Andy Sheets and Tomoaki Kanemoto each had four hits and combined for five RBIs and Akihiro Yano homered twice as the Hanshin Tigers pounded out a season-high 22 hits to beat the Yomiuri Giants 15-2 on Wednesday.
Hanshin pinch hitter Osamu Hamanaka hits an RBI double in the fifth inning against the Yomiuri Giants on
Wednesday at Tokyo Dome.
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Hanshin broke a scoreless tie in a six-run fifth inning that included back-to-back RBI singles from Sheets and Kanemoto and was capped by Yano's two-run shot at Tokyo Dome. Yomiuri had its winning streak snapped at six games.