Offense was the name of the game for both the Seibu Lions and Yomiuri Giants this season.
Hisanobu Watanabe's Lions hit the ground running back in March and virtually went wire-to-wire to win the Pacific League title. Seibu advanced to its first Japan Series since 2004 behind Japanese baseball's strongest offense, leading both leagues in runs (715) and home runs (198) and finishing third in team batting average (.270).
Ironically, in the Japan Series the Lions meet the only Central League team capable of going run-for-run and homer-for-homer with them in the Giants, who scored 631 runs and hit 177 home runs this season.
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