Results on July, 1996
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 | 3
WP: Maeda (2W 1L)
Sv: Nakayama (4W 2L)
LP: Takeuchi (2W 3L)
HR: D Coles 13, Taihoh 22
[Maeda won since April 6. In the bottom of the
8th inning, the Tigers scored 2 runs with three
hits, one walk and one error and still had chance
of bases loaded with one out. But both Maas and
PH Hoshino grounded out]
BayStars | 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 X | 8
WP: Maema (3W 2L 1S)
LP: Miura (3W 4L)
HR: C Etoh 17
[Etoh got career 150th homer. The Bay Stars
gave up 7 walks and 2 errors for the Carp
from the 2nd through the 4th]
Giants | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Miyamoto (2W 3L)
Sv: Mario (1W 1L 10S)
LP: Yoshii (5W 5L)
[The Swallows are good only against the Tigers :-)
Shimizu of the Giants goes well, so he might
win the rookie of the year]
BlueWave | 0 4 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 |12
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 | 5
WP: (6W 3L)
LP: (8W 2L)
HR: BW Takahashi, S. 6
M Hori 11
[Marine pitchers were too bad. Kuroki
was removed in the 4th inning, allowing
five runs]
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
WP: Nishiguchi (10W 5L 1S)
LP: Yoshitake (3W 8L)
[Nishiguchi shut the Hawks out. Jackson got a game-ending
cluch hit in the 9th inning. I hear interesting news:
Higashio promised Nishiguchi that he gives Nishiguchi one
million yen if Nishiguchi would win 10, besides, he also
gives one million yen for each win over 10. So if Nishiguchi
would win 20, then Nishiguchi would get 19 millions yen.
The promise was made on a party, so I don't know if Nishiguchi
gets all money, but it seems to me that he can get at least
first one million yen]
Fighters | 0 7 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 |14
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 | 7
WP: Iwamoto (6W 7L)
LP: Aquino (6W 5L)
HR: F Tanaka 8
Bu Takashima 1
[The Fighters in hot streak blew out the Buffaloes.
Tanaka got 6 RBI, four of which was by a grand slam
in the second inning]
Dragons | 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Kawajiri (5W 5L 1S)
Sv: Kakuri (4W 5L 3S)
LP: Naitoh (1L)
[The Tiger pitchers and batters went well.
Sun of the Dragons pitched but was not very good]
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X | 2
WP: Kitoh (9W 2L)
LP: Nomura (6W 5L)
HR: C Ogata 8, Etoh 18
[Both pitchers pitched a complete game. Nomura
allowed only three hits, two of which were homers.
Etoh got a game-winning homer in the 7th inning]
Giants | 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 | 4
WP: Saitoh,M. (8W 3L)
Sv: Mario (1W 1L 11S)
LP: Bross (6W 10L)
HR: G Ochiai 16, Mack 15
[Ochiai got his career 500th homer, which
became a game-winning 2-run homer. Now
the Swallows lost 5 games in a row agianst
the Giants]
BlueWave | 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Kobayashi (5W 5L)
Sv: Suzuki (5W 1L 9S)
LP: Yabuta (1L)
HR: M Hatsushiba 10
[Kobahashi started and won since April]
Hawks | 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Takeda (8W 4L)
LP: Shiozaki (2W 5L 6S)
HR: H Akiyama 6, Fujimoto 5
[Both starting pichers, Takeda and Shiozaki,
were good. In paticular, Takeda pitched
two shutout games in a row. Shiozaki, who
left at the end of the 8th inning, allowed
only 4 hits, but two of them were homers]
Fighters | 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Nishizaki (11L 1L)
Sv: Shimazaki (4W 2L 7S)
LP: Yamasaki (3W 7L)
HR: F Ueda 5
[Nishizaki, who was not very good, managed to
win with help of Fighter batters and Shimazaki.
Tanaka got a game-winning double in the 6th inning]
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 X | 5
WP: Yabu (5W 6L)
Sv: Kakuri (4W 5L 4S)
LP: Yamamoto (4W 5L)
[The Tigers got 3 runs in the 5th inning
with a wild pitch and a RBI double of Maas.
In the 7th, Craig and Hiratsuka got a RBI
hit. Yamamoto of the Dragons was credited
with new Central League record of the most
wild pitches in a inning (3 WP in a inning).
FYI, there are four pitchers in PL who ever
pitched 3 WP in a inning.
But Yamamoto only allowed 3 WP in recent
three seasons (477 IP)]
Giants | 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Galvez (8W 3L)
LP: Tabata (6W 6L)
HR: G Ochiai 17, Murata, S. 2, Galvez 1, Murata, S. 3
S O'Malley 12, Hata 4
[Tabata was bad. He allowed Ochiai to hit a 2-run
homerun in the first inning. In the second inning,
he gave up back-to-back homeruns for Murata and Galvez]
Fighters | 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Imazeki (9W 3L)
Sv: Kaneishi (1W 17S)
LP: Sakai (5W 7L)
HR: F Ducey 15
[The Buffaloes lost 7 games in a row.
In boththe 3rd and the 7th inning, Watanabe,
who hit fifth in the batting order, got a RBI
hit just after Brito was given an intentional
walk. Shimazaki pitched well who relieved at
pinch of runners on first and second with no
outs in the bottom of the 8th inning]
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
WP: Nomura (1W 3S)
LP: Akahori (4W 3L 7S)
[Both starters, Takamura and Noda, pitched
so well that the game went to extra innings.
In the bottom of the 11th inning, the Blue
Wave had chance of bases loaded with no outs.
PH Ohshima, who moved from the Buffaloes, got
a game-ending hit to center field]
Tigers | 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 5
-----------+---------------------------+--
Giants | 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Tamura (1W)
Sv: Kakuri (4W 5L 5S)
LP: Kohno (1L)
HR: T Wada 4, Maas 1
[Giant relievers were again bad. After Mario left
at the end of the 9th, Kohno appeared on the mound.
He allowed one walk and 2 hits, one of which were
not be a hit if thirdbaseman Nishi fielded well.
Nagashima changed the pitcher into Okada, but he
gave up a wild pitch on count 0-2. He also hit
the head of Craig and was ejected at once. Maas
grounded to first-second, and 1B Ochiai got it to
throw to second, but SS Kawai was late to cover
the base (maybe he didn't expect that Ochiai threw
to him) and the Tigers scored another run.
