TOKOROZAWA, Japan (Interstat) — The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and Saitama Seibu Lions played to a 3-3 tie Thursday night at Seibu Dome, ending after 11 innings under NPB rules. The Fighters scored two runs in the eighth and one in the 11th, while the Lions got solo runs in the second and sixth.

Attendance was 27,576. Game time was 4 hours, 1 minute.

Nippon Ham starter Hiromi Itoh worked seven innings, allowing one earned run on seven hits with seven strikeouts. Seibu’s Chihiro Sumida struck out nine over 7 1/3 innings, giving up one earned run on six hits. Taisei Yanagawa (1-0) earned the win with a scoreless 10th inning. Shinnosuke Hada (1-1) took the loss after allowing the go-ahead run in the 11th. Hiroya Shimamoto recorded his first save with a scoreless 11th.

Shinya Hasegawa homered for Seibu, going 2-for-5 with an RBI. The tie left Nippon Ham at 13-16, Seibu at 13-15-1.