Pinch hitter Shintaro Hiyama tied the game on an RBI single in the seventh inning and Takahiro Arai followed with a go-head single as the Hanshin Tigers came from behind to defeat the Chunichi Dragons 3-2 on Tuesday.
Scott Atchison (2-0) pitched seven sharp innings, allowing one run on five hits while striking out three with no walks in Hanshin's first home game at the renovated Koshien Stadium.
Kyuji Fujikawa gave up one run in the ninth but got Motonobu Tanishige to fly out after loading the bases with two out.