SENDAI, Japan (Interstat) — Ren Kajiya and five relievers combined on a five-hit shutout Tuesday night as the Rakuten Golden Eagles blanked the Nippon-Ham Fighters 3-0 at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi.

The Golden Eagles scored twice in the fourth inning on Fumiya Kurokawa’s double and added another run on Daisuke Nakashima’s fifth-inning double. Rakuten’s bullpen followed starter Kenta Maeda with 5 2/3 scoreless innings, capped by Shoma Fujihira’s ninth-inning save.

Kajiya earned the win in relief. Haruki Hosono took the loss for the Fighters, allowing two runs over five innings. The game time was 3 hours, 16 minutes before a crowd of 24,770. Rakuten improved to 5-4, while Nippon-Ham fell to .500 at 5-5.