The Lions win the title

Hiroshi Hirao singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning last night as the SAITAMA SEIBU LIONS beat the YOMIURI GIANTS, 3-2, in Game 7 to win their first JAPAN SERIES crown in four years.
The national title was the 13th overall for the Lions, including three won by the franchise in far south Fukuoka, when the club was called the Nishitetsu Lions.
The Giants are sometimes called "the Yankees of Japan," because the famous team have won 21 Japan Series titles.
Too bad the Lions cannot play the PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES in a "true World Series."