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Rakuten clinches 1st Japan Series berth

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles players toss manager Senichi Hoshino into the air after beating the Lotte Marines 8-5 in Game 4 of the Pacific League Climax Series final stage in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 21, 2013. The Eagles advanced to their first Japan Series to face the Yomiuri Giants.

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Rakuten clinches 1st Japan Series berth

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles players toss manager Senichi Hoshino into the air after beating the Lotte Marines 8-5 in Game 4 of the Pacific League Climax Series final stage in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 21, 2013. The Eagles advanced to their first Japan Series to face the Yomiuri Giants.

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WBC-winning Hara gets back to business in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara (R), who led Japan to victory in the World Baseball Classic, poses alongside his statue at the Tokyo Dome on March 28, ahead of a preseason game between the Giants and the Lotte Marines.

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Kajimae hits walkoff homer in his 1st career plate appearance

TOKYO, Japan - Rookie Yomiuri Giants' outfielder Ryuichi Kajimae poses for photos at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on June 6 after becoming the first player in Japanese baseball history to hit a walkoff homer in his first career plate appearance in interleague play against the Lotte Marines.

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Lotte ties up with team from China league

BEIJING, China - The Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League and the Lotte Giants of the Korean Baseball Organization signed a three-way business tie-up agreement with the Beijing China Hope Stars of the Chinese baseball league on March 23 in Beijing. Lotte acting owner Akio Shigemitsu (R) shows off the Chinese team uniform after the signing.

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(4)Japan baseball preseason games

CHIBA, Japan - Lotte Marines closer Masahide Kobayashi pitches a perfect inning by fanning all three batters he faced in a preseason game against the Yomiuri Giants at Chiba Marine Stadium on March 17.

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(3)Japan baseball preseason games

CHIBA, Japan - Tuffy Rhodes, who has moved to the Yomiuri Giants from the Kintetsu Buffaloes, hits his first homer for the new club in a preseason game against the Lotte Marines in Chiba Marine Stadium on March 17.

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Baseball in Japan

The Yomiuri Giants' Raito Nakayama (top) leaps after scoring on a single by Yoshihiro Maru in the fourth inning of an interleague baseball game against the Lotte Marines at Tokyo Dome on June 3, 2022.

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Baseball in Japan

Yomiuri Giants cleanup hitter Kazuma Okamoto (25) hits a two-run home run off Roki Sasaki of the Lotte Marines in the third inning of an interleague baseball game at Tokyo Dome on June 3, 2022.

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Baseball in Japan

Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki (C) allows a two-run homer to Yomiuri Giants cleanup hitter Kazuma Okamoto (L) in the third inning of an interleague baseball game at Tokyo Dome on June 3, 2022.

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Baseball in Japan

Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki (R) gives up an RBI double to Riku Masuda of the Yomiuri Giants in the second inning of an interleague baseball game at Tokyo Dome on June 3, 2022.

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Baseball in Japan

Roki Sasaki of the Lotte Marines pitches against the Yomiuri Giants in an interleague baseball game at Tokyo Dome on June 3, 2022.

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Baseball in Japan

Roki Sasaki of the Lotte Marines pitches against the Yomiuri Giants in an interleague baseball game at Tokyo Dome on June 3, 2022.

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Lotte ties up with team from China league

BEIJING, China - The Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League and the Lotte Giants of the Korean Baseball Organization signed a three-way business tie-up agreement with the Beijing China Hope Stars of the Chinese baseball league on March 23 in Beijing. Lotte acting owner Akio Shigemitsu (R) shows off the Chinese team uniform after the signing. (Kyodo)

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Kajimae hits walkoff homer in his 1st career plate appearance

TOKYO, Japan - Rookie Yomiuri Giants' outfielder Ryuichi Kajimae poses for photos at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on June 6 after becoming the first player in Japanese baseball history to hit a walkoff homer in his first career plate appearance in interleague play against the Lotte Marines. (Kyodo)

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WBC-winning Hara gets back to business in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara (R), who led Japan to victory in the World Baseball Classic, poses alongside his statue at the Tokyo Dome on March 28, ahead of a preseason game between the Giants and the Lotte Marines. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Interleague play to begin in Japan

(From L to R) Takayuki Kajitani of the DeNA BayStars, Yoshihiro Maru of the Hiroshima Carp, Hisayoshi Chono of the Yomiuri Giants, Yuya Hasegawa of the SoftBank Hawks, Daichi Suzuki of the Lotte Marines and Ginjiro Sumitani of the Seibu Lions pose for a photo in Tokyo on May 30, 2016, as interleague play begins in Japanese baseball the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fighters' Otani pitches in exhibition game in Arizona

Shohei Otani, ace pitcher of Japan's Nippon Ham Fighters baseball club, starts an exhibition game against South Korea's Lotte Giants in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 10, 2016. Otani pitched two scoreless innings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fighters' Otani pitches in exhibition game in Arizona

Shohei Otani, ace pitcher of Japan's Nippon Ham Fighters baseball club, starts an exhibition game against South Korea's Lotte Giants in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 10, 2016. Otani pitched two scoreless innings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chunichi Dragons pick up 5,000th win

Hector Luna raises a board celebrating the Chunichi Dragons' 5,000th win after driving in three runs in a 7-6 win over the Lotte Marines at QVC Marine Field in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on June 9, 2015. Chunichi became the third team to reach the plateau in Japanese baseball, following the Yomiuri Giants and the Hanshin Tigers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cheer leaders ready for virus-hit 2020 pro baseball season

Cheer leaders for Japan's professional baseball team Yomiuri Giants cheer ahead of a practice match against the Lotte Marines at Tokyo Dome on June 16, 2020. They are ready for the June 19 opening of the 2020 official season, delayed for about three months due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cheer leaders ready for virus-hit 2020 pro baseball season

Cheer leaders for Japan's professional baseball team Yomiuri Giants cheer during a practice match against the Lotte Marines at Tokyo Dome on June 16, 2020. They are ready for the June 19 opening of the 2020 official season, delayed for about three months due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cheer leaders ready for virus-hit 2020 pro baseball season

Cheer leaders for Japan's professional baseball team Yomiuri Giants cheer ahead of a practice match against the Lotte Marines at Tokyo Dome on June 16, 2020. They are ready for the June 19 opening of the 2020 official season, delayed for about three months due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Legendary Nagashima attends game at his hometown

Former Japanese baseball star Shigeo Nagashima swings at the ceremonial first pitch before a farm team game between the Yomiuri Giants and Lotte Marines at a stadium named after him in his hometown of Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, on June 4, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Former Hawks slugger Lee back in S. Korea

Former SoftBank Hawks and Seattle Mariners slugger Lee Dae Ho, seen in this undated photo, will rejoin his former South Korean club, the Lotte Giants, after one season in the major leagues, Yonhap News Agency reported on Jan. 24, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(4)Japan baseball preseason games

CHIBA, Japan - Lotte Marines closer Masahide Kobayashi pitches a perfect inning by fanning all three batters he faced in a preseason game against the Yomiuri Giants at Chiba Marine Stadium on March 17. (Kyodo)

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(3)Japan baseball preseason games

CHIBA, Japan - Tuffy Rhodes, who has moved to the Yomiuri Giants from the Kintetsu Buffaloes, hits his first homer for the new club in a preseason game against the Lotte Marines in Chiba Marine Stadium on March 17. (Kyodo)