The Fukuoka Daiei Hawks rallied for three runs in the 11th inning with a little help from Seibu relief pitcher Shinji Mori on Saturday and regained first place in the Pacific League standings with a 6-3 win over the Lions.
WonLostTiedPct.GBHanshin 10 2 0 .833 -Yomiuri 7 5 0 .583 3.0Hiroshima 7 5 0 .583 3.0Yakult 6 7 0 .462 4.5Chunichi 4 8 0 .333 6.0Yokohama 3 10 0 .231 7.5Pacific League
WonLostTiedPct.GBDaiei 8 3 1 .727 -Seibu 8 4 0 .667 0.5Kintetsu 7 4 1 .636 1.0Nippon Ham 7 4 0 .636 1.0Orix 4 8 0 .333 4.5Lotte 0 11 0 .000 8.0
With runners on first and second and one out in the 11th, Mori made a wild throw to first base on a bunt by Takeshi Nonogaki, allowing the go-ahead run to score at the Seibu Dome. Kenji Jojima followed with an RBI single.
Kazuhiro Wada, who hit the winning homer in Seibu's 2-1 win Friday, belted a two-run homer in the ninth off Hawks closer Rodney Pedraza to send the game into extra innings.
BlueWave 4, Marines 0
Tatsuya Shindo doubled home a pair of runs and scored twice and Orix saddled Chiba Lotte with its 11th straight loss with a win at Green Stadium Kobe.
Orix lefty Koo Dae Sung gave up five hits and four walks over six innings and allowed Lotte to load the bases in the first and fourth, but escaped unscathed for the win.
Lotte manager Koji Yamamoto took Derrick May (batting .125) and Frank Bolick (two hits in 31 at-bats) out of the lineup to shake up the hapless Marines.
Buffaloes 12, Fighters 3
Norihiro Nakamura, Nigel Wilson and Tuffy Rhodes all connected for two-run homers as Kintetsu romped over Nippon Ham at the Osaka Dome.
CENTRAL LEAGUE
BayStars 3, Tigers 2
Takuro Ishii drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning as Yokohama came from behind to end a three-game losing streak with a win over front-running Hanshin at Koshien Stadium.
Carp 8, Swallows 2
Koichi Ogata homered twice and drove in three runs as Hiroshima beat Yakult at Hiroshima Stadium.