Tamura won since 1994]
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 X | 8
WP: Saitoh,T. (6W 6L)
LP: Ochiai (4W 4L)
HR: D Torigoe 1
[In the bottom of the 4th inning, Saeki gronded
to second with runner on first and no outs but
Tatsunami errored it. Saitoh Takashi pitched
a complete game]
Carp | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 3
WP: Yamasaki (6W)
Sv: Sasaoka (2W 3L 18S)
LP: Itoh,T. (1W 1L 3S)
HR: C Maeda 11
S Iida 4, Furuta 5
[In the 7th, the Swallows went ahead with
a homerun of Furuta. In the top of the 8th,
Maeda got a base hit but he was caught steal.
He also injured the left ankle and was removed.
In spite of the accident, Maeda got a game-winning
2-run homerun]
Marines | 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 | 5
-----------+---------------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 | 3
WP: Narimoto (6W 2L 12S)
Sv: Kawamoto (1W 2L 7S)
LP: Ishii, Taka. (1W 3L)
HR: M Chamberlain 4, Whitmore 3, Minamibuchi 2, Chamberlain 5
L Kakiuchi 13, Suzuki,K. 9
[In the bottom of the 8th, Suzuki Ken got a 2-run
homer off Narimoto to tie the game. But in the 10th,
Chamberlain hit a game-winning 2-run homer just after
Whitmore singled with two outs]
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 X | 9
WP: Hasegawa (3W 5L)
LP: Kohda (1L)
HR: BW Neel 16, 17, 18
[Neel got 3 homers and 7 RBI. The Buffaloes
now lost nine games in a row]
Fighters | 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Gross (9W 5L)
LP: Kudoh (4W 8L)
HR: F Tanaka 9
[Gross pitched a shutout game for the first time
in this season. Ueda, the manager of the Fighters,
instructed Yamashita to make squeeze bunt on the
third strike (count 2-2) in the top of the second
inning to get the second run]
Tigers | 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 X | 6
WP: Kida (3W 4L 1S)
LP: Takeuchi (2W 4L)
HR: G Matsui 19
[Tiger pitchers, Takeuchi and Yufune, were bad.
OTOH, Kida pitched a complete game with help of
Giants batters]
Dragons | 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 | 4
WP: Maeda (3W 1L)
Sv: Nakayama (4W 2L 11S)
LP: Shimada (3W 3L)
HR: D Nakamura 7, Tatsunami 6
YB Hatayama 3
[Tatsunami hit a game-winning homerun
in the top of the 8th inning to stop
losing streak]
Marines | 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Kawamoto (2W 2L 7S)
Sv: Narimoto (6W 2L 13S)
LP: Nishiguchi (10W 6L 1S)
HR: M Whitmore 4, Hatsushiba 11
[Hatsushiba got a game-winning homerun in the 9th.
Lion manager Higashio had Nishiguchi start. He
is the most winning pitcher in the team but he
pitched 5 days ago, so it was a kind of gamble
(at least in Japanese baseball: few pitchers start
every 5 days) Higashio lost the gamble]
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-------------------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 4
HR: Bu C.D 11
BW Neel 19, Fujii 10
[In the top of the nineth inning, C.D got a 3-run
homerun, which turned the game, so it seemed that
the Buffaloes stopped their losing streak. But
in the bottom of the same inning, Akahori gave up
a homerun for lead-off Fujii. In extra innings,
both teams couldn't get any hit and the game became
a tie game in the end]
Fighters | 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 | 4
WP: Wakatabe (2W)
LP: Kaneishi (1W 1L 17S)
HR: F Ducey 16
H Yoshinaga 11
[Akiyama got a game-winning single in the
bottom of the 9th inning. he singled to
center field on bases loaded with two outs,
2-3 for the Hawks. Kaneishi lost for the
first time in this season]
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 1 5 0 3 1 0 0 X |10
WP: Kawajiri (6W 5L 1S)
LP: Nomura (6W 6L)
HR: T Hiyama 11
[It was a game in rain. Hiyama got a homer with
help of 'Rain wind' (left to right) in the bottom
of the third inning. In the same inning, Shinjyo
fried to deep center field, but CF Suzuki slipped
on rained grass and couldn't get it so Shinjyo
advanced to third (it was recorded as a triple).
Moreover SS Ishii juggled in reley from CF while
Shinjyo came back to home plate. The Tiger starter
Kawajiri was credited with the first shutout game
in this season]
Swallows | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Yamada (1W)
Sv: Takatsu (1W 2L 13S)
LP: Yamamoto (4W 6L)
HR: D Oto 9, Coles 14
[The Dragons should have won the game because the
Carp lost against the Giants. In the top of the
eighth inning, Meulens got a game-winning hit]
Carp | 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 X |10
WP: Saitoh,M. (9W 3L)
Sv: Mario (1W 1L 12S)
LP: Kitoh (9W 3L)
HR: C Ogata 9, Lopez 10
G Kawai 2
[The Giants stopped the winning streak of the
Carp. In the 2nd inning, on bases empty with
two outs, Giant batters got nine hits in a row,
which is the Japanese tie record of continuous
hits. In the 9th inning, Lopez appeared with
runners on second and third and two outs, 8-10
for the Carp. But he flied out to right field.
Carp manager Mimura said, "It was a exciting game"]
BlueWave | 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 5
WP: Watanabe,N. (2W)
Sv: Suzuki (5W 1L 10S)
LP: Jose (2W 7L 8S)
HR: BW Ogawa 3
[The Blue Wave turned the game in the 8th inning.
