Kazuhiro Wada hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning and Hideaki Wakui pitched one-run ball over eight strong innings Sunday, leading the Seibu Lions to their eighth straight win with a 3-1 victory over the Nippon Ham Fighters.
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| Matt Franco of the Lotte Marines hits a leadoff tiebreaking homer in the fifth inning of Sunday's game against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Chiba Marine Stadium. |
Wada drove a Shintaro Ejiri (1-1) pitch over the wall in left field to give Seibu a 3-0 lead after Hiroyuki Nakajima and Alex Cabrera drew back-to-back one-out walks at Sapporo Dome.
Nippon Ham cut the deficit in the fifth on Wakui's wild pitch that scored Atsunori Inaba, who led off the inning with a triple to left, but fell short in its comeback attempt against the early season Pacific League leader.