2000 Japan Series

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2000 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s)
Fuji TV (Game 3), RKB
(Game 5)
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The

Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. The press called it the ON series because of the managers on both sides: Sadaharu Oh for the Hawks and Shigeo Nagashima
for the Giants. The two were teammates in the 1960s and 1970s, and their combined hitting prowess gave them the nickname, "O-N Cannon."

Fukuoka Daiei Hawks

The defending Japan Series Champions were largely the same team that had taken the field in 1999, with one major exception: left-handed starter

Kazumi Saitoh
, who would make three appearances in relief without giving up a run.

Yomiuri Giants

For the first time in four years, the Giants had reached the Japan Series. They had not won the series since 1994, when they faced the

Seibu Lions. A lot had changed in the six years since they had won, but the plethora of stars that they had been building since the mid-1990s was finally enough to get back to the Japan Series. Yomiuri had a powerful middle of the order between aging slugger Kazuhiro Kiyohara and Hideki Matsui. The pitching staff featured established stars such as Kudoh and Hiromi Makihara
.

Summary

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Giants – 3, Hawks – 5 October 21 Tokyo Dome 43,848[1]
2 Giants – 3, Hawks – 8 October 22 Tokyo Dome 43,850[1]
3 Hawks – 3, Giants – 9 October 23
Fukuoka Dome
 36,625[1]
4 Hawks – 1, Giants – 2 October 26
Fukuoka Dome
 36,701[1]
5 Hawks – 0, Giants – 6 October 27
Fukuoka Dome
 36,787[1]
6 Giants – 9, Hawks – 3 October 28 Tokyo Dome 44,033[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f 2000年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved May 12, 2010.


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