Ryan Howard and Tadahito Iguchi gave the MLB All-Stars the best of both worlds.

Howard hit a pair of homers Saturday night and Iguchi drove in two runs with a clutch double as the MLB All-Stars defeated the stars of Japanese baseball 8-6 for a 2-0 lead in its five-game tour.
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