The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters didn't put up much of a fight against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' ace in the first game of their series.
Reigning Pacific League MVP Mitsuo Yoshikawa was only too happy to help his team return the favor in the teams' next meeting.
Yoshikawa and a pair of Fighters relievers kept the Eagles off the scoreboard, Sho Nakata and Michel Abreu homered, and the Fighters beat the Eagles 6-0 on Wednesday night at Tokyo Dome.