03/09/2007 ORIX Buffaloes - Okada rallies Orix

Orix Buffaloes outfielder Takahiro Okada hit a three-run homer
and finished with four RBIs in a 7-4 come-from-behind victory over
the Yomiuri Giants in a preseason game Friday.

Okada, who only went 1-for-6 in three games in his rookie season
last year, had an RBI double in the seventh inning and his first home
run of the spring broke a 4-4 tie in the eighth at Kyocera Dome.

Orix right-hander Atsuhiro Mitsuhara gave up four runs and nine
hits in five innings.

Yomiuri lefty Tetsuya Utsumi also had a disappointing outing,
allowing two runs on solo homers to Chad Allen and Greg LaRocca over
five innings.

OBs #55 [OF] Takahiro Okada
http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=2031

OBs #45 [P] Atsuhiro Mitsuhara
http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=1907

YG #26 [P] Tetsuya Utsumi
http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=1830

OBs #25 [OF] Chad Allen
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6185
http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=2183

OBs #30 [IF] Greg LaRocca
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6591
http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=1848

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