TOKYO(AP) -- The Yomiuri Giants defeat the Nippon Ham Fighters 2-0
to win the Japan Series in six games.

Catcher Shinnosuke Abe drove in the game-winning run on
Saturday.

Abe doubled over the head of center fielder Yoshio Itoi to give
Yomiuri a 1-0 lead in the second inning at Sapporo Dome. Tetsuya
Matsumoto hit a two-out single and scored on an error in the
sixth inning to make it 2-0.

It was the first Japan Series title in seven years for the
Giants.

A famous former Giants player won the MVP of the World Series.
Hideki Matsui earned the honor after the New York Yankees
defeated Philadelphia on Wednesday, becoming the first
Japanese-born player to win the trophy.