Nobuhiko Matsunaka hit two of the team's five homers and Toshiya Sugiuchi pitched a four-hitter Monday as the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks demolished the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 10-1 at Sapporo Dome.
Toshiya Sugiuchi of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks pitches against the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters at Sapporo Dome.
Matsunaka connected for his first of two solo shots off Shintaro Ejiri (2-1) in a six-run third inning to put the visitors up 7-0 and hit his second homer off Yusaku Iriki in the seventh as the Hawks won their sixth in seven games.
Kenji Jojima, Tony Batista and Naoyuki Omura also went deep in a 15-hit attack.