Craig Brazell hit a home run so deep, it flew beyond the playing field, beyond the flight of steps behind the center-field fence and ricocheted off a wall underneath the Tokyo Dome scoreboard.
It was probably the most normal moment in what turned out to be a wild game.
The lead changed three times from the seventh inning, and Brazell's come-from-behind tape-measure blast provided the difference for the Hanshin Tigers in a 10-8 victory over the Yomiuri Giants in front of a crowd of 44,176 on Friday at Tokyo Dome.