SAPPORO, Japan (Interstat) — Sachiya Yamasaki allowed two earned runs over five innings to earn his fifth victory as Nippon-Ham Fighters beat Seibu Lions 8-2 on Thursday, Aug. 13, at Sapporo Dome.

Yamasaki (5-0) gave up six hits in five innings. Allan Winans (2-4) took the loss. Nippon-Ham improved to 60-48-2, while Seibu fell to 58-46-3. The announced attendance was 31,567, and the game took 3 hours, 9 minutes.

Nippon-Ham took control with three runs in the first inning. Tatsuki Mizuno stole home with two outs, and Yuya Gunji followed with a two-run homer to right. The Fighters added five runs in the fifth, keyed by Mizuno’s sacrifice fly, Franmil Reyes’ RBI single, Rodolfo Castro’s run-scoring double and Kengo Yoshida’s RBI single.

Seibu scored a run in the second on Alexander Canario’s RBI single and another in the fifth on Natsuo Takizawa’s RBI single. Shunsuke Sato, Taishi Mameda, Yuta Kuroki and Masaya Kuroda combined for scoreless relief for Seibu. Tsubasa Nabatame, Shoma Kanemura, Mizuki Hori and Taisei Yanagawa finished for Nippon-Ham.