Yomiuri Giants win Japan Series in 6 games
Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 11:08 a.m.
TOKYO - The Yomiuri Giants defeat the Nippon Ham Fighters 2-0 to win the Japan Series in six games.
Catcher Shinnosuke Abe drove in the game-winning run on Saturday.
Abe doubled over the head of center fielder Yoshio Itoi to give Yomiuri a 1-0 lead in the second inning at Sapporo Dome. Tetsuya Matsumoto hit a two-out single and scored on an error in the sixth inning to make it 2-0.
It was the first Japan Series title in seven years for the Giants.
A famous former Giants player won the MVP of the World Series. Hideki Matsui earned the honor after the New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia on Wednesday, becoming the first Japanese-born player to win the trophy.
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