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.
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.
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