FUKUOKA — Makoto Imaoka was embarrassed to be surrounded by so many reporters after the game.

"It's not like I hit the game winner," the Chiba Lotte veteran humbly said after the Marines' 4-2 win over the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in Game 4 of the final stage of the Pacific League Climax Series on Sunday.

Imaoka put his team ahead 1-0 with a solo homer in the second.