Wily Mo Pena said he couldn't remember the last time he was in an elimination game.
He'll have a hard time forgetting this one.
Pena hit a two-run double in the fourth inning, Seiichi Uchikawa added an insurance run in the eighth, and the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks won the Pacific League Climax Series first stage with a 3-2 victory over the Seibu Lions in Game 3 on Monday night at Seibu Dome.
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