1990 Japan Series

Japan 1990 Seibu Lions (4) Masaaki Mori 81–45–4, .643, GA: 12 Yomiuri Giants (0) Motoshi Fujita 88–42, .677, GA: 22 October 20–24 Orestes Destrade (SEI) Kaoru Okazaki (YOM) NTV (Games 1-2), TBS (Game 3), TV Asahi (Game 4), NHK ETV (Game 4), NHK BS-1 (All Games) NHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), NBS (NRN), Radio Nippon, NACK5 The 1990 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1990 season. The 41st edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. Seibu won the PL pennant for the seventh time in nine years to reach the series, and Yomiuri dominated the CL to return to the series after winning it the year before. Played at Tokyo Dome and Seibu Lions Stadium, the Lions swept the heavily favored Giants in four games to win the franchise's 10th Japan Series title. Seibu slugger and former MLB player Orestes Destrade was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 20 and October 24 with home field advantage going to the Central League. Summary PL Seibu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0) October 20 Seibu Lions – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 0 Tokyo Dome 2:58 46,008 http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1990.html ja:1990年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 June 12, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese October 21 Seibu Lions – 9, Yomiuri Giants – 5 Tokyo Dome 3:36 46,153 October 23 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Seibu Lions – 7 Seibu Lions Stadium 2:48 31,804 October 24 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Seibu Lions – 7 Seibu Lions Stadium 3:15 31,804 Matchups Game 1 Saturday, October 20, 1990 Tokyo Dome, Bunkyo, Tokyo Seibu SEI 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 9 0 Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Hisanobu Watanabe (1–0) Hiromi Makihara (0–1) Orestes Destrade (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 21, 1990 Tokyo Dome, Bunkyo, Tokyo Seibu SEI 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 13 0 Yomiuri YOM 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 9 2 Tetsuya Shiozaki (1–0) Masaki Saito (0–1) Tsutomu Itoh (1), Orestes Destrade (2) Kaoru Okazaki (1), Kazunori Shinozuka (1) Game 3 Tuesday, October 23, 1990 Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Seibu SEI 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 X 7 9 1 Tomio Watanabe (1–0) Masumi Kuwata (0–1) Koji Akiyama (1) Game 4 Wednesday, October 24, 1990 Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama Yomiuri YOM 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 8 1 Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 X 7 13 0 Kuo Tai-yuan (1–0) Kazutomo Miyamoto (0–1) Tetsuya Shiozaki (1) Shinichi Murata (1), Masahiro Kawai (1) See also 1990 World Series References External links Nippon Professional Baseball—Official website (in English) Category:Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series Category:Seibu Lions Category:Yomiuri Giants Category:Events at Tokyo Dome