2008 Asia Series

The 2008 Asia Series was contested on November 13–16 by the champions of Nippon Professional Baseball's Japan Series, the Korea Professional Baseball's Korean Series, Chinese Professional Baseball League's Taiwan Series, and the championship of the China Baseball League of the People's Republic of China. In 2008, it was the first time that the champion of the China Baseball League participates in instead of the all-star team China Stars. The winning team will receive ¥50 million yen ($0.5 million), the second place team will receive ¥30 million yen, and the other teams will receive ¥10 million yen each. All games were held in Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The Saitama Seibu Lions defeated the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Outfielder Tomoaki Satoh was named the MVP of the series.

Contents

Participating teams

Matchups

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

November 13

Game 1[1] 12:00
Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tianjin Lions 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 7 7 1
WP: Tseng Yi-cheng (曾翊誠) (1–0)   LP: Lu Jiangang (吕建刚) (0–1)
Home runs:
Tianjin: None
Uni-President: Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (1), Pan Wu-hsiung (潘武雄) (1)

Attendance: 2,788    Time: 3:04
Game 2[2] 18:00
Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saitama Seibu Lions 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
SK Wyverns 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 4 7 1
WP: Lee Seung-Ho (이승호) (1–0)   LP: Hoashi Kazuyuki (帆足和幸) (0–1)
Home runs:
Seibu: None
SK: Park Jae-Hong (박재홍) (1), Lee Jae-won (이재원) (1)

Attendance: 9,277    Time: 3:03

November 14

Game 3[3] 12:00
Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SK Wyverns 0 0 7 2 2 0 4 - - 15 14 0
Tianjin Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 5 3
WP: Lee Young-wook (이영욱) (1–0)   LP: Chen Wei (陈玮) (0–1)
Home runs:
SK: Kim Jae-hyun (김재현) (1)
Tianjin: None

Attendance: 2,489    Time: 2:27 (shorten: mercy rule)
Game 4[4] 18:00
Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Saitama Seibu Lions 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2 5 0
WP: Takayuki Kishi (岸孝之) (1–0)   LP: Pan Wei-Lun (潘威倫) (0–1)   Sv: Chikara Onodera (小野寺力) (1)

Attendance: 8,443    Time: 2:34

November 15

Game 5[5] 12:00
Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saitama Seibu Lions 2 3 6 2 0 3 0 - - 16 13 0
Tianjin Lions 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 2 4 2
WP: Kohji Onuma (大沼幸二) (1–0)   LP: Chen Wei (陈玮) (0–2)
Home runs:
Seibu: Takeya Nakamura (中村剛也) (1), Ginjiro (銀仁朗) (1)
Tianjin: None

Attendance: 8,478    Time: 2:41 (shorten: mercy rule)
Game 6[6] 18:00
Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
SK Wyverns 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 8 1
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 4 X 10 12 1
WP: Lin Yueh-ping (林岳平) (1–0)   LP: Chae Byeong-yong (채병용) (0–1)
Home runs:
SK: Lee Jin-Young (이진영) (1)
Uni-President: Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) 2 (3), Kao Chih-kang (高志綱) (1), Chen Lien-hung (陳連宏) (1)

Attendance: 5,228    Time: 3:22

Round Robin Standings

Position Team Wins Losses RS RA Tie-breaker[7]
1 Saitama Seibu Lions — ○2–1 ●3–4 ○16–2 2 1 21 7 1–1, 0.292
2 Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions ●1–2 — ○10–4 ○7–4 2 1 18 10 1–1, 0.385
3 SK Wyverns ○4–3 ●4–10 — ○15–0 2 1 23 13 1–1, 0.542
4 Tianjin Lions ●2–16 ●4–7 ●0–15 — 0 3 6 38 —

Championship, November 16

Game 7[8] 14:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Saitama Seibu Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1
WP: Shinya Okamoto (岡本真也) (1–0)   LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0–2)

Attendance: 18,370    Time: 3:07

Broadcasting

See also

References

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  3. ^ "2008年11月14日(金) 東京ドーム Game3" (Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. 2008-11-14. http://asia.npb.or.jp/score/2008111401.html. Retrieved 2008-11-14. 
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  5. ^ "2008年11月15日(土) 東京ドーム Game5" (Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. 2008-11-15. http://asia.npb.or.jp/score/2008111501.html. Retrieved 2008-11-15. 
  6. ^ "2008年11月15日(土) 東京ドーム Game6" (Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. 2008-11-15. http://asia.npb.or.jp/score/2008111502.html. Retrieved 2008-11-15. 
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  8. ^ "2008年11月16日(日) 東京ドーム Game7" (Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. 2008-11-16. http://asia.npb.or.jp/score/2008111601.html. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 

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