The Hiroshima Carp clinched their second straight Central League championship, the team's eighth overall, with a 3-2 win over the Hanshin Tigers on Monday afternoon.Two days after they were denied a chance to clinch at home, a huge number of Carp fans invaded the Tigers' home, historic Koshien Stadium outside Osaka, and erupted after Shota Nakazaki sealed the victory with a 1-2-3 ninth inning to record his eighth save.
Manager Koichi Ogata's first words after the game were directed at the fans."When we won last year, for the first time in 26 years, we could all sense the outpouring of joy fr…READ FULL ARTICLE
