The newly supercharged Yokohama BayStars were staging another rally at Jingu Stadium.
A new rule kept them from finishing it off.
Takehiro Ishikawa capped the BayStars' two-inning, four-run rally with a game-tying RBI single in the ninth and closer Shun Yamaguchi shut the door on the Tokyo Yakult Swallows with the winning run standing 90 feet (27 meters) away as the two teams played to a 6-6 tie on Saturday at Jingu Stadium.
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