TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Brian Sikorski offered a loud warning to every Pacific League pitcher: Watch out -- Seibu's Alex Cabrera is red hot.
Cabrera, who has only two homers in the last 10 games, remained at home run No. 54 -- one short of the Japanese baseball single-season record -- in the Lions' 2-1 loss to the Chiba Lotte Marines at the Seibu Dome on Monday.
Sikorski, who came into the game in the seventh, smoked a fastball below Cabrera's knees, but the Venezuelan golfed it up the middle for a single.