[Results on May 1]

BayStars   | 0 2 0   0 0 0   1 0 2   0 | 5
-----------+---------------------------+--
Tigers     | 3 0 0   0 0 1   1 0 0   4 | 9

	WP: Furumizo	(1W 1S)
	LP: Igarashi	(1W 2L 1S)
	HR: T Shinjyo 8, Sekikawa 1, Glenn 3

[Glenn Davis became the 10th player (the
 first player as a foreign player) who hit
 a game-ending grand slam as a pinch hitter.
 Glenn and Coolbaugh had been out of the starters
 since last night, so they appeared on chance
 at the 10th.  Coolbaugh got an intentional walk.
 Glenn said on his interview, "...good night for me,
 good night for team, good night for every one".
 He really seemed to be happy]


Swallows   | 0 2 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 0 0 4   0 2 0   0 3 X | 9

	WP: Kitoh	(3W 2L)
	LP: Tabata	(1W 3L)
	HR: S O'Malley 4
	    C Nomura 1, Kanemoto 4

[The Carp won with a 3-run homer of Nomura,
 which he hit at his 100th PA]


Giants     | 1 0 2   2 1 0   2 1 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 2 | 4

	WP: Kida	(1W 1L)
	LP: Koike	(1L)
	HR: G Matsui 5, Nagashima 3
	    D Aikoh 2

[At bottom of 5th, the lead-off of this inning
 Yamasaki got angry when Galvez pitched to his
 head (but the ball didn't hit Yamasaki).  After
 fighting("rantou"), both Galvez and Yamasaki was
 thrown out, but the Giant manager Nagashima didn't
 think that Galvez should be thrown out: he didn't
 pitch "dangerous ball" at all, and only Yamasaki
 got angry.  Nagashima agreed to restart the game
 under the condition that he made this game as a
 protesting game.  Anyway, Galvez missed one win]


Marines    | 2 0 1   0 0 0   0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Hillman	(3W 3L)
	LP: Shinada	(2W 1L)
	HR: M Hori 4, Hatsushiba 3

[Hillman pitched a shutout game.  Small stadium
 Fujiidera helped Marine batters not Buffalo hitters]


BlueWave   | 1 1 0   0 0 0   1 1 3 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 1 0 0   0 1 3   0 0 0 | 5

	WP: Toyoda	(1W)
	Sv: Suzuki	(1W 3S)
	LP: Kimura	(1L 4S)

[The Blue Wave won with a triple of Fukura
 at top of 9th]


Lions      | 0 0 0   2 0 1   0 1 3 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Watanabe, H.	(3W 1L)
	LP: Shibakusa	(1W 1L)
	HR: L Kiyohara 6,  7

[Kiyohara got two homers in a game.  Watanabe, H.
 pitched a complete game.  The Lions is coming back
 to win 4 games in a row]


[Results on May 2]

Marines    | 0 0 0   2 0  0   0 2 0 | 4
-----------+------------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 3 4   0 2 10   0 0 X |19

	WP: Aquino	(3W 2L)
	LP: Komiyama	(2W 4L)
	HR: M Hatsushiba 4
	    Bu Nakamura, N. 4, 5, Takumi 2, Nakane 1, Ohmura 1

[The Buffaloes beated the Marines!  At 2nd,
 on bases loaded with one out, Furukubo grounded
 to short stop, but the ball hopped irregularly(?)
 and SS Hori couldn't got any out.  After that
 Komiyama walked two men in]


BlueWave   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 2 0 0   0 4 0   0 1 X | 7

	WP: Kudoh	(2W 3L)
	LP: Kaneda	(1W 1L)

[The Hawks stopped losing streak.  Kudoh pitched
 a shutout game since April, 1995.  Kokubo got
 3 RBI in this game and 22 RBI in this season]


Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 1 0   0 1 0   0 1 X | 3

	WP: Shimazaki	(2W 2L 5S)
	Sv: Kaneishi	(3S)
	LP: Ishii, Taka.	(1L)

[The Fighters stopped winning streak of the Lions.
 At 8th, Ducey got a double to right field and
 advanced to third with an error(thrown ball hit
 Ducey).  Tanaka hit a sacrifice fly to left and
 Ducey scored.  LOB of the Fighters was 13, so
 the Fighters could win much easier :-)]


[Results on May 3]

Tigers     | 0 0 0   2 0 0   0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 | 1

	WP: Yabu	(1W 2L)
	Sv: Furumizo	(1W 2S)
	LP: Ohno	(2L)

[The Tigers won three games in a row!  Wada drove
 all runs in: at 4th, on bases loaded with one out,
 he hit the 10th pitch and the batted ball passed
 on the third base.  At 8th, he checked his swing
 but the ball hit the bat and the ball passed just
 right side of 1B.  Glenn came back to the starters
 but still not very good]


BayStars   | 0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 1 3   1 0 0   0 0 X | 5

	WP: Yamamoto	(1W)
	LP: Udoh	(1W 2L)
	HR: YB Saeki 2
	    D Taihoh 10

[Yamamoto has come back.  He won since August 20,
 last year.  The Dragons almost catch up with
 the Bay Stars]


Swallows   | 0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 1 0 0   0 0 1   2 0 X | 4

	WP: Saitoh,M.	(3W 1L)
	Sv: Kida	(1W 1L 1S)
	LP: Kinoshita	(1L)
	HR: G Matsui 6

[The Giants won with management of Nagashima.
 At 7th, with runner on second and two outs,
 he sent Okazaki as a PH for Saitoh.  Okazaki
 got an IW, but the lead-off Motoki got a game-
 winning 2-run double to left-center field.
 The Giants relievers, Koharazawa and Kida,
 pitched well in 8th and 9th.
   The Swallows' starter was not Yamabe but
 Miyamoto, so the manager Nomura didn't seem
 to win this game]


Marines    | 0 4 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Kuroki	(3W)
	Sv: Kawamoto	(5S)
	LP: Seo	(1L)
	HR: M Hirai 2

[The Marine pitchers, Kuroki and Kawamoto,
 pitched a shutout game.  At 2nd, after
 Morozumi's rbi "blooper" double, Hirai
 got a 3-run homer.  Now the Marines came
 back to the 3rd place]


BlueWave   | 1 1 0   0 2 0   0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 0 0 1   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 2

	WP: Fraser	(1W)
	Sv: Hirai	(2W 2S)
	LP: Yoshida, T.	(1L)

[Frazer got his first win in Japan, but his
 pitching was too bad.  He allowed 8 SB and
 7 W.  LOB of the Hawks was 16 which is 2 less
 than Japanese record 18]


[Results on May 4]

BayStars   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 4 | 4
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 2 | 2

	WP: Sasaki	(2W 2S)
	LP: Higasa	(2W 1L)
	HR: YB Komada 2
	    D Oto 3

[At top of 11th,   Nakayama, who releived
 with runner on second and one out, walked
 two men and got one out.  On bases loaded
 with two outs, Komada got a game-winning
 homer to left, which might be helped by wind]


Swallows   | 2 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 0 1 0   0 0 0   0 1 1 | 3

	WP: Yamabe	(4W 1L)
	Sv: Takatsu	(5S)
	LP: Kawahara	(4L)
	HR: S Meulens 4
	    G Kishikawa 1, Motoki 1, Matsui 7

[Yamabe allowed only 3 hits but they were all home runs.
 A Giant pitcher Nishiyama appeared at 9th, but he
 allowed one run with two doubles.  Nishiyama is still
 out of him]


Marines    | 0 0 0   2 0 0   0 2 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 4 0 0   0 1 0   1 0 X | 6

	WP: Takeda	(3W 2L)
	Sv: Kimura	(1L 5S)
	LP: Sonokawa	(3L)
	HR: H Akiyama 1, Kokubo 5

[Akiyama got his first home run, which was a 3-run
 homer, in this season on the 27th game for the Hawks]


BlueWave   | 0 1 0   0 1 1   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 1 0 0   3 0 1   0 0 X | 5

	WP: Shintani	(3W 2L)
	Sv: Shiozaki	(1W 3L 3S)
	LP: Kobayashi	(3W 2L)
	HR: BW Neel 4,  5

[It was a game for Cooper.  He drove 4 runs in.
 The Blue Wave went down to the second place]


Fighters   | 0 6 2   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 1 0 0   0 0 0   0 4 0 | 5

	WP: Gross	(3W 2L)
	Sv: Shimazaki	(2W 2L 6S)
	LP: Takamura	(4W 2L)
	HR: F Brito 4, Hirose 1
	    Bu C.D 3

[The Fighters came back to top.  The Buffalo
 starter Takamura was not good.  Although there
 was 2B Ohishi's throwing error when Ducey
 gronded to SS on bases loaded with one out]


