Rookie Shuta Ishikawa allowed three hits over seven innings and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks left just two runners on base in a 9-0 whipping of the Seibu Lions on Wednesday.

Ishikawa (5-3) allowed three hits and walked two, while striking out seven to earn his first win since July 4. Shunsuke Kasaya worked the final two innings in his professional debut, walking one and striking out three to complete SoftBank's second straight shutout of Seibu.

"I got a lot of runs early, so it was easy to settle into a rhythm early on," said Ishikawa, who got a lot of mileage out of his fastball and his big curve. "My results have not been very good lately, so I was going to give it all I had today.