Daichi Suzuki hit the first two homers of the Pacific League season, driving in four runs in the Chiba Lotte Marines' 12-2 whipping of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Tuesday afternoon.
Prior to Suzuki's first shot, the pitchers of the six PL teams had not allowed a ball over the fence in 179 innings since the start of the season on Friday.
"I'll make sure to save tomorrow's newspaper," said Suzuki, who hit six home runs last season, when he was reminded that he now leads the league.