1996 Japan Series, GAME 1

BOX SCORE

Saturday, October 19, 1996   at Tokyo Dome
  Orix Blue Wave AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Taguchi, LF 5 1 2 0 0 2 2 0
Oshima, 2B 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 4
I.Suzuki, CF-RF 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Neel, 1B 4 0 1 2 0 1 7 1
  Suguro, SS 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Fujii, RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  S.Takahashi, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  T.Suzuki, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Nakajima, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hirai, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baba, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
  Fukura, PH-3B 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
Ogawa, SS 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 2
  Motonishi, CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Takada, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Hoshino, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
  Kobayashi, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Yojo, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
  Ito, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
  Nomura, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Jennings, PH-1B 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Totals 34 4 7 4 4 11 30 17
  Yomiuri Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Nishi, 3B 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 0
Kawai, SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Matsui, RF 5 0 1 0 0 3 1 0
Ochiai, 1B 4 0 3 1 1 0 8 1
  Goto, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mack, CF 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
Kida, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kishikawa, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Shimizu, PH-LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Motoki, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
  Fukuo, PH-2B 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
S.Murata, C 3 0 0 0 0 2 10 0
  Sugiyama, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  Omori, PH 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
  Yoshihara, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M.Saito, P 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
  Kawaguchi, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ishige, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kono, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Mizuno, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3 6 8 30 11
BlueWave   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 3 0   1   -   4
Giants   1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 2   0   -   3
DP- BlueWave 1 (Oshima-Suguro-Jennings). LOB- BlueWave 7, Giants 11. 2B- Matsui. HR- Omori (1, 9th inn. off T.Suzuki, 1 on), I.Suzuki (1, 10th inn. off Kono, 0 on). SH- Kawai, Takada 3, Nishi. SB- Taguchi, Goto. GIDP- Shimizu.
Orix Blue Wave IP P BF H R ER BB SO
Hoshino 4.2 75 21 3 1 1 3 4
Kobayashi 0.1 7 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ito 1.2 17 6 1 0 0 0 1
Nomura 0.1 6 1 0 0 0 0 1
T.Suzuki (W,1-0) 2 27 9 3 2 2 1 1
Hirai (S,1) 1 14 5 1 0 0 1 1
Yomiuri Giants IP P BF H R ER BB SO
M.Saito 7.1 114 29 4 3 3 3 9
Kawaguchi 0.1 12 2 1 0 0 0 0
Ishige 0.2 12 3 1 0 0 0 1
Kono (L,0-1) 1.1 25 6 1 1 1 1 1
Mizuno 0.1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
HBP- By Hoshino (Kishikawa). WP- Nomura.

T- 3:42. A- 45,121. Umpires- HP:Ino(CL) 1B:Hayashi(PL) 2B:T.Kobayashi(CL) 3B:Azuma(PL) LF:Inoue(CL) RF: Yamamoto(PL). Official scorer- Higashizuru.

PLAY BY PLAY

FIRST INNING
BlueWave - Kishikawa now in left. Taguchi struck out. Oshima grounded to first. I.Suzuki grounded to second.
Giants - Nishi walked. Kawai sacrificed Nishi to second, pitcher to the second baseman covering first. Matsui struck out. Ochiai singled to center, scoring Nishi. Mack singled to center, Ochiai went to third. Kishikawa was hit by a pitch, Mack went to second. Motoki forced Kishikawa at second, shortstop to second baseman.
SECOND INNING
BlueWave - Neel flied to left. Fujii fouled to third. Baba struck out.
Giants - S.Murata grounded to third. M.Saito flied to left. Nishi struck out.
THIRD INNING
BlueWave - Ogawa singled to left. Takada sacrificed Ogawa to second, pitcher to the second baseman covering first. Hoshino and Taguchi struck out.
Giants - Kawai walked. Matsui struck out. Ochiai forced Kawai at second, third baseman to second baseman. Mack flied to left.
FOURTH INNING
BlueWave - Oshima grounded to short. I.Suzuki grounded to second. Neel struck out.
Giants - Kishikawa grounded to short. Motoki grounded to second. S.Murata struck out.
FIFTH INNING
BlueWave - Fujii grounded to second. Baba and Ogawa struck out.
Giants - M.Saito grounded to the pitcher. Nishi walked. Kawai flied to right. Matsui doubled to right, Nishi went to third. Kobayashi now pitching. Ochiai walked. Mack grounded to second.
SIXTH INNING
BlueWave - Takada grounded to the first baseman, who tossed to the pitcher covering first. Yojo, batting for Kobayashi, struck out. Taguchi singled to right. Taguchi stole second. Oshima walked. I.Suzuki grounded to the pitcher.
Giants - Ito now pitching. Shimizu, batting for Kishikawa, grounded to the first baseman, who tossed to the pitcher covering first. Motoki grounded to second. S.Murata struck out.
SEVENTH INNING
BlueWave - Shimizu now in left. Neel grounded to second. Fujii flied to right. Fukura, batting for Baba, struck out.
Giants - Fukura now at third. M.Saito singled to center. Nishi sacrificed M.Saito to second, pitcher to the second baseman covering first. Kawai grounded to third. Nomura now pitching. M.Saito went to third on a wild pitch. Matsui struck out.
EIGHTH INNING
BlueWave - Ogawa walked. Takada sacrificed Ogawa to second, pitcher to the second baseman covering first. Jennings, batting for Nomura, walked. Taguchi singled to left, Ogawa went to third and Jennings to second. Oshima singled to right, scoring Ogawa as Jennings went to third and Taguchi to second. Kawaguchi now pitching. I.Suzuki forced Jennings at the plate, shortstop to the catcher, as Taguchi went to third and Oshima to second. Neel singled to left, scoring Taguchi and Oshima as I.Suzuki went to second. S.Takahashi now batting for Fujii. Ishige now pitching and Sugiyama catching. S.Takahashi fouled to first.
Giants - T.Suzuki now pitching, Jennings at first, I.Suzuki in right, Suguro at short and Motonishi in center. Ochiai singled to right. Mack struck out. Shimizu grounded into a double play, second baseman to shortstop to first baseman.
NINTH INNING
BlueWave - Fukura singled to left. Motonishi struck out fouling off a bunt. Kono now pitching. Takada sacrificed Fukura to second, pitcher to the second baseman covering first. Jennings struck out.
Giants - Fukuo, batting for Motoki, walked. Omori, batting for Sugiyama, homered to center, scoring Fukuo. Kono grounded to the pitcher. Nishi flied to center. Kawai singled to second. Matsui grounded to short.
10TH INNING
BlueWave - Fukuo now at second and Yoshihara catching. Taguchi fouled to third. Oshima flied to center. I.Suzuki homered to right. Suguro walked. Nakajima now batting for T.Suzuki. Mizuno now pitching. Nakajima popped to second.
Giants - Hirai now pitching. Ochiai singled to left. Goto ran for Ochiai. Goto stole second. Mack walked. Shimizu fouled to third. Fukuo struck out. Yoshihara grounded to short.

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