The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks should be able to taste it now. They've dominated this Japan Series through three games and now the big payoff is just around the corner.
Alfredo Despaigne drove in three runs, Yurisbel Gracial homered and Rick van den Hurk did his job on the mound as the Hawks moved within one win of a three-peat with a 6-2 win over the Yomiuri Giants in Game 3 of the Japan Series on Tuesday night at Tokyo Dome.
"We've come to this point, but we've always tried to win by giving everything we can in each game we play," Hawks manager Kimiyasu Kudo said. "So we'll forget that we won today and give everything we have tomorrow."