Yoshitomo Tsutsugo might not have gotten a chance to win the game in the 10th, but he wasn't going to be denied in the 12th.

The red-hot Yokohama BayStars slugger hit a sayonara home run in the bottom of the 12th to lift his team to a 3-2 win over the Yomiuri Giants on Friday night at Yokohama Stadium.

"I was just trying to get a hit. I knew (Jose) Lopez was behind me if I couldn't," Tsutsugo said. "I'm happy I was able hit a home run."