OSAKA, Japan (Interstat) — Ryoto Kita homered twice and drove in five runs as the Orix Buffaloes rallied for a 9-6 victory over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Monday night at Osaka Dome.

Kita delivered a go-ahead, three-run homer in the ninth after Orix had already rallied. He also doubled in the first and homered in the sixth. Kotaro Kurebayashi added a two-run shot in the second, and Yuma Mune hit a two-run homer in the seventh.

Rakuten jumped ahead with four runs in the first inning, highlighted by Hideto Asamura’s three-run homer, and added two more in the second on solo homers from Rui Muneyama and Daisuke Nakashima. The Golden Eagles finished with 10 hits.

Kosei Shoji started for Rakuten and allowed four earned runs over six innings. Allen Kuri gave up two earned runs in six innings for Orix. Andres Machado earned the win with relief help, while Shoma Fujihira took the loss.

The attendance was 41,015, and the game lasted 3 hours, 31 minutes. Orix improved to 49-47-2; Rakuten fell to 36-57-1.