2006 Japan Series

The by|2006 Japan Series, the 57th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series, began on October 21 and ended on October 26, and matched the Central League champion Chunichi Dragons against the Pacific League champion, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. The Fighters won the Series in five games, taking Games 2,3,4 and 5.

Matchups

Game 1

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Road=Nippon Ham|RoadAbr=Nip
R1=0|R2=2|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=5|RE=1
Home=Chunichi|HomeAbr=Chu
H1=0|H2=2|H3=1|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=X|HR=4|HH=6|HE=0
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WP=Kenshin Kawakami (1-0)|LP=Yu Darvish (0-1)|SV=Hitoki Iwase (1)
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Game 2

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Road=Nippon Ham|RoadAbr=Nip
R1=1|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=2|R8=2|R9=0|RR=5|RH=9|RE=0
Home=Chunichi|HomeAbr=Chu
H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=6|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Tomonori Yagi (1-0)|LP=Masa Yamamoto (0-1)|SV=Micheal Nakamura (1)
RoadHR=Fernando Seguignol (1)|HomeHR=Hirokazu Ibata (1), Kosuke Fukudome (1)|

Game 3

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Road=Chunichi|RoadAbr=Chu
R1=1|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=1|RH=9|RE=0
Home=Nippon Ham|HomeAbr=Nip
H1=3|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=3|H9=X|HR=6|HH=7|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Masaru Takeda (1-0)|LP=Kenta Asakura (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Atsunori Inaba (1)|

Game 4

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Road=Chunichi|RoadAbr=Chu
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=7|RE=0
Home=Nippon Ham|HomeAbr=Nip
H1=0|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=2|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=3|HH=8|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Satoru Kanemura (1-0)|LP=Kenichi Nakata (0-1)|SV=Michael Nakamura (2)
RoadHR=|HomeHR=|

Game 5

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Road=Chunichi|RoadAbr=Chu
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=1|RH=8|RE=0
Home=Nippon Ham|HomeAbr=Nip
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=1|H6=2|H7=0|H8=1|H9=X|HR=4|HH=8|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Yu Darvish (1-1)|LP=Kenshin Kawakami (1-1)|SV=Michael Nakamura (3)
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Fernando Seguignol (2), Atsunori Inaba (2)|