[Results on May 5]

Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 1   0 2 2 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 3 0 3   0 0 0   1 0 X | 7

	WP: Checo	(2W)
	Sv: Sasaoka	(1W 1L 6S)
	LP: Yufune	(2W 3L)
	HR: T Hiratsuka 3, Shinjyo 9
	    C Etoh 3

[The starters were Checo and Yufune, who were going
 to start yesterday.  They were not good at begining:
 The Tigers had chance of bases loaded with no outs,
 but they couldn't score.  OTOH, Etoh got a 3-run homer
 at bottom of 1st.  The Tigers came back at end of
 the game: in fact, at top of 9th, 5-7 for the Tigers,
 two men on with two outs, but Hiratsuka flied out to
 left fielder]


BayStars   | 1 0 2   0 2 0   0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 1 3   0 1 3   0 0 X | 8

	WP: Endoh	(2W 2L)
	LP: Nishi	(1L)
	HR: D Taihoh 11, Oto 4

[Hikono got a game-winning hit.  The Dragons
 is now just behind the Bay Starts]


Swallows   | 0 0 1   0 0 0   3 1 1 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 0 0 0   2 0 1   0 0 0 | 3

	WP: Bross	(3W 3L)
	Sv: Takatsu	(6S)
	LP: Koharazawa	(2L)

[At 7th, the Swallows led with a lucky infield hit,
 a wild pitch and a clutch hit.  At bottom of 7th,
 the Giants had chance of runners on first and second
 with no outs.  PH Kawai tried to bunt but the ball
 became a small fly.  Pitcher Matsumoto(S.) dived
 to catch it, and he threw to second to get runner out.
 After that again Giant relievers allowed runs]


Marines    | 1 0 0   0 0 4   0 2 3 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 2 5 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 7

	WP: Narimoto	(2W 3S)
	Sv: Kawamoto	(6S)
	LP: Kimura	(2L 5S)

[The Marines turned the game!  The Hawks still
 can't win two games in a row in this season]


BlueWave   | 0 0 0   0 2 1   4 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 0 0 0   0 1 0   0 2 0 | 3

	WP: Noda	(3W 2L)
	Sv: Hirai	(2W 3S)
	LP: Yokota	(3L)
	HR: BW Ogawa 1
	    L Suzuki,K. 1

[At 6th, Kiyohara appeared on bases loaded
 with no outs.  But the Lions couldn't score.
 At top of 7th, the Blue Wave scored 4 with
 a RBI double of Neel and so on]


Fighters   | 0 0 0   1 0 2   1 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 1 0   0 0 1   1 0 0 | 3

	WP: Nishizaki	(6W)
	Sv: Kaneishi	(4S)
	LP: Sakai	(2W 2L)
	HR: F Ducey 4, Ide 2, Kaneko, M. 1

[Nishizaki pitched 6 games and got 6 wins.
 The PCT of the Buffaloes became .500]


[Results on May 6]

Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 2 0   1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 1

	WP: Higasa	(3W 1L)
	Sv: Nakayama	(1W 1L 5S)
	LP: Takeuchi	(2L)

[At 5th, on bases loaded with two outs, Coles grounded
 to pitcher, but Takeuchi couldn't get it and the ball
 went to center field.  At 9th, Shinjyo appeared on
 bases loaded with two outs, but flied out to right.
 The Dragons tied the Bay Stars at last]


Swallows   | 0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 2 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 0 0 2   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 3

	WP: Tabata	(2W 3L)
	Sv: Takatsu	(7S)
	LP: Saitoh,T.	(3W 1L)
	HR: S Hata 1
	    YB Suzuki 1,  2

[At 9th, runner on first with two outs.  Pinch hitter
 Hata got a game-winning 2-run homer]


Carp       | 2 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 4 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 X | 5

	WP: Galvez	(3W 1L)
	LP: Kondoh	(2W 2L)
	HR: C Nomura 2
	    G Mack 4

[Galvez pitched a complete game.  RF Asai missed the ball
 when two men on and Mack got a single to right, and
 the runners scored and Mack advanced to third.  He scored
 with Yoshioka's sacrifice fly]


Marines    | 1 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 0 0 1   0 0 0   0 1 0 | 2

	WP: Hillman	(4W 3L)
	LP: Yoshitake	(1W 3L)
	HR: M Hatsushiba 5

[Morozumi got a game-winning triple at 9th.
 Hillman has won 7 games in a row against the
 Hawks since last season]


BlueWave   | 0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 0 1 0   1 0 2   0 0 X | 4

	WP: Nishiguchi	(3W 3L 1S)
	Sv: Hashimoto	(2S)
	LP: Hasegawa	(4L)
	HR: L Kiyohara 8

[The Lions went 2-1 or more in three games against
 the Blue Wave since 1994 season.  Hasegawa finaly
 lost 4 games in a row]


Fighters   | 0 0 0   3 0 0   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 1 0 1   0 1 0   1 0 X | 4

	WP: Akahori	(1W 1L)
	Sv: Sano	(6S)
	LP: Nagatomi	(2L)
	HR: F Brito 5, Ogawa 1
	    Bu Yoshida, Tsu. 1, C.D 4,  5

[Donnels' second homer became the game-winning
 hit.  Akahori pitched well]


[Results on May 7]

Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 3 2 0   1 0 0   0 0 X | 6

	WP: Funaki	(3W 2L)
	LP: Ochiai	(2W 1L)

[Funaki again stopped losing streak.  His ERA
 is now 1.87 so that he was ranked 2nd in CL ERA.
 Glenn Davis was removed from the major roster:
 He stays in minor for a while]


Swallows   | 0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 2 0 0   0 0 2   1 0 X | 5

	WP: Morita	(2W 2L)
	Sv: Sasaki	(2W 3S)
	LP: Matsumoto, Shi.	(1W 1L)

[There are many injured players in the Swallows.
 Finally O'Malley injured yesterday and he was
 absent in this game.  Takanashi was today's clean-
 up.  It is very hard for Swallow "minor" players
 to beat the Bay Stars]


Carp       | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 2 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 X | 2

	WP: Okajima	(1W)
	Sv: Mario	(1S)
	LP: Katoh	(1W 2L)

[At bottom of first, Ochiai grounded to SS with
 runner on first and two outs.  Nomura juggled
 the ball but he threw to first in time... but
 the ball dropped from the glove of 1B Lopez and
 rolled to foul terretory.  Mack got a 2-run game-
 winning base hit, which passed just left side of SS.
    New foreign pitcher Mario Brito pitched at last.
 His folk ball drops 50cm (they say :-), so it
 needs much time for batters to adjust Mario.


Fighters   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Imazeki	(3W 1L)
	LP: Kaneda	(1W 2L)
	HR: F Ducey 5

[Imazeki shut out two games against the Blue Wave
 in a row.  He allowed only two hits]


Hawks      | 0 0 0   0 1 1   0 0 2 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 3 2 2   3 0 0   0 0 X |10

	WP: Shinada	(3W 1L)
	LP: Jose	(1W 5L)
	HR: H Kawano 1

[Fukuoka Daiei "sandlotters" lost again.  Hawk
 fielders and pitchers did almost all kinds of errors:
 balk, walks on bases loaded, bad throwing and bad catching.
 In paticular, two infielders, 2B and SS, missed the flied
 ball,  which dropped at behind of SS]


[Results on May 8]

Swallows   | 2 1 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 1

	WP: Miyamoto, K.	(2W)
	Sv: Yamamoto	(1L 1S)
	LP: Miura	(3W 1L)
	HR: S O'Malley 5

[O'Malley came back to the clean-up.  At top of 2nd,
 the Swallows scored with help of Bay Star fielders:
 with runner on first and third and one out.  Batter
 got a fly to RF.  The ball went rf-2b-c but they
 couldn't get runner out.  But at the same time, first
 runner was on way to retoutch first.  The ball was sent
 to 1B from C and the first runner was gotten out.
 If Bay Star fielders would do this play without
 sending the ball to home, then they would have gotten
 a double play before the runner scored]


Carp       | 2 0 1   0 1 1   0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 0 2 0   1 0 0   1 0 0 | 4

	WP: Kitoh	(4W 2L)
	Sv: Sasaoka	(1W 1L 7S)
	LP: Koharazawa	(3L)
	HR: C Nomura 3, Kanemoto 5
	    G Shimizu 2

[At 5th, Nomura got the 99th homer in his career,
 which became a game-winning hit.  At bottom of
 9th, Ochiai appeared with runner on first and
 third and two outs, but he flied out to first
 baseman]


[Results on May 9]

Marines    | 0 0 1   2 0 0   0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 0 0 1   0 0 2   0 4 X | 7

