Takayuki Kishi snapped a personal losing streak to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Saturday, going the distance in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' 7-1 victory.
The right-hander dominated a Hawks lineup lacking its best hitter, Yuki Yanagita, by throwing a lively fastball with pinpoint precision.
Working with a lead from the get-go, Kishi's few mistakes didn't cost him and he held the Hawks off the board until Kenta Imamiya's eighth-inning RBI triple reduced the Eagles' lead to 6-1.