Struggling 2010 Pacific League home run leader Takahiro Okada connected off Yu Darvish and went 4-for-5 with three RBIs as the Orix Buffaloes beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4-2 on Friday.
After Darvish's departure, a two-out RBI triple by Mitsutaka Goto gave Orix a 3-2 lead in the top of the ninth inning and Okada followed with a base hit at Sapporo Dome.
Okada also hit a solo homer, his 14th of the season, in the fourth and an RBI double in the fifth.