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The 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 64th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950 .
Juiced ball scandal [ edit ] At the beginning of the 2013 NPB season, a new livelier ball was introduced in secret. This juiced up baseball allowed more home runs to be scored, leading to Tokyo Yakult Swallows outfielder Wladimir Balentien to break the 55 single season home run record set by Sadaharu Oh and later tied by Tuffy Rhodes and Alex Cabrera .[ 1] Ryozo Kato resigning, though he claimed that he did not know about these juiced baseballs.[ 2]
Regular season standings [ edit ] Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.
First Stage Final Stage Japan Series 1 Yomiuri Giants 4 2 Hanshin Tigers 0 3 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 0 3 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 CL1 Yomiuri Giants 3 PL1 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4 1 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 4 2 Saitama Seibu Lions 1 3 Chiba Lotte Marines 1 3 Chiba Lotte Marines 2
The regular season league champions, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2) vs. Hanshin Tigers (0)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 12 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8, Hanshin Tigers – 1Koshien Stadium 3:34 46,923[ 3] 2 October 13 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 4Koshien Stadium 3:02 46,902[ 4]
Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (1)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 12 Chiba Lotte Marines – 11, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1Seibu Dome 3:24 32,880[ 5] 2 October 13 Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 15 Seibu Dome 3:16 33,914[ 6] 3 October 14 Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1Seibu Dome 3:01 33,832[ 7]
The regular season league champions, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 16 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 3:27 45,107[ 8] 2 October 17 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 2:26 45,316[ 9] 3 October 18 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 2:32 46,081[ 10]
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (4) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (1)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 17 Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 Miyagi Baseball Stadium 2:55 24,332[ 11] 2 October 18 Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2Miyagi Baseball Stadium 3:25 24,097[ 12] 3 October 19 Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 Miyagi Baseball Stadium 3:00 24,396[ 13] 4 October 21* Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8 Miyagi Baseball Stadium 3:33 24,264[ 14]
* Postponed from October 20 due to rain[ 15] PL Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (3)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 26 Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 0Miyagi Baseball Stadium 3:20 25,209[ 16] 2 October 27 Yomiuri Giants – 1, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2 Miyagi Baseball Stadium 3:16 25,219[ 17] 3 October 29 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 1Tokyo Dome 3:26 44,940[ 18] 4 October 30 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 6 Tokyo Dome 4:07 44,968[ 19] 5 October 31 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome 3:49 44,995[ 20] 6 November 2 Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2Miyagi Baseball Stadium 3:16 25,271[ 21] 7 November 3 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 3 Miyagi Baseball Stadium 3:15 25,249
2013 average attendance [ edit ] Team Games Total attendance Av. attendance Yomiuri 72 3,008,197 41,780 Hanshin 72 2,771,603 38,494 SoftBank 72 2,408,993 33,458 Chunichi 72 1,998,188 27,752 Nippon-Ham 72 1,855,655 25,772 Seibu 72 1,600,841 22,233 Hiroshima 72 1,565,598 21,744 Orix 72 1,438,467 19,978 Yakult 72 1,432,695 19,898 Yokohama 72 1,425,728 19,801 Rakuten 72 1,281,087 17,792 Lotte 72 1,260,439 17,506
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