1993 Japan Series
Baseball championship series
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The 1993 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1993 season. The 44th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions against the Central League champion Yakult Swallows. This was the fourth consecutive Japan Series appearance for Seibu and the second consecutive championship contested between the two clubs, with Seibu taking the crown the year before. Played at Seibu Lions Stadium and Meiji Jingu Stadium, the Swallows defeated the Lions four games to three in the best-of-seven series to win the franchise's 2nd Japan Series title. Yakult pitcher Kenjiro Kawasaki was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 23 and November 1 with home field advantage going to the Pacific League.
| 1993 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 23 – November 1 | |||||||||
| MVP | Kenjiro Kawasaki (YKS) | |||||||||
| FSA | Kazuhiro Kiyohara (SEI) | |||||||||
| Broadcast | ||||||||||
| Television | Canal+ Japan (Games 1), NHK2 (Games 1) | |||||||||
| Radio | NHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), NBS (NRN), NACK5 | |||||||||
Summary
CL Yakult Swallows (4) vs. PL Seibu Lions (3)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 23 | Yakult Swallows – 8, Seibu Lions – 5 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 3:39 | 31,785[1] |
| 2 | October 24 | Yakult Swallows – 5, Seibu Lions – 2 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 3:34 | 32,169[1] |
| 3 | October 26 | Seibu Lions – 7, Yakult Swallows – 2 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 2:38 | 30,147[1] |
| 4 | October 27 | Seibu Lions – 0, Yakult Swallows – 1 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 2:51 | 33,882[1] |
| 5 | October 28 | Seibu Lions – 7, Yakult Swallows – 2 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:19 | 35,208[1] |
| 6 | October 31 | Yakult Swallows – 2, Seibu Lions – 4 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 2:49 | 32,020[1] |
| 7 | November 1 | Yakult Swallows – 4, Seibu Lions – 2 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 2:48 | 32,028[1] |
Matchups
Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yakult | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seibu | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Daisuke Araki (1–0) LP: Kimiyasu Kudoh (0–1) Home runs: YKS: Jack Howell (1), Takahiro Ikeyama (1) SEI: Tsutomu Ito (1), Koji Akiyama (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yakult | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seibu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Tatsuji Nishimura (1–0) LP: Kuo Tai-yuan (0–1) Sv: Shingo Takatsu (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Hisanobu Watanabe (1–0) LP: Akimitsu Itoh (0–1) Home runs: SEI: Norio Tanabe (1), Koji Akiyama (2) YKS: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kenjiro Kawasaki (1–0) LP: Takehiro Ishii (0–1) Sv: Shingo Takatsu (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seibu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yoshitaka Katori (1–0) LP: Kenji Miyamoto (0–1) Sv: Tetsuya Shiozaki (1) Home runs: SEI: Kazuhiro Kiyohara (1), Ken Suzuki (1) YKS: Yukio Arai (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kuo Tai-yuan (1–1) LP: Tatsuji Nishimura (1–1) Sv: Tetsuya Shiozaki (2) Home runs: YKS: None SEI: Koji Akiyama (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 7
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yakult | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seibu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kenjiro Kawasaki (2–0) LP: Hisanobu Watanabe (1–1) Sv: Shingo Takatsu (3) Home runs: YKS: Katsumi Hirosawa (1) SEI: Kazuhiro Kiyohara (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||