Baseball: Maki, Kyoda rescue BayStars from Dragons

Shugo Maki's two-out RBI double off dominant Chunichi Dragons closer Raidel Martinez set up the DeNA BayStars' 10th-inning 3-2 walk-off win Thursday.

Maki, whose first-inning single drove in the opening run at Yokohama Stadium, hit the first pitch he saw in the ninth inning from the Central League saves leader to plate the runner from first and force extra innings.

DeNA closer Kohei Morihara (2-4) worked a 1-2-3 10th inning and earned the win after former Dragon Yota Kyoda ended the game with a "sayonara" RBI single for the second-place BayStars, who have won three straight.

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