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Dates | November 10–20, 2014 | |||||||||
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MVP | Yuki Yanagita | |||||||||
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Television | NHK (Japan) MLB Network (United States) | |||||||||
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The 2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the eleventh edition of the MLB Japan All-Star Series, a best-of-five series between the All-Star team from Major League Baseball (MLB) and, for the first time in series history, the national team Samurai Japan. [1] [2] The then-new Commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) saw in this championship a big opportunity for their Japanese team to gain hugely useful experience for the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
The series also celebrated the 80th anniversary of the establishment of Japan's professional baseball by holding an exhibition game of a joint team of Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants against the MLB All-Stars at the Koshien Stadium on November 11, 2014.
Samurai Japan won the series by 3–2–0 and Yuki Yanagita was named MVP. [3]
Exhibition (1)
Game | Date / Time (JST) | Home team | Score | Away team | Duration | Location | Ref |
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1 | November 10 / 6pm | Samurai Japan | 0–1 | NPB Hawks – Fighters Union | 2:43 | Fukuoka Dome | [4] |
2 | November 11 / 6pm | NPB Tigers – Giants Union | 7–8 | MLB All-Stars | 3:36 | Koshien Stadium | [5] |
Championship
Game | Date / Time (JST) | Home team | Score | Away team | Duration | Location | Ref |
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1 | November 12 / 6pm | Samurai Japan | 2–0 | MLB All-Stars | 2:42 | Osaka Dome | [6] |
2 | November 14 / 6pm | MLB All-Stars | 4–8 | Samurai Japan | 3:02 | Tokyo Dome | [7] |
3 | November 15 / 6pm | Samurai Japan | 4–0 | MLB All-Stars | 2:35 | Tokyo Dome | [8] |
4 | November 16 / 6pm | MLB All-Stars | 6–1 | Samurai Japan | 3:01 | Tokyo Dome | [9] |
5 | November 18 / 7pm | Samurai Japan | 1–3 | MLB All-Stars | 2:58 | Sapporo Dome | [10] |
Exhibition (2)
Game | Date / Time (JST) | Home team | Score | Away team | Duration | Location | Ref |
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3 | November 20 / 6pm | MLB All-Stars | 4–6 | Samurai Japan | 3:27 | Okinawa Cellular Stadium | [11] |
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