Lions beat Fighters to stay in hunt for first place

Aito Takeda scored a run and drove in another Monday as the Seibu Lions kept up their pursuit of the Pacific League pennant with a 5-1 comeback win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.

The Lions, who started the day a half-game back from the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the race for the PL lead, completed a 2-1 series victory against the last-place Fighters at Sapporo Dome.

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Source : Baseball – The Japan Times

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