The Nippon Ham Fighters came from behind to win the Pacific League Climax Series first stage Monday, two games to one, with a 5-2 Game 3 victory over the Lotte Marines. For the third time in their series at Es Con Field Hokkaido outside Sapporo, the PL’s second-place Fighters trailed 2-0 to the visitors, who booked the league’s final playoff berth by finishing third in the regular season. Unlike Sunday, when Nippon Ham came from behind in the ninth, the Fighters tied this one in the third, on Kotaro Kiyomiya’s two-out two-run single off Lotte starter Atsuki Taneichi. Taneichi then kept the Fig…