OSAKA, Japan (Interstat) — Anderson Espinoza delivered seven strong innings and the Orix Buffaloes’ offense erupted in a 9-1 victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Wednesday night at Osaka Dome.

Espinoza allowed one run on six hits to earn the win, improving to 2-0. The Buffaloes struck early on Ryoma Nishikawa’s two-run double in the first inning and broke the game open with a three-run fifth, highlighted by Yuma Mune’s two-run double. Gregory Polanco drove in the lone run for Lotte with a second-inning sacrifice fly.

Andre Jackson took the loss for the Marines, surrendering five runs over six innings. Orix collected 11 hits before a crowd of 21,262. The game took 2 hours, 42 minutes.