1988 NPB All-Star Game

There were three 1988 NPB All-Star Games, and the Central League won twice while the Pacific League won the other.

Game 1

Game 1 took place July 24 at Nishinomiya Stadium, with an attendance of 27,365. The starters of both sides pitched 3 shutout innings. Takahiro Ikeyama broke through against the PL with a solo shot in the 4th inning off Hiroshi Ogawa. The PL roared back soon, MVP winner Greg Wells tied it with a solo shot off Katsuhito Mizuno in the 5th inning, and he scored the game-winning run in the next inning thanks to Kazuhiro Kiyohara's double.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Central	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	1
Pacific	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	x	3	5	0

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Kozo Shoda, 2B (Hiroshima Carp)
2. Takahiro Ikeyama, SS (Yakult Swallows)
3. Hiromitsu Ochiai, 1B (Chunichi Dragons)
4. Tatsunori Hara, 3B (Yomiuri Giants)
5. Carlos Ponce, CF (Taiyo Whales)
6. Akinobu Mayumi, RF (Hanshin Tigers)
7. Ming-Tsu Lu, LF (Yomiuri)
8. Mitsuo Tatsukawa, C (Hiroshima)
9. Manabu Kitabeppu, P (Hiroshima)

Backups Used

• Kazunori Shinozuka, 2B (Yomiuri)
• Kiyoshi Nakahata, 3B (Yomiuri)
• Katsumi Hirosawa, RF (Yakult)
• Yutaka Takagi, PH (Taiyo)
• Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, SS (Chunichi)
• Akinobu Okada, LF (Hanshin)
• Katsuhiko Kido, C (Hanshin)
• Katsuhito Mizuno, P (Yomiuri)
• Hisao Niura, P (Taiyo)
• Kiyooki Nakanishi, P (Hanshin)
• Genji Kaku, P (Chunichi)

Manager

• Sadaharu Oh

Coaches

• Senichi Hoshino
• Junro Anan

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Makoto Sasaki, LF (Nankai Hawks)
2. Junichi Fukura, 2B (Hankyu Braves)
3. Hiromitsu Kadota, RF (Nankai)
4. Greg Wells, 1B (Hankyu)
5. Kazuhiro Kiyohara, 3B (Seibu Lions)
6. Hiromi Matsunaga, SS (Hankyu)
7. Koji Akiyama, CF (Seibu)
8. Hiroyuki Yoshida, C (Nankai)
9. Nobuyuki Hoshino, P (Hankyu)

Backups Used

• Hideaki Takazawa, RF (Lotte Orions)
• Hiromichi Ishige, 3B (Seibu)
• Hatsuhiko Tsuji, 2B (Seibu)
• Yukio Tanaka, SS (Nippon Ham Fighters)
• Ben Oglivie, PH (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
• Ken Hirano, PH (Seibu)
• Tsutomu Itoh, C (Seibu)
• Hiromasa Arai, PH (Kintetsu)
• Hiroshi Ogawa, P (Lotte)
• Hiroshi Tsuno, P (Nippon Ham)
• Kazuhiko Ushijima, P (Lotte)

Manager

• Masaaki Mori

Coaches

• Toshiharu Ueda
• Shigeru Takada

Umpires

• Tadayoshi Hayashi (Home), Tomoyuki Kubo (1B), Kazuo Kuboyama (2B), Hiroshi Tani (3B), Ryuzo Yamamoto (LF), Osamu Kubota (RF)

Game 2

Game 2 was held July 25 in front of 26,473 fans at Nagoya Baseball Stadium. The PL scored first this time with Tsutomu Itoh's solo shot against Yutaka Ono in the 5th inning, but Akinobu Okada soon answered back with a game-winning, 2-run shot off Hisanobu Watanabe in the 6th inning and won the MVP. The starters, Hideyuki Awano and Hiromi Makihara, both pitched 3 shutout innings with 3 strikeouts, and Tsunemi Tsuda struck out the side to notch the save.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pacific	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
Central	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	x	4	7	1

