Yuichi Honda singled in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning as the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks ended the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' winning streak at seven games with a 2-1 victory on Sunday.
Honda's two-out single to left off Hiroshi Katayama scored pinch-runner Ryuma Kidokoro from second base at Kleenex Stadium.
The speedy second baseman also stole two bases in the game to raise his baseball-leading total to 44.
Brian Falkenborg got in and out of a two-on jam in the bottom of the 10th for his 16th save.
Masahiko Morifuku (4-0) worked two scoreless innings in relief of Tadashi Settsu. Darrell Rasner (3-4) took the loss.
Seiichi Uchikawa gave Softbank a 1-0 lead with an RBI single in the third. Kazuo Matsui hit his eighth home run of the season leading off the sixth.
Buffaloes 6, Marines 4
At Osaka Dome, Naotaka Takehara, Aarom Baldiris and Lee Seung Yeop homered to lead the Buffaloes to the win.
Lions 1, Fighters 0
At Seibu Dome, Fumiya Nishiguchi pitched his first shutout in six years, leading Seibu over Hokkaido Nippon Ham.
Nishiguchi (6-6) scattered three hits and struck out 10 without a walk. Hiroyuki Nakajima followed a sixth-inning leadoff triple by Takuya Hara with a sacrifice fly off Brian Wolfe (11-6).
CENTRAL LEAGUE
Dragons 3, BayStars 1
At Yokohama Stadium, Soma Yamauchi (2-1) pitched 6⅓ innings of one-run ball as Chunichi beat Yokohama for its third straight victory.
Tigers 1, Swallows 0
At Nishinomiya's Koshien Stadium, Randy Messenger and two relievers combined on a four-hit shutout as Hanshin edged first-place Tokyo Yakult in a tight contest.
Giants 2, Carp 2 (10)
At Hiroshima's Mazda Stadium, Hayato Sakamoto hit a tiebreaking two-run triple in the top of the 10th inning as Yomiuri outlasted Hiroshima.