The Yomiuri Giants won the Central League title but the Chunichi Dragons are going to the Japan Series.
Dragons slugger Tyrone Woods watches his home run fly into the right-field bleachers in the fourth inning
against Yomiuri in Game 3 of the Central League Climax Series' second stage at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
With a 4-2 win, Chunichi swept the Giants and clinched a Japan Series berth for the second straight year.
KYODO PHOTOTyrone Woods hit the go-ahead home run and starter Kenichi Nakata pitched seven-plus innings as the Dragons advanced to the Japan Series with a 4-2 win in Game 3 of the second stage of the Central League Climax Series on Saturday night in front of 46,081 fans at Tokyo Dome.
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