1965 Japan Series

Japan 1965 Yomiuri Giants (4) Tetsuharu Kawakami 91 47 2 (.659), 13 GA Games ahead Nankai Hawks (1) Kazuto Tsuruoka 88 49 3 (.642), 12 GA Games ahead October 30 – November 5 Shigeo Nagashima (Yomiuri) Nobuyasu Morishita (Nankai) The 1965 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1965 season. The 16th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Nankai Hawks against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. It was the first of nine consecutive Japan Series championships won by the Giants, a record that still stands. Summary CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (1) October 30 Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 2 Osaka Stadium 2:30 30,094 http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1965.html ja:1965年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 1965 Japan Series Results April 7, 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese October 31 Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 4 Osaka Stadium 3:06 30,139 November 3 Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 9 Korakuen Stadium 2:32 32,151 November 4 Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Korakuen Stadium 2:27 31,089 November 5 Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Korakuen Stadium 2:22 26,803 Matchups Game 1 Saturday, October 30, 1965, 1:00 pm (JST) Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 8 1 Nankai NAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 0 Masaichi Kaneda (1–0) Tadashi Sugiura (0–1) Sadaharu Oh 2 (2), Isao Shibata (1) http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/boxscore1965_1.html ja:1965年度日本シリーズ　試合結果（第1戦） 1965 Japan Series Game Results (Game 1) April 8, 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese Game 2 Sunday, October 31, 1965, 1:00 pm (JST) Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 6 0 Nankai NAN 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 1 Miyata (1–0) Miura (0–1) Shigeo Nagashima (1) Shigeo Nagashima delivered a home run in the tenth inning to give the Giants the go-ahead lead in a game where they rallied from a 4–0 deficit in the seventh inning. Game 3 Wednesday, November 3, 1965, 1:00 pm (JST) Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan Nankai NAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 6 3 Yomiuri YOM 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 X 9 8 1 Kaneda (2–0) Stanka (0–1) Nagashima (2), Wang (1) Game 3 was delayed a day due to rain. Game 4 Thursday, November 4, 1965, 12:58 pm (JST) Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan Nankai NAN 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 9 1 Yomiuri YOM 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 2 6 0 Hayashi (1–0) Minoru Nakamura (0–1) Game 5 Friday, November 5, 1965, 12:59 pm (JST) Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan Nankai NAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 2 Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1X 3 6 0 Miyata (2–0) Sugiura (0–2) Nomura (1) See also 1965 World Series References Category:Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series