The University of Tokyo's baseball team snapped a 94-match losing streak on Saturday, posting a momentous 6-4 victory over Hosei University.

Also known as Todai, the University of Tokyo posted its first win on a baseball field since October 2, 2010 - needing extra innings to finally experience that winning feeling again.

"I'm honestly delighted," manager Kazushi Hamada told reporters. 

"We've finally made it out of the tunnel. I thought we could pull it out. When the pitchers struggled the fielders made plays. 

"We've started to look like a team."

Todai is Japan's most prestigious college - its alumni including many of the country's top politicians, lawyers, and doctors - but the school does not offer athletic scholarships. 

The school has never finished in the top half of Tokyo's Big 6 Baseball League standings, but hired former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Masumi Kuwata in 2013 in an attempt to turn the tide. 

Hajime Kusuda, a second-year science major, drove in the winning run in Saturday's triumph at Jingu Stadium.