1968 Nippon Series

Nippon Series

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The Teams

Yomiuri Giants

Managed by Tetsuharu Kawakami

Hankyu Braves

Managed by Yukio Nishimoto

The Games

Game 1

October 12 at 1:01 PM at Korakuen Stadium (24,482)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Hankyu Braves	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	5
Yomiuri Giants	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4

Braves: Shigeo Ishii - Kiyoshi Oishi - Tetsuya Yoneda W (1-0)

Giants: Masaichi Kaneda L (0-1) - Akira Takahashi

Home Runs

Giants: Shigeo Nagashima 1

Braves: Kiyoshi Yano 1

Game 2

October 14 at 1:03 PM at Korakuen Stadium (24,923)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Hankyu Braves	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Yomiuri Giants	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	X	6

Braves: Mitsuhiro Adachi L (0-1) - Takao Kajimoto - Takashi Mizutani - Yukinobu Miyamoto

Giants: Kunio Jonouchi W (1-0)

Home Runs

Braves: Atsushi Nagaike 1

Giants: Isao Shibata 1 (2)

Game 3

October 16 at 1:03 PM at Nishinomiya Stadium (19,462)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Yomiuri Giants	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	4	0	9
Hankyu Braves	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4

Giants: Tsuneo Horiuchi - Akira Takahashi - Masaichi Kaneda W (1-1)

Braves: Tetsuya Yoneda L (1-1) - Kiyoshi Oishi - Yukinobu Miyamoto

Home Runs

Giants: Sadaharu Oh 2, Isao Shibata 1, Masaaki Mori 1

Game 4

October 17 at 1:02 PM at Nishinomiya Stadium (16,390)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Yomiuri Giants	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	6
Hankyu Braves	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	5

Giants: Kazumi Takahashi - Akira Takahashi - Makoto Kurata - Masaichi Kaneda W (2-1)

Braves: Takao Kajimoto - Takashi Mizutani - Shigeo Ishii L (0-1)

Home Runs

Braves: Atsushi Nagaike 2 (3)

Giants: Shigeo Nagashima 1 (2)

Game 5

October 18 at 1:02 PM at Nishinomiya Stadium (15,225)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Yomiuri Giants	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
Hankyu Braves	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	X	6

Giants: Kunio Jonouchi - Masaichi Kaneda L (2-2) - Makoto Kurata

Braves: Mitsuhiro Adachi - Tetsuya Yoneda - Shigeo Ishii - Takao Kajimoto W (1-0) - Kiyoshi Oishi

Home Runs

None

Game 6

October 20 at 1:01 PM at Korakuen Stadium (29,229)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Hankyu Braves	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5
Yomiuri Giants	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	X	7

Braves: Tetsuya Yoneda - Kiyoshi Oishi L (0-1) - Takao Kajimoto - Shigeo Ishii - Yukinobu Miyamoto

Giants: Tsuneo Horiuchi W (1-0)

Home Runs

Braves: Fujio Yamaguchi 1

Giants: Isao Shibata 1 (3)