TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Pref. — You just cannot count out these Chiba Lotte Marines.
The Marines erased a four-run deficit in the ninth inning and Kazuya Fukuura struck the deciding blow with a solo home run in the 11th to lead Lotte to a 6-5 win over the Seibu Lions in Game 1 of the Pacific League Climax Series on Saturday at Seibu Dome.
"It was a great come-from-behind victory today," Fukuura said. "We were down but not out. We never gave up, even when we were four runs down in the ninth inning. We fought to the end."