1994 Central League tie-breaker game
| Teams | |
|---|---|
| Date | October 8, 1994 |
| Venue | Nagoya Stadium |
| City | Nagoya, Chūbu |
| Umpires | T. Kobayashi, Tadayuki Inoue, Hiroshi Fukui, Fumio Yamamoto |
The 1994 Central League tie-breaker game, more commonly known as the 10/8 tie-breaker game or the 10/8 decisive battle in Japan, was a one-game extension to Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Central League's 1994 regular season, played between the Chunichi Dragons and the Yomiuri Giants to determine the Central League pennant and contestant for the 45th Japan Series. It was played at Nagoya Stadium in Nagoya, Chūbu, on October 8, 1994. The Giants won the game 6–3 in nine innings and advanced to the Japan Series where they defeated the Seibu Lions.
The game was necessary after both teams finished the season with identical win–loss records of 69–60. This was the first time in the history of the NPB that two teams of the same league were tied for first place at the end of the regular season. This game is considered as the greatest game in Japanese professional baseball history by the Japan Times.[1]
Game summary
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Chunichi Dragons | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Masaki Saito (14–8) LP: Shinji Imanaka (13–9) Sv: Masumi Kuwata (1) Home runs: Giants: Hiromitsu Ochiai (15), Shinichi Murata (10), Henry Cotto (18), Hideki Matsui (20) Dragons: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ Graczyk, Wayne (August 15, 2010). "Japan's great moments in pro baseball history". The Japan Times. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
Sources
- Washida, Yasushi (2013). 10・8―巨人vs.中日史上最高の決戦 [10/8: Giants vs. Dragons best ever decisive battle] (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Bungeishunjū. ISBN 978-4163756400.