OSAKA, Japan (Interstat) — Tomoya Mori homered twice and drove in three runs as the Orix Buffaloes edged the Nippon-Ham Fighters 4-3 on Friday night at Osaka Dome.

Orix took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly, but the Fighters responded with two runs in the third on Franmil Reyes’ double. Mori tied the game with a two-run homer in the fourth, then put the Buffaloes ahead with a solo shot in the eighth. Nippon-Ham’s Tatsuki Mizuno homered in the ninth to make it 4-3, but Andres Machado closed for his 11th save.

Reyes had three hits and two RBIs, and the Fighters outhit Orix 12-6. Hiroshi Suzuki pitched two scoreless innings in relief for the win, his first decision. Kota Tatsu allowed three earned runs over six innings in the loss. Orix improved to 22-12, Nippon-Ham to 16-20. The game lasted 2 hours, 53 minutes before 36,204 at Osaka Dome.