1956 Nippon Series

Nippon Series

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The Teams

Nishitetsu Lions

Managed by Osamu Mihara

Yomiuri Giants

Managed by Shigeru Mizuhara

The Games

Game 1

October 10 at 2:04 PM at Korakuen Stadium (24,632)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Nishitetsu Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yomiuri Giants	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	4

Lions: Tokuji Kawasaki L (0-1) - Sadao Nishimura - Yukio Shimabara - Kazuhisa Inao

Giants: Takumi Otomo W (1-0)

Home Runs

None

Game 2

October 11 at 2:05 PM at Korakuen Stadium (19,108)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Nishitetsu Lions	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	6
Yomiuri Giants	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3

Lions: Kazuhisa Inao - Yukio Shimabara W (1-0)

Giants: Takehiko Bessho L (0-1) - Sho Horiuchi - Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara - Hiroshi Nakao

Home Runs

Giants: Tetsuharu Kawakami 1

Lions: Seiji Sekiguchi 1, Futoshi Nakanishi 1

Game 3

October 13 at 2:02 PM at Heiwadai Stadium (23,528)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Yomiuri Giants	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Nishitetsu Lions	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	X	5

Giants: Sho Horiuchi - Takehiko Bessho L (0-2) - Takumi Otomo

Lions: Sadao Nishimura - Hisafumi Kawamura - Kazuhisa Inao W (1-0)

Home Runs

Lions: Yasumitsu Toyoda 1

Giants: Tatsuro Hirooka 1

Game 4

October 14 at 2:00 PM at Heiwadai Stadium (24,459)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Yomiuri Giants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nishitetsu Lions	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	X	4

Giants: Takumi Otomo L (1-1) - Hiroshi Nakao

Lions: Yukio Shimabara - Kazuhisa Inao W (2-0)

Home Runs

Lions: Futoshi Nakanishi 1 (2)

Game 5

October 15 at 2:00 PM at Heiwadai Stadium (19,042)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Yomiuri Giants	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	2	12
Nishitetsu Lions	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	7

Giants: Sho Horiuchi - Takehiko Bessho - Takumi Otomo - Hiroshi Nakao - Taketoshi Yoshihara W (1-0)

Lions: Hisafumi Kawamura - Kazuhisa Inao - Yukio Shimabara - Sadao Nishimura L (0-1) - Tokuji Kawasaki

Home Runs

Lions: Seiji Sekiguchi 2 (3)

Game 6

October 17 at 2:00 PM at Korakuen Stadium (27,994)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Nishitetsu Lions	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Yomiuri Giants	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1

Lions: Kazuhisa Inao W (3-0)

Giants: Takehiko Bessho L (0-3) - Sho Horiuchi - Taketoshi Yoshihara - Takumi Otomo

Home Runs

Giants: Takashi Iwamoto 1

Lions: Seiji Sekiguchi 1 (4)