SAPPORO -- Hirokazu Ibata never smiled after hitting his first homer of the series. Instead, he was regretting his fielding "mistake" before he hit the dinger.
He is just that kind of a guy -- a guy who can't forgive a play that could cost his team a win.
"I should've made that play," Ibata said of his fielding play in Game 2.
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