While Ichiro Suzuki and Shuichi Murata were dominating the headlines, Hiroyuki Nakajima was quietly racking up hits.
The Seibu Lions star is one of the main reasons Japan is moving on to the second round, and he might just be warming up.
"I'm getting more excited game in and game out," Nakajima said before Japan's rematch with South Korea on Monday. "But I always want to focus on the game at hand."