Shogo Akiyama reached base five times, drove in the tying run and scored the game-winner in the ninth inning as Samurai Japan overcame a two-run deficit to beat Puerto Rico 3-2 in their second Premier 12 warm-up game on Friday.
The Seibu Lions leadoff hitter, who set Japan's single-season hit record this season, broke Japan's 0-for-8 hitless streak with runners in scoring position when he singled home the Yomiuri Giants' Hayato Sakamoto from third to tie it with one out in the ninth.
Sakamoto singled to open the ninth against Jose Ayala, and was on second after a wild pitch and a groundout. Akiyama, whose two-run homer helped boost Japan to an 8-3 victory over Puerto Rico on Thursday, went to second with his second stolen base of the game.