TOKOROZAWA, Japan (Interstat) — Fumiya Kurokawa’s three-run homer highlighted a five-run fourth inning as the Rakuten Golden Eagles defeated the Seibu Lions 6-3 on Friday night at Seibu Dome.

Kurokawa, who entered the game hitless in his previous seven at-bats, launched his blast to right field to cap the decisive rally. Rakuten sent nine batters to the plate in the frame, also getting an RBI triple from Yuma Yasuda and a run-scoring single from Ryosuke Tatsumi.

The Lions answered with all three of their runs in the bottom of the fourth on a two-run single by Alexander Canario and an RBI single from Shuta Tonosaki. Rakuten added an insurance run in the sixth.

Winning pitcher Kosei Shoji allowed three earned runs over seven innings for the Golden Eagles. Seibu starter Yutaro Watanabe took the loss. Attendance was 20,103.