After his heroics the previous night, hitting a three-run home run in a Hawks win, the Fukuoka fans were hungry for an encore from Hiroki Kokubo. As usual he didn't disappoint, but this time he had some help.
Kokubo hit his eighth home run of the year, but this day belonged to teammate Hitoshi Tamura. The outfielder was 3-for-4 with four RBI's, including a monstrous home run to dead center (a more than 122-meter blast), to ice the Hawks' 11-2 rout of Nippon Ham (8-13-3) Saturday afternoon at Tokyo Dome.