Takeya Nakamura homered twice and drove in five runs and Kazuhisa Ishii threw six effective innings, leading the Seibu Lions to a 7-2 win over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Wednesday.
Nakamura turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead with a two-run shot in the fourth inning and connected off Hideki Asai (8-8) again in the fifth for a three-run drive, his Pacific League-leading 34th home run, at Seibu Dome.
Ishii (10-7) held Rakuten to two runs and five hits. Alex Graman got the final out for his 24th save.