Ryoya Kurihara belted a three-run first-inning home run and Shuta Ishikawa threw a one-hitter as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions 4-0 on Saturday afternoon.
After Ishikawa struck out two of the four batters he faced in the first inning, Kurihara came up with two outs and two on in the home half at Fukuoka's PayPay Dome.
The left-handed hitter hit a 1-2 fastball off the end of the bat but still reached the short porch in left field for his seventh homer.