For the second straight night, the lowly Orix Buffaloes made the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks look human, beating the two-time defending Japan Series champions 4-0 on Tuesday.
Yuki Nishi (6-8) allowed four hits over the distance, and Bryan Bogusevic broke up a scoreless tie in the sixth inning with a two-run homer off Hawks starter Shota Takeda (9-4) before 38,500 at Yafuoku Dome.
It was the first time Orix had won a series against SoftBank in nearly two years, and for Nishi the biggest trouble seemed to be getting off the mound at the end of the fifth inning. After getting the third out, Nishi appeared to catch his spikes in the artificial turf and took a tumble.