CHIBA -- Nate Minchey made sure things didn't go the way the Seibu Lions had expected Friday night.
Minchey held the Lions to five hits in eight shutout innings in the Chiba Lotte Marines' 6-1 victory to improve his record to 13-13 and leave Seibu one win away from their 19th Pacific League pennant.
It was a rare victory for the Marines, who have tallied a 6-17 record against the first-place Lions this season.