Yudai Shoji drove in two runs and steered the defending champion SoftBank Hawks to a 3-1 win in 11 innings over the DeNA BayStars in Game 1 of the Japan Series on Saturday.The Hawks, who won their third straight Pacific League pennant this year, began their bid for revenge against the BayStars with a win at Yokohama Stadium after losing the 2024 Japan Series to the Central League club.The BayStars, who won the Japan Series 4-2 that year despite finishing the regular season third, repeated the trick this year to reach the best-of-seven Japan Series after storming to six straight wins in the …READ FULL ARTICLE
