Rookie Tsuyoshi Wada tossed six-hit ball over the distance while striking out nine batters en route to his eighth win as the Pacific League-leading Daiei Hawks defeated the Seibu Lions 13-3 at Fukuoka Dome on Friday.
Wada (8-2) went the distance on 166 pitches and walked seven. He gave up a three-run dinger to Kazuhiro Wada in the eighth inning.
Munenori Kawasaki went 5-for-5 and Tadahito Iguchi had two hits and five RBIs, the latter connecting for a grand slam in the second inning off Seibu starter Chang Chih-Chia (5-3).
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