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Daiki Tajima allowed a run over eight innings on Saturday, pitching the Orix Buffaloes to a 5-1 Pacific League win over the Lotte Marines and snapping the three-time defending champs’ 11-game winless streak. Tajima (5-4) allowed six hits and a walk while striking out four at Kyocera Dome Osaka, and Ryoto Kita gave Orix the lead with a two-run fifth-inning double and Kotaro Kurebayashi followed with a two-run single. The string of 10-straight losing decisions was Orix’s longest since the Buffaloes lost a franchise-record 12 in a row in 2012. Among other games on Saturday, Tyler Austin homered t…