Seibu slugger Alex Cabrera homered for the third straight game to increase his PL-leading home run total to 50, but it was not enough for the Lions as the Daiei Hawks snapped its losing streak against Seibu at six with a 4-2 win at the Seibu Dome.

Tied 1-1 in the ninth, Nobuhiko Matsunaka drilled a tie-breaking three-run homer off Seibu starter Chang Chin-chia (8-3) for the go-ahead runs.

Cabrera is only the seventh player in Japanese Pro Baseball history to notch 50 homers in one season.