Nobuhiko Matsunaka hit a two-run home run and Kenji Jojima followed with a solo blast in a four-run fifth inning as the Pacific-League leading Daiei Hawks pounded the Kintetsu Buffaloes 12-2 on Sunday.
The Hawks scored four times on five hits and an error in the second and Jojima hit his league-leading 26th homer as the visitors took an 8-0 lead in the fifth at Osaka Dome.
Fighters 6, BlueWave 2
At Tokyo Dome, Tsuyoshi Shinjo hit two homers -- both off Kazuya Motoyanagi (5-7) -- to help make a winner of Itsuki Shoda (3-2), who allowed one unearned run on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings en route to victory for Nippon Ham.