Yokohama BayStars fans on Monday celebrated their team's win over the Yomiuri Giants after their three-game series at Tokyo Dome to advance to the final stage of the Central League Climax Series.

"This was by far the best first stage ever in the 10 years the Climax Series has been played," said a 24-year-old diehard BayStars fan from Yokohama. "It's not a question of the BayStars or the Giants. I've never seen such a tough battle in the first stage."

Yokohama won the first game 5-3 on Saturday, Yomiuri tied the series with a 2-1 win the next day and the BayStars took the last game 4-3 after a dramatic 11th-inning RBI single by unheralded reserve Hiroki Minei.