Tokyo, Japan (My Sportsbook) - Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi hit back-to-back homers in the first and fifth innings to carry the Major League Baseball All- Stars to an 8-1 win over the Yomiuri Giants in an exhibition game before a crowd of 55,000 in the Tokyo Dome Saturday night.

Bonds hit a two-run blast in the first inning and Giambi followed with a solo shot off Yusaku Iriki, The duo combined again for solo shots in the fifth inning, off Hisanori Takahasi as the MLB squad went ahead 7-0 and cruised to the win.

Baltimore's Rodrigo Lopez got the win by allowing just a hit over five innings, while Iriki was saddled with the loss after surrendering seven hits and five runs over three innings.

It was the first of eight games for the MLB All-Stars, who start a seven-game series against the Japanese All-Stars Sunday night at the Tokyo Dome.

Japanese home-run king Hideki Matsui, who may reportedly sign a two-year, $24 million contract with the Yankees, will be part of the Japanese All-Star squad. Matsui, who had 50 homers and 107 RBI in leading the Giants to the 2002 Japanese League title, had a single in four plate appearances in Saturday's game.