Outfielder Tuffy Rhodes drove in five runs Wednesday, including a three-run homer, as the Kintetsu Buffaloes downed the Pacific League-leading Lions 8-2 at the Seibu Dome to snap a five-game losing streak.
Rhodes gave the Buffaloes a 3-1 lead in the top of the third with his sixth homer of the season and then drilled a double off the wall in right field in the sixth inning that brought across two more runs.
Fighters 9, Marines 4
Sherman Obando belted a pair of home runs and Yoshinori Ueda connected for a three-run blast to power Nippon Ham over Lotte at the Tokyo Dome for its third straight victory.
Nippon Ham starter Hiroshi Shintani (2-1) yielded two runs on five hits over six innings for the win. Yukihiro Sakurai went the rest of the way to get the save, despite giving up a two-run homer to Frank Bolick in the ninth.BlueWave at Hawks -- ppd.
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Jefferson deactivated
TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. (Kyodo) Seibu Lions outfielder Reggie Jefferson has been taken off the team's active roster due to pain in his right thigh, officials of the Pacific League team said Tuesday.
The Lions activated outfielder Corey Paul.