Julio Zuleta hit for the cycle and drove in seven runs, leading the Chiba Lotte Marines to a 9-2 rout of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Saturday.
Yakult Swallows slugger Alex Ramirez slides home safely on a double by Shinya Miyamoto while Hanshin
Tigers catcher Akihiro Yano blocks the plate during the fourth inning on Saturday at Jingu Stadium.
KYODO PHOTOZuleta had a two-run double in the fourth inning, an RBI triple in the sixth, a three-run homer in the seventh and a run-scoring single in the ninth at Fullcast Stadium.
The Panamanian slugger, who was 4-for-5 in the game, became the 61st player in Japanese baseball history and the first Lotte player since Takahiro Tokutsu in April 1976 to hit for the cycle.