Kazuya Fujita went 3-for-4 and his RBI single broke an eighth-inning tie as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Hiroshima Carp 4-3 on Sunday.
With the score tied 3-3 in the bottom of the eighth, Ginji Akaminai easily beat out an infield single to short and was sacrificed to second. Carp reliever Jay Jackson pitched around Japhet Amador with first base open to bring up Fujita.
Jackson missed with a get-me-over slider for a ball. Fujita then put a good swing on a high, inside fastball, pulling it down the right-field line, allowing Akaminai to chug home ahead of the throw.