Sendai celebrated on Monday as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles advanced to their first Japan Series by clinching the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage with an 8-5 win in Game 4 over the Chiba Lotte Marines.
The Eagles won the series 4-1 after starting with a one-game advantage as the league champs.
Japan's youngest franchise, in only its ninth year in existence, will now face the nation's oldest, the Yomiuri Giants, in the Japan Series, which starts here on Saturday.