Takada got a game-winning triple on bases loaded
with two outs, 4-5 for the Blue Wave, in the top
of the 8th inning]
Lions | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Fighters | 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 4
WP: Nagatomi (1W 2L 2S)
LP: Sugiyama (2L)
HR: L Cooper 7
F Ducey 17, Tanaka 10
[In the top of the nineth inning, Takagi got
a clutch hit off Shimazaki, nice holder, to
tie the game. In the bottom of the 11th inning,
the Lions gave an intentional walk for Tanaka,
who went very well tonight, with runner on
second. But the next batter Brito, who struck
out three times tonight, got a game-ending hit
to center field breaking the bat]
BayStars | 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 2 X | 9
WP: Yabu (6W 6L)
LP: Miura (3W 5L)
HR: T Craig 1
[Craig got the first homerun in Japan, which
was a 3-run homer in the third inning. Yabu
went to the end of the 8th inning to get 6th win]
Swallows | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X | 2
WP: Imanaka (9W 3L)
Sv: Nakayama (4W 2L 12S)
LP: Tabata (6W 7L)
HR: S O'Malley 13
[The Dragons went ahead with a RBI double of
Tatsunami in the third inning, but they couldn't
get any hit after that. Imanaka and Nakayama
pitched well and held the lead]
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Galvez (9W 3L)
LP: Katoh (4W 5L)
HR: C Kanemoto 16
G Galvez 2
[Galvez pitched a complete game, breaking six bats
of Carp batters :-) Ochiai got a 2-run double
in the first inning]
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X | 4
WP: Takeda (9W 4L)
Sv: Jose (2W 7L 9S)
LP: Kobayashi (5W 6L)
[It was a pity game for The Blue Wave. They had
runner in every innings, got 14 hits, but were
credited with 16 LOB. The final batter was
Ichiro, who grounded out to second baseman
with runners on first and third]
Lions | 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
WP: Shiozaki (3W 5L 6S)
Sv: Hashimoto (6S)
LP: Nishizaki (11W 2L)
HR: L Jackson 6, Kiyohara 16
[Shiozaki didn't allow any runner till two outs
in the 7th inning when Tanaka doubled. He also
missed a shutout game, but he pitched very well]
BayStars | 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 | 5
WP: Kakuri (5W 5L 5S)
LP: Igarashi (4W 4L 2S)
HR: T Maas 2
[Both starters, Birkbeck and Funaki, allowed
3 runs and were removed before the 5th inning.
Hoshino got a game-winning sacrifice fly on
bases loaded in the 6th inning. Kakuri also
got a RBI single in the 8th]
Swallows | 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 X | 7
WP: Sun (2W 1L 2S)
LP: Kinoshita (3W 2L)
HR: S Ohno 2
[Ito Tomohito was too bad. He allowed a WP
on bases loaded with one out in the 8th inning.
He also gave up two continuous walks and the
Dragons scored another run. In the end, the
Dragons got two more walks on bases loaded]
Buffaloes | 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 | 5
-----------+---------------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Sano (3W 1L 7S)
Sv: Akahori (4W 3L 8S)
LP: Kuroki (6W 4L)
HR: Bu C.D 12
M Ohmura 3
[Kuroki, who relieved in the 8th inning,
was bad. He allowed Yamamoto to get a
clutch hit to tie the game. In the 10th
inning, he allowed Yoshida Tsuyoshi to
get a game-winning 2-run single to center
field on bases loaded with two outs]
BlueWave | 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Kudoh (5W 8L)
Sv: Jose (2W 7L 10S)
LP: Noda (5W 5L)
HR: H Kokubo 9
[The Blue Wave got 11 hits but scored
only three runs. In the third inning,
Kokubo got a 3-run homerun, which helped
Hawks pitchers]
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 2
WP: Yokota (1W 4L)
Sv: Shintani (5W 3L 2S)
LP: Imazeki (9W 4L)
HR: L Jackson 7, Sasaki 8
[The Lions led with a solo-homer of Jackson
and a 2-run homer of Sasaki. In the bottom
of the 9th inning, the Fighters got chance
of bases loaded with one out. PH Ogawa singled
to right field, RF threw to third baseman, but
the ball went to foul territory so the first runner,
PR Kawana, tried to home. But he was thrown out
at the plate]
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 X | 9
WP: Noguchi (1W 1L)
LP: Yamazaki (2W 4L)
HR: T Hiyama 12, 13, Shinjyo 11
D Yamasaki 23, Coles 15, Yamasaki 24
[Noguchi pitched a complete game for the
first time in his career. The Tigers
came back in the last inning, but it was
too late]
Giants | 0 0 2 6 1 2 0 2 0 |13
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 1 |12
WP: Ishige (1W)
Sv: Mario (1W 1L 13S)
LP: Saitoh,T. (6W 7L)
HR: G Nishi 3, Sugiyama 3, Gotoh 1
YB Rose 5, 6
[One time the Giants led by eight runs but
Mario had to pitch in the end. A game of
13-12 is ranked in the 5th place (tie) on
the record of high scoring 1-run games in
Japan]
Swallows | 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Yamamoto (2W 4L 1S)
LP: Yamasaki (6W 1L)
[In the top of the 7th inning, Furuta
doubled on bases loaded]
BlueWave | 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 7
WP: Akahori (5W 3L 8S)
LP: Hirai (3W 2L 4S)
HR: BW Neel 20
Bu Suzuki 6, Mitsuyama 2, C.D 15
[C.D got a game-ending solo homer off
Hirai. Hirai's ball was over 150KM/H
fast (over 94mph), so C.D was really
a nice hitter]
Tigers | 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 X | 5
WP: Sun (3W 1L 2S)
LP: Nakagomi (3L)
HR: T Hiyama 14
D Yamasaki 25
[Sun pitched well. He got three strike
outs in the 8th inning]
Giants | 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 X | 5
WP: Sasaki (4W 2L 11S)
LP: Kida (3W 5L 1S)
HR: G Ochiai 18
YB Rose 7
[Two pitchers of the Bay Stars were ejected
with 'dangerous pitches'. In the third inning,
Sugiyama was hit by Morita with his hand,
avoiding pitch to the head, so the umpire
warned that any pitcher who pitched near the head
would be ejected. And Morita pitched near the
head of Nishi in the same inning, so he was ejected
at once. In the 7th inning, Igarashi hit Yoshihara
with the head: all the players and coaches of both
teams got into the fight :-) Igarashi was also
ejected by the rule of 'dangerous pitchers']
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 X | 5
WP: Ohno (4W 2L)
LP: Yamabe (6W 3L)
HR: C Etoh 19, Nomura 9
[Nomura came back and got a homerun in the 6th
inning. OTOH, the Swallows had to remove O'Malley
because of yesterday's HBP. Meulens hit the
clean-up instead but he went 0 for 4]
Marines | 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Hillman (10W 6L)
Sv: Narimoto (6W 2L 14S)
LP: Gross (9W 6L)
HR: M Whitmore 5
[The Marines shut the Fighters out with relay
of Hillman and Narimoto. Gross was removed
in the top of the 4th inning]
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 | 8
-----------+---------------------------+--
Buffaloes | 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 9
WP: Akahori (6W 3L 8S)
LP: Fraser (2W 2L)
HR: BW Ichiro 11, 12
Bu Nakane 2
[The Blue Wave caught up with the Buffaloes
in the 9th inning. Ichiro got back-to-back
3-run homers, but the first one of them was
very lucky: he seemed to ground to firstbaseman
to turn a double play, but two umpires made
different calls 'foul and fair'. In the end,
it was called foul, and Ichiro got a homerun.
