Johnny Hellweg's first experience in the Japan Series didn't exactly end the way he thought it might.
Of all the scenarios the 29-year-old reliever may have gone through in his head, it's safe to say a tie game was pretty far down the list.
"I honestly still haven't been able to comprehend it," Hellweg told the Japan Times prior to Game 2 on Sunday at Mazda Stadium after his Hiroshima Carp and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks played a 12-inning, 2-2 tie in Game 1.