CHIBA — After the Chiba Lotte Marines' Game 1 Pacific League Climax Series victory Lotte manager Bobby Valentine said that nobody had bigger guts than Saburo Omura. Fittingly in the series clincher, nobody had a bigger hit.
Chiba Lotte Marines outfielder Saburo Omura hits a bases-loaded triple in the sixth inning against the
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks on Wednesday at Chiba Marine Stadium in Game 3 of the first stage of the Pacific
League Climax Series. The Marines won the series 2-1 to advance to the second stage against the Hokkaido
Nippon Ham Fighters.
KYODO PHOTOOmura, who was named series MVP, hit a three-run triple and starter Yoshihisa Naruse pitched a complete-game shutout as the Marines advanced to the second stage of the series with a 4-0 win over the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks on Wednesday night at Chiba Marine Stadium.