Things weren't going well for Livan Hernandez even before he set foot in Japan. On Sunday evening at the Tokyo Dome, they got even worse.
The San Francisco Giants right-hander gave up eight earned runs in 1 1/3 innings of work -- if that's what you want to call it -- as the Japanese team trounced its major-league counterpart 14-2 in Game 3 of the All-Star Series 2000.
Tatsuhiko Kinjo of the Yokohama BayStars went 4-for-4 with two RBIs, while Norihiro Nakamura of the Kintetsu Buffaloes nailed a three-run homer to give Japan its first win of the series. The MLB squad now leads the eight-game series 2-1.