OSAKA, Japan (Interstat) — Ryoma Nishikawa delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning Thursday night, lifting the Orix Buffaloes to a 2-1 victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines.

The game was a pitchers’ duel for nine innings before Nishikawa’s one-out hit scored the winning run from third base at Osaka Dome. Orix took a 1-0 lead in the third on Ryo Ohta’s two-out single. Lotte tied it in the sixth when Toshiya Satoh drew a bases-loaded walk.

Orix starter Hiroya Miyagi struck out seven over 5 2/3 innings, allowing one run on six hits. Lotte’s Yuji Nishino matched him with one run allowed over five innings. Orix improved to 7-5. Lotte fell to 4-8.