FUKUOKA, Japan (Interstat) — Kona Takahashi dominated with eight scoreless innings and 11 strikeouts as the Seibu Lions edged the SoftBank Hawks 2-1 on Wednesday evening at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome.

Taiga Kojima and Seiya Watanabe provided all the offense with solo home runs in the first and eighth innings, respectively, off SoftBank starter Jo-Hsi Hsu. Takahashi allowed just two hits before Hakua Iwaki secured the save despite allowing a ninth-inning RBI single to Ryoya Kurihara. The Lions, who had eight hits, improved to 4-6-1. The Hawks, limited to four hits, fell to 7-4 before a crowd of 38,097.