The Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Yomiuri Giants took everything that makes October baseball great and stuffed it all into one tightly wound package on Sunday.
There were home runs, a bullpen duel, defensive gems, a 19-pitch at-bat, close calls and clutch plays all in the span of a 4½-hour battle of wills.
What there will not be, however, is another game in the Central League Climax Series First Stage.
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