1986 Japan Series

Japan 1986 Seibu Lions (4) Masaaki Mori 68 49 13 (.613), GA: 0 Hiroshima Toyo Carp (3) Junro Anan 73 46 11 (.581), GA: 2½ October 18–27 Kimiyasu Kudoh (Seibu) Mitsuo Tatsukawa (Hiroshima) The 1986 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1986 season. The 37th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Central League champion Hiroshima Toyo Carp against the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions. The Carp won the pennant in narrow fashion, having won two games less than the Yomiuri Giants but having four more tie games than them to pull out ahead. The series is notable for being the only time to date in Japan Series history that an eighth game was played. After the first game ended in a tie, the Carp won the next three games. However, the Lions would respond by winning the next four in a row, reverse sweeping the Carp to capture their sixth Japan Series championship and their third title in five years. It was the first time a team had forced a deciding game after being down 3-0 since 1976 and it was the first successful 3-0 comeback by a team since 1958. Summary PL Seibu Lions (4) vs. CL Hiroshima Toyo Carp (3) October 18 Seibu Lions – 2, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2 (14 innings) Hiroshima Municipal Stadium 4:32 26,037 http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1986.html ja:1986年日本シリーズ試合結果 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese October 25, 2017 October 19 Seibu Lions – 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2 Hiroshima Municipal Stadium 2:44 26,652 October 21 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 7, Seibu Lions – 4 Seibu Lions Stadium 3:10 31,769 October 22 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3, Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Lions Stadium 3:22 32,136 October 23 Seibu Lions – 2, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1 (12 innings) Seibu Lions Stadium 3:42 32,395 October 25 Seibu Lions – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1 Hiroshima Municipal Stadium 2:39 26,107 October 26 Seibu Lions – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1 Hiroshima Municipal Stadium 2:55 26,101 October 27 Seibu Lions – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 Hiroshima Municipal Stadium 2:46 16,828 NOTE: Game 1 was played to the 4:30:00 time limit. The time limit was reached in the 14th inning. See also 1986 World Series References Baseball Japan Category:Japan Series Category:Hiroshima Toyo Carp Category:Saitama Seibu Lions Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series