"Winning is everything" is a cliche you often hear from players and coaches in postseason baseball.
But Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks star player Seiichi Uchikawa is a strong believer in that familiar line.
Although the Pacific League champion Hawks tamed the Yokohama BayStars 10-1 in Game 1 of the Japan Series on Saturday, Uchikawa was hitless with a strikeout and wound up being the only man in the starting lineup to fail to get on base.