	WP: Katori	(3W 1S)
	Sv: Hashimoto	(3S)
	LP: Kawamoto	(1L 6S)
	HR: M Hori 5
	    L Cooper 5

[Katori tied Enatsu in the record of career
 save points (relief wins + saves): i.e,
 he got his 210 save points.  He allowed a homerun
 at top of 8th, but Lion batters helped Katori]


Fighters   | 0 1 1   0 0 3   0 0 4 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 0 1 0   1 0 0   1 0 0 | 3

	WP: Iwamoto	(3W 3L)
	LP: Satoh	(1W 2L)
	HR: F Brito 6

[At top of 6th, runners were on second and third
 with one out.  Watanabe got a single to right
 field with breaking the bat.  RF Ichiro passed
 the ball and the runners scored.  At 9th, the
 Fighters got 4 runs, one of which was by a homerun
 of Brito, and beated the Blue Wave]


Hawks      | 1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 0 1   2 0 0   0 0 X | 3

	WP: Aquino	(4W 2L)
	Sv: Sano	(7S)
	LP: Yoshida, T.	(2L)
	HR: H Akiyama 2, Yoshinaga 5
	    Bu Nakamura, N. 5, Fujitate 1

[This was the last regular season game at Nissei Stadium.
 The Buffaloes won with back-to-back homers by Nakamura
 and Fujitate]


[Results on May 10]

Giants     | 0 0 0   1 0 4   0 2 1 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 3 0   0 1 0   4 0 1 | 9

	WP: Kawajiri	(2W 1L 1S)
	LP: Kida	(1W 2L 1S)
	HR: G Deguchi 1, Fukuoh 1
	    T Kido 1, Hiratsuka 4

[At bottom of 7th, Ishimine got a grand slam
 off Mario!  But Furumizo allowed a 2-run homer
 at 8th, and Kawajiri a homer on two outs at
 top of 9th.  Tonight the Tigers were not what
 they were:  Ishimine walked on bases loaded with
 one outs and the Tigers won.  I just remark that
 both chances of bases loaded on 7th and 9th were
 caused by intentinal walk]


BayStars   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 0 0 0   0 0 2   0 2 X | 4

	WP: Ohno	(1W 2L)
	LP: Nomura	(3W 1L)

[There was a happening that some lights didn't
 run before the game, so the game started 53 min.
 later.  Ohno, the eldest pitcher in CL won for
 the first time in this season with a shutout game]


Dragons    | 0 0 1   1 3 1   1 0 0   0 1 | 8
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Swallows   | 4 0 1   0 0 0   0 2 0   0 0 | 7

	WP: Endoh	(3W 2L)
	LP: Matsumoto, Shi.	(1W 2L)
	HR: D Powell 4
	    S Iida 1, O'Malley 6

[Tsuji of the Swallows came back to the line-up.
 Yamabe was not so good that he allowed the Dragons
 to lead.  At 8th, the Swallows tied but at 11th,
 the Dragons led with a sacrifice fly of Oto]


BlueWave   | 1 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 0 2 1   1 1 0   0 0 X | 5

	WP: Irabu	(4W 2L)
	LP: Kobayashi	(3W 3L)

[Irabu pitched a complete game for the first time.
 He pitched very well, especially late in the game.
 In paticular, he got three K at 9th]


Buffaloes  | 0 0 3   0 0 1   1 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 3 0 1   0 2 0   0 0 X | 6

	WP: Gross	(4W 2L)
	Sv: Kaneishi	(5S)
	LP: Koike	(1L)
	HR: Bu Mizuguchi 1
	    F Brito 7, Tanaka 3

[Brito, who hit a 3-run homer at first act bat,
 got angry at the umpire-in-chief with his bad
 calls when he struck out just after Tanaka got
 a game-winning homer to center-right field at 3rd.
 Fighter manager Ueda rushed to the umpire and
 they played "somo" wrestling :-)  In the end,
 Brito was ejected from the game]


[Results on May 11]

Giants     | 0 0 2   0 0 0   0 2 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 1

	WP: Saitoh,M.	(4W 1L)
	Sv: Mario	(2S)
	LP: Yufune	(2W 4L)
	HR: T Hiratsuka 5

[Yufune allowed 2 runs on bases empty
 with two outs at 3rd: Matsui and Ochiai
 got a base hit, and Mack got a RBI double
 to center field.  But if the Tigers would
 field well, then Ochiai would be gotten
 out at home.  Mario pitched well tonight
 to get another save]


BayStars   | 0 1 3   0 2 0   0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 0 1 0   3 0 0   0 0 0 | 4

	WP: Shimada	(3W 1L)
	Sv: Sasaki	(2W 4S)
	LP: Yamauchi	(1W 3L)
	HR: YB Tanishige 4, Saeki 3,  4

[Saeki got back-to-back homers, the second one of
 which became a game-winning 2-run homer]


Dragons    | 0 0 0   1 0 0   1 1 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 0 1 1   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 3

	WP: Imanaka	(4W 1L)
	LP: Bross	(3W 4L)
	HR: D Taihoh 12
	    S Meulens 4

[Imanaka pitched a complete game with 161 pitches.
 Bross might be tired in late innings]


BlueWave   | 1 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 4 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   1 1 0 | 2

	WP: Suzuki	(2W 3S)
	LP: Kawamoto	(2L 6S)
	HR: BW Suguro 1
	    M 

[At top of 9th, Neel got a game-winning hit
 off Kawamoto.  After that, Enoki allowed
 Suguro a 3-run homer, and the game was determined]


Lions      | 0 0 1   1 0 1   0 0 2   0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Hawks      | 1 1 0   2 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 5


(Tie game)

[At top of 9th, the Lions had chance of runner
 on first and second with no outs.  The batter
 bunted, but Hawk pitcher Jose threw bad ball
 to first, and second runner scored.  The Lions
 tied with Cooper's sacrifice fly.  At bottom
 of 11th, with runners on first and second and
 two outs, Kawagoe hit a fly to right field.
 RF Jackson showed nice play to catch it.
 Anyway, the Hawks didn't lose tonight :-)]


Buffaloes  | 0 0 1   1 0 1   0 3 0   1 | 7
-----------+---------------------------+--
Fighters   | 3 0 0   1 0 0   1 1 0   0 | 6

	WP: Sano	(1W 7S)
	Sv: Akahori	(1W 1L 1S)
	LP: Sakai	(1L)
	HR: Bu C.D 6,  7, Rhodes 6
	    F Brito 8, Kaneko, M. 2

[At top of 10th, Ohishi hit a triple to
 right foul line:  He tried third because
 of bad fielding of RF.  The next batter
 Suzuki got a game-winning hit to left]


[Results on May 12]

Giants     | 0 1 2   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Miyamoto	(1W)
	LP: Kakuri	(1W 2L)
	HR: G Matsui 8

[Miyamoto pitched a shutout game since 1992 season.
 At bottom of 9th, Yamada got a base hit with runner
 on first and second and no outs, but Coolbaugh tried
 to home and he was thrown out.  I don't think that
 he should try home]


BayStars   | 0 2 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 4 0 1   0 2 0   1 0 X | 8

	WP: Maema	(1W 1L 1S)
	LP: Saitoh,T.	(3W 2L)
	HR: YB Komada 3
	    C Shohda 2, Etoh 4,  5

[The Carp won with two homers of Shoda and Etoh at 1st.
 Maema started and won for the first time]


  The game of Swallows vs. Dragons became no game because of
  rain and lightening in 4th inning.  The Swallow starting pitcher
  Yoshii is famous with his hating lightening :-)


BlueWave   | 0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 0 0 1   1 0 1   0 1 X | 4

	WP: Hillman	(5W 3L)
	LP: Hoshino	(3W 1L)

[Hillman won 5 games in a row with all complete games.
 Hoshino finally lost but he still led in ERA rank (1.05)]


Lions      | 1 1 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 | 1

	WP: Nishiguchi	(4W 3L 1S)
	LP: Kudoh	(2W 4L)
	HR: L Kakiuchi 2

[Both Nishiguchi and Kudoh pitched well,
 but Nishiguchi won.  In this game, no
 players were changed.  It is since the
 game of Nippon Ham Fighters vs. Nankai
 Hawks on August 21, 1988]


Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Yamasaki	(3W 3L)
	LP: Kawabe	(1L)
	HR: Bu Ohmura 2

[Yamasaki pitched the first shutout game in
 this season.  At 6th, PH Arai got a clutch
 hit off Sakai on bases loaded with two outs.
 The Fighter starter Kawabe pitched very well,
 but Fighter batters couldn't help him]


[Results on May 14]

Tigers     | 0 1 0   0 0 2   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 2 1   0 2 3   0 2 X |10

	WP: Satoh	(1W)
	LP: Funaki	(3W 3L)
	HR: T Hiyama 6
	    D Yamasaki 8, Nakamura 2, Tatsunami 4, Taihoh 13

