YOKOHAMA, Japan (Interstat) — The Chunichi Dragons and Yokohama BayStars played to a 6-6 tie in 11 innings Wednesday night at Yokohama Stadium after the home team rallied late to force extra innings.

Seiya Hosokawa’s two-run homer in the first gave Chunichi an early lead, which was answered by Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh’s two-run shot for Yokohama in the third. The Dragons added single runs in the sixth and eighth, but the BayStars tied it with a two-run single from Cooper Hummel in the bottom of the eighth.

Chunichi scored twice in the top of the 11th, but under NPB rules, the game was declared a tie after Yokohama was held scoreless in the bottom half. Akira Neo earned the win for Chunichi, while Yuya Sakamoto took the loss. Starter Masaki Nakanishi struck out seven over five innings for the Dragons.

Attendance was 32,233. The time of game was 4 hours, 44 minutes. Both teams are now 3-8 on the season.