Eiichi Koyano hit a two-run go-ahead single in the sixth inning and Masaru Takeda threw one-run ball over seven effective frames as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters rallied to beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 2-1 on Wednesday night.
On a day when hits came at a premium for the Fighters, Koyano came through with the clutch hit to give his team the lead en route to its second win in a row.
Masato Watanabe, who replaced Toshiaki Imae after the third baseman hurt himself running out a grounder in the first inning, had an RBI grounder to open the scoring in the third at Tokyo Dome.