1992 Japan Series

Japanese baseball championship Japan 1992 Seibu Lions (4) Masaaki Mori 80–47–3, .630, GA: 4.5 Yakult Swallows (3) Katsuya Nomura 69–61–1, .531, GA: 2 October 17–26 Takehiro Ishii (SEI) Yoichi Okabayashi (YKS) Fuji TV (Games 1,6), TV Asahi (Games 2,4,5,7) TBS (Game 3), NHK BS-1 (All Games) NHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), NBS (NRN), NACK5 The 1992 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1992 season. The 43rd 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. Seibu won their third consecutive PL pennant in convincing fashion to reach the series, and Yakult finished the season atop the competitive CL for the first time since 1978. Played at Meiji Jingu Stadium and Seibu Lions Stadium, the Lions defeated the Swallows four games to three in the best-of-seven series to win the franchise's 11th Japan Series title. Seibu's Sawamura Award winner Takehiro Ishii was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 17 and October 26 with home field advantage going to the Central League. Summary PL Seibu Lions (4) vs. CL Yakult Swallows (3) October 17 Seibu Lions – 3, Yakult Swallows – 7 Meiji Jingu Stadium 4:04 34,767 http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1992.html ja:1992年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 June 10, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese October 18 Seibu Lions – 2, Yakult Swallows – 0 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:21 35,876 October 21 Yakult Swallows – 1, Seibu Lions – 6 Seibu Lions Stadium 3:24 31,370 October 22 Yakult Swallows – 0, Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Lions Stadium 2:38 31,457 October 23 Yakult Swallows – 7, Seibu Lions – 6 Seibu Lions Stadium 3:53 31,489 October 25 Seibu Lions – 7, Yakult Swallows – 8 Meiji Jingu Stadium 4:10 35,391 October 26 Seibu Lions – 2, Yakult Swallows – 1 Meiji Jingu Stadium 4:05 34,101 Matchups Game 1 Saturday, October 17, 1992 Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Seibu SEI 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 10 0 Yakult YKS 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 14 0 Yoichi Okabayashi (1–0) Yoshitaka Katori (0–1) Orestes Destrade 2 (2) Atsuya Furuta (1), Toru Sugiura (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 18, 1992 Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 0 Yakult YKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Kuo Tai-yuan (1–0) Daisuke Araki (0–1) Tetsuya Shiozaki (1) Game 3 Wednesday, October 21, 1992 Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama Yakult YKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 Seibu SEI 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 X 6 11 0 Takehiro Ishii (1–0) Kazuhisa Ishii (0–1) Katsumi Hirosawa (1) Game 4 Thursday, October 22, 1992 Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama Yakult YKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Seibu SEI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 1 4 1 Yoshitaka Katori (1–1) Yoichi Okabayashi (1–1) Tetsuya Shiozaki (2) Koji Akiyama (1) Game 5 Friday, October 23, 1992 Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama Yakult YKS 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 7 11 1 Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 6 11 0 Akimitsu Itoh (1–0) Tetsuya Shiozaki (0–1) Jack Howell (1), Takahiro Ikeyama (1) Orestes Destrade (3) Game 6 Sunday, October 25, 1992 Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Seibu SEI 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 7 6 0 Yakult YKS 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 8 14 1 Akimitsu Itoh (2–0) Tetsuya Shiozaki (0–2) Hiromichi Ishige (1), Ken Suzuki (1) Hideki Hashigami (1), Takahiro Ikeyama (2), Jack Howell (2), Shinji Hata (1) Game 7 Monday, October 26, 1992 Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 1 Yakult YKS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1 Takehiro Ishii (2–0) Yoichi Okabayashi (1–2) See also 1992 World Series References External links Nippon Professional Baseball—Official website (in English) Category:Japan Series Category:1992 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Seibu Lions Category:Tokyo Yakult Swallows Category:October 1992 sports events in Japan