2001 Nippon Series

Nippon Series

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The Teams

Yakult Swallows

Managed by Tsutomu Wakamatsu

Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes

Managed by Masataka Nashida

The Games

Game 1

October 20 at 6:10 PM at Osaka Dome (33,837)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Yakult Swallows	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	7
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Swallows: Kazuhisa Ishii W (1-0) - Ryu Kawabata

Buffaloes: Jeremy Powell L (0-1) - Iori Sekiguchi - Kazuya Shibata - Hisashi Aikyo - Katsuhiko Maekawa

Home Runs

Swallows: Alex Ramirez 1, Atsuya Furuta 1

Game 2

October 21 at 6:11 PM at Osaka Dome (33,277)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Yakult Swallows	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	3	X	9

Swallows: Shugo Fujii - Naoya Shimada - Tatsuki Yamamoto - Ryota Igarashi L (0-1)

Buffaloes: Hisashi Iwakuma - Iori Sekiguchi - Hiroki Yamamura - Katsuhiko Maekawa - Koichi Misawa - Akira Okamoto W (1-0) - Akinori Otsuka S (1S)

Home Runs

Buffaloes: Norihiro Nakamura 1, Tuffy Rhodes 1, Eiji Mizuguchi 1

Swallows: Mitsuru Manaka 1

Game 3

October 23 at 6:30 PM at Meiji-Jingu Stadium (30,443)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Yakult Swallows	2	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	X	9

Buffaloes: Sean Bergman L (0-1) - Isao Koda - Iori Sekiguchi - Koki Morita - Kazuya Shibata

Swallows: Satoshi Iriki W (1-0) - Alan Newman - Hirotoshi Ishii - Ryu Kawabata

Home Runs

Swallows: Mitsuru Manaka 1 (2)

Game 4

October 24 at 6:30 PM at Meiji-Jingu Stadium (32,145)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Yakult Swallows	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	2

Buffaloes: Katsuhiko Maekawa - Akira Okamoto L (1-1) - Kazuya Shibata - Koichi Misawa

Swallows: Hirotsugu Maeda - Alan Newman W (1-0) - Ryu Kawabata - Tatsuki Yamamoto - Shingo Takatsu S (1S)

Home Runs

Buffaloes: Tuffy Rhodes 1 (2)

Swallows: Kota Soejima 1

Game 5

October 25 at 6:30 PM at Meiji-Jingu Stadium (32,568)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Yakult Swallows	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	4

Buffaloes: Jeremy Powell L (0-2) - Kazuya Shibata - Koichi Misawa - Sean Bergman - Katsuhiko Maekawa - Akira Okamoto - Akinori Otsuka

Swallows: Kevin Hodges - Alan Newman - Ryu Kawabata - Tatsuki Yamamoto W (1-0) - Shingo Takatsu S (2S)

Home Runs

None