In the bottom of the 10th inning, Fraiser
allowed Suzuki to triple. After two intentional
walks, the Blue Wave changed the pitcher into
Nomura, who also walked Yoshida Tsuyoshi :-)]
Hawks | 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 |13
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 | 7
WP: Jose (3W 7L 10S)
LP: Ishii, Taka. (1W 4L)
HR: H Lydy 6
L Suzuki,K. 10, Kakiuchi 14
[The Hawks came back in the 8th inning.
Now the Hawks almost catch up with the
Lions: only 1 GB]
Tigers | 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 | 5
WP: Kawajiri (7W 5L)
Sv: Kakuri (5W 5L 6S)
LP: Yamamoto (4W 7L)
HR: T Shinjyo 12
D Yamasaki 26, Torigoe 2
[Shinjyo got a 3-run homerun in the 4th
inning. Kakuri relieved in pinch of
the 7th inning and pitched well]
Giants | 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 | 4
WP: Nishiyama (5W 2L 1S)
Sv: Mario (1W 1L 14S)
LP: Morita (4W 7L)
HR: G Hirosawa 1, Matsui 20
[Morita, who was ejected yesterday, appeared
in the 7th inning, but he didn't pitch to
inside. As a result he gave up 4 runs in total]
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Bross (7W 10L)
LP: Iriki (1L)
HR: S Iida 5
[Bross pitched a shutout game allowing
only two hits. Iida got a game-winning
homerun. He also made shoe-string catch
in the bottom of the 6th inning when
Etoh flied to left-center field with
runner on third and two outs]
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Shibakusa (5W 3L)
LP: Irabu (4W 6L)
HR: M Johzume 2
F Brito 21, Tanaka 11
[Shibakusa pitched a complete game in
recent five years. Tanaka got an
inside-park-homerun in the 5th inning,
which was helped by 'the roof of Tokyo
dome': LF missed the batted ball with
white background of the roof]
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X | 2
WP: Yamasaki (4W 7L)
LP: Noda (5W 6L)
HR: Bu Nakamura, N. 15
[Both pitchers were very good, but Yamasaki
pitched a shutout game. The Blue Wave lost
5 games in a row]
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 X | 6
WP: Toyoda (1W 3L)
LP: Yoshitake (3W 9L)
HR: H Lydy 7
L Itoh 3, Kiyohara 17
[Toyoda pitched into the end of the 8th inning
to win for the first time in his career.
The Hawks still stay at the bottom]
Carp | 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 X | 5
WP: Yabu (7W 6L)
LP: Yamauchi (7W 4L)
HR: C Lopez 11
T Maas 3
[Yabu pitched a complete game to win.
Maas got a 3-run homer in the third, and
Wada hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in
the bottom of the 8th inning]
Swallows | 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 4 0 |12
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Tabata (7W 7L)
LP: Birkbeck (2L)
[All the Swallow starters got a hit.
Tabata pitched a shutout game, allowing
only 3 hits]
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Saitoh,M. (10W 3L)
LP: Imanaka (9W 4L)
HR: D Taihoh 23
[In the first inning, Imanaka was removed
with only 32 pitches and 0.1 innnigs pitched.
It is true that the Dragon fielders made bad
fielding, but he allowed a walk on bases loaded,
four hits for 8 batters. Saitoh reached to 10
win earliest in the league]
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X | 3
WP: Yabuta (1W 1L)
Sv: Narimoto (6W 2L 15S)
LP: Hoshino (8W 3L)
[Rookie Yabuta won for the first time. He
allowed only two hits, but in the last inning,
he gave up a walk and a HB and the Marines sent
Narimoto to the mound]
Fighters | 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 | 4
WP: Iwamoto (7W 7L)
Sv: Shimazaki (4W 2L 8S)
LP: Watanabe, H. (6W 6L)
HR: F Tanaka 12, Brito 22, Ueda 6
[The Fighters is still hot now. They got
16 hits and go 4.5 games ahead of the Blue
Wave]
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X | 4
WP: Takeda (10W 4L)
LP: Kohda (2L)
HR: H Ohmichi 2
[Takada pitched a shutout game. Ohmichi
got a 2-run homer just after second runner
was picked out by catcher]
Carp | 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 | 7
-----------+---------------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 5
WP: Sasaoka (3W 3L 18S)
LP: Kakuri (5W 6L 6S)
HR: C Ogata 10, 11, Etoh 20
T Maas 4, Nagashima 1
[Etoh got a game-winning 2-run homer in
the top of the 10th inning. In the bottom
of the same inning, the Tigers got chance
of bases loaded with no outs, but couldn't
score]
Swallows | 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 |12
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Yoshii (6W 5L)
LP: Nishi (2L)
[The Swallows blew the Bay Stars out with 18 hits]
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 X | 9
WP: Galvez (10W 3L)
LP: Maeda (3W 2L)
HR: D Yamasaki 27, Taihoh 24
G Matsui 21, Hirosawa 2, Matsui 22
[The Giants won and stand 1 game behind
of the Dragons. Yamasaki of the Dragons
is now the "triple crown"]
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 | 5
-----------+---------------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Nomura (2W 3S)
LP: Narimoto (6W 3L 15S)
HR: BW Neel 21
[In the 10th, Neel got a game-winning homerun
off Narimoto. Both teams finished all the
schedule of the first half]
Fighters | 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 2
WP: Nishizaki (12W 2L)
Sv: Shimazaki (4W 2L 9S)
LP: Shiozaki (3W 6L 6S)
HR: F Ide 4
L Kakiuchi 15
[The Lions lost to go down to the bottom]
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+---------------------------+--
Hawks | 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 | 5
WP: Kudoh (6W 8L)
LP: Sakai (5W 8L)
HR: H Ohmichi 3
[In the 10th, Ohmichi got a game-ending 3-run
homer to left corner (near the left foul pole).
The Buffaloes had protested for over 20 minutes
that it was a foul ball, but, of course, the call
wasn't changed]
Carp | 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Funaki (4W 4L)
Sv: Kakuri (5W 6L 7S)
LP: Yamasaki (6W 2L)
HR: C Ogata 12
T Hiyama 15
[In the 3rd, Hiyama got a 3-run homer
just after Maas' clutch hit]
Swallows | 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 3 X | 8
WP: Morita (5W 7L)
LP: Masuda (1W 2L)
HR: S O'Malley 14, Meulens 13
YB Rose 8, Shindoh 2
[The Swallows sent 6 pitchers in vain. In the
8th inning, Yokohama scored 3 runs with a 2-run
homer of Sindoh and so on]
Dragons | 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Sun (4W 1L 2S)
Sv: Yamamoto (4W 7L 1S)
LP: Kida (3W 6L)
HR: G Motoki 5
[Sun pitched well and got a win. Yamamoto
threw as a closer in the 8th and the 9th
inning]
Fighters | 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Imazeki (10W 4L)
LP: Yokota (1W 5L)
HR: L Narahara 1
[Imazeki pitched a complete game to win.
