SAPPORO, Japan (Interstat) — Orix Buffaloes rallied from an early four-run deficit to defeat the Nippon-Ham Fighters 10-9 on Saturday afternoon at Sapporo Dome. The Buffaloes collected 13 hits while the Fighters had 16.

Orix scored two runs in the second inning on a home run by Bob Seymour and added two more in the fifth on a Tomoya Mori homer. Yuma Mune’s three-run homer in the sixth gave Orix the lead. Keita Nakagawa’s three-run triple in the eighth extended the advantage.

Nippon-Ham jumped ahead 4-0 in the first on Franmil Reyes’ two-run double and Kotaro Kiyomiya’s two-run homer. The Fighters scored single runs in the second, third, fourth, seventh and ninth, the last on Ruan Ohtsuka’s solo homer.

Naruki Teranishi earned the win, improving to 3-1. Seigi Tanaka took the loss, falling to 0-1. Andres Machado recorded his eighth save.

Attendance was 32,759. The game lasted 3 hours, 42 minutes. Orix improved to 18-11, while Nippon-Ham fell to 14-17.