On a night when Hideki Matsui was the focus of attention, it was the major league's most dominant hitters who showed the Yomiuri Giants center fielder what the term "slugger" really means.
The San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds and New York Yankees' Jason Giambi crushed back-to-back home runs twice and combined for five RBIs to humiliate the Japan Series champion Yomiuri Giants 8-1 in the Major League Baseball All-Star team's exhibition game in front of a Tokyo Dome full house on Saturday.
"That's what we came here for -- to put on a good show," said San Francisco slugger Bonds, who was selected the game's Most Valuable Player after going 2-for-3 with three RBIs. "Everyone's a little nervous because we haven't played in a while. This was an ice breaker."
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