2019 Japan Series
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The 2019 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball for the 2019 season. The 70th edition of the Japan Series, it was played from 19-23 October. The series was a best-of-
Hawks starting pitcher Kodai Senga allowed only one run in a Game 1 win.
SoftBank's Rei Takahashi did not allow a hit to Yomiuri into the seventh inning in Game 2.
Alfredo Despaigne had three RBIs for SoftBank in Game 3.
Yurisbel Gracial won the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award
The 2019 Central League Climax Series was a postseason playoff consisting of two consecutive series that determined which of the three teams who finished in the top three during the 2019 regular seaso
2019 Japan Series
…and the Saitama Seibu Lions in the PL Climax Series. The Giants finished in first place in the Central League, earning a bye in the first stage of the CL Climax Series, followed by a victory over the Hanshin Tigers to reach the Japan Series. Mirroring the 1959 Japan Series in which the Nankai Hawks beat Yomiuri in…
Fumiya Hojo provided a three-run home run and a game-winning triple in Game 1.
Tomo Otosaka hit a two-run sayonara home run to win Game 2.
Ryutaro Umeno's sacrifice fly scored the series-winning run.
Shun Yamaguchi allowed only one run in 7+1⁄3 innings in the Giants' Game 1 win.