FUKUOKA ¨C Shortly before the end of the Japan Series managers¡¯ meeting the skippers of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Yomiuri Giants were asked to name their starters for Game 1.
Hawks manager Kimiyasu Kudo spoke first, grabbing a mic and stating simply with no hesitation, ¡°For the Hawks it¡¯s Kodai Senga,¡± Giants skipper Tatsunori Hara, spoke with similar conviction as he named Shun Yamaguchi as his man.
Just like that, a blockbuster Japan Series got a blockbuster pitching matchup to kick things off.
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