Kaneko Makoto, who is a qualifier for the
rookie of the year, got a 2-run triple in
the 4th inning]
Now all-star break has started. It is Olympic
year so we have three all-star games. The regular
season is going to restart on July 26.
All Star Game 1 at Fukuoka Dome
All Central | 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 | 4
All Pacific | 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 X | 7
MVP: Yamamoto(Buffaloes)
In the top of the first inning, Hillman seemed to
overstrain himself so the count became 3-0 againt Matsui.
But Matsui didn't like to walk :-) and hit the next ball,
which became a fly to left field.
In the bottom of the same inning, Ichiro hit the first
pitch of Kitoh to get a homerun. Brito also got a homerun
in the first inning. Following Brito, Akiyama tripled, but
if the wall were 10cm shorter, then it would be another homerun.
In the top of the 6th, the All Central tied the game with
doubles of Ochiai and O'Malley. But in the bottom of the same
inning, Yabu, who pitched well in the previous two innings,
suddenly allowed hits and the All Pacific went ahead with
a clutch hit of Hatsushiba. Just after it, PH Yamamoto hit
a 3-run homerun and the game was almost finished.
Batting AC
PaAb r hBi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Matsui(G) rf 4 4 0 0 0 7 K K K
Furuta(S) c 0 0 0 0 0
Nomura(C) ss 3 3 0 1 0 33 (SB;1-2)43 S8
Kuji(T) pr,ss 1 1 1 0 0 8
Etoh(C) 3b 4 4 1 1 0 K 53 S7(1-2) K
Ochiai(G) dh 4 4 1 1 2 63 9 D8(1-H) K
O'Malley(S) 1b 4 4 0 2 1 S8 5f D9(2-H) K
Powell(D) cf 2 2 0 0 0 54 63
Tatsunami(D) 2b 2 2 1 1 0 5f T9
Yamasaki(D) lf 3 3 0 1 0 5 S7(1-2) K
Taihoh(D) ph 1 1 0 1 1 S9
Tsuji(S) 2b 1 1 0 0 0 2f
Maeda(C) ph,cf 3 3 0 1 0 S9 5f 8
Nishiyama(C) c 2 2 0 1 0 S7 643dp
Kanemoto(C) ph,rf 2 2 0 0 0 K 4
Pitching AC
IP BF Ptcs R ER
Kitoh(C) 3 15 58 3 3
L Yabu(T) 3 13 39 4 4
Tabata(S) 1 4 19 0 0
Sasaoka(C) 1 3 14 0 0
Misc. AC
LOB: 5
DP: 0
Batting AP
PaAb r hBi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ichiro(BW) rf 4 4 1 2 1 H9 S9 8 33
Muramatsu(H) lf 4 4 0 1 0 9 S7(1-2) 53 4
Tanaka(F) ss 4 4 0 0 0 33 9f K K
Taguchi(BW) cf 0 0 0 0 0
Kiyohara(L) 1b 4 3 1 2 0 S8 4 D8 W
Brito(F) dh 4 4 2 1 2 H7 63 14(B-1) K
Akiyama(H) cf 3 3 1 2 0 T9 53 S9(1-2)
Hamana(H) ss 1 1 0 0 0 63
Hatsushiba(M) 3b 3 3 1 1 1 53 K S8(2-H,1-3)
Nakamura,N.(Bu) 3b 1 1 0 0 0 K
Kokubo(H) 2b 2 2 0 0 0 K K
Yamamoto(Bu) ph 1 1 1 1 3 H9(3-H,1-H)
Mizuguchi(Bu) 2b 1 1 0 0 0 K
Itoh(L) c 2 2 0 0 0 K 53
Yoshinaga(H) ph,c 1 1 0 0 0 7
Nakajima(BW) c 0 0 0 0 0
Pitching AP
IP BF Ptcs R ER
Hillman(M) 3 11 36 0 0
Gross(F) 3 14 47 3 3
W Takamura(Bu) 3 11 37 1 1
Misc. AP
LOB: 4
DP: 1
All Star Game 2 at Tokyo Dome
All Central | 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 | 3
All Pacific | 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 X | 7
MVP: Kiyohara(L)
Both starters, Irabu and Saitoh, were very good.
They became the 13th and 14th pitcher who didn't allow
any runners in three innings. In the top of 5th, the
AC got five hits in a row against Hoshino. In the bottom
of the same inning, Yamabe allowed 2 walks and 2 runs.
In the bottom of the 6th, Galvez pitched bad. He
gave up one walk, one single and one hit-batter so the
AP had chance of bases loaded with no outs when Kiyohara
appeared. Kiyohara doubled to left-center field and
turned the game.
In the top of the 9th, with bases empty and two outs,
the batter was Matsui when AP Manager Ohgi changed pitcher
from Nishizaki to RF Ichiro. Almost all spectators welcomed
pitcher Ichiro, but AC manager Nomura hates such silly atraction
so he sent Swallow pitcher Takatsu as PH for Matsui. Ichiro
was a pitcher when he was a high school, about five years ago,
and practiced in bullpen in the bottom of the 8th. His fastball
has 140-145 KM/H speed, and his control seemed not bad.
Anyway, Takatsu grounded out on the count 2-2 and the game was over.
After the game, there are hot argument whether pitcher Ichiro
is good or bad.
