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Hanshin Tigers
Minoru Iwata 岩田稔

G   W   L   S  CG  Sho  BF    IP     H   HR  BB  HPB  SO   WP  BK  R   ER  ERA
27  10  10  0  2    0   678  159.1  168  5   50  11   101  7   0   64  58  3.28

Chunichi Dragons
Kazuki Yoshimi 吉見一起

G   W   L   S  CG  Sho  BF    IP     H   HR  BB  HPB  SO   WP  BK  R   ER  ERA
35  10  3   0  3    2   476  114.1  118  11  25   4   82   1   0   46  41  3.23

7:44PM UPDATE: No score going into the 7th inning. Neither team has picked up a hit since the second inning (Itaba has the hit for the Dragons and Akahoshi and Yano have hits for the Tigers).

8:05PM UPDATE: The Tigers just had a runner on third (double and went onto the third on a bad throw) with 2 outs and could do no more than hit a pop-out to end the inning. Fujikawa is in to pitch for the Tigers in the 9th.

8:14PM UPDATE: Dragons have a runner on third with only one out. Defensive change: Hirano moves over to right, Fujimoto moves into second. Morino in the box with Woods on deck. Tough situation for Fujikawa.

8:23PM UPDATE: Wow, Woods just absolutely CRUSHED a fastball up in the zone over the left field wall for a 2-run homer. Dragons now lead, 2-0.

8:33PM UPDATE: Iwase in for the Dragons, bottom of the 9th.

8:38PM UPDATE: GAME OVER! Iwase strikes out Toritani to end the game. The Tigers' season is now officially over (as is Okada's).

The Dragons will meet up with the Giants in Round 2 of the Climax Series.

I'll be posting the box scores later on.

Woods is having his "Hero Interview" done right now. When I listen to these, I sometimes wonder how serious the English-speaking players are in answering questions (or rather, how well the translators are doing their jobs).

UPDATE: Box score has been uploaded.