Chiba Lotte Marines right-hander Hideaki Wakui secured his fifth win of the season to top the Pacific League in wins on Friday afternoon, holding the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to two runs over seven innings in a 4-3 victory.

By the fifth inning, Wakui (5-0) had surrendered two runs on eight hits, but Ikuhiro Kiyota tied the game in the bottom of the frame with a two-run homer and Yamaico Navarro plated the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly.

Wakui allowed nine hits without a walk and struck out seven in his 132-pitch outing at windy QVC Marine Field.