OSAKA - Rick van den Hurk struck out 13 over eight innings and Yuki Yanagita hit a two-run home run to help the SoftBank Hawks defeat the Orix Buffaloes 5-1 and lift their team to the top spot in the Pacific League on Wednesday.
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