Julio Zuleta hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday, lifting the Softbank Hawks to a 2-1 win over the Chiba Lotte Marines in the Pacific League.
Dragons Outfielder Kosuke Fukudome smacks a two-run homer into the right-field bleachers in the sixth against the Hanshin Tigers at Nagoya Dome on Thursday night. Chunichi won 5-1.
KYODO PHOTOSoftbank, which had its second "sayonara" win in as many nights, swept Lotte in three games after the All-Star break and sent its sinking rival to its fifth defeat in a row.
After Hiroshi Shibahara flied out to right, Nobuhiko Matsunaka reached on a single to left, setting up Zuleta's blast to the seats in left off closer Masahide Kobayashi (4-1) at Yahoo Dome.