 Closer Hisashi Takeda then earned a save after completing a scoreless ninth to secure the win for the Fighters 4–2.Wearing a Giants' jacket, former U.S. President and US Major League Baseball team owner George W. Bush threw the ceremonial first pitch to Giants' catcher Shinnosuke Abe prior to Game 3.Bush watched the game from a private box with former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, U.S.