1996 Japan Series, GAME 2

BOX SCORE

Sunday, October 20, 1996   at Tokyo Dome
  Orix Blue Wave AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Taguchi, LF-CF-LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Oshima, 2B 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 3
I.Suzuki, CF-RF 4 1 2 0 0 1 3 0
Neel, 1B 3 0 1 2 1 1 7 0
  Yojo, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Fujii, RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  S.Takahashi, PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Motonishi, CF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Fukura, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Baba, 3B 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ogawa, SS 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 2
  Suguro, SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Nakajima, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
  Kobayashi, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Nomura, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
  T.Suzuki, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fraser, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
  Takada, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 30 2 6 2 3 10 27 9
  Yomiuri Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Nishi, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Kawai, SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Matsui, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 1
Ochiai, 1B 2 0 0 0 2 0 10 1
Mack, CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Goto, PH-CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Shimizu, LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Inoue, PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Fukuo, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
  Kida, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kishikawa, PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
  Kawaguchi, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Mizuno, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sugiyama, C 3 0 0 0 0 1 11 0
Makihara, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
  Awano, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Motoki, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 26 0 2 0 4 5 27 9
BlueWave   0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0   -   2
Giants   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   -   0
E- Fukura. DP- BlueWave 3 (Oshima-Ogawa-Neel); (Nomura-Suguro); (Suguro-Oshima-Neel), Giants 2 (Matsui-Ochiai); (Motoki-Ochiai). LOB- BlueWave 5, Giants 4. 2B- Matsui. 3B- Oshima. SH- Kawai, Fraser. SB- I.Suzuki. GIDP- Sugiyama, Motoki, Neel.
Orix Blue Wave IP P BF H R ER BB SO
Fraser (W,1-0) 6.0 70 21 2 0 0 1 3
Kobayashi 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0
Nomura 2.2 31 8 0 0 0 2 2
T.Suzuki (S,1) 0.1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
Yomiuri Giants IP P BF H R ER BB SO
Makihara (L,0-1) 5.0 76 20 5 2 2 1 5
Awano 0.2 8 2 0 0 0 0 1
Kida 2.1 27 7 0 0 0 0 3
Kawaguchi 0.2 17 4 1 0 0 2 0
Mizuno 0.1 5 1 0 0 0 0 1
WP- T.Suzuki.

T- 2:56. A- 45,086. Umpires- HP:Yamamoto(PL) 1B:Inoue(CL) 2B:Hayashi(PL) 3B:T.Kobayashi(CL) LF:Igarashi(PL) RF: Tomoyose(CL). Official scorer- Higashizuru.

PLAY BY PLAY

FIRST INNING
BlueWave - Taguchi grounded to short. Oshima and I.Suzuki struck out.
Giants - Nishi singled to short. Kawai sacrificed Nishi to second, pitcher unassisted. Matsui flied to right. Ochiai walked. Mack grounded to second.
SECOND INNING
BlueWave - Neel walked. Fujii flied to right. Fukura flied into a double play, right fielder to first baseman.
Giants - Shimizu reached on the third baseman's fielding error. Fukuo forced Shimizu at second, second baseman unassisted. Sugiyama grounded into a double play, second baseman to shortstop to first baseman.
THIRD INNING
BlueWave - Ogawa struck out. Nakajima grounded to third. Fraser struck out.
Giants - Makihara struck out. Nishi grounded to first. Kawai fouled to first.
FOURTH INNING
BlueWave - Taguchi struck out. Oshima singled to short. I.Suzuki singled to center, Oshima went to third. I.Suzuki stole second. Neel singled to center, scoring Oshima and I.Suzuki. Fujii grounded to second, Neel went to second. Fukura grounded to third.
Giants - Matsui struck out. Ochiai flied to left. Mack flied to right.
FIFTH INNING
BlueWave - Ogawa singled to center. Nakajima fouled to the catcher. Fraser sacrificed Ogawa to second, first baseman to the second baseman covering first. Taguchi grounded to short.
Giants - Shimizu grounded to first. Fukuo struck out. Sugiyama flied to center.
SIXTH INNING
BlueWave - Oshima tripled to right-center. Awano now pitching. I.Suzuki grounded to first. Neel struck out. S.Takahashi now batting for Fujii. Kida now pitching and Motoki at second. S.Takahashi grounded to third.
Giants - S.Takahashi now in left, Taguchi in center and I.Suzuki in right. Motoki fouled to right. Nishi flied to right. Kawai grounded to short.
SEVENTH INNING
BlueWave - Fukura flied to right. Ogawa and Nakajima struck out.
Giants - Baba now at third and Suguro at short. Matsui doubled to right-center. Kobayashi now pitching and Takada catching. Then Taguchi in left and Motonishi in center. Ochiai walked. Goto now batting for Mack. Nomura now pitching. Goto attempted bunt and flied into a double play, pitcher to shortstop. Inoue, batting for Shimizu, struck out.
EIGHTH INNING
BlueWave - Goto now in center and Inoue in left. Takada flied to center. Taguchi grounded to first. Oshima struck out.
Giants - Kishikawa, batting for Kida, walked. Sugiyama struck out. Motoki grounded into a double play, shortstop to second baseman to first baseman.
NINTH INNING
BlueWave - Kawaguchi now pitching. I.Suzuki singled to the pitcher. Neel grounded into a double play, second baseman to first baseman. Motonishi walked. Baba walked, Motonishi went to second. Mizuno now pitching. Suguro struck out.
Giants - Yojo now at first. Nishi grounded to short. Kawai walked. Matsui lined to the pitcher. T.Suzuki now pitching. Kawai went to second on a wild pitch. Ochiai grounded to third.

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