2010 Japan Series
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| Dates | October 30 – November 7 | |||||||||
| MVP | Toshiaki Imae (Marines) | |||||||||
| FSA | Kazuhiro Wada (Dragons) | |||||||||
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The 2010 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 2010 season. It was the 61st Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Chiba Lotte Marines, against the Central League champions, the Chunichi Dragons.
Climax Series
| 1st stage | 2nd stage | Japan Series | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Chunichi Dragons | 4 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Hanshin Tigers | 0 | C3 | Yomiuri Giants | 1 | |||||||||
| C3 | Yomiuri Giants | 2 | C1 | Chunichi Dragons | 2 | |||||||||
| P3 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 4 | ||||||||||||
| P1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 3 | ||||||||||||
| P2 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 0 | P3 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 4 | |||||||||
| P3 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 2 | ||||||||||||
Summary
CL Chunichi Dragons (2) vs. PL Chiba Lotte Marines (3)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 30 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Chunichi Dragons – 2 | Nagoya Dome | 3:27 | 38,066 |
| 2 | October 31 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 12 | Nagoya Dome | 3:23 | 38,065 |
| 3 | November 2 | Chunichi Dragons – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 7 | Chiba Marine Stadium | 2:47 | 26,923 |
| 4 | November 3 | Chunichi Dragons – 4, Chiba Lotte Marines – 3 | Chiba Marine Stadium | 4:41 | 27,197 |
| 5 | November 4 | Chunichi Dragons – 4, Chiba Lotte Marines – 10 | Chiba Marine Stadium | 3:22 | 27,209 |
| 6 | November 6 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2 , Chunichi Dragons – 2 | Nagoya Dome | 5:43 | 38,094 |
| 7 | November 7 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 8 , Chunichi Dragons – 7 | Nagoya Dome | 4:56 | 38,075 |
Matchups
Game 1
Saturday, October 30, 2010 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lotte | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chunichi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yoshihisa Naruse (1–0) LP: Kazuki Yoshimi (0–1) Sv: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (1) Home runs: LOT: Ikuhiro Kiyota (1), Tadahito Iguchi (1) CHU: Kazuhiro Wada (1), Motonobu Tanishige (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
Sunday, October 31, 2010 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chunichi | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 12 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Chen Wei-Yin (1–0) LP: Bill Murphy (0–1) Home runs: LOT: None CHU: Tony Blanco (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Shunsuke Watanabe (1–0) LP: Kazuki Yoshimi (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Akifume Takahashi (1–0) LP: Yoshihiro Ito (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (1) Home runs: CHU: None LOT: Tadahito Iguchi (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 5
Thursday, November 4, 2010 at Chiba Marine Stadium in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chunichi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lotte | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 10 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Hayden Penn (1–0) LP: Kenichi Nakata (0–1) Home runs: CHU: Tony Blanco (2) LOT: Saburo Ohmura (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 6
Saturday, November 6, 2010 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lotte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Chunichi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
Game 7
Sunday, November 7, 2010 at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lotte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chunichi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yoshihiro Ito (1-1) LP: Takuya Asao (0-1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||