Shogo Akiyama and Takeya Nakamura hit back-to-back RBI singles as the Seibu Lions came from two runs down to beat rookie right-hander Takahiro Norimoto and the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Facing a 2-0 deficit in the eighth, Seibu captain Takumi Kuriyama had an RBI grounder followed by singles by Akiyama and Nakamura to give the Lions a 3-2 lead.

Shintaro Masuda hit a one-out solo homer to tie it in the top of the ninth, but Esteban German decided the game with a walkoff single following Yuji Onizaki's one-out triple in the bottom half at Seibu Dome.