March 18th, 2009 Saitama Seibu Lions 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 9 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WLDWW (Jingu Stadium) The birds got the offense going early in one of the day’s four forgotten games (if you want to know what everyone in Japan was actually paying attention to, please scroll down to the next game [...]
11/9/08 – Japan Series – Saitama vs. Yomiuri – Game 7
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November 9th, 2008 Saitama Seibu Lions 3 Yomiuri Giants 2 (Tokyo Dome) The Saitama Seibu Lions came back from an 0-2 deficit to defeat the Yomiuri Giants in the deciding game seven of the 2008 Japan Series Championship. It was Saitama’s first Japan Series championship since 2004 when it beat the Chunichi Dragons in seven [...]
11/4/08 – Japan Series – Saitama vs. Yomiuri – Game 3
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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 [...]
