1986 Japan Series

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1986 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season
Seibu Lions (4) Masaaki Mori 68–49–13 (.613), GA: 0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (3) Junro Anan 73–46–11 (.581), GA: 2½
DatesOctober 18–27
MVP Kimiyasu Kudoh (Seibu)
FSA Mitsuo Tatsukawa (Hiroshima)
←  1985 Japan Series 1987  →

The 1986 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1986 season. The 37th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Central League champion Hiroshima Toyo Carp against the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions. The Carp won the pennant in narrow fashion, having won two games less than the Yomiuri Giants but having four more tie games than them to pull out ahead.

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The series is notable for being the only time to date in Japan Series history that an eighth game was played. After the first game ended in a tie, the Carp won the next three games. However, the Lions would respond by winning the next four in a row, reverse sweeping the Carp to capture their sixth Japan Series championship and their third title in five years. It was the first time a team had forced a deciding game after being down 3-0 since 1976 and it was the first successful 3-0 comeback by a team since 1958.

Summary

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Carp – 2, Lions – 2 (14)October 18 Hiroshima Municipal Stadium 26,037 [1]
2Carp – 2, Lions – 1October 19 Hiroshima Municipal Stadium 26,652 [1]
3Lions – 4, Carp – 7October 21 Seibu Lions Stadium 31,769 [1]
4Lions – 1, Carp – 3October 22 Seibu Lions Stadium 32,136 [1]
5Lions – 2, Carp – 1 (12)October 23 Seibu Lions Stadium 32,395 [1]
6Carp – 1, Lions – 3October 25 Hiroshima Municipal Stadium 26,107 [1]
7Carp – 1, Lions – 3October 26 Hiroshima Municipal Stadium 26,101 [1]
8Carp – 2, Lions – 3October 27 Hiroshima Municipal Stadium 16,828 [1]

NOTE: Game 1 was played to the 4:30:00 time limit. The time limit was reached in the 14h inning.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1986年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 25, 2017.
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