FUKUOKA (Interstat) — Jackson Rutledge allowed one earned run over five innings, and Kensuke Kondoh homered with two RBIs as SoftBank beat visiting Lotte 5-4 Saturday afternoon at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome. Lotte scored once in the first, once in the sixth and twice in the eighth. SoftBank scored twice in the first and three in the second. Rutledge earned the win, improving to 1-0. Kazuya Ojima took the loss, falling to 5-9, after allowing five earned runs over seven innings. Kazuki Sugiyama recorded his 31st save. Kondoh went 2 for 3. Kyota Fujiwara went 2 for 5 with a home run and an RBI for Lotte. Ryoya Kurihara went 1 for 3 with two RBIs for SoftBank. Kouta Inoue homered for Lotte. SoftBank had 10 hits, while Lotte had nine. Attendance was 39,894, and the game took 2 hours, 58 minutes. SoftBank improved to 80-46-3. Lotte fell to 58-64-3.