NAGOYA, Japan (Interstat) — The Hanshin Tigers scored four runs in the ninth inning to rally past the Chunichi Dragons 5-3 on Friday night at Nagoya Dome.

Shoki Murakami delivered a strong start for Hanshin, allowing one run over seven innings. The Dragons led 2-1 after eight, but Hanshin battered reliever Shinya Matsuyama in the ninth. Yusuke Ohyama’s RBI single tied it before Ukyo Maegawa and Koji Chikamoto added run-scoring doubles.

Atsuki Yuasa earned the win in relief. Suguru Iwazaki secured his fourth save. Shinya Matsuyama took the loss for Chunichi, which fell to 3-9. Hanshin improved to 9-4 before a crowd of 36,663. The game time was 3 hours, 40 minutes.