Satoru Komiyama scattered three hits in 7 1/3 innings in his sixth start this season, lifting the Chiba Lotte Marines to a 3-1 victory over the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and helping the team snap a five-game losing streak Saturday afternoon.
Fukuoka - Keiichi Hirano of the Orix BlueWave is tagged out at second by Daiei Hawks
shortstop Munenori Kawasaki during Saturday's game at Fukuoka Dome.
Komiyama (1-2) allowed a run on two hits in the eighth after holding Kintetsu to one hit in seven shutout innings at Chiba Marine Stadium.
Benny Agbayani homered off Tetsuro Kawajiri (3-3) to open the scoring in the fourth and Matt Franco hit a two-run single in the fifth.