1995 Japan Series

Japan 1995 Yakult Swallows (4) Katsuya Nomura 82–48, .631, GA: 8 Orix BlueWave (1) Akira Ohgi 82–47–1, .636, GA: 12 October 21–26 Tom O'Malley (YKS) Hiroshi Kobayashi (ORX) KTV (Game 1), MBS (Game 2),TBS (Game 3),Fuji TV (Game 4 -), NHK BS1 (Game 4) NHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), JOLF (NRN), Radio Nippon The 1995 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1995 season. The 46th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Orix BlueWave against the Central League champion Yakult Swallows. The series was the second time the two franchises played each other for the championship; however, the last time the two teams played, Orix was known as the Hankyu Braves. Played at Green Stadium Kobe and Meiji Jingu Stadium, the Swallows defeated the BlueWave four games to one in the best-of-seven series to win the franchise's 3rd Japan Series title. Regular-season MVP Tom O'Malley was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 21 and October 26, 1995, with home field advantage going to the Central League. Summary CL Yakult Swallows (4) vs. PL Orix BlueWave (1) October 21 Yakult Swallows – 5, Orix BlueWave – 2 Green Stadium Kobe 3:14 32,486 http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1995.html ja:1995年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 June 10, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese https://web.archive.org/web/20100715225407/http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1995.html 15 July 2010 live October 22 Yakult Swallows – 3, Orix BlueWave – 2 Green Stadium Kobe 3:50 32,475 October 24 Orix BlueWave – 4, Yakult Swallows – 7 Meiji Jingu Stadium 4:25 32,915 October 25 Orix BlueWave – 2, Yakult Swallows – 1 Meiji Jingu Stadium 4:38 32,911 October 26 Orix BlueWave – 1, Yakult Swallows – 3 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:14 33,112 Matchups Game 1 Saturday, October 21, 1995 6:11 pm (JST) Green Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo Yakult YKS 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 13 1 Orix ORX 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 0 Terry Bross (1–0) Yoshinori Sato (0–1) Shingo Takatsu (1) Yuji Ono (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 22, 1995 6:11 pm (JST) Green Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo Yakult YKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 11 1 Orix ORX 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 Futoshi Yamabe (1–0) Masafumi Hirai (0–1) Tom O'Malley (1) Doug Jennings (1) Game 3 Tuesday, October 24, 1995 6:33 pm (JST) Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Orix ORX 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 8 0 Yakult YKS 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 7 12 0 Shingo Takatsu (1–0) Masafumi Hirai (0–2) Hensley Meulens (1), Takahiro Ikeyama (1) Game 4 Wednesday, October 25, 1995 6:33 pm (JST) Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Orix ORX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 12 0 Yakult YKS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Hiroshi Kobayashi (1–0) Akimitsu Itoh (0–1) Hirofumi Ogawa (1), Doug Jennings (2) Game 5 Thursday, October 26, 1995 6:33 pm (JST) Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Orix ORX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 Yakult YKS 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 7 0 Terry Bross (2–0) Koichi Takahashi (0–1) Shingo Takatsu (2) Ichiro Suzuki (1) Tom O'Malley (2) See also 1995 World Series References External links Nippon Professional Baseball—Official website (in English) Category:Japan Series Category:1995 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Tokyo Yakult Swallows Category:Orix BlueWave Category:October 1995 sports events in Japan