SAPPORO — Yu Darvish and Yoshihisa Naruse were arguably the two best pitchers in Japanese baseball this season.
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So it only seems appropriate that the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ace will face the Chiba Lotte Marines' young superstar in Game 5 of the second stage of the Pacific League Climax Series at Sapporo Dome on Thursday night to determine which squad will advance to the Japan Series.