Before watching his two former NPB clubs take the field in a crucial late-season game, the retiring Shuichi Murata urged them to give everything they had during the contest.
They must've gotten the message, because they gave him a good show.
Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano and BayStars rookie Katsuki Azuma staged a pitching duel and Hisayoshi Chono ended it with a sayonara home run that gave the Kyojin a crucial 1-0 victory over the BayStars.
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