The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters haven’t figured out how to handle Tuffy Rhodes yet, but they’re becoming experts at corralling the rest of the Orix Buffaloes.
Eiichi Koyano and Yoshio Itoi each drove in a pair of runs during a four-run fifth inning and the Fighters rallied to defeat the Buffaloes 8-4 in front of a crowd of 33,823 on Thursday at Tokyo Dome.
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