Yuki Ariyoshi pitched seven solid innings Wednesday but the Chiba Lotte Marines' bullpen gave up seven runs and allowed the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to stage a late rally for an 8-7 sayonara victory.
Ariyoshi, the Marines' fifth pick in the 2016 draft, scattered four hits and held the Fighters to a run, but a five-run eighth followed by back-to-back runs in the ninth squandered the right-hander's work.
Sho Nakata, who drove in five runs for the Fighters on Tuesday, knocked in three more during the day game at Obihiro Stadium.