The Yomiuri Giants won the Central League pennant last season.
On Friday night at Tokyo Dome, the reigning champions kicked off the 2025 campaign with a dramatic start to their quest to repeat.
The Giants rallied from three runs down to tie the game in the ninth inning, and Gakuto Wakabayashi hit a sayonara single in the 10th to lift the Kyojin to a 6-5 win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the season opener at Tokyo Dome on Friday night.
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