Yangervis Solarte hasn't even been in Japan that long and yet Hanshin Tigers fans already love him.
He made it hard not to in his first game.
Solarte made his NPB debut a memorable one on Friday night, hitting a towering, tiebreaking two-run homer in the top of the seventh to help the Tigers beat the rival Yomiuri Giants 4-2 in front of a crowd of 45,887 at Tokyo Dome.