TOKOROZAWA, Japan (Interstat) — The Chiba Lotte Marines broke a tie with a four-run ninth inning to defeat the Saitama Seibu Lions 6-3 on Friday night at Seibu Dome.

Lotte led 2-1 entering the eighth before Seibu’s Junichiro Kishi tied it with a two-run double. In the ninth, Gregory Polanco’s two-out, two-run single off Hibiki Shinohara sparked the decisive rally. Ryusei Terachi drove in Lotte’s first two runs with RBI singles in the second and fourth innings.

Winning pitcher Shota Suzuki (1-0) allowed two runs in the eighth but earned the win. Rikuto Yokoyama secured his third save. Starter Tokito Kawamura struck out five over six innings of one-run ball for Lotte.

The Lions’ Yutaro Watanabe allowed two runs over 6 2/3 innings in a no-decision. Shinohara (0-1) took the loss. Attendance was 17,040. The game took 3 hours, 27 minutes.