Leonys Martin hit a ball that looked like it might land in Osaka.
A happy coincidence, because that’s exactly where he and the rest of the Chiba Lotte Marines are headed.
Martin connected on a deep solo home run to right to even the score in the seventh inning and that was enough for the Marines, who advanced to the final stage of the Pacific League Climax Series after a 4-4 tie with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Game 2 of the first stage.
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