[Funaki allowed 3 homers and 5 runs in 5 innings.
 Kasai allowed 2-run homer of Taihoh at 6th,
 and the game was over] 


Giants     | 0 1 0   0 0 3   0 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 0 0 0   0 0 3   0 0 0 | 3

	WP: Galvez	(4W 1L)
	LP: Morita	(2W 3L)
	HR: G Mack 5

[Galvez pitched another complete game and
 won.  Giant fielders played bad but the Bay
 Star batters got many runs]


Carp       | 4 0 0   0 0 0   0 2 1 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Katoh	(2W 2L)
	LP: Masuda	(1L)
	HR: C Etoh 6, Lopez 3, Nishiyama 1

[Katoh Shinichi, who was fired by the Hawks last year,
 pitched a shutout game since July, 1989.  OHOH, the
 Swallows went down to 5th place instead of the Giants]


Hawks      | 2 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 3 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Hidekazu	(2W 2L)
	LP: Sonokawa	(4L)
	HR: H Kokubo 6

[The Hawks finally got the 10th win.
 Hidekazu pitched a shutout game and
 stopped losing streak]


Buffaloes  | 1 0 0   0 0 5   0 0 1 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 0 0 0   0 0 4   0 0 1 | 5

	WP: Sakai	(3W 2L)
	Sv: Akahori	(1W 1L 2S)
	LP: Kaneda	(1W 3L)
	HR: BW D.J 4

[The Buffaloes won with 5 pitchers]


Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 2 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 1 1 2   0 1 1   0 0 X | 6

	WP: Imazeki	(4W 1L)
	LP: Ono	(1L)
	HR: L Kiyohara 9
	    F Tanaka 4, Hirose 2

[The Fighters beated the Lions.  Imazeki
 almost pitched a shutout game, but he
 allowed 2-run homer at 9th with two outs.
 Tanaka of the Fighters got the 1000th hit
 in his career]


[Results on May 15]

Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 2 1   1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 1 0   1 0 0 | 2

	WP: Takeuchi	(1W 2L)
	Sv: Furumizo	(1W 3S)
	LP: Kojima	(1L)
	HR: T Coolbaugh 2, Hiratsuka 6
	    D Kawamata 1

[Takeuchi pitched well.  After his removal, Kawajiri
 and Furumizo allowed no runs and the Tigers won.
 Coolbaugh went 3-4, drove 2 runs in.
 Kawamata of the Dragons got his 16th homerun as
 PH to be a co-leader of the CL in career PH homerun.
 FYI, Japanese and PL record is 27 by Takai]


Giants     | 0 0 0   3 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------------+--
BayStars   | 0 0 0   0 3 0   0 0 0   0 0 | 3

	WP: Koharazawa	(1W 3L)
	Sv: Mario	(3S)
	LP: Tanabe	(1L)

[Bay Stars lost sending Saitoh, T. and Sasaki.
 At 11th, Tanabe walked PH Kawai in on bases
 loaded with two outs]


Carp       | 0 0 0   0 1 3   0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Kitoh	(5W 2L)
	LP: Yamamoto	(2L 1S)
	HR: C Lopez 4

[Kitoh himself got a RBI hit at 5th.
 Lopez got a 3-run homer at 6th after
 two men walked.  The Swallows lost
 again with shutout game]


Hawks      | 0 0 0   0 0 1   2 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 1 0 0   0 1 1   0 0 1 | 4

	WP: Narimoto	(3W 3S)
	LP: Yoshida, T.	(3L)
	HR: H Lydy 4, Kawano 2
	    M Hori 6

[Tonight, the Hawks tied at 7th with homeruns of
 Lydy and Kawano, but Hori got a game-ending homerun
 to center field and the Hawks lost]


Buffaloes  | 0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 0 0 0   3 0 1   1 1 X | 6

	WP: Fraser	(2W)
	LP: Shinada	(3W 2L)

[At 4th, Blue Wave led with a 2-run bloop hit of
 Baba to right field.  Fraser wasn't good, but
 he pitched for 5 innings and won again]


Lions      | 1 1 0   1 2 0   0 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 0   3 0 0   0 0 0 | 3

	WP: Watanabe, H.	(4W 1L)
	LP: Iwamoto	(3W 4L)
	HR: L Takagi, T. 1
	    F Taguchi 3

[Lion rookie Takagi Taisei got his first home run.
 Watanabe, H. pitched a complete game and the Lions won.
     There was a bad call at top of 4th, which suspended
 the game for 29 minutes:  Mori of the Lions hit a fly
 to deep right field.  The ball bounded "near" the top
 of the wall and came back to the field (There is a bar
 beyond the wall in stand of Tokyo Dome, and the ball might
 hit the bar and back to the field.  If so, it should be
 called a homerun according to the ground rule of Tokyo Dome)
 The second base umpire called it a homerun at first, but
 somehow he confered with the ball-umpire and changed the call
 into double from homerun after Fighter manager Ueda protested.
 Now the Lion manager, Higashio, got angry.  At the end,
 the umpires called it "triple" and the game was resumed]


[Results on May 16]

Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 1 1 3   0 0 1   0 0 X | 6

	WP: Yamamoto	(2W)
	LP: Yabu	(1W 3L)
	HR: D Taihoh 14,  15, Nakamura 3

[Yabu allowed many runs early in the game, whereas
 Yamamoto allowed only three base hits to pitch a
 complete game.  Taihoh already got 15 homeruns,
 so if he would keep this pace, then he could get
 61 homers in this season :-)]


Giants     | 0 0 0   0 2 0   1 0 1   1 | 5
-----------+---------------------------+--
BayStars   | 0 0 3   0 1 0   0 0 0   0 | 4

	WP: Koharazawa	(2W 3L)
	Sv: Mario	(4S)
	LP: Sasaki	(2W 1L 4S)
	HR: G Yoshihara 1, Mack 6, Ochiai 6
	    YB Nomura 2, Suzuki 3

[Too bad, Yokohama.  Sasaki allowed Ochiai to hit
 a homerun at 9th and allowed Kishikawa to get a
 game-winning hit at 10th.  OTOH, Mario again got
 a save.  Now the Giants came back to .500]


Carp       | 0 0 1   1 0 1   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 3 | 4

	WP: Kinoshita	(1W 1L)
	LP: Sasaoka	(1W 2L 7S)
	HR: C Ogata 3, Lopez 5, Nishiyama 2
	    S Inaba 1, Meulens 5

[The Swallows almost lost 5 games in a row when
 Meulens got a game-ending 3-run homer with runners
 on first and second with two outs at bottom of 9th.
 Nomura said, "We've drawn a first prize lot"
 ("Takara kuji ga atatta wa").


Lions      | 0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 1   1 | 3
-----------+---------------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 0   0 | 2

	WP: Katori	(4W 1S)
	Sv: Shiozaki	(1W 3L 4S)
	LP: Gross	(4W 3L)
	HR: F Brito 9

[Katori got 211st save point in his career to lead
 in career save points.  Rookie Takagi, T. got a
 game-winning hit at 10th.  Gross pitched a whole
 game but he lost]


[Results on May 17]

Carp       | 0 0 0   3 1 0   0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 1   0 1 0   0 0 1 | 3

	WP: Ohno	(2W 2L)
	LP: Yufune	(2W 5L)
	HR: C Ogata 4

[Ohno pitched two complete games in a row to win.
 It was very pitty for he Tigers not to get another
 run on bases loaded with no outs and scoring one
 at third inning.  At 5th, second runner Shinjyo scored
 with Hiratsuka's infield hit, which play can't be
 seen in last season :-)]


BayStars   | 0 0 0   1 0 1   0 0 0   2 | 4
-----------+---------------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 1 0   1 0 0   0 0 0   0 | 2

	WP: Tomori	(1W)
	Sv: Sasaki	(2W 1L 5S)
	LP: Ochiai	(2W 2L)
	HR: YB Saeki 5
	    D Aikoh 3

[The Bay Stars led with Komada's double at 10th]


Swallows   | 0 0 0   2 0 0   0 3 0   0 0 0   0 1 | 6
-----------+-------------------------------------+--
Giants     | 0 2 2   0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 | 5

	WP: Matsumoto, Shi.	(2W 2L)
	Sv: Takatsu	(8S)
	LP: Miyamoto	(1W 1L)
	HR: S Tsuji 1
	    G Kida 1, Ochiai 7, Shimizu 3

