Eiichi Koyano broke an 11th-inning tie with his second home run of the game as the Orix Buffaloes overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3-2 in the Pacific League on Tuesday evening.
Koyano, who led the PL in RBIs in 2010, drove a high 2-0 fastball from right-hander Kenji Tomura (0-3) into the seats in left to give the visitors their first lead of the game. Koyano hit his first homer of the season in the seventh after the Eagles had taken a 2-0 lead in their home game at Tokyo Dome.
Second-year right-hander Kazumasa Yoshida surrendered a two-out single but held on to record his first save.