South Korean slugger Lee Seung Yeop went 4-for-6 and the Chiba Lotte Marines scored six times after loading the bases with one out in the fifth inning en route to demolishing the Orix BlueWave 17-7 with a season-high 23-hit attack Wednesday.
Seibu Lions second baseman Hiroyuki Takagi throws the ball to first to complete a 6-4-3 double play on Kintetsu Buffaloes baserunner Eiji Mizuguchi and Fumitoshi Takano at Osaka Dome. The Lions won 9-8.
Shunsuke Watanabe (5-5) allowed four runs on seven hits with three strikeouts for the win at Yahoo BB Stadium.
Orix's Jason Phillips (2-3) was chased in 3 2/3 innings after yielding five runs and got tagged with the loss.