The Big Boys have finally arrived in Kobe.
Tuffy Rhodes and Alex Cabrera each homered for the Orix Buffaloes on Thursday night in a 6-1 victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines.
The victory kept the surprising Buffaloes in second place in the Pacific League standings, four games behind the first-place Seibu Lions and four games ahead of third-place Hokkaido Nippon Ham.