Batting AC
PaAb r hBi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Maeda(C) cf 4 4 0 1 0 K 33 S9(*4) 3g
Tatsunami(D) 2b 3 3 0 0 0 K 4 7
Wada(T) 2b 1 1 0 0 0 63
O'Malley(S) 3b,1b 4 4 0 0 0 K 6 8 2f
Ochiai(G) 1b 2 2 0 1 0 53 S8
Etoh(C) pr,3b 2 1 1 0 0 W 3f
Taihoh(D) dh 4 4 0 0 0 K 7f 8 5
Matsui(G) rf 3 3 1 1 0 43 S9(1-2) 363dp
Takatsu(S) ph 1 1 0 0 0 63
Furuta(S) c 3 3 1 1 1 K S9(*1) 8
Kanemoto(C) lf 0 0 0 0 0
Saeki(YB) lf 3 3 0 1 1 43 S8(*2) K
Nakamura(D) c 0 0 0 0 0
Kuji(T) ss 2 2 0 1 1 7 S7(*3)
Nomura(C) ph,ss 1 1 0 0 0 K
*1:B-2,1-3
*2:3-H,2-3
*3:3-H,1-2
*4:2-3,1-2
Pitching AC
IP BF Ptcs R ER
Saitoh,M.(G) 3 9 35 0 0
Yamabe(S) 2 9 39 2 2
L Galvez(G) 2 13 42 5 5
Sasaki(YB) 1 4 18 0 0
Misc. AC
LOB: 3
DP: 1
Batting AP
PaAb r hBi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ichiro(BW) rf,p 4 3 2 0 0 43 43 W 36
Hori(M) 2b 3 3 0 2 0 63 S9 S7(R&H;1-3)
Muramatsu(H) pr,lf 1 1 1 1 1 (SB;1-2)T9(2-H)
Tanaka(F) ss 3 2 1 0 0 6 K(CS;26) (SB;1-2)HP
Hamana(H) ph,ss 1 1 0 0 0 43
Kiyohara(L) 1b 4 4 2 2 3 K D7 D7(*2) 43
Brito(F) dh 3 3 0 1 1 K 8 S8(*3)
Hatsushiba(M) ph,dh 1 1 0 0 0 8
Mizuguchi(Bu) 2b 0 0 0 0 0
Akiyama(H) cf 3 3 0 0 0 7 8 4
Kokubo(H) 2b,rf 1 0 0 0 0 W
Nakamura,N.(Bu) 3b 4 3 1 0 0 K (WP;2-3)W 5f (SB;1-2)K
Yoshinaga(H) c 1 1 0 0 0 9L
Nakajima(BW) c 1 0 0 0 0 W(1-2)
Yamamoto(Bu) ph 1 1 0 0 0 K
Itoh(L) c 1 1 0 0 0 K
Taguchi(BW) lf,cf 3 2 0 1 2 7 S7(*1) HP
*1:3-H,2-H,756TO
*2:3-H,2-H,1-H
*3:2-H,B-1,8e-2,B-2
Pitching AP
IP BF Ptcs R ER
Irabu(M) 3 9 33 0 0
Hoshino(BW) 2 12 34 3 3
W Shimazaki(F) 2 6 35 0 0
Nishizaki(F) 1.2 5 17 0 0
Ichiro(BW) 0.1 1 5 0 0
Misc. AP
LOB: 4
DP: 1
All Star Game 3 at Toyama(Turf)
All Pacific | 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
All Central | 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 X | 4
Wind:right to left
Weather: fine, hot
MVP: Kanemoto
The All Central won at last.
In the top of first, Ichiro singled and advanced
to second when Muramatsu grounded out on the count 3-2.
After two outs, Kiyohara doubled to left-center field
and Ichiro scored.
In the bottom of the second inning, two men on,
Kanemoto got a 3-run homer to center field, which
led not only the CL to win but also him to MVP.
After the game, AC manager Nomura said that Carp manager
Mimura was very happy with the homerun.
In the top of the 6th inning, Hatsushiba and Hori
got a hit after two outs and the PL had chance of runners
on second and third with two outs. Tanaka hit a fly to
right field, and Matsui dashed and made a shoe-string catch...
but it seemed to me that the batted ball was caught after
it hopped. Anyway the umpire called it out so no run was
scored.
In the bottom of the 7th, Matsui got a RBI with a bloop
hit, and he became one of the variable players (not MVP).
In the 8th and 9th, two excellent Central closers,
Sasaki and Sasaoka, got three strike outs and didn't allow
the PL to come back.
Batting AP
PaAb r hBi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ichiro(BW) rf 4 3 2 2 0 S8 T8 W K
Muramatsu(H) lf 4 3 0 0 1 53(R&H;1-2) sf8(3-H) 643dp (CS;26) K
Akiyama(H) cf 3 3 0 0 0 K K 3f
Taguchi(BW) cf 1 1 0 1 0 S3
Kiyohara(L) 1b 4 4 0 1 1 D7(2-H) K 63 K
Hatsushiba(M) 3b 3 3 0 1 0 K 9 S7
Nakamura,N(Bu)ph,3b 1 1 0 0 0 K
Hori(M) 2b,ss 4 4 0 1 0 63 K D9(1-3) K
Tanaka(F) dh 3 1 0 0 0 W W 9
Kokubo(H) ph 1 1 0 0 0 K
Nakajima(BW) c 1 1 0 0 0 2f
Yoshinaga(H) ph,c 2 2 0 0 0 5f 43
Brito(F) ph 1 1 0 0 0 K
Hamana(H) ss 2 2 0 0 0 66 33
Yamamoto(Bu) ph 1 1 0 1 0 S7
Mizuguchi(Bu) pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0
Pitching AP
IP BF Ptcs R ER
L Imazeki(F) 2 10 40 3 3
Suzuki(BW) 1 3 8 0 0
Takeda(H) 2 6 14 0 0
Nomura(BW) 1.1 6 22 1 1
Nishiguchi(L) 1.1 4 14 0 0
Narimoto(M) 0.1 1 4 0 0
Misc. AP
LOB: 6
DP: 0
Batting AC
PaAb r hBi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Maeda(C) cf 3 3 0 0 0 K 5f 13
Yamasaki(D) ph,lf 1 1 0 0 0 53
Nomura(C) ss 3 3 0 1 0 S9 43 43
Tatsunami(D) ss 1 1 0 0 0 53
Etoh(C) 3b 4 4 0 0 0 8 K 23 8
O'Malley(S) 1b 2 2 0 0 0 K 43
Taihoh(D) 1b 1 1 0 0 0 43
Powell(D) dh 2 2 1 1 0 S9 53
Ochiai(G) ph 1 1 0 1 0 D7
Tsuji(S) pr,dh 0 0 1 0 0
Matsui(G) rf,cf 3 3 1 2 1 S8(1-2) 7 S7(2-H)
Kanemoto(C) lf,rf 3 3 1 1 3 H8 8 5f
Wada(T) 2b 3 3 0 0 0 53 8 K
Nakamura(D) c 1 1 0 0 0 6
Furuta(S) c 2 2 0 0 0 9 (SB;1-2)9f
Nishiyama(C) c 0 0 0 0 0
Pitching AC
IP BF Ptcs R ER
W Saitoh,T.(YB) 2 9 36 1 1
Nakayama(D) 1 4 21 1 1
Tabata(S) 1 4 16 0 0
Yoshii(S) 2 8 22 0 0
Takatsu(S) 1 3 15 0 0
Sasaki(YB) 1 4 13 0 0
Sasaoka(C) 1 3 17 0 0
Misc. AC
LOB: 2
DP: 1
Giants | 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 3
WP: Galvez (11W 3L)
Sv: Mario (1W 1L 15S)
LP: Yabu (7W 7L)
HR: G Matsui 23
T Craig 2
[Galvez led the league in the most wining picher.
