Hiroshima first baseman Takahiro Arai smashed three homers but it was not enough for the Carp as they fell to the Hanshin Tigers 10-7 at Hiroshima Stadium on Saturday.
Takahiro Arai of the Hiroshima Carp connects for his third homer in a game
against the Hanshin Tigers at Hiroshima Stadium.
Arai nailed a two-run homer and a solo shot in the second and fourth innings, respectively, off Tigers starter Hideki Irabu, and added a solo blast in the eighth off reliever Shinobu Fukuhara.