DeNA and SoftBank meet in the Japan Series from Saturday, a rematch of 2024
Third-placed Yokohama swept league champions Hanshin to get here. Tickets went on general sale at noon on Thursday.
The Yokohama DeNA BayStars and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks will decide Japan's baseball champions in the Japan Series, which opens at Yokohama Stadium on Saturday at 18:30.12
DeNA finished third in the Central League but won all four games of the Climax Series final stage against Hanshin, the two-time league champions, at Koshien. In the decisive game on 17 October they scored four runs in the ninth inning to win 8–5. Shugo Maki was named the series' most valuable player.3
The schedule
Game 2 is in Yokohama on Sunday at 18:00. The series then moves to Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka for Games 3 to 5 from 27 to 29 October, and returns to Yokohama for Games 6 and 7 on 31 October and 1 November if they are needed. The designated hitter is used only at the Pacific League park.12
SoftBank reached the series by beating Nippon-Ham in the Pacific League final stage. DeNA last made it through the Climax Series in 2024, when they also went on to beat SoftBank and win the title from third place.34
General ticket sales opened on Thursday at 12:00.5
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