pacific League RBI leader Kim Tae Kyung added three more to his total with a two-run homer and an RBI groundout, and Toshiaki Imae had a two-run shot to power the Marines.
The Marines moved into a three-way tie atop the standings in the interleague race.
The PL is dominating interleague play with a 51-34 record, and five teams in the top spots in the standings.

EAGLES 3, TIGERS 2
Teppei Tsuchiya grounded a single up the middle in the ninth inning to give Rakuten its fifth walk-off win, beating Hanshin at the Kleenex Box.
Last year’s PL batting champion had three hits as the Eagles came back to win.

SWALLOWS 4, HAWKS 3
Former SoftBank infielder Ryo Yoshimoto tied the score with a pinch-hit RBI double in the seventh, and Norichika Aoki followed with a single to score him as Yakult rallied past SoftBank at Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome.
Kenichi Matsuoka, in his sixth year, earned his first pro save.

BAYSTARS 6, LIONS 2
Seiichi Uchikawa had three knocks, including a two-run triple in the fifth, and drove in three runs as Yokohama topped Seibu.
Naoyuki Shimizu (6-3) went seven innings, allowing hits, a walk and a hit batter to win his 99th career decision.

DRAGONS 4, BUFFALOES 3
Motonobu Tanishige’s two-run single in the ninth inning helped Chunichi complete a comeback from a three-run deficit and edge Orix at Skymark Stadium.
Orix closer Jon Leicester (0-2) has three loses in Japan in one-plus seasons -- all to the Dragons.
The Dragons also rallied past him in Nagoya on May 15.

CARP 5, FIGHTERS 4
Eiishin Soyogi’s ninth-inning double lifted Hiroshima past Nippon Ham at Sapporo Dome.