NAGOYA — Having had the rare experience of collecting championship rings on both sides of the Pacific, Tadahito Iguchi knows what it takes to earn postseason victories.
The 35-year-old infielder, who won a pair of Japan Series titles with the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks and two World Series rings — one each with the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies — said that it is significant to take advantage of a team's first scoring chance in order to gain momentum in a playoff game.
"You've got to capitalize on the first opportunity you get in a game, that's the No. 1 priority," Iguchi said before Game 2 of the Japan Series at Nagoya Dome on Sunday.