October 23rd, 2008 Chunichi Dragons 2 Yomiuri Giants 11 (Tokyo Dome) That hurt. Yomiuri regained its swagger tonight and walked all over Chunichi’s pitching on way to an 11-2 rout of the defending Japan Series champions.
10/23/08 – Central League Climax Series – 2nd Stage – Chunichi vs. Yomiuri (Game 3)
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10/22/08 – Central League Climax Series – 2nd Stage – Chunichi vs. Yomiuri (Game 2)
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October 22nd, 2008 Chunichi Dragons 4 Yomiuri Giants 3 (Tokyo Dome) Chunichi came up with some clutch play to level this series at one game apiece.* Shockingly, it took Yomiuri starter, Seth Greisinger, 101 pitches to get through four and one-third innings during which he gave up three runs (two earned) off of five hits. [...]
10/22/08 – Pacific League Climax Series – 2nd Stage – Hokkaido vs. Saitama (Game 6)
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October 22nd, 2008 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 0 Saitama Seibu Lions 9 (Seibu Dome) The Saitama Seibu Lions employed an old-fashioned ass-whuppin’ tonight en route to advancing to the Japan Series versus the winner of the Chunichi-Yomiuri series that is currently locked at 1-1. The name of the night was Hideaki Wakui (2-0, 0.60) who [...]
10/21/08 – Pacific League Climax Series – 2nd Stage – Hokkaido vs. Saitama (Game 5)
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October 21st, 2008 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4 Saitama Seibu Lions 9 (Seibu Dome) Former Tokyo Swallows ace, Kazuhisa Ishii (1.29 playoff ERA), pitched a very strong seven innings for the home team in his first postseason appearance in a Lions uniform. He gave up three runs, one of them earned, off of five hits [...]
10/20/08 – Central League Climax Series – 1st Stage – Chunichi vs. Hanshin (Game 3)
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10/19/08 – Central League Climax Series – 1st Stage – Chunichi vs. Hanshin (Game 2)
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10/19/08 – Pacific League Climax Series – 2nd Stage – Hokkaido vs. Saitama (Game 4)
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10/18/08 – Central League Climax Series – 1st Stage – Chunichi vs. Hanshin (Game 1)
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10/18/08 – Pacific League Climax Series – 2nd Stage – Hokkaido vs. Saitama (Game 3)
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10/17/08 – Pacific League Climax Series – 2nd Stage – Hokkaido vs. Saitama (Game 2)
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October 17th, 2008 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3 Saitama Seibu Lions 10 (Oomiya Prefectural Stadium) Half of Hokkaido’s hits were delivered by only two guys, and starter Ryan Glynn got roughed up early by an all-out Lions assault, as the home team stomped all over the visitors to make this series 2-0.*
