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1997 Japan Series

Field	Value
country	Japan
year	1997
champion	Yakult Swallows (4)
champion_manager	Katsuya Nomura
champion_games	83–52–2, .615, GA: 11
runnerup	Seibu Lions (1)
runnerup_manager	Osamu Higashio
runnerup_games	76–56–3, .576, GA: 5
date	October 18–23
MVP	Atsuya Furuta (YKS)
FSA	Kazuo Matsui (SEI)
television	TV Asahi (Games 1, 2, 4), Fuji TV (Games 3, 5)
radio_network	NHK Radio, JRN, NRN

The 1997 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the season. The 48th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions against the Central League champion Yakult Swallows. It was the third time the two teams had faced each other for the championship, with the other two contests being in 1992 and 1993. Played at Seibu Dome and Meiji Jingu Stadium, the Swallows defeated the Lions in five games to win the franchise's 4th Japan Series title. The Swallows' star catcher Atsuya Furuta was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 18 and October 23, 1997, with home field advantage going to the Pacific League.

Summary

Matchups

Game 1

Game 1 of the series featured a pitching match-up of two strong aces. Seibu's Fumiya Nishiguchi had a career year in 1997 (only his second full season), finishing first in the Pacific League in wins, strikeouts and winning percentage. His sparkling season earned him the Best Nine Award, the Golden Glove, the Sawamura Award and league MVP. Facing him in Game 1 from the visitor's side was Kazuhisa Ishii, a former number-one draft pick and established southpaw who had pitched a no-hitter earlier in the season. The game lived up to its billing as a pitcher's duel, with each starter not allowing any runs after seven innings. However, Yakult finally managed to get to Nishiguchi when journeyman Jim Tatum deposited a slider into the right-center field seats. Ishii protected this lead, and finished the game with no runs allowed and 12 strikeouts.

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

References

link. [[Nippon Professional Baseball]]

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