1968 Nippon Series
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Introduction[edit]
The Teams[edit]
Yomiuri Giants[edit]
Managed by Tetsuharu Kawakami
Hankyu Braves[edit]
Managed by Yukio Nishimoto
The Games[edit]
Game 1[edit]
October 12 at 1:01 PM at Korakuen Stadium (24,482)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hankyu Braves | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Braves: Shigeo Ishii - Kiyoshi Oishi - Tetsuya Yoneda W (1-0)
Giants: Masaichi Kaneda L (0-1) - Akira Takahashi
Home Runs
Giants: Shigeo Nagashima 1
Braves: Kiyoshi Yano 1, Daijiro Oishi (1)
Game 2[edit]
October 14 at 1:03 PM at Korakuen Stadium (24,923)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hankyu Braves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 |
Braves: Mitsuhiro Adachi L (0-1) - Takao Kajimoto - Takashi Mizutani - Yukinobu Miyamoto
Giants: Kunio Jonouchi W (1-0)
Home Runs
Braves: Atsushi Nagaike 1
Giants: Isao Shibata 1
Game 3[edit]
October 16 at 1:03 PM at Nishinomiya Stadium (19,462)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Hankyu Braves | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Giants: Tsuneo Horiuchi - Akira Takahashi - Masaichi Kaneda W (1-1)
Braves: Tetsuya Yoneda L (1-1) - Kiyoshi Oishi - Yukinobu Miyamoto
Home Runs
Giants: Sadaharu Oh 2, Isao Shibata 1 (2), Masaaki Mori 1
Game 4[edit]
October 17 at 1:02 PM at Nishinomiya Stadium (16,390)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Hankyu Braves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Giants: Kazumi Takahashi - Akira Takahashi - Makoto Kurata - Masaichi Kaneda W (2-1)
Braves: Takao Kajimoto - Takashi Mizutani - Shigeo Ishii L (0-1)
Home Runs
Braves: Atsushi Nagaike 2 (3)
Giants: Shigeo Nagashima 1 (2)
Game 5[edit]
October 18 at 1:02 PM at Nishinomiya Stadium (15,225)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Hankyu Braves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | X | 6 |
Giants: Kunio Jonouchi - Masaichi Kaneda L (2-2) - Makoto Kurata
Braves: Mitsuhiro Adachi - Tetsuya Yoneda - Shigeo Ishii - Takao Kajimoto W (1-0) - Kiyoshi Oishi
Home Runs
None
Game 6[edit]
October 20 at 1:01 PM at Korakuen Stadium (29,229)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hankyu Braves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Yomiuri Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | X | 7 |
Braves: Tetsuya Yoneda - Kiyoshi Oishi L (0-1) - Takao Kajimoto - Shigeo Ishii - Yukinobu Miyamoto
Giants: Tsuneo Horiuchi W (1-0)
Home Runs
Braves: Fujio Yamaguchi 1
Giants: Isao Shibata 1 (3), Sadaharu Oh 1 (3)
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