Kazuhiro Wada hit a grand slam in a nine-run second inning and Daisuke Matsuzaka struck out 11 over seven sharp innings, leading the Seibu Lions to an 11-1 rout of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Friday.
Yomiuri infielder Tomohiro Nioka smacks an RBI double
in the sixth inning against Hanshin at Tokyo Dome on Friday.
The Giants defeated the Tigers 3-2 in 11 innings.
The Lions sent 12 batters to the plate in their second-inning outburst and had five hits and three walks while capitalizing on a two-out error by Rakuten shortstop Yoshinori Okihara at Iwate prefectural stadium.
Toru Hosokawa opened the scoring with a two-run, bases-loaded double with two outs before Okihara's error and an RBI single by Hiroyuki Nakajima helped Seibu increase the lead to 5-0.