Nakajima, Shibata both hit two-run homers

  
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KURASHIKI, Japan, March 6 (18:26) Kyodo

  
Hiroyuki Nakajima and Hiroyuki Shibata provided power at the
plate with a pair of two-run homers to ignite a 15-hit attack in the
Seibu Lions' 7-4 victory over the Hanshin Tigers in a preseason game
on Sunday.

Seibu starter Kazuyuki Hoashi pitched three hitless innings at
Muscat stadium in Okayama Prefecture and rookie Hideaki Wakui struck
out four in three innings. Shinobu Fukuhara got rocked for six runs
in three innings and Takashi Toritani homered or the Tigers.

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Rakuten 1, Orix 1

Hironori Fujisaki of the Eagles pitched four perfect innings
with one strikeout at Skymark Stadium in Kobe. Orix's only hit of the
day was a homer in the fifth by Cliff Brumbaugh, who won the batting
title in the South Korean pro league last season with the Hyundai
Unicorns. Kevin Beirne allowed one run in four innings of work for
Orix.

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Yomiuri 4, Softbank 2

Kazuhiro Kiyohara hit his second homer of the spring and veteran
right-hander Masumi Kuwata gave up two runs and four hits in three
innings in the Giants' win at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka. Kiyohara, who
missed most of last season with an injury, hit the go-ahead shot in
the sixth. Softbank's Tsuyoshi Wada went five innings on two-run ball.

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Lotte 5, Chunichi 3

At Nagoya Dome, Naoyuki Shimizu shook off a shaky start to hold
the Dragons to one run in three innings while Masahide Kobayashi was
perfect in one inning of relief for Lotte. Taiwanese lefty Chen
Wei-yin, who is aiming for a spot in Chunichi's rotation, gave up one
run and one hit but walked five in four innings.

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Yokohama 7, Hiroshima 4

At Hiroshima Stadium, Hitoshi Tamura, Takanori Suzuki and
Shuichi Murata each hit solo homers for the BayStars while Yuji
Yoshimi went two scoreless innings before handing the game to Cedric
Bowers, who allowed four runs in one inning. Hiroshima's Takaya
Kawauchi surrendered all three homers and four runs in four innings.

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Yakult 5, Nippon Ham 3

At Sapporo Dome, Yakult rookie right-hander Kojiro Uehara got
his first win of the spring after retiring three in a row in one
inning of relief. Nippon Ham's Yusaku Iriki moved a step closer to a
spot in the starting rotation after giving up just one run in four
innings while outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo had a double for the
Fighters.		  


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