Zelous Wheeler belted a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles came from behind to beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3-2 in the Pacific League on Wednesday.
With two outs and Hiroaki Shimauchi on first, Wheeler sent reliever Hiroshi Urano's 1-1 pitch deep over the left field wall to put the Eagles in the driver's seat.
The Fighters had taken the lead in the top of the inning when Toshitake Yokoo hit a double off reliever Frank Herrmann to score Kensuke Kondo and Sho Nakata at a chilly Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi.