Shuichi Murata tied the game with a solo homer in the bottom of the 10th inning and Tatsuhiko Kinjo hit a two-run walkoff blast, his second homer of the night, in the 11th for the winning run as the Yokohama BayStars beat the Yomiuri Giants 11-9 after 11 innings in a game featuring a total of 11 home runs and 14 pitchers.
Tsuyoshi Shinjo of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters strikes a pose wearing a Spiderman mask prior to Sunday's game against the Orix BlueWave at Tokyo Dome.
Hiroki Kokubo broke an 8-8 tie with a solo homer in the top of the ninth and Tuffy Rhodes delivered two of Yomiuri's six homers as the Giants came back from an eight-run deficit in a 28-hit seesaw slugfest at Yokohama Stadium.
Yokohama took an 8-0 lead after three innings on a three-run blast from Hitoshi Taneda and Ryoji Aikawa's two-run drive in a six-run first. Rhodes capped a four-run fifth with a three-run homer and hit his league-leading 33rd shot in the seventh.