page_title: 2017 Japan Series
section_title: Game 6
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 Japan Series / Game summaries / Game 6
caption_attribution_description: English: Dennis Sarfate, pitcher of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, at Fukuoka Dome. 日本語: 福岡ソフトバンクホークス投手のデニス・サファテ。福岡ドームにて。
context_page_description: The 2017 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason. The 68th edition of the Japan Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Pacific League and the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of the Central League.
  SoftBank finished in first place in the Pacific League during the 2017 regular season, while the BayStars advanced to the postseason after finishing in third place in the Central League. In the 2017 Climax Series, the Hawks defeated the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to win the Pacific League Championship. The BayStars defeated the Hiroshima Toyo Carp to become the Central League champions, becoming the first Central League team to finish in third place during the regular season to win a Climax Series.
  The Hawks won the first three games of the series. Facing elimination, the BayStars won Games 4 and 5. Returning home, the Hawks won Game 6 to win the series, 4–2. Hawks' pitcher Dennis Sarfate, with two saves and a Game 6 win, was named the Japan Series Most Valuable Player. Toshiro Miyazaki won the Fighting Spirit Award, given to the best player on the losing team.
context_section_description: With the series returning to the Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome, Higashihama started for the Hawks and Imanaga started for DeNA. Nobuhiro Matsuda hit a home run for SoftBank in the second inning, and Hiroyuki Shirasaki hit a home run for DeNA in the fifth inning, tying the score. López hit a two-run single in the fifth inning, giving DeNA a 3–1 lead. Higashihama allowed three runs on five hits in ​4 ¹⁄₃ innings, while Imanaga pitched seven innings with 11 strikeouts, allowing two runs.
  Trailing 3–2 in the ninth inning, Uchikawa hit a game-tying solo home run off of Yamasaki. Keizo Kawashima hit the walk-off RBI single for SoftBank in the eleventh inning for the title. Sarfate pitched three scoreless innings of relief for SoftBank to earn the win. Sarfate won the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award.
caption: In the series, Dennis Sarfate earned two saves and the win in the deciding Game 6.
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