Yusei Kikuchi went nine innings, setting up an extra-inning win as Tomoya Mori's pinch-hit sayonara double lifted the Seibu Lions to 2-1 triumph over the Orix Buffaloes on Thursday.
Kikuchi lucked out of a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the second and then cruised until Koji Oshiro tied it 1-1 in the seventh with a two-out RBI single. The left-hander retired the last seven batters he faced and left having allowed seven hits and a walk, while striking out seven.
Right-hander Deunte Heath (3-0), who joined Seibu this summer, worked around a leadoff single to pitch a scoreless 10th. He earned the win after Mori came off the bench to drive in Takeya Nakamura from second with a game-ending double.