Tomoaki Kanemoto hit a two-run game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Hanshin Tigers over the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 4-3 for their fourth win a row in interleague action on Sunday.
Hanshin took a 2-0 lead in the first but a tying two-run homer by Hidenori Tanoue in the second and Hiroki Kokubo's leadoff shot in the sixth put Softbank ahead before Kanemoto's heroics with one out and the bases loaded against Takahiro Mahara (1-1) in the ninth.
Jeff Williams (1-0) pitched a perfect ninth for the win.