[Koharazawa, who relieved starter Kida at 8th,
 was not good.  He left when bases were loaded
 with one out.  Mario allowed Tsuji to get
 a clutch hit after a sacrifice fly.  At bottom
 of 8th, the Giants had chance of bases loaded
 with one out.  Yoshimura hit a line drive to
 up the middle, but the Swallow pitcher Itoh, A.
 hit the ball with his bare right hand and
 the ball was turned to 1-2-6, double play.
 At 14th, O'Malley on second, Meulen grounded
 to short stop.  Kawai got it and threw to first
 baseman, but the ball hopped and 1B Yoshioka
 (not Ochiai, he was changed at 8th) couldn't got
 it and O'Malley scored]


Fighters   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Marines    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0


(Tie game)

[Both starters, Irabu and Nishizaki went to extra innings.
 Irabu got 1000th K in his career at 6th when he pitched
 career 997.1 innings.  FYI, Nomo got it for 871 IP, and
 Enatsu got for 940 IP.  No other pitchers have never
 gotten 1000th K within 1000 IP]


Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   1 1 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   4 0 1   0 0 X | 5

	WP: Aquino	(5W 2L)
	Sv: Akahori	(1W 1L 3S)
	LP: Shintani	(3W 3L)
	HR: Bu C.D 8

[Three foreign players of the Buffaloes
 played very well: Rhodes got a clutch hit
 at 4th, C.D got a 3-run homer and Aquino
 went to 7th inning to win.  Now the Lions
 lost 5 games in a row against the Buffaloes]


[Results on May 18]

Carp       | 0 0 1   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Checo	(3W)
	LP: Kawajiri	(2W 2L 1S)
	HR: C Lopez 6

[Checo almost got a no-hitter.  In fact, he
 didn't allow no hits until two outs of the 9th
 inning.  Kuji got a blooper to left-center field
 CF Ogata dived but couldn't get it.  Checo,
 however, achieved a low-hitter, anyway]


BayStars   | 0 0 0   0 2 0   0 2 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 1   2 2 X | 5

	WP: Imanaka	(5W 1L)
	Sv: Nakayama	(1W 1L 6S)
	LP: Igarashi	(1W 3L 1S)
	HR: D Powell 5

[At bottom of 8th, the Dragons had a chance of
 runners on first and second with two outs.
 Coles got a fly to left-center field, but
 the ball hopped and went over the wall and
 it became a ground-rule double, so the Dragons
 could only tie the game.  The Bay Stars sent
 Tomori as a relief pitcher, but he threw a
 wild pitch on count 1-1, and the Dragons won]


Swallows   | 0 1 0   0 2 0   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 0 1 1   0 0 0   0 2 X | 4

	WP: Nishiyama	(2W 2L 1S)
	LP: Bross	(3W 5L)
	HR: S Meulens 6
	    G Ochiai 8

[There was an unbelievable play at bottom of 8th.
 Sugiyama flied to left-center field with runners
 on first and second and two outs.  Both LF Takanashi
 and CF Iida could get it, so somehow both players tried
 to catch it.  But the ball hit the glove of CF Iida
 and it bounded on the glove and dropped to the ground.
 Bross sat on his legs on third foul line to see the play] 


Fighters   | 1 0 0   1 1 0   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 0 2 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 2

	WP: Shibakusa	(2W 1L)
	Sv: Kaneishi	(6S)
	LP: Komiyama	(2W 5L)
	HR: M Ohmura 1

[The Fighters tied the game with a clutch hit
 of rookie Arai N. and led with a sacrifice
 fly of Tanaka.  Marine batters could not help
 Komiyama]


BlueWave   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 3 3 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 3 0 1   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 5

	WP: Suzuki	(3W 3S)
	Sv: Nomura	(2S)
	LP: Kimura	(3L 5S)
	HR: BW Taguchi 2, Takahashi, S. 2
	    H Yoshinaga 6, Kawano 3

[The Blue Wave turned the game on bases empty
 with two outs at top of 9th!  They got four
 hits in a row: single, single, double, triple.
 In paticluar, Takahashi, S. got a 2-run homer
 at 8th, and a 2-run double at 9th]


Lions      | 0 0 0   2 3 0   0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   0 1 1   2 0 0 | 4

	WP: Nishiguchi	(5W 3L 1S)
	Sv: Shiozaki	(1W 3L 5S)
	LP: Takamura	(4W 3L)
	HR: L Mori 1
	    Bu Yamamoto 5

[The Lions finally won against the Buffaloes
 They celebrated the birth day of Manager Higashio]


[Results on May 19]

Carp       | 0 0 1   0 0 2   0 2 2 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Yamazaki	(1W)
	LP: Kakuri	(1W 3L)
	HR: C Kanemoto 6, Ogata 5

[Yamasaki pitched a shutout game.
 All Tiger batters, pitchers and fielders
 are now too bad]


BayStars   | 0 0 5   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Saitoh,T.	(4W 2L)
	LP: Satoh	(1W 1L)
	HR: YB Suzuki 4

[Yokohama got 5 runs on bases empty with
 two outs.  Saitoh, T. pitched a shutout
 game allowing only two hits]


Swallows   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 0 0 0   1 0 0   0 1 X | 2

	WP: Galvez	(5W 1L)
	LP: Tabata	(2W 4L)
	HR: G Shimizu 4

[Galvez pitched another shutout game.
 It was good for the Swallows that Itoh
 Tomohito came back.  He pitched at 7th
 inning and seemed not bad]


Fighters   | 0 0 0   3 0 1   0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 0 0 1   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 2

	WP: Kawabe	(1W 1L)
	Sv: Kaneishi	(7S)
	LP: Hillman	(5W 4L)
	HR: F Brito 10, Nakamura 1
	    M Hatsushiba 6

[Kawabe, who is a seventh-year player and
 moved from the Giants last off, won for
 the first time.  Hatsushiba of the Marines
 got the 100th homer in his career]


BlueWave   | 0 0 0   1 0 0   1 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 1 1 0   0 0 3   3 1 X | 9

	WP: Kudoh	(3W 4L)
	LP: Kobayashi	(3W 4L)

[Today, the Hawks beated the Blue Wave.
 In fact, the Hawks got a hit in every
 inning]


Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 4   0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 1 0 1   3 0 0   0 0 4 | 9

	WP: Akahori	(2W 1L 3S)
	LP: Katori	(4W 1L 1S)
	HR: Bu Ohmura 3, Yamamoto 6, Nakamura, N. 7, Rhodes 7

[The Buffaloes won with a game-ending grand slam
 of Tuffy Rhodes!  He appeared a chance of bases
 loaded with two outs just after an intentional
 walk of Yamamoto.  The ball count was 3-2 when
 Rhodes got the homerun off Shiozaki.  The Lions
 tied with a clutch hit of Suzuki at top of 9th,
 but Katori and Shiozaki couldn't hold]


[Results on May 21]

Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 2 0   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 1 1 0   3 0 1   0 1 X | 7

	WP: Makihara	(3W 1L)
	LP: Funaki	(3W 4L)

[At bottom of the first and the fourth,  Ochiai
 got a RBI hit.  Makihara piched a complete game.
 Now the Tigers lost five games in a row]


BayStars   | 0 0 0   0 0 2   0 1 1   0 | 4
-----------+---------------------------+--
Swallows   | 0 0 0   1 0 1   2 0 0   2 | 6

	WP: Takatsu	(1W 8S)
	LP: Shimada	(3W 2L)
	HR: S Inaba 2, Ikeyama 3, O'Malley 7

[At the top of the 9th inning,  Haru got
 a clutch double to center with runners
 on second and one out.  At bottom of 10th,
 O'Malley hit a game-ending homerun]


Marines    | 0 0 0   0 0 1   1 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 1

	WP: Kuroki	(4W)
	Sv: Narimoto	(3W 4S)
	LP: Sakai	(3W 3L)

[Kuroki pitched very well.  He was removed in
 pinch at the bottom of the 8th, but Marine RF
 Igarashi threw a nice ball to the plate and
 got the third runner out at home when a batter
 flied to right]


BlueWave   | 2 1 0   0 0 0   0 3 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 1   1 0 0   0 0 1 | 3

	WP: Hoshino	(4W 1L)
	Sv: Hirai	(2W 4S)
	LP: Imazeki	(4W 2L)
	HR: BW Ohshima 1, Fujii 3, Neel 6

[Blue Wave killer Imazeki couldn't go well.
 He allowed three homers and lost.  Neel's
 2-run homer made sure the win of the Blue Wave]


Hawks      | 0 0 0   0 3 1   1 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 1

	WP: Hidekazu	(3W 2L)
	LP: Watanabe, H.	(4W 2L)
	HR: H Akiyama 3, Kokubo 7, Kawano 4
	    L Kiyohara 10

[The Fukuoka Daiei Hawks finally won
 two games in a row for the first time
 in this season.  Hidekazu pitched a
 complete game and both Akiyama and
 Kokubo got a homerun]


[Results on May 22]

