1979 Nippon Series

Nippon Series

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The Teams

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Managed by Takeshi Koba

Kintetsu Buffaloes

Managed by Yukio Nishimoto

The Games

Game 1

October 27 at 1:00 PM at Osaka Stadium (25,121)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Kintetsu Buffaloes	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	5

Carp: Manabu Kitabeppu L (0-1) - Yutaka Ono - Hiroaki Fukushi - Hidetake Watanabe

Buffaloes: Takashi Imoto W (1-0)

Home Runs

None

Game 2

October 28 at 1:00 PM at Osaka Stadium (27,848)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kintetsu Buffaloes	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	X	4

Carp: Kazuo Yamane L (0-1) - Yutaka Enatsu - Hidetake Watanabe

Buffaloes: Keishi Suzuki W (1-0)

Home Runs

Buffaloes: Shuzo Arita 1

Game 3

October 30 at 1:00 PM at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (29,032)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Kintetsu Buffaloes	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	3

Buffaloes: Tatsumi Murata - Yutaka Yanagida L (0-1) - Tetsuji Yamaguchi

Carp: Kojiro Ikegaya W (1-0) - Yutaka Enatsu S (1S)

Home Runs

Carp: Jitsuo Mizutani 1

Game 4

October 31 at 1:00 PM at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (29,057)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Kintetsu Buffaloes	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	X	5

Buffaloes: Takashi Imoto L (1-1) - Tatsumi Murata - Tetsuji Yamaguchi - Kenji Tachibana

Carp: Hiroaki Fukushi W (1-0)

Home Runs

Carp: Yoshihiko Takahashi 1, Jitsuo Mizutani 1 (2)

Buffaloes: Charlie Manuel 1, Shuzo Arita 1 (2)

Game 5

November 1 at 1:00 PM at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (29,090)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Kintetsu Buffaloes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	1

Buffaloes: Keishi Suzuki L (1-1) - Yutaka Yanagida

Carp: Kazuo Yamane W (1-1)

Home Runs

None

Game 6

November 3 at 1:00 PM at Osaka Stadium (27,813)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Kintetsu Buffaloes	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	X	6

Carp: Kojiro Ikegaya L (1-1) - Yutaka Ono - Hidetake Watanabe - Manabu Kitabeppu

Buffaloes: Takashi Imoto W (2-1)

Home Runs

Buffaloes: Masataka Nashida 1

Carp: Toshiyuki Mimura 1, Koji Yamamoto 1

Game 7

November 4 at 1:00 PM at Osaka Stadium (24,376)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4
Kintetsu Buffaloes	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3

Carp: Kazuo Yamane W (2-1) - Hiroaki Fukushi - Yutaka Enatsu S (2S)

Buffaloes: Keishi Suzuki - Yutaka Yanagida L (0-2) - Tetsuji Yamaguchi

Home Runs

Buffaloes: Mitsuyasu Hirano 1

Carp: Shiro Mizunuma 1

With the bases loaded and no out in the 9th, Kyosuke Sasaki hits one just foul that otherwise would have won the game. After he is retired, Kintetsu tries a squeeze bunt; Hiroshima called a pitch-out from Enatsu and Shigeru Ishiwata missed the bunt, leading to the runner from 3rd (Shiro Fujise) being caught off the bag. Enatsu then whiffs Ishiwata to end it.