1993 Japan Series

Japan 1993 Yakult Swallows (4) Katsuya Nomura 80–50–2, .615, GA: 7 Seibu Lions (3) Masaaki Mori 74–53–3, .583, GA: 1 October 23 – November 1 Kenjiro Kawasaki (YKS) Kazuhiro Kiyohara (SEI) Canal+ Japan (Games 1), NHK2 (Games 1) NHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), NBS (NRN), NACK5 The 1993 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1993 season. The 44th 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. This was the fourth consecutive Japan Series appearance for Seibu and the second consecutive championship contested between the two clubs, with Seibu taking the crown the year before. Played at Seibu Lions Stadium and Meiji Jingu Stadium, the Swallows defeated the Lions four games to three in the best-of-seven series to win the franchise's 2nd Japan Series title. Yakult pitcher Kenjiro Kawasaki was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 23 and November 1 with home field advantage going to the Pacific League. Summary CL Yakult Swallows (4) vs. PL Seibu Lions (3) October 23 Yakult Swallows – 8, Seibu Lions – 5 Seibu Lions Stadium 3:39 31,785 http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1993.html ja:1993年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 June 10, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese https://web.archive.org/web/20100621012237/http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1993.html 21 June 2010 live October 24 Yakult Swallows – 5, Seibu Lions – 2 Seibu Lions Stadium 3:34 32,169 October 26 Seibu Lions – 7, Yakult Swallows – 2 Meiji Jingu Stadium 2:38 30,147 October 27 Seibu Lions – 0, Yakult Swallows – 1 Meiji Jingu Stadium 2:51 33,882 October 28 Seibu Lions – 7, Yakult Swallows – 2 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:19 35,208 October 31 Yakult Swallows – 2, Seibu Lions – 4 Seibu Lions Stadium 2:49 32,020 November 1 Yakult Swallows – 4, Seibu Lions – 2 Seibu Lions Stadium 2:48 32,028 Matchups Game 1 Saturday, October 23, 1993 Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama Yakult YKS 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 8 12 2 Seibu SEI 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 9 1 Daisuke Araki (1–0) Kimiyasu Kudoh (0–1) Jack Howell (1), Takahiro Ikeyama (1) Tsutomu Ito (1), Koji Akiyama (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 24, 1993 Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama Yakult YKS 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 1 Seibu SEI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 Tatsuji Nishimura (1–0) Kuo Tai-yuan (0–1) Shingo Takatsu (1) Game 3 Tuesday, October 26, 1993 Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Seibu SEI 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 14 1 Yakult YKS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 Hisanobu Watanabe (1–0) Akimitsu Itoh (0–1) Norio Tanabe (1), Koji Akiyama (2) Game 4 Wednesday, October 27, 1993 Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Yakult YKS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 1 5 0 Kenjiro Kawasaki (1–0) Takehiro Ishii (0–1) Shingo Takatsu (2) Game 5 Thursday, October 28, 1993 Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Seibu SEI 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 7 0 Yakult YKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 0 Yoshitaka Katori (1–0) Kenji Miyamoto (0–1) Tetsuya Shiozaki (1) Kazuhiro Kiyohara (1), Ken Suzuki (1) Yukio Arai (1) Game 6 Sunday, October 31, 1993 Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama Yakult YKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 1 Seibu SEI 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 X 4 4 1 Kuo Tai-yuan (1–1) Tatsuji Nishimura (1–1) Tetsuya Shiozaki (2) Koji Akiyama (3) Game 7 Monday, November 1, 1993 Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama Yakult YKS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 0 Seibu SEI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 Kenjiro Kawasaki (2–0) Hisanobu Watanabe (1–1) Shingo Takatsu (3) Katsumi Hirosawa (1) Kazuhiro Kiyohara (2) See also 1993 World Series References External links Nippon Professional Baseball—Official website (in English) Category:Japan Series Category:1993 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Tokyo Yakult Swallows Category:Seibu Lions Category:October 1993 sports events in Japan Category:November 1993 sports events in Japan