The big boys found a new way to win, and it had nothing to do with anyone's power.
The major league All-Star team stuck to the short ball and timely hitting, while the Japanese All-Stars made critical errors as the visiting squad scraped out a 12-7 victory to knot the seven-game series 3-3 on Saturday at the Tokyo Dome.
"First of all, we came out of the blocks batting real well," said MLB manager Art Howe, whose starters all had a base hit by the fifth inning. "They did too. But we kept adding on."