NAGOYA -- Once Kenshin Kawakami remembered how to be himself, the game was in the bag.
Chunichi's Motonobu Tanishige hits a go-ahead two-run double with the bases loaded and one out in the
bottom of the second inning against Hokkaido Nippon Ham in Game 1 of the Japan Series at Nagoya Dome on
Saturday night. Chunichi defeated the Fighters 4-2.
KYODO PHOTOKawakami, a 17-game winner during the regular season, went eight innings, striking out eight and scattering five hits, as the Chunichi Dragons defeated the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4-2 in Game 1 of the Japan Series on Saturday night at Nagoya Dome.