A game might look over, and it might feel over, but as Yoshitomo Tsutsugo and the Yokohama BayStars taught the Yomiuri Giants' Tomoyuki Sugano, nothing is over until the final out is in the books.
The BayStars went from two outs away from being shut out to improbable victors after Tsutsugo hit a come-from-behind two-run homer in the top of the ninth, and rookie pitcher Yasuaki Yamasaki shut the door in the bottom half to close out the BayStars' 3-2 victory in front of a crowd of 46,277 on Thursday night at Tokyo Dome.
"I feel really good right now," said BayStars manager Kiyoshi Nakahata. This was one of our most exciting wins this year. We pulled this one out of the fire."