CHIBA, Japan (Interstat) — Kota Tatsu delivered eight dominant innings as the Nippon-Ham Fighters defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines 5-1 on Tuesday night at Chiba Marine Stadium.

Tatsu allowed one run on five hits while striking out seven to earn the win. The Fighters provided early support with a first-inning RBI single from Yuya Gunji. After Lotte’s Ryusei Terachi hit a solo homer in the second, Nippon-Ham pulled away on Tatsuki Mizuno’s two-run double in the fourth and a solo home run from Yua Tamiya in the sixth.

Andre Jackson took the loss for Lotte, yielding four runs over seven innings. Both teams collected six hits. The Fighters improved to 8-7, while the Marines fell to 5-11 before a crowd of 25,841. The game time was 3 hours, 6 minutes.