Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez said he wanted to keep things as close to normal as he could in the team's Climax Series debut.
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo hitting a big home run is pretty much as normal as it gets for the BayStars this year.
Tsutsugo erased a one-run deficit with a two-run home run, and Shoichi Ino turned in a solid start as the BayStars beat the Yomiuri Giants 5-3 in Game 1 of the Central League Climax Series First Stage on Saturday at Tokyo Dome in front of a crowd of 45,633.
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