Tuffy Rhodes belted his 42nd homer of the year and three Kintetsu hurlers shut out Orix at Osaka Dome on Sunday as the Buffaloes downed the BlueWave 3-0 to win their third straight game.
Tied 0-0 in the eighth, Rhodes broke the deadlock with a solo home run and after two out with a runner on first, Koichi Isobe slammed a two-run homer.
Lefty Katsuhiko Maekawa (4-2) picked up the win, pitching two innings in relief of starter Kevin Beirne.
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