Behind a complete game shutout by Daisuke Matsuzaka with 13 strikeouts and just six hits allowed, the Seibu Lions won Game 1 of the best of three first leg of the Pacific League playoffs, 1-0, against the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks at the Invoice Seibu Dome Saturday afternoon (Friday night for some of us.)
Kazumi Saito of Softbank gave up just four hits and struck out nine, but took the loss when Kazuhiro Wada doubled home Hiroyuki Nakajima in the seventh.
Seibu can wrap up the series with a win at home Sunday afternoon (Saturday night in the U.S.).
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