Alex Ochoa hit a two-run tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning and went 2-for-4 with four RBIs Sunday, powering the Chunichi Dragons to a 9-1 romp over the Softbank Hawks in interlegaue action.
Hanshin Tigers' Shinjiro Hiyama strikes out with two out and runners at
corners while Seibu Lions catcher Koji Tahara picks up the ball to tag Hiyama
in the eighth inning at Invoice Seibu Dome on Sunday.
Ochoa lofted a first pitch slider off lefty Toshiya Sugiuchi (6-2) into the left-field seats to give Chunichi a 3-1 lead, then added a run-scoring single in a three-run seventh and a sacrifice fly in a three-run eighth at Yahoo Dome.
Kosuke Fukudome drove in two runs on 3-for-5 hitting, Kazuyoshi Tatsunami chipped in with a run-scoring single, Tyrone Woods had an RBI double and Hiroyuki Watanabe hit a run-scoring single in the 12-hit onslaught.