Fuminori Yokogawa hit a two-run home run to contribute in an 18-hit attack as the Rakuten Eagles walloped the Orix Buffaloes 11-1 in a preseason game on Thursday.
Yokogawa featured among four players who drove in two runs apiece and Hiroshi Katayama pitched six innings of one-run ball at Kyocera Dome.
Teppei Tsuchiya had three hits and drove in a run. Orix's Ryan Vogelsong, acquired from the Hanshin Tigers this off-season, yielded four runs and eight hits in 3-1/3 shaky innings.
In other action, Yoshihiko Yamamoto had a three-run drive among his three hits as the Hiroshima Carp rallied from a six-run deficit in the last four innings to beat the Chunichi Dragons 15-10.
Yamamoto's blast in the sixth inning cut Chunichi's lead to 10-7 before the Hiroshima bats ignited for eight runs to go ahead in the last two frames at Nagaragawa stadium in Gifu Prefecture.
Kazuhiro Wada went 4-for-5 and Lee Byung Kyu hit a grand slam for Chunichi.
Yokohama BayStars right-hander Daisuke Miura allowed one run over four strong innings while Softbank Hawks outfielder Hitoshi Tamura hit a solo shot in a 1-1 tie at Yokohama Stadium.
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