Yoshinori Muto scored a last-gasp equalizer to complete a hat-trick and salvage a draw for Mainz in a 3-3 thriller away to Augsburg in the German first division on Saturday.

On target in last week's defeat to Werder Bremen, Muto opened the scoring with an easy finish in the 18th minute, tapping into an empty net after Pablo de Blasis had beaten Hong Jeong-ho to provide the assist.

The summer signing from FC Tokyo made it 2-0 with another close-range finish on the half-hour mark, but Paul Verhaegh's penalty three minutes before the interval for Augsburg reduced the arrears.