Greg Larocca hit a game-tying solo homer and Koichi Ogata followed with a two-run blast in the ninth inning Friday as the Hiroshima Carp rallied to beat the Yomiuri Giants 4-2 in the Central League's opening-day action.
Fullcast Stadium, home of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden
Eagles, is packed prior to the start of the Eagles' first home game in Sendai
on Friday.
With the game seemingly wrapped up for the Giants, Larocca connected off Dan Miceli (0-1) on a one-out drive that barely cleared the center-field wall to make it 2-2 at Tokyo Dome.
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