Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched a three-hitter and Alex Cabrera had his first hit of the season since coming back from injury as the Seibu Lions blanked the Orix BlueWave 6-0 in the Pacific League on Tuesday.
Hiroki Kokubo of the Yomiuri Giants hits a solo homer off Chunichi Dragons starter Domingo
Guzman in Sapporo on Tuesday. The Dragons won 4-2 to take the Central League lead.
In his first start in about a month, Matsuzaka (5-5) struck out four and walked one at Seibu Dome en route to his third complete-game shutout this season and first win since May 17.
The right-hander got run support from early on. Tatsuya Ozeki and Kazuhiro Wada homered in a five-run first inning before Jose Fernandez extended the Lions' lead with an RBI single in the second.