Tigers     | 0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 4 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Takeuchi	(2W 2L)
	LP: Miyamoto	(1W 2L)

[Takeuchi pitched a shutout game!
 Ochiai appeared on clutch three times
 but he couldn't get any hit.  At top
 of the nineth inning, the Tigers beated
 Nishiyama to score 4.  It was the first
 shutout game for the Giants]


Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 3 0   0 | 3
-----------+---------------------------+--
Carp       | 1 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 0   1 | 4

	WP: Sasaoka	(2W 2L 7S)
	LP: Endoh	(3W 3L)
	HR: D Taihoh 16

[The Carp won 4 games in a row.  At the 8th
 inning, the Dragons tied with a 2-run homer
 of Taihoh and a clutch hit by Tatsunami, but
 at the bottom of the 10th inning,  Machida
 got a game-ending hit over the head of LF]


Marines    | 0 0 0   0 3 1   0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 4 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 X | 5

	WP: Sano	(2W 7S)
	LP: Yoshida	(2W 2L)
	HR: Bu Nakamura, N. 8

[At the 1st inning, Nakamura got a grand slam.
 But the Marines tied with two wild pitches at
 the top of the 6th inning.  Nevertheless, at
 8th, Rhodes got a game-winning hit off Kawamoto]


BlueWave   | 1 1 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0 | 2

	WP: Kaneda	(2W 3L)
	Sv: Suzuki	(3W 4S)
	LP: Gross	(4W 4L)
	HR: BW Ichiro 4, Neel 7

[Ichiro got a lead-off homer at the first inning.
 Neel hit a game-winning homer at 6th and Suzuki
 pitched well and got a save.  OTOH, Gross lost
 11 games in a row against the Blue Wave]


Hawks      | 4 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Yoshitake	(2W 3L)
	LP: Yokota	(4L)
	HR: H Hamana 2

[Yoshitake pitched a shutout game.
 Hawk batters beated Yokota at the first
 inning.  The Hawks seems to be better]


[Results on May 23]

Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 0   0 | 2
-----------+---------------------------+--
Giants     | 0 0 0   1 0 0   1 0 0   3 | 5

	WP: Mario	(1W 4S)
	LP: Furumizo	(1W 1L 3S)
	HR: G Matsui 9,  10

[The Tigers lost with two "errors".
 In the bottom of the 7th inning, with runner
 on second and no outs, Sugiyama bunted.  Yabu
 fielded it very well and threw to third and
 it seemed to get out... but Coolbaugh passed
 the ball and the second runner scored.  Furumizo
 didn't allowed another run in left pinch, so
 it was too bad for Coolbaugh not to catch it.
 In the bottom of the 10th inning, with runner
 on first and no outs, Yoshioka bunted.  Furumizo
 got it to throw to second.  But the ball went
 a little right-side and Kuji got it almost the same
 time when he left his foot from the second base.
 It was called 'safe', though it looked for me that
 his foot left after he got it.  The next batter
 Matsui got a game-ending homer on count 3-2.


BayStars   | 1 2 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 1

	WP: Nomura	(4W 1L)
	Sv: Sasaki	(2W 1L 6S)
	LP: Yamabe	(4W 2L)

[Yamabe was so bad that he pitched for only
 three innings.  Yokohama beated the Swallows
 with Nomura and Sasaki]


Marines    | 0 0 2   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   1 2 0   0 0 0   0 1 | 4

	WP: Akahori	(3W 1L 3S)
	LP: Narimoto	(3W 1L 4S)
	HR: Bu Yamamoto 7

[At 11th, on bases loaded with two outs, Narimoto's
 third pitch against Ohishi became a wild pitch and
 the Buffaloes won.  It is interesting that ER of
 the Buffalo pitchers was zero]


BlueWave   | 0 0 1   0 0 0   0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 2 0 2   0 0 1   2 0 X | 7

	WP: Iwamoto	(4W 4L)
	LP: Fraser	(2W 1L)
	HR: F Brito 11,  12

[Brito is in his hot streak!  His two 2-run
 homers, one in the first and the other in the
 7th, were to right stand]


Hawks      | 0 0 2   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 0 0 2   0 0 2   0 0 X | 4

	WP: Shintani	(4W 3L)
	Sv: Shiozaki	(1W 3L 6S)
	LP: Uchiyama	(1L)
	HR: L Itoh 1, Tanabe 1, Kakiuchi 3

[The Hawks couldn't win four games in a row.
 In the top of the 9th inning, Hawk batters
 got four hits in a row, and a hit batter.
 But Muramatsu, who got the second one, was
 piched out, so the Hawks couldn't tie]


[Results on May 24]

Swallows   | 0 0 0   0 4 1   0 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Bross	(4W 5L)
	LP: Yufune	(2W 6L)
	HR: S Ikeyama 4

[At the top of the 5th inning, Tsuji grounded
 to short stop with runners on first and second
 with one out.  It was too bad for the Tigers not
 to turn a double play because O'Malley got a RBI
 hit and Ikeyama got a 3-run homer in the inning :-)]


Dragons    | 0 3 0   2 0 2   1 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 0 0 0   1 0 1   0 0 1 | 3

	WP: Imanaka	(6W 1L)
	LP: Tanabe	(2L)
	HR: D Nakamura 4, Coles 8

[The Dragons beated the Bay Stars.  Coles
 now hits over .300 to be the fifth .300
 batter in the Dragon starters]


Giants     | 0 2 1   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 2 0 2   0 0 2   0 2 X | 8

	WP: Yamauchi	(2W 3L)
	Sv: Sasaoka	(2W 2L 8S)
	LP: Koharazawa	(2W 4L)
	HR: G Shimizu 5
	    C Maeda 1, Etoh 7

[Carp starter Checo was bad.  But Carp
 batters helped him.  At 6th, Ropez got
 a game-winning double and at 8th, Etoh
 got a solo-homer]


Lions      | 2 0 0   3 0 0   1 1 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 2 | 3

	WP: Nishiguchi	(6W 3L)
	LP: Hillman	(5W 5L)

[Marine batters are now too bad.  Hillman
 allowed many runs early in the game, so
 it is impossible for the current Marine
 batters to come back]


BlueWave   | 1 0 6   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 1 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 1 | 3

	WP: Noda	(4W 2L)
	LP: Aquino	(5W 3L)
	HR: BW D.J 5
	    Bu Takumi 3

[The Blue Wave spallowed Aquino at the
 top of the third.  In paticular, Ichiro
 got three hits until the middle of the third.
 Noda pitched a complete game for the first
 time in this season]


[Results on May 25]

Swallows   | 0 0 0   0 4 2   0 1 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 2 0   0 0 0   0 3 0 | 5

	WP: Yoshii	(3W 3L)
	Sv: Takatsu	(1W 9S)
	LP: Kakuri	(1W 4L)
	HR: S O'Malley 8, Furuta 3
	    T Wada 2, Shinjyo 10, Glenn 4

[The Swallows led with a grand slam of
 O'Malley:  Kakuri allowed a base hit
 and two walks with two outs and bases
 empty.  At 8th, the Tigers came back
 with homeruns of Shinjyo and Glenn,
 but could not catch up.  Tamura pitched
 in the top of the 8th inning.  He was
 not what he used to be, but anyway he
 can pitch now]


Dragons    | 0 2 0   0 0 5   2 0 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 1 0 0   0 0 1   0 5 0 | 7

	WP: Ochiai	(3W 2L)
	Sv: Nakayama	(1W 1L 7S)
	LP: Miura	(3W 2L)
	HR: D Oto 5, Aikoh 4

[The Bay Stars came back late in the game.
 They had chance of bases loaded with two
 outs at the bottom of the 9th inning, but
 Haru grounded out to first baseman]


Giants     | 2 0 1   1 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   1 | 6
-----------+-----------------------------------+--
Carp       | 0 1 0   0 0 1   0 1 2   0 0 0   0 | 5

	WP: Okada	(1W)
	Sv: Mario	(1W 5S)
	LP: Sasaoka	(2W 3L 8S)
	HR: G Motoki 2
	    C Kanemoto 7, Etoh 8

[The Carp tied the game with a 2-run
 homerun of Etoh in the bottom of the
 9th inning with two outs and runner
 on first.  Sasaoka pitched from 10th
 thruough 13th, but he allowed Motoki
 to hit a game-winning homerun at 13th]


Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   1 3 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 1

	WP: Katori	(5W 1L 1S)
	LP: Irabu	(4W 3L)
	HR: L Kiyohara 11

[Irabu pitched well, but he gave up
 a 3-run homerun of Kiyohara at the
 top of the 8th inning]


BlueWave   | 2 0 1   0 2 0   4 0 1 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 2 0 6   0 1 0   4 0 X |13

