Card Of The Week October 16

The participants for the 2022 Nippon Series have been determined and for the second year in a row it's the Swallows and the Buffaloes.  The Swallows completed their sweep of the Tigers on Friday to cinch their role as the Central League representative but the Buffaloes needed one more day to knock off the Hawks after Softbank beat them on Friday behind the pitching of Kodai Senga.  Orix took an early lead on a two run home run by Masataka Yoshida yesterday but the Hawks tied it in the seventh on a two run shot from Alfredo Despaigne.  The game remained tied into the bottom of the ninth when the Buffaloes had runners on second and third with two outs and Keita Nakagawa at the plate.  Nakagawa hit a ground ball just past a diving Hikaru Kawase and into left field to bring in the Series winning run:

Here's Nakagawa's card from the 2020 Epoch Buffaloes Rookies & Stars set (#27):