The first half of the game belonged to the Chiba Lotte Marines, but that wasn't enough to get them out of the bog they're stuck in right now.

And their opponents, Orix Buffaloes, rose to the occasion at just the right time.

The Buffs' No. 3 hitter, Yoshio Itoi, broke a 3-3 tie with his RBI single in the eighth inning as Orix edged the Marines 4-3 at QVC Marine Field on Wednesday night.