	WP: Kiyokawa	(1W 1L)
	LP: Hirai	(2W 1L 4S)
	HR: BW Ichiro 5,  6
	    Bu Takumi 4, Nakamura, N. 9

[In this game, there were three grand
 slams, which becomes a new Japanese
 record of the most grand slams in a
 game.  At the top of 7th, Ichiro got
 a grand slam, which was the second
 one in this game, to tie the game.
 But at the bottom of the same inning,
 Hirai gave up the third grand slam
 for Nakamura and the Buffaloes won]


Hawks      | 1 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 1 1 0   0 1 2   0 0 X | 5

	WP: Nishizaki	(7W)
	Sv: Kaneishi	(8S)
	LP: Takeda	(3W 3L)
	HR: F Ducey 6

[Nishizaki won 7 games in a row.  In the
 Fighter batters, Ducey went very well]


[Results on May 26]

Swallows   | 1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 3 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 1

	WP: Kinoshita	(2W 1L)
	Sv: Takatsu	(1W 10S)
	LP: Kawajiri	(2W 3L)

[The Tigers lost again with Furumizo.
 Furumizo appeared in the top of the 9th
 inning with two men on and one outs.
 He walked Inaba in on bases loaded with
 two outs and gave up Tsuji a 2-run RBI
 single.  Now the Tigers have lost 6 games
 in a row against the Swallows.


Dragons    | 0 0 1   0 0 0   0 2 5 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 1 5 0   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 7

	WP: Kojima	(1W 1L)
	Sv: Nakayama	(1W 1L 8S)
	LP: Sasaki	(2W 2L 6S)
	HR: D Satoh 1, Taihoh 17

[Coles was ejected complaining to the umpire
 about his call for strikes in the 7th inning.
 Manager Hoshino also agreed with Coles and
 say bad ("Baka-Yaro!") and he was also ejected.
 But the Dragon batters came back at the 9th inning.
 It is true that there were an error of Komada and
 a wild pitch of Sasaki, but anyway they scored
 five against Sasaki.  It was Taihoh who hit off
 a game-winning two-run homerun just after tying
 with the wild pitch of Sasaki]


Giants     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 0 0 1   1 0 0   0 0 X | 2

	WP: Yamazaki	(2W)
	LP: Saitoh,M.	(4W 2L)
	HR: C Maeda 2

[Yamazaki pitched another shutout game.  He wins
 only three in his career but all of them are
 shutout games.  Yamazaki has changed his pitching
 form and his "teacher" is Saitoh.  In fact, the
 pitching form of both pitchers looks the same.
 Yamazaki said in the interview after the game,
 "Last night we played for long time, so I wanted
 to make this game over in short time".  It
 took 2:49 to finish the game]


Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 X | 1

	WP: Komiyama	(3W 5L)
	Sv: Narimoto	(3W 1L 5S)
	LP: Kaku	(2L)

[In the top of the 7th inning, the lead-off
 Cooper doubled.  The next batter Kiyohara
 also got a double over the head of CF, but
 somehow Cooper didn't score.  Komiyama said
 after the game, "I still have luck", and
 he got the following batters outs]


BlueWave   | 0 0 0   1 0 2   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 0 | 2

	WP: Makino	(1W)
	Sv: Suzuki	(3W 5S)
	LP: Yamasaki	(3W 4L)
	HR: BW Neel 8
	    Bu Rhodes 8

[A fourth-year player Makino won for the first time.
 He was removed after Rhodes got a 2-run homerun,
 but Suzuki presented him a win]


Hawks      | 0 2 0   0 0 1   0 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 1 0   2 4 0   0 0 X | 7

	WP: Shibakusa	(3W 1L)
	Sv: Nagatomi	(2L 1S)
	LP: Kudoh	(3W 5L)
	HR: H Yoshinaga 7, Fujimoto 2
	    F Brito 13, Yasuda 1

[In the 4th inning, the Fighters turned the
 game with 4 walks, one scrifice fly and
 *no* hits.  In the 5th, they scored 4 on
 bases empty with two outs:  the got 5 his
 in a row, two of which was a homerun: one
 by Brito, the other by Yasuda, who moved
 from the Hawks last off.
 BTW, Ducey struck out 5 times in this game
 to tie the Japanese record of the most K
 in a game.  Other holders are: Solata(sp?;'80)
 of the Fighters, Aikoh('92) of the Marines,
 Wakana('79) of the Tigers, Gale('86) of the
 Tigers and Tsuruta('93) of the Dragons.  It
 is interesting that Bryant is not in the list:-)]


[Results on May 28]

BayStars   | 0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 2 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 2   0 0 2   3 0 X | 7

	WP: Furumizo	(2W 1L 3S)
	LP: Morita	(2W 4L)
	HR: T Hiyama 7

[Tiger starter Funaki got a muscle strain in
 the 4th inning, and  he will miss for a while.
 The Tigers led with a 2-run homerun of Hiyama
 in the 6th inning.  In the 7th inning, all of
 Hiratsuka, Glenn and Coolbaugh, who bat third,
 fourth and fifth in the batting order, got a
 RBI hit.
    Tiger fans (Ouen-dan) have stopped rooting
 for the Tigers since the 6th inning of the previous
 game against the Swallows because of recent poor
 games of the Tigers. Their "boycott" is still
 continued]


Giants     | 2 2 3   5 0 3   0 1 0 |16
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 1 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 | 2

	WP: Makihara	(4W 1L)
	LP: Yamamoto	(3L 1S)
	HR: G Matsui 11, Kishikawa 2, Yoshioka 1, Kishikawa 3
	    S Inaba 3

[Makihara pichied a complete game.  The Giants
 got 16 runs with 17 hits]


Carp       | 0 0 0   0 0 2   0 2 2 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 1

	WP: Kitoh	(6W 2L)
	LP: Yamamoto	(2W 1L)
	HR: C Nomura 4

[It was the day of Nomura.  In the 6th,
 he got a RBI hit to tie the game, and
 Ropez got a game-winning hit.  In the 8th,
 he got the 100th homer in his career
 and in the 9th, he got another RBI hit]


Marines    | 0 0 0   0 1 2   2 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 3 3 0   0 0 0   0 0 X | 6

	WP: Imazeki	(5W 2L)
	Sv: Kaneishi	(9S)
	LP: Kuroki	(4W 1L)
	HR: M Hirai 3
	    F Brito 14

[In the bottom of the frist inning, Brito acted bat
 after the Fighters scored one.  He couldn't hit
 the ball with the sweetspot, but the ball had gone
 to the right stand.  Late in the game, Shimazaki
 held the lead and Kaneishi was credited with a save]


Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 1 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 X | 3

	WP: Hoshino	(5W 1L)
	LP: Watanabe, H.	(4W 3L)
	HR: BW Ichiro 7, Fujii 4, Takahashi, S. 3

[Hoshino pitched a shutout game again.
 The Blue Wave won with three homeruns,
 one of which was a "lead-off" homerun
 by Ichiro]


Buffaloes  | 0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 0 0 0   1 1 0   0 0 X | 2

	WP: Hidekazu	(4W 2L)
	LP: Takamura	(4W 4L)
	HR: Bu Nakamura, N. 10

[In the bottom of the fifth inning,  Hamana
 grounded to 2B, who fielded in shallow, on
 bases loaded with one out.  But 2B Mizuguchi
 fumbled the ball and couldn't get out at the
 home.  In the forth, scored Hamana, who reached
 to first with an error of SS.  It was quite
 hard luck for Takamura, who now lost four games
 in a row after winning four games in a row]


[Results on May 29]

BayStars   | 0 0 0   0 0 2   0 0 1   0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Tigers     | 1 0 2   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 | 3

	WP: Igarashi	(2W 3L 1S)
	Sv: Sasaki	(2W 2L 7S)
	LP: Kakuri	(1W 5L)
	HR: YB Tanishige 5

[Kakuri gave up Suzuki a clutch hit with
 runner on third, two outs and count 1-2
 in the top of the 9th inning.  In the top
 of the 11th, he allowed Tanishige to hit
 a game-winning homerun to center]


Giants     | 0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 1 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 X | 2

	WP: Yamabe	(5W 2L)
	Sv: Itoh,T.	(1S)
	LP: Miyamoto	(1W 3L)
	HR: G Ochiai 9
	    S Iida 2

[It was the 2000th game for Ochiai.  In the
 top of the 9th inning, Ochiai appeared with
 bases empty and one out.  The Swallows sent
 Itoh Tomohito as a pitcher, but he walked
 Ochiai.  After he got Mack strike out, he
 gave one infield hit and one hit batter.
 Finally he got PH Yoshimura strike out
 and the game was over]


Carp       | 0 1 0   0 3 0   0 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 2 0   5 1 0   5 4 X |17

