Tomoya Satozaki drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning to help the Chiba Lotte Marines to a 3-2 win over the Seibu Lions in the Pacific League on Tuesday.
Satozaki lined a double to left field off Minoru Yamagishi to put the Marines ahead for good after Daisuke Hayakawa reached on an infield single and Saburo Omura drew a walk from Seibu starter Koji Onuma at Goodwill Dome.
Yoshihisa Naruse (12-1) won his sixth straight decision after allowing two runs on six hits in 6 1/3 innings, helping Lotte narrow the gap on the front-running Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to 2 1/2 games.
Lotte took a two-run lead on a second-inning sacrifice fly by Shoitsu Omatsu and a Jose Ortiz double in the fourth. Seibu bounced back to tie it in the fifth on a solo homer from Takahiko G.G. Sato and a Yasuyuki Kataoka double.