Masahiro Araki, Hirokazu Ibata and Alex Ochoa combined for seven runs in a 12-hit offense Tuesday to power the Chunichi Dragons to a season-high fifth straight victory in a 9-1 triumph over the Rakuten Eagles in interleague play.

News photoChunichi rookie starter Yoshihiro Suzuki releases a pitch en route to earning his first career victory as the Dragons beat the Rakuten Golden Eagles 9-1 Tuesday at Fullcast Stadium.

Rookie right-hander Yoshihiro Suzuki (1-0) won his first career start after he limited the damage to a run and five hits in 6 2/3 innings of work at Fullcast Stadium. He struck out six and walked one.

Koichi Sekikawa hit a pinch-hit RBI single in the third for the Eagles' sole run. The Eagles wasted a two-out, two-on opportunity in the seventh and Kevin Hodges (2-7) took the loss after he gave up four runs through the seventh.