CHIBA ¨C For one night, it was just like old times for Alfredo Despaigne in Chiba. A monstrous home run, a celebration with Chiba Lotte Marines catcher Tatsuhiro Tamura, and a celebratory ¡°Despa-iine¡± call-and-response with the fans in right field after the game.
It was almost like he¡¯d never left.
The former Marines and current Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks slugger hit a game-tying home run that banged off the screen below the scoreboard in center in the fourth inning, and the Seibu Lions¡¯ Shogo Akiyama drove in current Marines star Daichi Suzuki with a tiebreaking double in the fifth, as the Pacific League finished off an All-Star sweep with a 3-1 victory in Game 2 of the NPB All-Star Series on Saturday night at Zozo Marine Stadium.
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