Rookie Kairi Shimada's 10th-inning, two-out single lifted the Hanshin Tigers to a 4-3 walk-off win over the Yokohama BayStars on Saturday.
With the loss, the BayStars, currently in fourth place in the Central League standings, fell 1½ games behind the third-place Yomiuri Giants in their campaign to secure the final spot in the Climax Series for the third-straight year. Should the Giants win their remaining game or the BayStars lose any of their three remaining games, the Giants will grab the league's final playoff spot.
The Tigers loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the 10th at Koshien Stadium, before Shimada drove in the run. It was Shimada's first career RBI.