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<i> From Staff and Wire Reports</i>
Jack Howell hit two solo home runs and three pitchers combined on a seven-hitter as the Yakult Swallows clinched the Japan’s Central League championship. The Swallows earned a berth in the best-of-seven Japan Series that begins Oct. 17.
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