Yomiuri 6, at Yokohama 7

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Interstat) — In a playoff game that defied convention from its very first pitch, the Yokohama BayStars authored a stunning comeback, erasing a five-run deficit in the first inning and walking off with a 7-6 victory over the Yomiuri Giants in 11 innings Sunday at Yokohama Stadium. The four-hour, 31-minute marathon, played before a crowd of 33,767, was a tale of two explosive opening frames followed by nearly nine innings of tense, scoreless baseball before a final, frantic rally in the 11th. The game began in spectacular fashion for the visiting Giants. Yomiuri center fielder Shunsuke Sasaki launched… Read more...