The 2012 season of the homerun didn't have to wait long. On March 28th in the early morning hours in the United States and prime time Tokyo in just the fourth inning Dustin Ackley took Brandon McCarthy's fastball yard. The home run was a blast that could have been estimated at about 425 feet to dead centerfield in the top half of the fourth. The monster hit broke up a scoreless game which was later tied in the bottom half of the inning by Kurt Suzuki's double driving in Cliff Pennington who led off the inning with a double.
The pitching duel of Felix Hernandez and Brandon McCarthy went lifeless with out either of them getting the win. But, both pitched masterfully.
The hitting prowless didn't stop for Ackley which in the bottom of the 11th tied 1-1 drove in Brendan Ryan with a single. Ackley after stealing second later scored off Ichiro Suzuki's shallow single to center.
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