Jeff Liefer delivered a pair of clutch doubles to drive in five runs and the front-running Seibu Lions sent 10 batters to the plate in a six-run third inning en route to an 11-1 rout over the Orix Buffaloes on Thursday.
Seibu's Jeff Liefer scores on Shogo Akada's RBI single, avoiding a tag by Orix catcher Takeshi Hidaka at home plate in the fourth inning at Osaka's Kyocera Dome on Thursday night. The Pacific League-leading Lions routed the Buffaloes 11-1.
KYODO PHOTOThe Pacific-League leading Lions stayed a game and a half ahead of the Softbank Hawks in the standings and won their 60th game of the season for the best in Japanese baseball.
Liefer had a base-clearing double in the third and followed with a two-run double up the middle in his next at-bat in a five-run fourth, which also featured Kazuhiro Wada's two-run double at Kyocera Dome.