Takayuki Kajitani singled home the game-winning run on Sunday as the Yokohama BayStars beat the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants 4-3 in 11 innings.
Giants reliever Takahiro Aoki (2-2) allowed a leadoff single to Yoshitomo Tsutsugo and followed by walking Aarom Baldiris to put two on with no outs. Kajitani worked a full count before lining a breaking ball into the left-field corner to score the game winner.
The Giants' Leslie Anderson tied the game 3-3 in the ninth inning with his 14th home run, a two-run shot off BayStars ace Daisuke Miura with one out. Yuki Kuniyoshi retired the next two batters, but the BayStars wasted a two-on, one-out opportunity in the home half of the inning against right-hander Kentaro Nishimura.
The BayStars squandered another golden opportunity in the 10th. Giants reliever Shoki Kasahara got the third out when Yulieski Gurriel popped out to third, but it didn't end there as Gurriel stopped en route to first base to engage Kasahara in a barking match before the two were separated.
Enyelbert Soto (1-1) earned the win in relief after working around a two-out walk in the top of the 11th inning.
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