OSAKA, Japan (Interstat) — Ryoma Nishikawa hit a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning to lead the Orix Buffaloes to a 5-2 victory over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Sunday afternoon at Osaka Dome.

Nishikawa finished 2-for-4 with four RBIs. Allen Kuri (6-5) earned the win, allowing two runs on five hits over seven innings with three strikeouts. Andres Machado pitched a scoreless ninth for his 19th save.

Rakuten took a 2-0 lead in the sixth on RBI singles by Yoshiaki Watanabe and Itsuki Murabayashi, both with two outs. Orix had scored first in the third on a two-out RBI single by Keita Nakagawa.

Haruto Nakagomi (1-1) took the loss for the Golden Eagles, who dropped to 27-43-1. Orix improved to 38-33-1.

Attendance was 31,307. The game lasted 3 hours, 15 minutes. Rakuten outhit Orix 8-10 but left seven runners on base.