In what had once been his personal house of horrors, Seibu's Fumiya Nishiguchi won his 180th career game at Tokyo Dome on Friday.
The 39-year-old allowed a run in 5 2/3 innings and Hiroyuki Nakajima backed him with a pair of home runs as the Lions knocked the Yomiuri Giants out of first place in the Central League with a 6-4 victory. It was the Lions' third straight win.
Nishiguchi (4-1), who was winless as a starter at the dome between August 1996 and June 24, 2007, allowed five hits and a walk. He struck out four. He went 1-for-3 at the plate and scored the go-ahead run in the fifth after the Giants tied it 1-1.