FUKUOKA, Japan (Interstat) — Ryosuke Ohtsu fired seven shutout innings of one-hit ball to lead the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 2-0 victory over the Saitama Seibu Lions on Thursday night at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome.

Ohtsu struck out four and walked none, outpitching Seibu’s Shinya Sugai, who allowed two hits over six scoreless frames. The game’s only runs came on Kensuke Kondoh’s two-out, two-run homer to right-center in the seventh inning off reliever Emmanuel Ramirez, who took the loss.

Kazuki Sugiyama struck out two in a perfect ninth for his fourth save. A crowd of 38,049 watched the game, which lasted 2 hours, 32 minutes. The Hawks improved to 8-4, while the Lions fell to 4-7-1.