Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Keizo Kawashima spoiled Atsuya Furuta's preseason debut as player-manager Sunday, hitting a walkoff three-run homer to hand the Yakult Swallows a 4-2 loss in an exhibition game.
Atsushi fujimoto of the Hanshin Tigers connects for a double during the first inning of a preseason game against the Orix Buffaloes in Kochi.
Furuta put fellow catcher Tomohito Yoneno in the lineup and stayed on the bench until Kawashima ended the game with his one-out homer over the left-field fence at Nago municipal stadium in Okinawa Prefecture.
Former Seattle Mariners reliever Masao Kida worked two scoreless innings for Yakult while right-hander Michael Nakamura, who joined Nippon Ham from the Toronto Blue Jays last year, pitched a scoreless ninth.
Tigers 11, Buffaloes 4
At Kochi, Hanshin catcher Ryo Asai hit a two-run homer in going 3-for-3 and infielder Atsushi Fujimoto added three hits in a 16-hit attack by the defending Central League champion.
Veteran Orix infielder Kazuhiro Kiyohara was 0-for-3 with a strikeout in his first game appearance since being released by the Yomiuri Giants last fall.
Lions 4, Hawks 4
Seibu outfielder Takumi Kuriyama hit a leadoff homer in a three-run first inning and went 3-for-5 in Kumamoto.
Rookie left-hander Hironori Matsunaga allowed Softbank to tie the game in the fourth inning before the two Pacific League rivals held each other scoreless the rest of the way.
BayStars 3, Dragons 1
Yokohama infielder Shogo Kimura singled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning as part of his three-hit performance in Chatan, Okinawa. Akifumi Takahashi and Yuya Ishii, who are vying for a spot in Chunichi's starting rotation, each allowed one run in three innings.