Cuba's Yulieski Gurriel went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in his Japan debut as the Yokohama BayStars rallied to beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 5-1 on Sunday afternoon.
Shun Yamaguchi (2-1) tossed one-run ball and yielded four hits over eight innings to win his second start since switching from the closer's role last season.
Gurriel sparked the rally with a two-out single in the third off Travis Blackley (1-2) for his first hit since arriving last month from Cuba, which has lifted a ban on its athletes playing overseas.