TOKOROZAWA, Japan (Interstat) — Ren Fukushima pitched six strong innings and Taiki Narama drove in two runs as the Nippon-Ham Fighters defeated the Seibu Lions 5-1 on Sunday evening at Seibu Dome.

Seibu took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Tyler Nevin’s two-out double. Nippon-Ham answered in the fifth when Shun Mizutani singled with the bases loaded to drive in two runs, giving the Fighters a 2-1 lead. Kengo Yoshida added an RBI single in the sixth, Narama doubled home a run in the seventh and hit a solo homer in the ninth.

Fukushima (3-2) allowed one earned run on four hits with six strikeouts over six innings. Seibu starter Yutaro Watanabe (4-4) gave up three runs on six hits in six innings. Hiroya Shimamoto, Seigi Tanaka and Mizuki Hori each pitched a scoreless inning of relief for Nippon-Ham.

The Fighters outhit the Lions 11-7. Nippon-Ham improved to 42-33, while Seibu fell to 44-29-1. Attendance was 27,524. The game lasted 3 hours, 6 minutes.