1990 Nippon Series

Nippon Series

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The Teams

Seibu Lions

Managed by Masahiko Mori

Yomiuri Giants

Managed by Motoshi Fujita

Yomiuri amazingly had the top four Central League hurlers in ERA with Masaki Saito (2.17), Masumi Kuwata (2.51), Masao Kida (2.71) and Isao Koda (2.90).

The Games

Game 1

October 20 at 1:04 PM at Tokyo Dome (46,008)

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

Lions: Hisanobu Watanabe W (1-0)

Giants: Hiromi Makihara L (0-1) - Kazutomo Miyamoto - Isao Koda - Masao Kida

Home Runs

Lions: Orestes Destrade 1

Game 2

October 21 at 1:02 PM at Tokyo Dome (46,153)

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

Lions: Kimiyasu Kudo - Tetsuya Shiozaki W (1-0) - Yoshitaka Katori

Giants: Masaki Saito L (0-1) - Hiroaki Hirota - Isao Koda - Masao Kida

Home Runs

Lions: Orestes Destrade 1 (2), Tsutomu Ito 1

Giants: Kazunori Shinozuka 1, Kaoru Okazaki 1

Game 3

October 23 at 1:04 PM at Seibu Stadium (31,804)

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

Giants: Masumi Kuwata L (0-1)

Lions: Tomio Watanabe W (1-0)

Home Runs

Lions: Koji Akiyama 1

Game 4

October 24 at 1:03 PM at Seibu Stadium (31,804)

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

Giants: Kazutomo Miyamoto L (0-1) - Katsuhito Mizuno - Hiroaki Hirota

Lions: Taigen Kaku W (1-0) - Tetsuya Shiozaki S (1S)

Home Runs

Giants: Masahiro Kawai 1, Shinichi Murata 1