Tatsu tosses complete game as Fighters beat Lions 9‑1

TOKOROZAWA, Japan (Interstat) — Kota Tatsu tossed a complete-game one-run gem, leading the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters past the Saitama Seibu Lions 9-1 on Wednesday night at Seibu Dome. Tatsu allowed six hits, struck out 10 and improved to 4-6. The Fighters, now 64-53-1, took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Kotaro Kiyomiya singled in a run. Seibu tied it in the bottom half on Alexander Canario’s solo homer. Nippon-Ham surged ahead in the fourth, loading the bases before Kengo Yoshida tripled to clear them. The Fighters broke it open in the sixth on Ruan Ohtsuka’s two-run homer and Kiyomiya’s three-run shot. Kiyomiya finished 2-for-5 with four RBIs; Yoshida was 2-for-4 with three RBIs. Seibu, now 66-49-1, managed six hits and lost despite scoreless relief from Taishi Mameda, Yuta Kuroki and Wataru Matsumoto. Yutaro Watanabe took the loss, falling to 5-7. Takeya Nakamura had a pinch-hit single. Attendance was 26,682, and the game lasted 2:36.