Tatsuhiko Kinjo belted a sayonara home run with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the Yokohama BayStars to a 5-4 win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows at Yokohama Stadium on Wednesday.
It was Kinjo's first homer of the year. He also broke a 4-4 tie in the eighth inning in Tuesday's come-from-behind, 5-4 win over Yakult. This game-winner earned him a kiss from excitable skipper Kiyoshi Nakahata.
"I heard him say, 'Thank you, thank you,' and was told he planted one on me, but I didn't notice at the time," Kinjo said.