TOKYO -- The MLB all-stars continued to make the Tokyo Dome look small on Sunday night as Joe Mauer, Ryan Howard, Andruw Jones and David Wright all went deep in an 11-4 victory over Japan that clinched the best-of-five series here with two more games to play in Osaka and Fukuoka.
For Howard, it was his third homer in two games, and he's hitting .700 (7-for-10) with six runs scored and six RBI. Wright hit his second of the week, with the first coming in an exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants, but he's been awed by the Phillies' slugger.
"He’s amazing," Wright said. "It was just a continuation of the regular season for him. He’s pretty special and he’s going to do a lot of damage over the course of his career. He just has so much power to all fields. It doesn’t matter if there’s a guy from the major leagues on the hill or a guy from the Japanese leagues on the hill, he’s going to put good swings on the ball. It’s fun to watch. In the dugout, just when you think you’ve seen it all from him, he does something that’s absolutely incredible."