Yuki Yanagita, Lee Dae-ho and Seiichi Uchikawa each homered to power the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in a 7-0 blowout of the Orix Buffaloes on Tuesday night.

Kenji Otonari (1-0) threw a four-hit shutout for the win. The left-hander didn’t allow a runner to reach third base.

Orix’s Yuki Nishi (0-1) was roughed up for seven runs in 4-1/3 innings of the loss.

The Hawks outslugged last year’s second-place team 10 hits to four.

The Buffaloes, who were held scoreless for the third time this season, slipped to their fourth straight loss since Opening Day for the first time in 12 years.

Yanagita hit a two-out blast in the first inning before Lee led off the second with a drive over the left-field wall at Yafuoku Dome. Uchikawa added a two-run shot in the fifth. Shinya Tsuruoka and Nobuhiro Matsuda had an RBI triple and two-run double, respectively.

Marines 5, Fighters 3

At Chiba’s QVC Marine Field, Luis Cruz had a tying two-run double and the five-run go-head fourth inning featured Yuta Yoshida’s two-run single as Chiba Lotte battled past Hokkaido Nippon Ham.

Ayumu Ishikawa (1-0) gave up three runs in seven innings to earn the win.

Lions 3, Eagles 2

At Sendai’s Miyagi Stadium, Hideto Asamura delivered a go-ahead two-run single with two out in the seventh inning as Seibu rallied past Tohoku Rakuten to extend its winning streak to four since Opening Day for the first time in 13 years.

CENTRAL LEAGUE

Swallows 4, Tigers 3

At Jingu Stadium, Tokyo Yakult overcame a three-run deficit, featuring a run-scoring double by Yuhei Takai and Kazuhiro Hatakeyama’s two-run double in the fifth inning to lift the Swallows over Hanshin.

The Tigers saw their winning streak since the start of the season snapped at three.

Dragons 5, Giants 3

At Nagoya Dome, pinch hitter Michihiro Ogasawara had a tiebreaking RBI single off Scott Mathieson (0-1) in the eighth inning and Shuhei Takahashi drew a bases-loaded walk for insurance as Chunichi held off Yomiuri to win its first game of the year.

BayStars 7, Carp 6

At Yokohama Stadium, Aarom Baldiris hit a first-inning grand slam for his first homer of the season and five BayStars pitchers held off Hiroshima, with rookie Yasuaki Yamasaki posting his first career save.