Pedro Valdes drew a bases-loaded walk in the seventh inning for the eventual game winner as the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks overcame a late scare to edge the Kintetsu Buffaloes 6-5 on Tuesday at Tokyo Dome.
After Julio Zuleta and Nobuhiko Matsunaka homered off Jeremy Powell (2-5) to help put Daiei 5-3 ahead, Mizuki Tanaka, Tadahito Iguchi and Munenori Kawasaki hit consecutive singles in the seventh before Valdes walked on four pitches from Hideo Koike for the key run.
Kazumi Saito (5-2) allowed three runs and nine hits in seven innings of work for the win as Daiei won its eighth straight game -- its longest streak in four years.