TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. -- Extra innings, and all for nothing.
Chiba Lotte Marines baserunner Tsuyoshi Nishioka slides home safely on a sacrifice fly by Kazuya Fukuura
while Seibu Lions catcher Koji Tahara attempts to make the tag in the seventh inning on Wednesday at
Invoice Seibu Dome.
KYODO PHOTOKazuya Fukuura couldn't glove a hard Takeya Nakamura grounder with the bases loaded in the 10th inning, giving the Seibu Lions a 4-3 victory over Chiba Lotte in its regular-season finale Wednesday at Invoice Seibu Dome, but the battle won didn't cancel out a bigger loss.