1978 Nippon Series

Nippon Series

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The Teams

Yakult Swallows

Managed by Tatsuro Hirooka

Hankyu Braves

Managed by Toshiharu Ueda

The Games

Game 1

October 14 at 1:01 PM at Korakuen Stadium (34,218)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Hankyu Braves	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	6
Yakult Swallows	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	5

Braves: Hisashi Yamada W (1-0)

Swallows: Takeshi Yasuda L (0-1) - Shinichiro Ihara - Kenichi Kajima

Home Runs

Swallows: Kazuhide Funada 1, Akihiko Oya 1, Charlie Manuel 1

Braves: Yasuhiro Takai 1

Game 2

October 15 at 1:00 PM at Korakuen Stadium (39,406)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Hankyu Braves	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	6
Yakult Swallows	0	2	4	1	0	2	0	1	X	10

Braves: Yutaro Imai L (0-1) - Norietsu Saegusa - Mitsuo Inaba

Swallows: Hiromu Matsuoka W (1-0) - Shinichiro Ihara

Home Runs

Swallows: Charlie Manuel 1 (2), Fujio Sumi 1, Katsuo Osugi 1

Braves: Yutaka Fukumoto 1, Bobby Marcano 1

Game 3

October 17 at 1:01 PM at Nishinomiya Stadium (20,296)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Yakult Swallows	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hankyu Braves	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	X	5

Swallows: Yasujiro Suzuki L (0-1) - Tetsuo Nishii - Kunio Kobayashi

Braves: Mitsuhiro Adachi W (1-0)

Home Runs

None

Game 4

October 18 at 1:00 PM at Nishinomiya Stadium (20,456)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Yakult Swallows	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	6
Hankyu Braves	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5

Swallows: Takeshi Yasuda - Shinichiro Ihara - Kenichi Kajima - Tetsuo Nishii W (1-0) - Hiromu Matsuoka S (1S)

Braves: Yutaro Imai L (0-2)

Home Runs

Swallows: Dave Hilton 1

Game 5

October 19 at 1:00 PM at Nishinomiya Stadium (18,298)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Yakult Swallows	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	7
Hankyu Braves	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3

Swallows: Kenichi Kajima - Shinichiro Ihara W (1-0) - Kunio Kobayashi - Hiromu Matsuoka S (2S)

Braves: Hisashi Yamada L (1-1)

Home Runs

Swallows: Katsuo Osugi 1 (2), Tsutomu Wakamatsu 1

Braves: Bobby Marcano 1 (2)

Game 6

October 21 at 1:00 PM at Korakuen Stadium (44,956)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Hankyu Braves	0	0	6	0	5	0	0	1	0	12
Yakult Swallows	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3

Braves: Shizuo Shiraishi W (1-0)

Swallows: Yasujiro Suzuki L (0-2) - Kunio Kobayashi - Tetsuo Nishii

Home Runs

Braves: Kinji Shimatani 1, Bernie Williams 1, Yutaka Fukumoto 1 (2), Shinji Nakazawa 1

Swallows: Kazuhide Funada 1 (2)

Game 7

October 22 at 1:00 PM at Korakuen Stadium (36,359)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Hankyu Braves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yakult Swallows	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	X	4

Braves: Mitsuhiro Adachi L (1-1) - Shouji Matsumoto - Hisashi Yamada

Swallows: Hiromu Matsuoka W (2-0)

Home Runs

Swallows: Charlie Manuel 1 (3), Katsuo Osugi 2 (4)