Yuichi Matsumoto may have kept the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the game, but Josh Whitesell won it for them.
Matsumoto hit a game-tying two-out pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth inning and Whitesell sent Swallows fans home happy with a sayonara home run in the 10th, as Yakult edged the Yokohama BayStars 2-1 on Friday at Jingu Stadium.
"You can look so bad for four at-bats and one swing can turn your whole day around," said Whitesell, who was 0-for-4 before his heroics.
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