SENDAI, Japan (Interstat) — Itsuki Murabayashi went 4 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs, including a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning, to rally the Rakuten Golden Eagles past the SoftBank Hawks 5-4 on Thursday night.

Daisuke Nakashima also homered for Rakuten, which snapped a four-game skid. The Hawks took a brief lead on Hotaka Yamakawa’s eighth-inning solo shot before Murabayashi answered in the bottom half.

Masaya Nishigaki earned the win in relief despite allowing Yamakawa’s homer. Shoma Fujihira secured the save. Yuki Matsumoto took the loss for SoftBank, which had its five-game win streak end.

A crowd of 24,088 at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi watched the three-hour game. The Hawks fell to 5-1, while the Golden Eagles improved to 2-4.