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The 1979

1979 in baseball

-Major League Baseball:*World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles ; Willie Stargell, MVP*American League Championship Series MVP: None.*National League Championship Series MVP: Willie Stargell...

Japan Series

, or is the annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan. It is a seven-game series between the winning clubs of the league's two circuits, the Central League and the Pacific League....

matched the Central League

Central League

The or is one the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship plays against the winner of the Pacific League in the annual Japan Series. It currently consists of six teams from around the country,The Central League...

champion Hiroshima Carp

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by , who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda. Mazda is the largest single shareholder , which is less than the portion owned by the Matsuda family . Because of that,...

against the Pacific League

Pacific League

The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues constituting Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship competes against the winner in the Central League for the annual Japan Series...

champion Kintetsu Buffaloes

Kintetsu Buffaloes

The was a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Osaka, Japan, which were in the Pacific League. The team was owned by Kinki Nippon Railway Co. and later sold to the Orix Group, the owner of the Orix BlueWave baseball team, in 2004...

MVP: Yoshihiko Takahashi (Carp)

Summary

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Buffaloes – 5, Carp – 2	October 27	Osaka Stadium Osaka Stadium Osaka Stadium was a stadium in Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan. The stadium was opened in 1950, with a capacity of 32,000 people.It was primarily used for baseball and was home of the Nankai Hawks until they moved to the Heiwadai Stadium in 1988....	25121
2	Buffaloes – 4, Carp – 0	October 31	Osaka Stadium Osaka Stadium Osaka Stadium was a stadium in Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan. The stadium was opened in 1950, with a capacity of 32,000 people.It was primarily used for baseball and was home of the Nankai Hawks until they moved to the Heiwadai Stadium in 1988....	27848
3	Carp – 3, Buffaloes – 2	October 28	Hiroshima Stadium	29032
4	Carp – 5, Buffaloes – 3	October 30	Hiroshima Stadium	29057
5	Carp – 1, Buffaloes – 0	October 31	Hiroshima Stadium	29090
6	Buffaloes – 6, Carp – 2	November 3	Osaka Stadium Osaka Stadium Osaka Stadium was a stadium in Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan. The stadium was opened in 1950, with a capacity of 32,000 people.It was primarily used for baseball and was home of the Nankai Hawks until they moved to the Heiwadai Stadium in 1988....	27813
7	Buffaloes – 3, Carp – 4	November 4	Osaka Stadium Osaka Stadium Osaka Stadium was a stadium in Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan. The stadium was opened in 1950, with a capacity of 32,000 people.It was primarily used for baseball and was home of the Nankai Hawks until they moved to the Heiwadai Stadium in 1988....	24376

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