Takuya Nakashima manufactured the decisive run with his speed, allowing the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to snap a five-game losing streak with a 4-3, 11-inning victory over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Thursday.

With the score tied 3-3, Nakashima got things started in the 11th with a one-out infield single, his third of the game. He dashed to third on Haruki Nishikawa's single to right and a huge lead off the bag allowed him to score on Go Matsumoto's chopper to second.

Although the infield was drawn in and second baseman Toshihito Abe had the ball before Matsumoto was halfway down the line, the scorer curiously awarded the Fighters batter a hit — something that was not lost on Matsumoto in the postgame hero interview.