2001 Japan Series

2001 Japan Series

Team (Wins)	Manager	Season
Yakult Swallows (4)	Tsutomu Wakamatsu
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1)	Masataka Nashida

Dates:

October 20 – October 25

MVP:

Atsuya Furuta

Television:

ABC (Games 1, 2), Fuji Television (Games 3, 5), TV Asahi (Game 4)

The 2001 Japan Series matched the Central League champion Yakult Swallows against the Pacific League champion Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes.

Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes

Kintetsu had one of the most powerful offenses ever seen in the league. Foreign import Tuffy Rhodes teamed up with Norihiro Nakamura to become one of the most feared hitting tandems in Nippon Professional Baseball history. Rhodes hit 55 home runs to tie the NPB record for most home runs hit in a season, while Nakamura hit 46 home runs of his own.

Yakult Swallows

Most of the core team from the 1997 Japan Series championship still remained in Kazuhisa Ishii and all-world catcher Atsuya Furuta. Shinya Miyamoto anchored the middle of the infield.

Summary

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Buffaloes – 0, Swallows – 7	October 20	Osaka Dome	33,837^[1]
2	Buffaloes – 9, Swallows – 6	October 21	Osaka Dome	33,277^[1]
3	Swallows – 9, Buffaloes – 2	October 23	Jingu Stadium	30,443^[1]
4	Swallows – 2, Buffaloes – 1	October 24	Jingu Stadium	32,145^[1]
5	Swallows – 4, Buffaloes – 2	October 25	Jingu Stadium	32,568^[1]

Game 1

Game 1 would become one of the best pitching performances turned in by any one starter in quite some time. In fact, it almost became historic. Yakult ace Kazuhisa Ishii kept the powerful Buffaloes lineup at bay, striking out 12 batters and walking 4. After walking the first batter of the game, Ishii retired the next 8 batters he faced. He would no-hit the Buffaloes through 6 and 1/3 innings and eventually shut them out, throwing a complete game.

References

1 2 3 4 5 2001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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Formerly the Kokutestu Swallows, Sankei Swallows, Sankei Atoms, and Yakult Atoms Based in Tokyo, Japan

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