CHIBA, Japan (Interstat) — Carter Stewart Jr. pitched six solid innings and Kenta Imamiya drove in two runs as the SoftBank Hawks held off the Chiba Lotte Marines 4-3 on Sunday.

Stewart Jr. allowed two runs on four hits while striking out five to earn the win. The Hawks scored twice in the fourth and fifth innings. Imamiya’s RBI double in the fourth opened the scoring and his run-scoring single in the fifth provided the decisive run.

Lotte’s Gregory Polanco had an RBI single in the first and Kyota Fujiwara hit a solo homer in the eighth, but Yuki Matsumoto secured the final three outs for the save before 29,514 at Chiba Marine Stadium. The victory improved SoftBank to 7-2, while Lotte fell to 4-5.