Give the Japan Series champions an opening, and they'll find a way to win.

Yuichi Honda had a bases-clearing double in the seventh inning, rallying the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks past the Orix Buffaloes en route to a 5-2 victory for their second straight win in the season-opening series on Saturday.

Orix got rolling in the second when Takahiro Okada hit a one-out double to left, and Aarom Baldiris followed with a single up the middle to bring home Okada for a 1-0 lead at Yahoo Dome.