Yoshitomo Tsutsugo's eighth-inning RBI single broke up a tie game and starter Yasutomo Kubo pitched into the eighth as the Yokohama BayStars defeated the Orix Buffaloes 3-1 in interleague action on Friday.

Tsutsugo came up with bases loaded with one-out and hit a line single to right to plate two off Daiki Tomei (1-5). The right-hander, who gave up Masashi Kuwahara's solo home run in the third, allowed three runs, two earned, in 7-1/3 innings.

Tomei got ahead in the count 1-2, but a forkball intended to go low and away to the left-handed slugger, missed up and over the heart of the plate.