There were strikeouts on Roki Day on a sell-out weeknight crowd in Chiba, a Shosei Togo shutout, another strong effort from Jeremy Beasley as Hanshin avoided being swept at Jingu Stadium while two PL teams did complete three-game sweeps.

Thursday’s games:

Giants 5, Carp 0: At Tokyo Ugly Dome, Yomiuri’s Shosei Togo (8-6) and Hiroshima’s Daichi Osera (4-2) battled to a scoreless draw through 6-1/2 innings before the Giants opened the scoring in the bottom of the seventh on singles by Takumi Oshiro and Hayato Sakamoto, and a Coco Montes double. The Carp failed to get the first out against Togo, who was credited with an RBI on a single that got past left fielder Shota Suekane, allowing two more runs to score.

“The ball bounced in the opposite direction from how I expected it to,” Suuekane said.

Osera left after issuing a one-out walk, and Elier Hernandez singled in the inning’s fifth run. Togo allowed five hits, a walk and a hit batsman while striking out five over the distance to snap Hiroshima’s eight-game unbeaten run.

The teams split the series one win, one loss and one tie.

“I think for playing on the road, everyone gave their best effort,” Carp manager Takahiro Arai said. “We played good baseball.”