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The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks have won the 2011 Japan Series. They shut out the Chunichi Dragons 3-0 in game seven on Sunday to capture their fifth title in Nippon Professional Baseball overall and their first since 2003. The Hawks erased a 0-2 deficit in the process. Fukuoka had reached the Japan Series by sweeping the Climax Series against the Saitama Seibu Lions. Chunichi had defeated the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in six games to make it into the championship series between the pennant winners from Central and Pacific League.
Results Japan Series:
Hawks – Dragons 1-2
Hawks – Dragons 1-2
Dragons – Hawks 2-4
Dragons – Hawks 1-2
Dragons – Hawks 0-5
Hawks – Dragons 1-2
Hawks – Dragons 3-0