Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters rookie Shohei Otani wasn't very good on Tuesday night, and the Chiba Lotte Marines' Tomohisa Otani didn't fare much better.
Neither of the dueling Otanis went home with a decision, but Shohei Otani's teammates made sure he left QVC Marine Field the happier of the two.
Shogo Akada capped a four-run fifth inning with a tie breaking RBI double, Shota Ono and Daikan Yoh blew the game open with home runs in the ninth, and the Fighters added to Lotte's recent struggles with a 9-5 win in front of a crowd of 27,904 in Chiba.
The Fighters snapped a six-game losing streak with the victory, while Lotte's skid stretched to five straight defeats.
"It's good that we were able to stop the losing streak," Yoh said.