Hiroyuki Nakajima had a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning and had two RBIs, Hiroshi Hirao hit a two-run homer and the Seibu Lions came from behind in a 7-4 win on Sunday, sweeping the Softbank Hawks in three games to move into first place.
Softbank went up 3-0 through the second inning but Takumi Kuriyama doubled in a run before Hirao's blast in the fourth tied it 3-3 at Seibu Dome.
Nakajima had an RBI single in the fifth and the game was retied on Roberto Petagine's run-scoring double in the top of the eighth. Kuriyama, Nakajima and Jose Fernandez hit consecutive doubles to give Seibu the lead in the bottom half.