| 2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series | ||||||||||
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 November 14, 2014 at theTokyo Dome | ||||||||||
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| Dates | November 10–20, 2014 (2014-11-10 –2014-11-20) | |||||||||
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| MVP | Yuki Yanagita | |||||||||
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| Television | NHK (Japan) MLB Network (United States) | |||||||||
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The2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the eleventh edition of theMLB Japan All-Star Series, abest-of-five series between theAll-Star team fromMajor League Baseball (MLB) and, for the first time in series history, the national teamSamurai Japan.[1][2] The then-newCommissioner ofNippon Professional Baseball (NPB) saw in this championship a big opportunity for their Japanese team to gain hugely useful experience for the2017 World Baseball Classic.
The series also celebrated the 80th anniversary of the establishment ofJapan's professional baseball by holding an exhibition game of a joint team ofHanshin Tigers andYomiuri Giants against the MLB All-Stars at theKoshien Stadium on November 11, 2014.
Samurai Japan won the series by 3–2–0 andYuki Yanagita was namedMVP.[3]
Exhibition (1)
| Game | Date / Time (JST) | Home team | Score | Away team | Duration | Location | Ref |
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| 1 | November 10 / 6pm | Samurai Japan | 0–1 | NPBHawks–Fighters Union | 2:43 | Fukuoka Dome | [4] |
| 2 | November 11 / 6pm | NPBTigers–Giants Union | 7–8 |   MLB All-Stars | 3:36 | Koshien Stadium | [5] |
Championship
| Game | Date / Time (JST) | Home team | Score | Away team | Duration | Location | Ref |
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| 1 | November 12 / 6pm | Samurai Japan | 2–0 | MLB All-Stars | 2:42 | Osaka Dome | [6] |
| 2 | November 14 / 6pm | MLB All-Stars | 4–8 | Samurai Japan | 3:02 | Tokyo Dome | [7] |
| 3 | November 15 / 6pm | Samurai Japan | 4–0 | MLB All-Stars | 2:35 | Tokyo Dome | [8] |
| 4 | November 16 / 6pm | MLB All-Stars | 6–1 | Samurai Japan | 3:01 | Tokyo Dome | [9] |
| 5 | November 18 / 7pm | Samurai Japan | 1–3 | MLB All-Stars | 2:58 | Sapporo Dome | [10] |
Exhibition (2)
| Game | Date / Time (JST) | Home team | Score | Away team | Duration | Location | Ref |
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| 3 | November 20 / 6pm | MLB All-Stars | 4–6 | Samurai Japan | 3:27 | Okinawa Cellular Stadium | [11] |
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