Motonobu Tanishige hit a bases-loaded single off Lou Pote (0-1) for the game winner as the Chunichi Dragons beat the Hanshin Tigers 6-4 in 11 innings on Tuesday night at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
Despite Hanshin tying the game 4-4 on a three-run homer by Osamu Hamanaka in the ninth and Akihiro Yano extending his hitting streak to 10 games, Masataka Endo (1-0) went home with the win after working a hitless 10th inning and Akinori Otsuka earned his first save since being traded from the Kintetsu Buffaloes.
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