1996 All-Star Game, GAME 1

BOX SCORE

Saturday, July 20, 1996   at FUKUOKA DOME
Central League   0 0 0   0 0 3   0 0 1   -   4
Pacific League   3 0 0   0 0 4   0 0 X   -   7
  CENTRAL LEAGUE AB R H RBI BB SO SB
Matsui (Giants), RF .............. 4 0 0 0 0 3 0
  Furuta (Swallows), C ............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K.Nomura (Carp), SS .............. 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
  Kuji (Tigers), PR-SS ............ 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Eto (Carp), 3B ................... 4 1 1 0 0 2 0
Ochiai (Giants), DH .............. 4 1 1 2 0 1 0
O'Malley (Swallows), 1B .......... 4 0 2 1 0 1 0
Powell (Dragons), CF ............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Tatsunami (Dragons), 2B ......... 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Yamasaki (Dragons), LF ........... 3 0 1 0 0 1 0
  Taiho (Dragons), PH ............. 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Tsuji (Swallows), 2B ............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Maeda (Carp), PH-CF ............. 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nishiyama (Carp), C .............. 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
  Kanemoto (Carp), PH-RF .......... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 36 4 10 4 0 9 1
  PACIFIC LEAGUE AB R H RBI BB SO SB
I.Suzuki (BlueWave), RF .......... 4 1 2 1 0 0 0
Muramatsu (Hawks), LF ............ 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tanaka (Fighters), SS ............ 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
  Taguchi (BlueWave), CF .......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kiyohara (Lions), 1B ............. 3 1 2 0 1 0 0
Brito (Fighters), DH ............. 4 2 1 2 0 1 0
Akiyama (Hawks), CF .............. 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
  Hamana (Hawks), SS .............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hatsushiba (Marines), 3B ......... 3 1 1 1 0 1 0
  N.Nakamura (Buffaloes), 3B ...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kokubo (Hawks), 2B ............... 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
  Yamamoto (Buffaloes), PH ........ 1 1 1 3 0 0 0
  Mizuguchi (Buffaloes), 2B ....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ito (Lions), C ................... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Yoshinaga (Hawks), PH-C ......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Nakajima (BlueWave), C .......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 7 1 9 0
CENTRAL LEAGUE IP BF H R ER BB SO
Kito (Carp) ...................... 3 15 6 3 3 0 2
Yabu (Tigers), (L) ............... 3 13 4 4 4 0 3
Tabata (Swallows) ................ 1 4 0 0 0 1 2
Sasaoka (Carp) ................... 1 3 0 0 0 0 2
PACIFIC LEAGUE IP BF H R ER BB SO
Hillman (Marines) ................ 3 11 2 0 0 0 2
Gross (Fighters), (W) ............ 3 14 6 3 3 0 2
Takamura (Buffaloes), (S) ........ 3 11 2 1 1 0 5
DP- PL 1 (Tanaka-Kokubo-Kiyohara). LOB- CL 5, PL 4. 2B- Ochiai, O'Malley, Kiyohara. 3B- Akiyama, Tatsunami. HR- I.Suzuki (1st inn. off Kito, 0 on), Brito (1st inn. off Kito, 1 on), Yamamoto (6th inn. off Yabu, 2 on). GIDP- Nishiyama. T- 2:08. A- 32,296. Umpires- HP:Ino(CL) 1B:Maekawa(PL) 2B:Inoue(CL) 3B:Momoi(PL)

PLAY BY PLAY

FIRST INNING
CL - Matsui flied to left. K.Nomura grounded to first. Eto struck out.
PL - I.Suzuki homered to right. Muramatsu flied to right. Tanaka grounded to first. Kiyohara singled to center. Brito homered to left, scoring Kiyohara. Akiyama tripled to right. Hatsushiba grounded to third.
SECOND INNING
CL - Ochiai grounded to short. O'Malley singled to center. Powell forced O'Malley at second, third baseman to second baseman. Yamasaki popped to third.
PL - Kokubo and Ito struck out. I.Suzuki singled to right. Muramatsu singled to left, Suzuki went to second. Tanaka fouled to right.
THIRD INNING
CL - Tsuji fouled to the catcher. Nishiyama singled to left. Matsui struck out. Nishiyama stole second. K.Nomura grounded to second.
PL - Kiyohara popped to second. Brito grounded to short. Akiyama grounded to third.
FOURTH INNING
CL - Gross now pitching. Eto grounded to third. Ochiai flied to right. O'Malley fouled to third.
PL - Yabu now pitching. Hatsushiba and Kokubo struck out. Ito grounded to third.
FIFTH INNING
CL - Powell grounded to short. Yamasaki singled to left. Maeda, batting for Tsuji, singled to right, and Yamasaki went to second. Nishiyama grounded into a double play, shortstop to second baseman to first baseman.
PL - Maeda now in center and Tatsunami at second. I.Suzuki flied to center. Muramatsu grounded to third. Tanaka struck out.
SIXTH INNING
CL - Matsui struck out. K.Nomura singled to center. Kuji ran for Nomura. Eto singled to left, Kuji went to second. Ochiai doubled to center, scoring Kuji and Eto. O'Malley doubled to right, scoring Ochiai. Tatsunami fouled to third. Yamasaki struck out.
PL - Kuji now at short. Kiyohara doubled to center. Brito reached first on a fielder's choice as Kiyohara was tagged out at second, pitcher to second baseman. Akiyama singled to right, Brito went to second. Hatsushiba singled to center, scoring Brito as Akiyama went to third. Yamamoto, batting for Kokubo, homered to right, scoring Akiyama and Hatsushiba. Yoshinaga, batting for Ito, flied to left. I.Suzuki grounded to first.
SEVENTH INNING
CL - Takamura now pitching, Yoshinaga catching, Mizuguchi at second and N.Nakamura at third. Maeda fouled to third. Kanemoto, batting for Nishiyama, struck out. Matsui struck out.
PL - Tabata now pitching, Kanemoto in right and Furuta catching. Muramatsu popped to second. Tanaka struck out. Kiyohara walked. Brito struck out.
EIGHTH INNING
CL - Nakajima now catching, Hamana at short and Taguchi in center. Kuji flied to center. Eto and Ochiai struck out.
PL - Sasaoka now pitching. Hamana grounded to short. N.Nakamura and Mizuguchi struck out.
NINTH INNING
CL - O'Malley struck out. Tatsunami tripled to right. Taiho, batting for Yamasaki, singled to right, scoring Tatsunami. Maeda flied to center. Kanemoto popped to second.

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Source: THE PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL ORGANIZATION OF JAPAN ; BIS Administrative Office