Former Hanshin Tiger Tomochika Tsuboi nailed an RBI single to spark a four-run rally in the fifth inning as the Nippon Ham Fighters came from behind to defeat the Kintetsu Buffaloes 4-2 at Osaka Dome on Saturday.
The Buffaloes took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning with Kenshi Kawaguchi's solo homer off Hiroyuki Sekine (4-0).
In the fifth, Kuniyuki Kimoto led off the inning with a double. After Yukio Tanaka grounded out to shortstop, the Fighters erupted for four runs on four consecutive RBI hits by Tsuboi, Tatsuya Ide, Makoto Kaneko and Katsuhiko Yamada, also a former Hanshin player.