1978 Nippon Series

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Introduction[edit]

The Teams[edit]

Yakult Swallows[edit]

Managed by Tatsuro Hirooka

Hankyu Braves[edit]

Managed by Toshiharu Ueda

The Games[edit]

Game 1[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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)

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