Baseball: Tongu's walk-off homer caps Orix's comeback victory
Tongu's one-out "sayonara" blast to left, off Takayuki Kato (7-4), came after the Buffaloes started the bottom of the ninth with three straight singles to pull within a run at Kyocera Dome Osaka.
Orix reliever Raiku Katayama (1-0) worked two scoreless innings after Anderson Espinoza struck out 10 in seven solid innings.
Nippon Ham starter Kato took a shutout into the ninth before Orix's dramatic rally.
Among Friday's other games, Kensuke Kondo homered in the opening frame to back a seven-inning start from Naoyuki Uwasawa (7-6) as the Pacific League-leading SoftBank Hawks beat the Rakuten Eagles 3-1.
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