SAPPORO, Japan (Interstat) — Allan Winans pitched six innings of five-hit ball and Junichiro Kishi drove in three runs as the Seibu Lions defeated the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 6-3 on Sunday night at Sapporo Dome. Winans (1-0) allowed two earned runs and struck out six. He gave way to a bullpen that included Hakua Iwaki, who recorded his 13th save with a scoreless ninth. Seibu trailed 2-0 after the third inning but tied the game in the fifth on Seiya Watanabe’s two-out single. The Lions took control in the seventh when Kishi hit a two-run homer and Tyler Nevin added a solo shot. Kishi later added a sacrifice fly in the eighth. Nippon-Ham’s Chusei Mannami singled home a run in the seventh. Kenta Uehara (1-2) took the loss. The Lions improved to 24-18-1, while the Fighters fell to 21-23. Attendance was 30,283. Time of game was 4 hours, 4 minutes.