Orix sent 11 batters to the plate in a six-run third-inning burst as the BlueWave evened their two-game Taiwan series by beating the Daiei Hawks 8-7 on Wednesday evening at Taipei's Tien Mou Stadium.

In the bottom of the first, Hiroki Kokubo, Nobuhiko Matsunaka and Kenji Jojima hit consecutive RBI singles to give the Hawks a 3-0 lead.

In the third, Orix took the lead with a six-hit barrage.