CHIBA, Japan (Interstat) — The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines 5-4 on Monday afternoon at Chiba Marine Stadium. SoftBank outhit Lotte 8-6. Attendance was 28,644, and the game lasted 3 hours, 33 minutes.

Lotte took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Kyota Fujiwara’s home run. The Marines added a run in the second on a sacrifice fly by Tsuyoshi Yamasaki. SoftBank tied the game in the third when Kensuke Kondoh walked with the bases loaded. Lotte regained the lead in the bottom of the third on Koki Yamaguchi’s solo home run.

SoftBank took control in the fourth. With two outs and runners on second and third, Takashi Umino doubled to right, scoring two runs. The Hawks added a run in the fifth on Ryoya Kurihara’s single and another in the ninth on Ukyo Shuto’s sacrifice fly. Lotte’s Neftali Soto homered in the eighth.

Roberto Osuna (1-1) earned the win for SoftBank. Rikuto Yokoyama (0-2) took the loss. Yuki Tsumori recorded his first save. Tomohisa Ohzeki pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing three earned runs.

SoftBank improved to 49-37-1. Lotte fell to 43-40-1.