October 11th, 2008 Yomiuri Giants 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 2  Last 5:LWWLL (Jingu Stadium) With the Pennant now secure Yomiuri rested several regulars at Jingu and still pulled off the win. Not much you really need to know about this meaningless game.

October 11th, 2008 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4 Orix Buffaloes 1 (Kyocera Dome) Darvish went the distance in this first game of the best-of-three series between the Fighters and Buffaloes. He gave up one unearned run and clocked 139 pitches. The Buffaloes managed nine hits, and were gifted a wild pitch and two walks, but [...]