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Power-hitting Japanese phenom pitcher hits ball into roof of Tokyo Dome

TOKYO -- Japanese pitcher Shohei Otani added to his reputation as a powerful hitter on Sunday when he hit a fly ball that didn't come down.

Otani's towering fly ball in the seventh inning of an exhibition game against the Netherlands got lodged somewhere in the roof of Tokyo Dome.

As Otani rounded the bases, teammates, opposition players and umpires looked up in search of the ball that disappeared into the panels lining the ceiling of the domed stadium.

What certainly would have been a home run in an open-air stadium was ruled a ground-rule double.