Veteran Makoto Kaneko connected for a grand slam in the fifth inning Sunday as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters downed the Pacific League-leading Softbank Hawks 10-6.
Hanshin hurlers Jeff Williams (left) and Tomoyuki Kubota acknowledge the crowd Sunday after
the Tigers beat the Yomiuri Giants 6-2 at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
Tomochika Tsuboi hit a solo homer in the second inning at Sapporo Dome and Kuniyuki Kimoto added a three-run blast in the third before Kaneko gave the Fighters a commanding 10-1 lead in the fifth with his third homer of the season.