2009 Japan Series
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| Dates | October 31 – November 7 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Shinnosuke Abe (Giants) | ||||||||||||
| FSA | Shinji Takahashi (Fighters) | ||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri Giants (4) | Tatsunori Hara | 89–46–9, .659, GA: 12 | |
| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) | Masataka Nashida | 82–60–2, .543, GA: 5.5 |
The 2009 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 2009 season. It was the 60th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League Climax Series champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, against the Central League Climax Series champions, the Yomiuri Giants. The series is the second time the two teams played each other in the championship series, the last time being 1981. Played at Sapporo Dome and Tokyo Dome, the Giants defeated the Fighters four games to two in the best-of-seven series to win the franchise's 21st Japan Series championship. Giants' captain Shinnosuke Abe was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 31 and November 7, 2009, with home field advantage going to the Pacific League.
CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2)
Saturday, October 31, 2009 at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaidō
After a scoreless first inning, Yoshitomo Tani hit a home run off of Fighters' starter Masaru Takeda to put the Giants up 1–0 in the top of the second inning. During the bottom half of the inning, however, Terrmel Sledge tied the game after hitting a solo home run off of Giants' starter Dicky Gonzalez. Hayato Sakamoto broke the tie in the fifth inning when he hit a double off the left field wall, scoring Tani and Shinnosuke Abe, who singled to open the inning.
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