page_title: 2019 Central League Climax Series
section_title: Game 2
hierarchical_section_title: 2019 Central League Climax Series / First Stage / Game 2
caption_attribution_description: English: Tomo Otosaka, outfielder of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, at Yokohama DeNA BayStars Baseball Integrated training field. 日本語: 横浜DeNAベイスターズ外野手の乙坂智。横浜DeNAベイスターズ総合練習場にて。
context_page_description: The 2019 Central League Climax Series was a post-season playoff consisting of two consecutive series that determined which of the three teams who finished in the top three during the 2019 regular season would represent the Central League in the Japan Series. The First Stage was a best-of-three series played between the second-place hosts Yokohama DeNA BayStars and the third-place Hanshin Tigers. The series was played between October 5 to 7. The Tigers defeated the Baystars 2–1 and advanced to the Final Stage to face the pennant-winning Yomiuri Giants.
  The Final Stage was a best-of-six series hosted by the Giants. Having won the regular season, Yomiuri was awarded a one-win advantage over the Tigers. The series was played between October 9 to 13. Yomiuri defeated Hanshin 4–1 in four games to advance to the 2019 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2019 Pacific League Climax Series winner, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
context_section_description: In Game 2, the Baystars once again took the lead in the first, this time scoring two-run on a home run by López off of Tiger's starter Koyo Aoyagi. They added a run to their lead in the third inning when Tsutsugo hit a home run, his second of the series. The Tigers were able to come back and tie the game starting in the fifth inning. Hojo hit an RBI double and moved to third base on a throwing error on the same play. That DeNA error proved costly when Kosuke Fukudome singled, allowing Hojo to score. In the sixth, Kento Itohara singled, moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt, then advanced to third on a wild pitch. Hiroki Uemoto tied the game with a single to drive in Itohara. The Baystars responded in the bottom of the same inning by taking the lead on a Kazuki Kamizato RBI single. DeNA relief pitchers kept the Tigers scoreless until their closer Yasuaki Yamasaki, who also pitched in the eighth inning, blew the save in the ninth by allowing a Fukudome solo home run to tie the game. In the bottom of the ninth, Miyazaki singled off of Baystars reliever Iwazaki. Yokohama manager Alex Ramírez then put left-handed batter Tomo Otosaka in as a pinch hitter to face the left-handed Iwazaki. Otosaka hit a two-run sayonara home run to win the game.
caption: Tomo Otosaka hit a two-run sayonara home run to win Game 2.
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