The little things can kill you.
Hokkaido Nippon Ham star Michihiro Ogasawara exchanges
high-fives with his teammates in front of the
dugout after hitting a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to put the
Fighters ahead 2-1 in the top of the eighth
inning against Taiwan's La New Bears at Tokyo Dome on Friday
night in the Asia Series. The Fighters
defeated the Bears.
KYODO PHOTOGeorge Rayborn's scoreless return to Japan was undone by the combination of Naoto Inada's pinch-hit infield hit in the eighth inning and a little plate discipline as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters came back to earn a tight 2-1 victory over Taiwan's La New Bears on Friday in the Konami Cup Asia Series at Tokyo Dome.