2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series


The 2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the eleventh edition of the MLB Japan All-Star Series, a best-of-five series between the All-Star team from Major League Baseball and, for the first time in series history, the national team Samurai Japan. The then-new Commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball saw in this championship a big opportunity for their Japanese team to gain hugely useful experience for the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
The series also celebrated the 80th anniversary of the establishment of Japan's professional baseball by holding an exhibition game of a joint team of Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants against the MLB All-Stars at the Koshien Stadium on November 11, 2014.
Samurai Japan won the series by 3–2–0 and Yuki Yanagita was named MVP.

Results

Exhibition
GameDate / Time Home TeamScoreAway TeamDurationLocationRef
1November 10 / 6pmSamurai Japan 0–1 NPB Hawks-Fighters Union2:43Fukuoka Dome
2November 11 / 6pmNPB Tigers-Giants Union 7–8 MLB All-Stars3:36Koshien Stadium

Championship
GameDate / Time Home TeamScoreAway TeamDurationLocationRef
1November 12 / 6pmSamurai Japan 2–0 MLB All-Stars2:42Osaka Dome
2November 14 / 6pmMLB All-Stars 4–8 Samurai Japan3:02Tokyo Dome
3November 15 / 6pmSamurai Japan 4–0 MLB All-Stars2:35Tokyo Dome
4November 16 / 6pmMLB All-Stars 6–1 Samurai Japan3:01Tokyo Dome
5November 18 / 7pmSamurai Japan 1–3 MLB All-Stars2:58Sapporo Dome

Exhibition
GameDate / Time Home TeamScoreAway TeamDurationLocationRef
3November 20 / 6pmMLB All-Stars 4–6 Samurai Japan3:27Okinawa Cellular Stadium

Rosters

Live broadcasting