Masataka Yoshida's game-winning single to center against Scott McGough in Game 1 of the Japan Series was not the first time the Orix Buffaloes star has gotten the best of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows closer this year.
Yoshida also helped bring in a run (thanks to an error) late in a game with a hit to center off McGough earlier in the year — when the pair faced off in the final of the baseball tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.
Yoshida and McGough are among the handful of players giving this year's Japan Series a little Olympic flair.