FUKUOKA (Kyodo) Kensuke Tanaka and Yoshio Itoi drove in five runs between them and Brian Sweeney threw his first career shutout Monday, leading the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to a 7-0 rout of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.

Buffaloes 7, Lions 4

At Seibu Dome, Alex Cabrera hit a two-run homer to push Orix's lead to three runs in the top of the ninth inning.

Marines 5, Eagles 2

At Chiba Marine Stadium, Benny Agbayani hit a two-run double and stole home on a botched squeeze play in the third inning and Chiba Lotte went on to beat Tohoku Rakuten.