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| 1998 MLB Japan All-Star Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | November 6–15, 1998 | |||||||||
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| MVP | Sammy Sosa (MLB All-Stars) | |||||||||
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The 1998 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the sixth edition of the championship, a best-of-eight series between the All-Star teams from Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), then-called All-Japan.
MLB won the series by 6–2–0 [1] and Sammy Sosa was named MVP.
Exhibition [2]
| Game | Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Location |
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| 1 | November 6 | Yomiuri Giants | 1-4 | MLB All-Stars | Tokyo Dome |
Championship [3]
| Game | Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Location |
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| 1 | November 7 | All-Japan | 1-8 | MLB All-Stars | Tokyo Dome |
| 2 | November 8 | MLB All-Stars | 10–7 | All-Japan | Tokyo Dome |
| 3 | November 10 | All-Japan | 6-2 | MLB All-Stars | Fukuoka Dome |
| 4 | November 11 | MLB All-Stars | 0-1 | All-Japan | Osaka Dome |
| 5 | November 12 | All-Japan | 0-2 | MLB All-Stars | Osaka Dome |
| 6 | November 14 | MLB All-Stars | 9-0 | Tokyo Dome | |
| 7 | November 15 | All-Japan | 8-9 | MLB All-Stars | Tokyo Dome |