The Tigers got only one run in the bottom of the 8th
when they had chance of bases loaded with no outs]
Carp | 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 X | 7
WP: Igarashi (5W 4L 2S)
Sv: Sasaki (4W 2L 12S)
LP: Yamauchi (7W 5L)
HR: C Etoh 21
YB Hatayama 4, 5
[The Bay Stars turned the game with a
3-run homer of Hatayama, who got back-to-
back homers]
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 X | 9
WP: Tabata (8W 7L)
LP: Maeda (3W 3L)
HR: D Taihoh 25
[The Dragons lost with a silly triple play
in the top of the 9th inning. In this inning,
the Draongs had chance of bases loaded with
no outs. Torigoe grounded to second baseman,
and 2B got it to send it to SS. One out. SS
sent the ball to third to get second runner tag
out, which confused second runner and third runner.
Somehow the third runner, who stopped at third,
started suddenly to home plate and he was killed
with rundown play. Two outs. Besides, second runner,
who almost reached to third, ran back to second in
this rundown play so he was also killed on another
rundown play and the game was over]
Marines | 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Hillman (11W 6L)
LP: Nishiguchi (10W 7L)
HR: M Hori 12
[The Marine scored 7 runs in 4th with 7 hits, one of
which was a 3-run homer of Hori. Hillman went to the
end of the 8th, allowing only one earned run. His ERA
is still less than 2.00 (1.88). He is already a qualifier
so if he would stop pitching, then he became a under-2.00
pitcher :-)]
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Takeda (11W 4L)
Sv: Jose (3W 7L)
LP: Nomura (2W 1L 3S)
[Ichiro of the Blue Wave now hit third in the
batting order. But he went 0 for 4]
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 3 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 X | 9
WP: Sakai (6W 8L)
LP: Gross (9W 7L)
HR: Bu Rhodes 16, Nakamura, N. 16, Rhodes 17
[The Buffaloes beated the Fighters. Rhodes got two
3-run homers and Sakai pitched a shutout game]
Giants | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Kohno (1W 2L)
Sv: Mario (1W 1L 16S)
LP: Kakuri (5W 7L 7S)
[The Tigers lost with bad fielding. In the top
of the 8th, Matsui flied to right-center field.
RF Sekikawa, who is originally a catcher, couldn't
get it. Kuji also couldn't get a grounder with
runners on first and second and one out. In the
end, Kakuri allowed a game-winning double for Shimizu]
Carp | 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Igarashi (6W 4L)
Sv: Sasaki (4W 2L)
LP: Iriki (2L)
HR: C Ogata 13
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X | 3
WP: Yamabe (7W 3L)
Sv: Takatsu (1W 2L 14S)
LP: Ochiai (4W 5L)
HR: S Furuta 6
[Furuta got a 2-run homer off Sun in the bottom of
the 8th. The Dragons lost with bad base-running:
In the top of the 8th, Torigoe was thrown out after
he advanced to second. Just after that, Hikono
couldn't retouch, thinking the batted ball would be
a base hit]
Marines | 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Irabu (5W 6L)
Sv: Narimoto (6W 3L 16S)
LP: Watanabe, H. (6W 7L)
[Irabu won since May 10th. He went to 7 innings,
got 8K, allowed 7 hits and one BB. Now Lions lost
five games in a row]
Hawks | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 X | 8
WP: Fraser (3W 2L)
LP: Kudoh (6W 9L)
HR: H Akiyama 7
BW Ichiro 13
[Third batter Ichiro went 3 for 4. He also got
4 RBI and one walk. The Hawks relievers were
not very good]
Fighters | 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Takamura (6W 6L)
LP: Nishizaki (12W 3L)
HR: F Tanaka 13
Bu Nakamura, N. 17, 18
[Takamura pitched a complete game. Nakarama
got back-to-back homers (3-run and solo) off
Nishizaki]
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+---------------------------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 4
WP: Takeuchi (3W 4L)
LP: Mario (1W 2L 16S)
HR: G Fukuoh 2
[The Tigers turned the game in the bottom of
the 15th inning. In fact, they got 5 hits
in a row after one out. In the end, Kuji
got a game-ending hit, which was a grounder
and passed just left-side of 2B]
Carp | 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 X | 9
WP: Igarashi (7W 4L)
LP: Yamauchi (7W 6L)
HR: C Etoh 22, 23, Lopez 12
YB Suzuki 8
[The Bay Stars won three games against the Carp in a row.
Suzuki got a game-winning 2-run homer off Yamauchi in
the 8th. Now the Carp lost 4 games in a row]
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
WP: Kadokura (1W)
Sv: Nakayama (4W 2L 13S)
LP: Itoh,T. (1W 2L 3S)
HR: D Powell 7, Yamasaki 28
S Furuta 7, Meulens 14
[The Dragons turned the game. Powell and Yamasaki
got back-to-back homers off Itoh in the 7th]
Marines | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 X |10
WP: Toyoda (2W 3L)
LP: Komiyama (5W 8L)
HR: M Whitmore 6
L Kiyohara 18, 19
[The Lions blew the Marines out. Kiyohara got
back-to-back homers. Toyoda went to the 8th,
allowing only 4 hits]
Hawks | 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Hidekazu (5W 4L)
Sv: Jose (3W 7L 12S)
LP: Hoshino (8W 4L)
[The Hawks are now in hot streak. In the next
week, they are going to play three games against
the Fighers, which will be exciting games]
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Aquino (7W 5L)
Sv: Akahori (6W 3L 9S)
LP: Imazeki (10W 5L)
HR: Bu Rhodes 18
[The Fighters lost three games in a row. Aquino
and Akahori allowed only 4 hits]
Swallows | 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 | 5
WP: Yoshii (7W 5L)
Sv: Takatsu (1W 2L 15S)
LP: Funaki (4W 5L)
[The Tigers lost againt the Swallows again and again.
