The Japan Series continued with game five this morning at the Nagoya Dome, with the MLB All-Stars facing a 3-1 deficit against Samurai Japan in the best-of-six series. Hoping to salvage at least a series tie, MLB manager Don Mattingly turned to his game one starter, Junior Guerra of the Milwaukee Brewers, to begin things in this must-win contest.
And for five outstanding innings, our hero delivered.
Junior worked around a walk in a scoreless first inning by recording two strikeouts and was staked to a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning when Rhys Hoskins went deep for a two-run blast, his second homer of the series.