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 ¡ª 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.
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