The Chiba Lotte Marines' pitchers were off to a good start, but the team's offense was having a little trouble getting things going against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Oddly enough, it was the Eagles who eventually gave the Marines the push they needed.
Shunichi Nemoto hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh, and the Eagles walked in a pair of runs later in the frame that helped propel the Marines to a 6-3 win on a cold Saturday afternoon at QVC Marine Field.