There were fireworks the last time the Hanshin Tigers¡¯ Shintaro Fujinami pitched against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Emotions weren¡¯t running quite as high on Thursday afternoon, but the Tigers¡¯ batters did their best to run up the score.
Masahiro Nakatani and Kosuke Fukudome homered during a five-run fifth inning, and Fujinami drove in a run while also holding down the Swallows¡¯ lineup in Hanshin¡¯s 7-1 victory over Yakult on a sunny day at a sold-out Jingu Stadium.
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