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Norifumi Nishimura, 2B (Orix)
2. Arai, CF
3. Kadota, RF
4. Wells, 1B
5. Kiyohara, 3B
6. Oglivie, LF
7. Matsunaga, SS
8. Itoh, C
9. Hideyuki Awano, P (Kintetsu)

Backups Used

• Takazawa, CF
• Ishige, 3B
• Tanaka, SS
• Tsuji, 2B
• Hirano, RF
• Akiyama, CF
• Sasaki, PH
• Yoshida, C
• Fukura, PH
• Fujio Tamura, PH (Nippon Ham)
• Hisanobu Watanabe, P (Seibu)
• Shinichi Kato, P (Nankai)
• Masato Yoshii, P (Kintetsu)

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Okada, 2B
2. Tatsunami, SS
3. Ikeyama, 3B
4. Ochiai, 1B
5. Ponce, CF
6. Hirosawa, RF
7. Lu, LF
8. Takeshi Nakamura, C (Chunichi)
9. Hiromi Makihara, P (Yomiuri)

Backups used

• Shinozuka, PH
• Mayumi, LF
• Tatsukawa, C
• Nakahata, 3B
• Hara, PH
• Takagi, 3B
• Yutaka Ono, P (Hiroshima)
• Hiroaki Nakayama, P (Taiyo)
• Takao Obana, P (Yakult)
• Tsunemi Tsuda, P (Hiroshima)

Umpires

• Takeji Kobayashi (Home), Kuboyama (1B), Kubota (2B), Yamamoto (3B), Tani (LF), Tadatoshi Saida (RF)

Game 3

Game 3 took place July 26 at Tokyo Dome with an attendance of 42,061; it was the first time that an All-Star Game was held in the Tokyo Dome. The PL's Takazawa hit a leadoff solo shot against Kazuyuki Ono, and Kadota added a pinch-hit RBI single in the 7th inning. The CL tied the game with Shota and Ponce's back-to-back hits, and this game went to extra innings. MVP winner Shota hit a leadoff triple in the bottom of the 12th inning, but the CL had used all their backup batters. Thus, they sent pitcher Mizuno to the plate, and he hit a walk-off sacrifice fly against Ushijima. The league changed the rule the next year, so this was the last extra-inning All-Star Game.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Pacific	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	2
Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	4	8	2

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Takazawa, RF
2. Fukura, 2B
3. Kiyohara, 3B
4. Wells, 1B
5. Matsunaga, LF
6. Akiyama, CF
7. Tanaka, SS
8. Tamura, C
9. Yukihiro Nishizaki, P (Nippon Ham)

Backups Used

• Oglivie, PH
• Nishimura, PR
• Tsuji, 2B
• Ishige, 3B
• Sasaki, CF
• Itoh, C
• Hirano, CF
• Kadota, PH
• Arai, LF
• Kazuyoshi Ono, P (Kintetsu)
• Choji Murata, P (Lotte)
• Yoshinori Sato, P (Hankyu)
• Ogawa, P
• Ushijima, P

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Takagi, CF
2. Shinozuka, 2B
3. Ikeyama, SS
4. Hara, 3B
5. Ponce, RF
6. Lu, LF
7. Nakahata, 1B
8. Tatsukawa, C
9. Kazuyuki Ono, P (Chunichi)

Backups used

• Mayumi, CF
• Shoda, 2B
• Hirosawa, 1B
• Okada, PH
• Nakamura, PH
• Y.Ono, PR
• Mizuno, PH
• Tatsunami, PH
• Ochiai, PH
• Kido, C
• Kazuhisa Kawaguchi, P (Hiroshima)
• Masumi Kuwata, P (Yomiuri)
• Akimitsu Itoh, P (Yakult)
• Nakayama, P

Umpires

• Yamamoto (Home), Tani (1B), Saida (2B), Kubo (3B), Hayashi (LF), Kobayashi (RF)

Sources

• Japanese Wikipedia entry