CHIBA (Interstat) — Seibu Lions scored four runs in the eighth inning and beat the Lotte Marines 7-1 on Monday evening at ZOZO Marine Stadium. The Lions had six hits, scoring once in the third and twice in the seventh. Lotte scored once in the second and finished with eight hits. Hibiki Shinohara earned the win in relief, improving to 3-3 with one scoreless inning, two walks and two strikeouts. Naoya Masuda took the loss and fell to 1-1. Kona Takahashi started for Seibu, allowing one earned run on seven hits over six innings with eight strikeouts and one walk. Yuji Nishino pitched seven innings for Lotte, yielding one earned run on two hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Taiga Kojima went 2 for 5 with two RBIs for Seibu. Koki Yamaguchi homered and drove in one run for Lotte, while Kyuto Ueda went 2 for 3. Seibu improved to 78-60-4. Lotte dropped to 64-76-3. Attendance was 18,069. Time of game was 3:20.