Yomiuri Giants win Japan Series in 6 gamesTOKYO (AP) -Catcher Shinnosuke Abe drove in the game-winning run to help the Yomiuri Giants defeat the Nippon Ham Fighters 2-0 and win the Japan Series in six games. Abe doubled over the head of center fielder Yoshio Itoi on Saturday 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 Atsunori Inaba error in the sixth inning to make it 2-0. It was the first Japan Series title in seven years for the Giants.
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