	WP: Kojima	(2W 1L)
	LP: Katoh	(2W 3L)
	HR: C Maeda 3, Seto 1
	    D Taihoh 18

[The Dragon batters blew the Carp out.  Sun,
 who came back from injury, pitched in the 9th
 inning]


Marines    | 0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 1   0 0 2   0 0 X | 3

	WP: Gross	(5W 4L)
	Sv: Kaneishi	(10S)
	LP: Enoki	(1W 1L)
	HR: F Kataoka 6

[In the top of the 6th inning, RF Ueda
 threw runner out at the home.  In the
 bottom of the same inning, Kataoka got
 a game-winning 2-run homer just after
 Brito flied out]


Lions      | 4 0 0   0 0 0   2 1 0   0 0 0 | 7
-----------+-------------------------------+--
BlueWave   | 0 2 0   2 2 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 7

	HR: L Kiyohara 12

(Tie Game)

[It was an exiting game but it was too bad
 to be a tie game.  D.J was ejected when
 he complined the call of strike out with
 runners on second and third and two outs
 in the bottom of the 9th inning]


Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   1 0 0   3 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 0 1 1   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 2

	WP: Sakai	(4W 3L)
	Sv: Akahori	(3W 1L 4S)
	LP: Yoshitake	(2W 4L)
	HR: Bu Rhodes 9

[Sano and Akahori, Buffalo holders and closer,
 hold the lead late in the game.  Hawk batters
 can't get clutch hits]


[Results on May 30]

BayStars   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 3 2   0 0 X | 5

	WP: Yabu	(2W 3L)
	LP: Nomura	(4W 2L)

[Yabu pitched a shutout game since last May.
 Shinjo, who hit the lead-off but now hit
 the seven in batting order, seems bad: He
 went 0 for 4, 3 struck outs.  He would be
 the bottom in batting average among Central
 qualifiers (mem whose PA >= (Games of his team) x 3.1).


Giants     | 0 0 0   0 1 1   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	WP: Kida	(2W 2L 1S)
	LP: Bross	(4W 6L)
	HR: G Motoki 3

[Kida pitched a shutout game since 1994.
 This was the third game for starter Kida.
 The Giants got only three hits and in the
 6th inning, they scored without hits.
 OTOH, the Swallows also got only four hits]


Carp       | 0 0 0   1 0 2   0 1 3 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 1 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 2

	WP: Checo	(4W)
	LP: Imanaka	(6W 2L)
	HR: C Kanemoto 8,  9, Lopez 7, Etoh 9
	    D Coles 9, Yamasaki 9

[Checo pitched a complete game.  All runs were
 scored by homeruns.  Now the Carp again stand
 just behind of the Dragons (GB=1/2)]


Marines    | 3 1 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 2   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 3

	WP: Hillman	(6W 5L)
	Sv: Narimoto	(3W 1L)
	LP: Iwamoto	(4W 5L)
	HR: M Hatsushiba 7

[Hatsushiba got a 3-run homer in the first inning!
 The Marine batters had not been able to get
 a clutch hit, but tonight Hatsushiba got it]


Lions      | 0 2 0   1 0 0   0 3 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 0 0 0   2 0 0   2 0 3 | 7

	WP: Watanabe,N.	(1W)
	LP: Shiozaki	(1W 4L 6S)
	HR: L Suzuki,K. 2
	    BW Neel 9

[The Blue Wave turned the game in the bottom
 of the 9th inning.  Shiozaki was removed
 when the Blue Wave had chance of bases loaded
 with one out.  Katori, who releived Shiozaki,
 gave up Ichiro a (1-run) RBI hit.  He also
 allowed PH Suguro to get a game-ending (2-run)
 hit to right]


[Results on May 31]

Tigers     | 0 0 1   0 0 0   1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 2 1 2   3 0 3   0 0 X |11

	WP: Yoshii	(4W 3L)
	LP: Yufune	(2W 7L)
	HR: T Sekikawa 2
	    S Meulens 7

[Tiger pitchers, Yufune, Shimada and Yuminaga were
 hit and hit.  The ERA of Yufune now becomes 6.48]


Carp       | 0 0 6   0 2 7   0 5 0 |20
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 4 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 5

	WP: Maema	(2W 1L 1S)
	Sv: Kobayakawa, K.	(1S)
	LP: Miura	(3W 3L)
	HR: C Lopez 8, Nomura 5, Etoh 10, Kanemoto 10

[The Bay Stars scored 4 at the first inning,
 but the Carp didn't care it at all.  Maema,
 who pitched from the 4th through the 6th,
 got a win and Kobayakawa got a save.
     In the top of 8th, Bay Star fans (ouen-dan)
 root for the Carp, getting angry with the Bay Stars]


Marines    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 3 1 1   0 1 0   0 0 X | 6

	WP: Noda	(5W 2L)
	LP: Irabu	(4W 4L)
	HR: BW Takada 1

[Irabu was removed at the end of the second
 inning because he felt something wrong with
 his right elbow.  Noda pitched a shutout game
 with 11K]


Buffaloes  | 1 0 0   2 0 0   1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 0 0 1   0 0 0   0 4 X | 5

	WP: Nishiguchi	(7W 3L)
	Sv: Hashimoto	(4S)
	LP: Sano	(2W 1L 7S)
	HR: L Suzuki,K. 3

[The Lions hit off Sano at the 8th inning.
 Sano allowed Suzuki to get a 2-run homer
 to be 3-4 for the Lions.  A Lion rookie
 Takagi Taisei got a game-wining 2-run doulbe
 to right with two men]


Fighters   | 0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 5 0 2   0 0 1   2 0 X |10

	WP: Takeda	(4W 3L)
	LP: Nishizaki	(7W 1L)

[Nishizaki was too bad to win 8 games in a row.
 Takeda, who moved from the Fighters this off,
 got the first win against the Fighters]


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Central League
            G  W  L  T  PCT   GB streak last10  GL 
Dragons    42 25 17  0 .595          L1   5-5   88 
Carp       44 26 18  0 .591  0.0     W2   8-2   86 
Giants     44 23 21  0 .523  3.0     W1   6-4   86 
Swallows   45 22 23  0 .489  4.5     W1   6-4   85 
BayStars   46 22 24  0 .478  5.0     L2   3-7   84 
Tigers     45 15 30  0 .333 11.5     L1   3-7   85 

  Team vs. Team     Win - Loss (Tie)
           Dragons   Carp      Giants    Swallows  BayStars  Tigers    
Dragons     ----     4- 5( 0)  3- 2( 0)  6- 2( 0)  7- 5( 0)  5- 3( 0) 
Carp       5- 4( 0)   ----     4- 5( 0)  6- 3( 0)  5- 4( 0)  6- 2( 0) 
Giants     2- 3( 0)  5- 4( 0)   ----     6- 5( 0)  4- 4( 0)  6- 5( 0) 
Swallows   2- 6( 0)  3- 6( 0)  5- 6( 0)   ----     4- 4( 0)  8- 1( 0) 
BayStars   5- 7( 0)  4- 5( 0)  4- 4( 0)  4- 4( 0)   ----     5- 4( 0) 
Tigers     3- 5( 0)  2- 6( 0)  5- 6( 0)  1- 8( 0)  4- 5( 0)   ----    

Pacific League
            G  W  L  T  PCT   GB streak last10  GL 
Fighters   47 27 19  1 .587          L2   6-4   83 
BlueWave   48 27 20  1 .574  0.5  W4(1) 7-2(1)  82 
Buffaloes  46 25 21  0 .543  2.0     L1   5-5   84 
Marines    49 23 25  1 .479  5.0     L1   3-7   81 
Lions      47 21 24  2 .467  5.5     W1 4-5(1)  83 
Hawks      45 15 29  1 .341 11.0     W1   5-5   85 

  Team vs. Team     Win - Loss (Tie)
           Fighters  BlueWave  Buffaloes Marines   Lions     Hawks     
Fighters    ----     4- 5( 0)  5- 5( 0)  8- 3( 1)  4- 4( 0)  6- 2( 0) 
BlueWave   5- 4( 0)   ----     7- 4( 0)  5- 4( 0)  6- 4( 1)  4- 4( 0) 
Buffaloes  5- 5( 0)  4- 7( 0)   ----     3- 5( 0)  6- 2( 0)  7- 2( 0) 
Marines    3- 8( 1)  4- 5( 0)  5- 3( 0)   ----     5- 5( 0)  6- 4( 0) 
Lions      4- 4( 0)  4- 6( 1)  2- 6( 0)  5- 5( 0)   ----     6- 3( 1) 
Hawks      2- 6( 0)  4- 4( 0)  2- 7( 0)  4- 6( 0)  3- 6( 1)   ----