Akira Otsuka and Tasuku Hashimoto drove in six runs between them, and Shunsuke Watanabe threw his sixth complete game of the season as the Chiba Lotte Marines routed the Pacific-League leading Softbank Hawks 12-2 on Sunday.
Hiroshima Carp second baseman Greg LaRocca reaches out for a ball hit by Yokohama's Takahiro
Saeki during the fourth inning of Sunday's game at Hiroshima Stadium. The Carp beat the
BayStars 6-3.
Hashimoto and Lee Seung Yeop had back-to-back RBI hits with two outs in the first inning and Otsuka followed with a three-run homer to the stands in left field to cap a six-run frame at Yahoo Dome.
The Chiba Lotte bats went to work to extend the lead 11-0 in a five-run third, featuring a two-run single by Toshiaki Imae and Makoto Kosaka's run-scoring triple to right.