SoftBank's Dennis Sarfate earned his 46th save of the season, matching the Nippon Professional Baseball record as the Hawks beat the Rakuten Eagles 3-1 on Saturday to secure a spot in the best-of-three Climax Series.Before 38,585 at Yafuoku Dome, Sarfate entered the mound in the ninth. He allowed a soft single to Hiroaki Shimauchi but retired the next three batters in order to seal the win for the Pacific League-leading Hawks.The 36-year-old American right-hander matched the record shared by the Chunichi Dragons' Hiroki Iwase (2005) and the Hanshin Tigers' Kyuji Fujikawa (2007)."It's an hon…READ FULL ARTICLE
