1996 Japan Series, GAME 4

BOX SCORE

Wednesday, October 23, 1996   at Green Stadium Kobe
  Yomiuri Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Nishi, 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Fukuo, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Motoki, PH-2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2
Matsui, RF 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Ochiai, 1B 2 1 0 0 2 0 9 1
  Deguchi, PR-LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Mack, CF 5 2 2 0 0 2 3 0
Shimizu, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kishikawa, PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Goto, LF-1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Omori, DH 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 0
S.Murata, C 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 0
  Sugiyama, C 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Kawai, SS 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 2
Miyamoto, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kida, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Awano, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ishige, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5 7 6 27 9
  Orix Blue Wave AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Taguchi, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Oshima, 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 4
I.Suzuki, RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Neel, DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ogawa, SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Jennings, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 10 0
  Fukura, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S.Takahashi, LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Baba, 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
  Shibahara, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Suguro, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Takada, C 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
  Miwa, PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Toyoda, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kaneda, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kobayashi, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hasegawa, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1 1 7 27 8
Giants   0 2 0   0 0 1   2 0 0   -   5
BlueWave   0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 0   -   1
E- Takada, Baba. LOB- Giants 13, BlueWave 5. 2B- Omori, Baba. HR- Omori (2, 6th inn. off Kaneda, 0 on). SH- S.Murata, Kawai. SF- Kawai. CS- Matsui.
Yomiuri Giants IP P BF H R ER BB SO
Miyamoto 3 57 13 3 1 1 1 5
Kida (W,1-0) 5 62 15 0 0 0 0 2
Awano 0.2 16 4 2 0 0 0 0
Ishige (S,1) 0.1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Orix Blue Wave IP P BF H R ER BB SO
Toyoda (L,0-1) 2 34 10 3 2 2 1 0
Kaneda 3.0 66 15 2 1 1 3 2
Kobayashi 1.2 36 11 2 2 2 3 1
Hasegawa 2.1 45 9 1 0 0 0 3
HBP- By Kobayashi (Ochiai). WP- Kobayashi.

T- 3:25. A- 33,070. Umpires- HP:Azuma(PL) 1B:Ino(CL) 2B:Igarashi(PL) 3B:Inoue(CL) LF:Yamamoto(PL) RF:T.Kobayashi(CL). Official scorer- Yoshimura.

PLAY BY PLAY

FIRST INNING
Giants - Nishi grounded to second. Fukuo grounded to first. Matsui walked. Ochiai forced Matsui at second, second baseman unassisted.
BlueWave - Taguchi grounded to short. Oshima grounded to first. I.Suzuki singled to center. Neel struck out.
SECOND INNING
Giants - Mack singled to right. Shimizu flied to left. Omori doubled to right, Mack went to third. S.Murata singled to right, scoring Mack as Omori went to third. Kawai hit a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Omori. Nishi fouled to the catcher.
BlueWave - Ogawa grounded to second. Jennings and S.Takahashi struck out.
THIRD INNING
Giants - Kaneda now pitching. Fukuo grounded to first. Matsui singled to center. Matsui went to second on the catcher's throwing error. Ochiai walked. Mack struck out. Kishikawa, batting for Shimizu, flied to left.
BlueWave - Kishikawa now in left. Baba doubled to left. Takada struck out. Taguchi flied to center. Oshima singled to left, scoring Baba, and Oshima went to second on the left fielder's throwing to the plate. Goto now in left. I.Suzuki walked. Neel struck out.
FOURTH INNING
Giants - Omori walked. S.Murata attempted bunt and reached on a fielder's choice by the pitcher, Omori went to second. Kawai sacrificed Omori to third and S.Murata to second, third baseman to the second baseman covering first. Nishi grounded to second. Motoki, batting for Fukuo, grounded to second.
BlueWave - Kida now pitching and Motoki at second. Ogawa flied to center. Jennings struck out. S.Takahashi grounded to second.
FIFTH INNING
Giants - Matsui grounded to second. Ochiai walked. Mack flied to right. Goto struck out.
BlueWave - Sugiyama now catching. Baba popped to third. Takada struck out. Taguchi grounded to third.
SIXTH INNING
Giants - Omori homered to right. Kobayashi now pitching. Sugiyama grounded to the pitcher. Kawai singled to center. Nishi forced Kawai at second, shortstop to second baseman. Motoki struck out.
BlueWave - Oshima grounded to first. I.Suzuki flied to right. Neel grounded to the first baseman, who tossed to the pitcher covering first.
SEVENTH INNING
Giants - Matsui flied to center. Ochiai was hit by a pitch. Mack singled to left, Ochiai went to second. Ochiai went to third and Mack to second on a wild pitch. Goto grounded to first. Omori was intentionally walked. Sugiyama walked, scoring Ochiai as Mack went to third and Omori to second. Kawai walked, scoring Mack as Omori went to third and Sugiyama to second. Hasegawa now pitching. Nishi flied to center.
BlueWave - Ogawa and Jennings grounded to third. S.Takahashi grounded to short.
EIGHTH INNING
Giants - Motoki singled to left. Matsui popped to short. Ochiai reached on the third baseman's fielding error, Motoki went to second. Deguchi ran for Ochiai. Mack and Goto struck out.
BlueWave - Deguchi now in left and Goto at first. Shibahara, batting for Baba, lined to short. Miwa, batting for Takada, flied to center. Taguchi grounded to second.
NINTH INNING
Giants - Miwa now catching and Suguro at third. Omori struck out. Sugiyama grounded to first. Kawai grounded to short.
BlueWave - Awano now pitching. Oshima singled to left. I.Suzuki and Neel flied to left. Ogawa singled to left, Oshima went to second. Fukura now batting for Jennings. Ishige now pitching. Fukura popped to second.

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