Being the best team in Japan doesn't appear to be enough for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Chiba Lotte outfielder Benny Agbayani (right) is greeted at home plate by teammate Lee Seung Yeop after Agbayani hit his second home run of the night Friday in the seventh inning at Tokyo Dome. The Marines walloped the Sinon Bulls of Taiwan 12-1 in a Konami Cup Asia Series game called after seven innings due to the mercy rule.
Benny Agbayani homered twice and Naoyuki Shimizu fanned 11 batters in a seven-inning complete game as Lotte beat Taiwan's Sinon Bulls by mercy rule, winning 12-1 in the Konami Cup Asia Series on Friday at Tokyo Dome.