Tuffy Rhodes belted his second solo homer of the night in the 11th inning to give the Kintetsu Buffaloes a 11-10 "sayonara" victory over the Nippon Fighters on Friday night at Osaka Dome.
Trailing 7-1, Kintetsu's Naoyuki Omura blasted a grand slam to key a fifth inning uprising in a contest which saw nine homers between both teams.
Pinch hitter Daisuke Masuda hit a three-run dinger to give the Buffaloes a 9-8 lead in the eighth and Rhodes hit his first shot to tie the game 10-10 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.
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