1994 Central League tie-breaker game

sport 10.8決戦 January 2026 1994 Central League tie-breaker game October 8, 1994 Nagoya Stadium Nakagawa-ku Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture Yomiuri Giants Chunichi Dragons Takeji Kobayashi ja 小林毅二, Tadayuki Inoue, Hiroshi Fukui ja 福井宏, Fumio Yamamoto (umpire) Fumio Yamamoto ja 山本文男 The 1994 Central League tie-breaker game, more commonly known as the 10.8 deciding match in Japan, was a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) regular season game played between the Central League's (CL) Yomiuri Giants and the Chunichi Dragons. It was the final 130th regular season game for both the Giants and the Dragons that season, and both teams entered the game tied for first place in the CL with identical win–loss records of 69–60. The winner of the game decided who would be the league champion and the CL representative in the 1994 Japan Series. The two teams had planned to play their final two games against each other in Nagoya on September 27 and 28, however rain forced the game first game to be rescheduled to the 29th. Rain again, however, forced the game to be postponed until October 8.https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/E1482314621292/ 「伝説の10.8決戦」前夜、長嶋監督と桑田真澄のとんでもない会話内容とは？【プロ野球世紀末ブルース】 Japanese Excite March 8, 2020 December 21, 2016 The game marked the first time in Japanese baseball history that two teams of the same league were tied for first place with only one game remaining to be played against each other. It was played at Nagoya Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on October 8, 1994. The Giants defeated the Dragons 6–3 and advanced to the Japan Series where they defeated the Seibu Lions. In a 2010 survey of players, coaches, and managers, the game was ranked as the greatest game in history of Japanese professional baseball.http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2010/08/15/baseball/japans-great-moments-in-pro-baseball-history/ Japan's great moments in pro baseball history The Japan Times December 17, 2016 Wayne Graczyk August 15, 2010 It is also the highest rated baseball broadcast in Japanese TV history, with a household rating of 48.8. Game summary Yomiuri YOM 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 12 3 Chunichi CHU 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 11 0 Masaki Saito (14–8) Shinji Imanaka (13–9) Masumi Kuwata (1) Hiromitsu Ochiai (15), Shinichi Murata (10), Henry Cotto (18), Hideki Matsui (20) References Further reading Washida Yasushi 2013 ja:10・8—巨人vs.中日史上最高の決戦 1st Japanese 10/8: Giants vs. Dragons best ever decisive battle Bungeishunjū 978-4163756400 Category:1994 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Nippon Professional Baseball games Category:Yomiuri Giants Category:Chunichi Dragons Category:Sports competitions in Nagoya Category:October 1994 sports events in Asia Category:History of Nagoya