Kazuo Matsui and Alex Cabrera homered and Koji Mitsui had a solid start Monday to help the front-running Seibu Lions to a 5-3 victory over the Daiei Hawks in the Pacific League.
Seibu got aboard on a wild pitch by Akichika Yamada (4-3) in the first inning before Matsui, who went 3-for-5 on the evening, followed with his ninth homer of the season and Cabrera hit his 14th to make it 3-0 in the fourth.
Ken Suzuki stretched the lead to 5-0 on a two-run double in the sixth before Daiei pulled two runs back in the bottom half.