Yuma Mune is taking his chance and running with it.

Maybe even all the way to a Japan Series title.

The Orix Buffaloes third baseman was in the thick of the action in Game 1 of the Japan Series on Saturday night, helping his team rally from a two-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth in a 4-3 sayonara victory over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows at Kyocera Dome Osaka.