OSAKA (Interstat) — Haruki Hosono pitched seven innings of four-hit shutout ball as the Nippon-Ham Fighters defeated the Orix Buffaloes 7-0 on Saturday afternoon at Osaka Dome. Hosono (3-5) struck out four and allowed no earned runs. Sean Hjelle (3-6) took the loss, giving up three earned runs on seven hits over five innings. Nippon-Ham scored in the second on Kengo Yoshida’s double, added two runs in the fourth on Yuki Nomura’s single and Kotaro Kiyomiya’s double, and padded the lead with a run in the fifth. Chusei Mannami grounded out to plate a run in the seventh, and the Fighters added two in the ninth on Franmil Reyes’ sacrifice fly and Mannami’s single. Mannami finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs. The Fighters collected 13 hits while the Buffaloes managed five. Reo Shibata and Yi-Lei Sun each pitched a scoreless inning in relief. Nippon-Ham improved to 50-40. Orix fell to 42-42-1. Attendance was 33,435. The game lasted three hours.