SENDAI, Japan (Interstat) — Jo-Hsi Hsu dominated over six innings and Kensuke Kondoh homered as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks defeated the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 6-1 on Wednesday night at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi.

Hsu allowed just three hits and struck out six, earning the win. The Hawks broke open a scoreless game in the third on a two-run homer from Yuki Yanagita. They added four in the sixth, capped by Kondoh’s two-run shot. Rakuten avoided the shutout with a ninth-inning run.

The Hawks, who tallied 13 hits, remained perfect at 5-0. The Golden Eagles fell to 1-4 before a crowd of 24,584.