Kenta Imamiya broke up a scoreless game and Shota Takeda won a tough pitchers' duel as the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka Softbank Hawks won their fifth straight, downing the Orix Buffaloes 2-0 on Saturday afternoon.

In the second inng, Imamiya plated Nobuhiro Matsuda with a two-out triple off Buffaloes All-Star Yuki Nishi before a full house at Yafuoku Dome.

The hosts purchased insurance in the eighth, when Lee Dae-ho drew a two-out walk and Matsuda doubled in pinch runner Keizo Kawashima to make it 2-0 off reliever Shohei Tsukahara.