Tuffy Rhodes hit his career 300th homer in Japan on Sunday but it wasn't enough as the Hiroshima Carp edged the Yomiuri Giants 4-3.
Satoru Kanemura of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters pitches against the Orix BlueWave on Sunday.
Rhodes tied the game in the bottom of the eighth with a towering solo homer to right at Tokyo Dome but Kenta Kurihara drove in the winning run in the top of the 10th with a single to right off Hideki Okajima that scored the runner from second.