Tuffy Rhodes homered three times and drove in six runs to fuel the attack as the Orix Buffaloes routed the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 11-3 in the Pacific League on Sunday.
Rhodes hit a solo shot to right in the fourth inning at Skymark Stadium to become the 12th player in Japanese baseball — the first foreign player ever — to reach 450 career home runs.
He reached the milestone in his 1,609th game, the second fastest pace following home run king Sadaharu Oh, who achieved the same feat in 1,559 games.