The Hanshin Tigers achieved the earliest league championship in Japanese professional baseball history. On the 7th, the Tigers defeated the Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2-0 in a home game at Koshien Stadium in ...
Teruaki Sato broke the game open early with a three-run blast in the bottom of the first inning as the Hanshin Tigers punched their ticket to the Japan Series with a 4-0 win over the DeNA BayStars on ...