Tohoku Rakuten ace Masahiro Tanaka tied the Japan pro baseball record with his 15th consecutive win to start a season in a 12-strikeout effort as the Pacific League-leading Eagles rallied to beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4-1 on Friday night.
Kazuya Fujita and Ginji Akaminai each singled in a run in the sixth, overturning a 1-0 deficit at Sapporo Dome.
Tanaka (15-0) had his fourth straight complete game victory. He has won 19 straight decisions dating back to Aug. 26, 2012, one short of the Japan record for consecutive wins.