The Hanshin Tigers are one game away from winning the Japan Series

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Down 2 games to 1 in the Japan Series, the Hanshin Tigers won their Wednesday and Thursday games to now be 3-2 in the best of seven series.

In a thrilling game five, Hanshin Tigers came alive in the eighth inning to score six runs and win 6-2 against the defending NPB champs, Orix Buffaloes.

The Hanshin Tigers have not won a championship in 38 years with many fans believing there was a curse put on the team after fans through a statue of Colonel Sanders over a bridge onto Dotonbori River back in 1985 after the team won its first and only Japan Series.

Game 6 will be played on Saturday at Hanshin Koshien Stadium.

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