Now they lost 14 games in a row. Funaki allowed 3
runs in the second inning after he got two men out]
BayStars | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X | 3
WP: Noguchi (2W 1L)
LP: Miura (3W 6L)
HR: D Coles 16
[Both pitchers were so good that they pitched a
completed game. In the bottom of the 8th inning,
Coles, the lead-off of this inning, got a game-winning
homerun. The Dragons stands 3 games behind of the Carp]
Carp | 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Kida (4W 6L 1S)
Sv: Ishige (1W 1S)
LP: Katoh (4W 6L)
[Ishige came back. He was welcomed by *Carp* fans,
but he didn't allow any runners for two innings.
Now the Giants stands only 4 games behind of the Carp]
Marines | 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Yabuta (2W 1L)
LP: Yamasaki (4W 8L)
HR: M Igarashi 1
[Rookie Yabuta pitched a shutout game, which
is not only his first ShO but also the first
ShO among the rookies in this year. Now the
Marines stand in the third place]
Lions | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Shintani (6W 3L 2S)
Sv: Katori (6W 2L 2S)
LP: Hasegawa (3W 6L)
HR: L Kakiuchi 16
BW Fujii 11
[In the top of the seventh inning, Narahara
bunted with runner on first and one out.
His bunt caused an error of Baba so the Lions
had chance of runners on second and third with
one out. Ohtomo, who hit first in the batting
order, got a sacrifice fly and the Lions won]
Fighters | 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 | 5
WP: Iwamoto (8W 7L)
Sv: Shimazaki (4W 2L 10S)
LP: Takayama (1L)
HR: H Ohmichi 4, Kokubo 10
[In the top of the 6th, the Fighters went ahead
with an error of 2B Kokubo. After two outs, Ide
hit a fly to right field and RF Wakai dashed and
dived but the batted ball hopped in front of him
to turn out to the wall]
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Yamada (2W)
Sv: Takatsu (1W 2L 16S)
LP: Yufune (3W 9L 2S)
[The Tiger starter Yufune allowed 2 runs in the 7th.
Shinjyo was removed from the roster because of
injury which he had on the hit-by-pitch yesterday]
BayStars | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Yone (1W)
Sv: Sasaki (4W 2L 14S)
LP: Yamamoto (4W 8L 1S)
HR: YB Braggs 8
[Braggs got a game-winning 3-run homer just
after the error of Coles with two outs.
The Bay Star pitchers, Yone-Igarashi-Sasaki,
shutout the Dragons]
Carp | 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Yamauchi (8W 6L)
LP: Hashimoto (1L)
HR: C Lopez 13, Kanemoto 17, Asai 4, Etoh 24
[Asai, who was a pinch hitter, got a game-winning
3-run homer in the top of the 6th inning. The
Carp finally won in post all-star-games]
Marines | 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Hillman (12W 6L)
LP: Kohda (3L)
[Hillman won 12 games. In fact, his ERA against
the Buffaloes is still 0.00 in this season]
Lions | 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: Kaneda (3W 4L)
Sv: Suzuki (5W 1L 11S)
LP: Yokota (1W 6L)
HR: L Tanabe 5
BW Ogawa 4
[Ogawa got a grand slam in the 4th to win the game.
The Blue Wave starter Satoh was not good, but reliever
Kaneda and closer Suzuki was good]
Fighters | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 3 1 6 0 1 0 0 1 X |12
WP: Takeda (12W 4L)
LP: Shibakusa (5W 4L)
HR: F Tanaka 14
H Kokubo 11
[Fighter picthers, Shibakusa and Nagatomi, were too bad.
In total they allowed 10 runs and the game was over
until the third inning. It is surprised that the Hawks
led the league in the results of July]
Central League
G W L T PCT GB streak last10 GL
Carp 82 48 34 0 .585 W1 3-7 48
Dragons 82 44 38 0 .537 4.0 L1 4-6 48
Giants 84 44 40 0 .524 5.0 L1 6-4 46
Swallows 83 43 40 0 .518 5.5 W2 7-3 47
BayStars 84 37 47 0 .440 12.0 W1 6-4 46
Tigers 85 34 51 0 .400 15.5 L2 4-6 45
Team vs. Team Win - Loss (Tie)
Carp Dragons Giants Swallows BayStars Tigers
Carp ---- 10- 4( 0) 10- 9( 0) 9- 6( 0) 9- 8( 0) 10- 7( 0)
Dragons 4-10( 0) ---- 6- 7( 0) 12- 7( 0) 12- 7( 0) 10- 7( 0)
Giants 9-10( 0) 7- 6( 0) ---- 11- 5( 0) 8- 9( 0) 9-10( 0)
Swallows 6- 9( 0) 7-12( 0) 5-11( 0) ---- 9- 7( 0) 16- 1( 0)
BayStars 8- 9( 0) 7-12( 0) 9- 8( 0) 7- 9( 0) ---- 6- 9( 0)
Tigers 7-10( 0) 7-10( 0) 10- 9( 0) 1-16( 0) 9- 6( 0) ----
Pacific League
G W L T PCT GB streak last10 GL
Fighters 89 51 36 2 .586 L1 5-5 41
BlueWave 84 44 37 3 .543 4.0 W1 3-7 46
Marines 84 41 41 2 .500 7.5 W2 6-4 46
Buffaloes 82 39 42 1 .481 9.0 L2 6-4 48
Hawks 85 38 46 1 .452 11.5 W1 7-3 45
Lions 84 35 46 3 .432 13.0 L1 3-7 46
Team vs. Team Win - Loss (Tie)
Fighters BlueWave Marines Buffaloes Hawks Lions
Fighters ---- 6- 8( 0) 12- 5( 2) 10- 9( 0) 12- 5( 0) 11- 9( 0)
BlueWave 8- 6( 0) ---- 9- 8( 0) 10- 7( 1) 8-10( 0) 9- 6( 2)
Marines 5-12( 2) 8- 9( 0) ---- 8- 7( 0) 10- 6( 0) 10- 7( 0)
Buffaloes 9-10( 0) 7-10( 1) 7- 8( 0) ---- 8- 9( 0) 8- 5( 0)
Hawks 5-12( 0) 10- 8( 0) 6-10( 0) 9- 8( 0) ---- 8- 8( 1)
Lions 9-11( 0) 6- 9( 2) 7-10( 0) 5- 8( 0) 8- 8( 1) ----