1997 Nippon Series

Nippon Series

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The Teams

Yakult Swallows

Managed by Katsuya Nomura

Seibu Lions

Managed by Osamu Higashio

The Games

Game 1

October 18 at 6:20 PM at Seibu Stadium (31,634)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Yakult Swallows	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Seibu Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Swallows: Kazuhisa Ishii W (1-0)

Lions: Fumiya Nishiguchi L (0-1)

Home Runs

Swallows: Jim Tatum 1

Game 2

October 19 at 6:21 PM at Seibu Stadium (31,397)

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

Swallows: Kazuya Tabata - Tatsuki Yamamoto - Hiroaki Hirota - Hiroto Kato - Shingo Takatsu - Futoshi Yamabe L (0-1) - Tomohito Ito

Lions: Tetsuya Shiozaki - Takashi Ishii - Kento Sugiyama - Yui Tomori - Takehiro Hashimoto - Shinji Mori W (1-0)

Home Runs

Lions: Yusuke Kawada 1

Game 3

October 21 at 6:36 PM at Meiji-Jingu Stadium (32,867)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Seibu Lions	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Yakult Swallows	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	5

Lions: Takehiro Ishii - Takashi Ishii - Yui Tomori - Kento Sugiyama - Hisanobu Watanabe L (0-1)

Swallows: Masato Yoshii - Hiroto Kato - Tatsuki Yamamoto - Hiroaki Hirota - Shingo Takatsu W (1-0)

Home Runs

Swallows: Atsuya Furuta 1

Game 4

October 22 at 6:36 PM at Meiji-Jingu Stadium (32,877)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Seibu Lions	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Yakult Swallows	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	X	7

Lions: Hiroshi Shintani L (0-1) - Tetsuya Shiozaki - Kento Sugiyama - Yui Tomori - Takashi Ishii - Takehiro Hashimoto - Shinji Mori - Brian Givens

Swallows: Kenjiro Kawasaki W (1-0) - Hiroto Kato - Hiroaki Hirota - Tomohito Ito

Home Runs

Swallows: Shinichi Sato 1

Game 5

October 23 at 6:36 PM at Meiji-Jingu Stadium (33,056)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Seibu Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yakult Swallows	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	3

Lions: Fumiya Nishiguchi L (0-2) - Yui Tomori - Takehiro Hashimoto - Shinji Mori

Swallows: Terry Bross - Tatsuki Yamamoto - Kazuhisa Ishii W (2-0) - Tomohito Ito - Shingo Takatsu S (1S)

Home Runs

None