Baseball: Chusei Mannami sparks home run barrage as Fighters beat Giants
Nippon Ham starter Kota Tatsu (4-0) continued his strong season, fanning seven over 6-2/3 innings in which he allowed one run on four hits and three walks.
Mannami broke the ice for the visiting Pacific League club at Tokyo Dome with his 13th home run of the year, a two-run blast to right field off a full-count slider from lefty Haruto Inoue (3-6).
With none out, Fushimi launched a back-to-back bomb off his second pitch from Inoue, lifting it deep over left field.
Inoue retired the next two batters before Mizutani joined the home run party with No. 4 of the season to right.
The Fighters extended their win streak to three, while Yomiuri's loss was their fourth straight, dropping the Central League club below .500.
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