SAPPORO (Interstat) — Chihiro Sumida pitched seven shutout innings and An-Ko Lin homered twice to lead the Seibu Lions to a 12-1 victory over the Nippon-Ham Fighters on Sunday afternoon at Sapporo Dome.

Seibu scored three runs in the first inning on Tyler Nevin’s sacrifice fly and Lin’s two-run homer. Lin added a solo shot in the fourth. The Lions added two runs in the fifth on Manaya Nishikawa’s triple and Natsuo Takizawa’s single. Seibu broke the game open with six runs in the eighth, highlighted by Alexander Canario’s two-run single and Taiga Kojima’s grand slam. Nippon-Ham scored its lone run in the ninth on Yuya Shintoh’s double.

Sumida (7-5) allowed four hits and struck out five over seven innings. Ren Fukushima (3-3) took the loss, giving up six earned runs in four-plus innings. Seibu outhit Nippon-Ham 14-7.

The Lions improved to 47-35-3, while the Fighters fell to 48-38-2. Attendance was 31,394. The game lasted 3 hours, 11 minutes.