Yoshinao Kamata located his pitches precisely over seven innings to win a pitcher's duel with Shohei Otani as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 1-0 in the Pacific League on Sunday.
Kamata (1-0) allowed four hits and a walk, while striking out six. Hiroyuki Fukuyama and Yuki Matsui completed the shutout with one inning apiece.
Rookie shortstop Eigoro Mogi had two of the Eagles' six hits off Otani (0-2) and drove in the game's only run.