Daisuke Matsuzaka struck out 14 batters and came alive offensively with a two-run home run Friday as the Seibu Lions rallied past the Hanshin Tigers for a 10-1 pounding in interleague action.
Tomoya Satozaki of the Chiba Lotte Marines slides home safely past Yomiuri
Giants catcher Shunsuke Hara during the eighth inning of Friday's game at
Chiba Marine Stadium.
It was the curtain call to Matsuzaka's last start against Hanshin on May 26, in which he struck out 14 batters over the distance in a 3-0 victory.
Matsuzaka allowed four hits and one run in his fifth complete game of the season and helped his own cause by drilling a shot over the left-field wall on a 2-2 fastball from Darwin Cubillan for his career first home run.