Tsuyoshi Wada pitched six scoreless innings and Seiichi Uchikawa hit the 150th home run of his career as the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the Orix Buffaloes 5-2 on Wednesday.

Yuki Yanagita followed up Kenta Imamiya's one-out double with an RBI single to put SoftBank on the board in the top of the first inning, and Uchikawa stretched the lead with a two-run homer, his fourth of the season, off Buffs starter Daiki Tomei. The Buffaloes youngster missed high with a fastball and the NPB veteran drilled it.

"I completely forgot it was my 150th and I didn't think anything about it until I got back to the dugout and Yangita was shouting, '150 homers, 150 homers,' said Uchikawa, one of only two players to have led both leagues in batting average.