Industrial League Baseball

53rd Tokyo Tournament, 1998

Real Baseball begins in Tokyo

The 53rd industrial league baseball Tokyo tournament was held from Saturday, March 4, 1998 at Jingu Kyujo, Kawasaki Kyujo and Yokohama Stadium. For teams that advance to the second round games, the number of runs scored and allowed in the tournament is in parenthesis (RS/RA). When teams are eliminated from the tournament, their wins and losses as well as those of their opponnents are given.

Round 1

Games of March 7:
At Jingu Kyuju
19     Nihon Sekiyu (7 innings, called)
 5     TDK (5/19) 0W 1L

11     Hitachi Seisakusho (7 innings, called)
 2     Mitsubishi Juko - Nagoya (2/11) 0W 1L

16     Sumitomo Kinzoku 
11     Kawatetsu - Chiba (11/16) 0W 1L

At Kawasaki Kyuju
11 Mitsubishi Jidosha - Kawasaki 5 Seino Unyu (5/11) 0W 1L 13 Tokyo Gas 11 Oji Seishisen - Komaki (11/13) 0W 1L 9 Isuzu Jidosha 8 NTT - Shikoku (8/9) 0W 1L
Games of March 8:
At Jingu Kyuju
 3     Nippon Tsuun 
 2     Yamaha (2/3) 0W 1L

 5     Nihon Seimei 
 4     Shidax (4/5) 0W 1L

11     Prince Hotels 
 8     Mitsubishi Jidosha - Tokyo-to (8/11) 0W 1L

At Kawasaki
15 Toshiba 5 Kawatetsu - Mizushima (5/15) 0W 1L 11 Nissan Jidosha 5 Mitsubishi Juko - Kobe (5/11) 0W 1L 7 Nissan Jidosha - Kyushu 6 Sumitomo Kinzoku - Kagoshima (6/7) 0W 1L
Games of March 9:
Locations not specified
 4     NTT - Tokyo 
 3     Showa Concrete (3/4) 0W 1L

10     Mitsubishi Juko - Yokohama 
 7     Fuji Juko (7/10) 0W 1L

 8     Nakayama Seiko 
 5     JR Higashi Nihon (5/8) 0W 1L

 7     Matsushita Denki 
 4     Honda Giken (4/7) 0W 1L

Round 2

9 Nihon Sekiyu (28/13) 8 Hitachi Seisakusho (19/11) 1W 1L 13 Mitsubishi Jidosha - Kawasaki (7 innings called) (24/10) 5 Sumitomo Kinzoku (21/24) 1W 1L
Games of March 10:
At Jingu Kyuju
6 Isuzu Jidosha (15/11) 3 Tokyo Gas (16/17) 1W 1L 5 Nippon Tsuun (8/5) 3 Nihon Seimei (8/9) 1W 1L 9 Toshiba (24/7) 2 Prince Hotels (13/17) 1W 1L
At Yokohama Stadium
11 Nissan Jidosha (22/14) 9 Nissan Jidosha - Kyushu (16/17) 1W 1L 2 NTT - Tokyo (6/4) 1 Matsushita Denki (8/6) 1W 1L 13 Nakayama Seiko (21/16) 11 Mitsubishi Juko - Yokohama (21/20) 1W 1L

Round 3 (Quarter-finals)

Games of March 11:
At Jingu Kyuju
3 Mitsubishi Jidosha - Kawasaki (27/12) 2 Nihon Sekiyu (30/16) 2W 1L 7 Nippon Tsuun (15/6) 1 Isuzu Jidosha (16/18) 2W 1L
At Yokohama Stadium
9 Nissan Jidosha (31/15) 1 Toshiba (25/16) 2W 1L 8 NTT - Tokyo (14/8) 4 Nakayama Seiko (25/24) 2W 1L

Round 4 (Semi-finals)

Games of March 12: (Rained Out)*
*6th rainout in tournament history, means a double header for the teams in the tournamnet finale.

Games of March 13:
At Jingu Kyuju
0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0   6     Mitsubishi Jidosha - Kawasaki   (33/21) 3W 1L
0 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 x   9     Nippon Tsuun  (24/12)

4 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0  11     Nissan Jidosha (42/27) 3W 1L
1 0 5 0 0 0 1 2 3x 12     NTT Tokyo (26/19)

Final

1 1 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 11 Nippon Tsuun (35/13) 5W 0L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 NTT Tokyo (27/30) 4W 1L
Nippon Tsuun wins the tournament for the third time and for the first time in 11 years. Tournament MVP was pitcher Nogi, a 21-year old who is a highly touted prospect for this year's pro draft in November.




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