On a windy rain-soaked day in Chiba City Bobby Valentine’s Chiba Lotte Marines took a 1-0 series lead over the Soft Bank Hawks with a 8-4 opening game win.
Shunsuke Watanabe pitched a complete game, outdueling Hawks ace Kazumi Saito who dropped to 0-6 in 10 career post-season starts.
Read a recap here (via JapanBall.com)
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1 johnsano // Oct 10, 2007 at 4:18 am
The video on you tube was amazing. The fans get pretty excited. It was fun to watch. Do most of the teams have their team names in english?
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