Sho Iwasaki combined on a seven-hit shutout with three relievers, Yuki Yanagita homered and drove in a pair of runs, and the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks routed the Chiba Lotte Marines 7-0 on Thursday night in Fukuoka.
Iwasaki (2-0) allowed four hits, struck out four and walked one over six effective innings in front of a crowd of 30,910 at Yafuoku Dome.
Lefty Hideki Okajima, Yuito Mori and Akihiro Yanase put up zeroes over the final three frames and had more than enough support in a 14-hit onslaught.