1996 Japan Series, GAME 5

BOX SCORE

Thursday, October 24, 1996   at Green Stadium Kobe
  Yomiuri Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Nishi, 3B 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 1
Kawai, SS 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 3
Matsui, RF 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
Ochiai, 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 8 1
Mack, CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
  Omori, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
  Deguchi, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kishikawa, DH 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
  Shimizu, PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mizuno, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Inoue, LF 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
  Goto, PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Sugiyama, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  Yoshimura, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Yoshihara, C 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
  Fukuo, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Motoki, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
M.Saito, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Kono, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Nishiyama, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
  Kawaguchi, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 32 2 7 2 3 8 24 11
  Orix Blue Wave AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Taguchi, LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
Oshima, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
I.Suzuki, CF-RF 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
Neel, DH 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 0
Fujii, RF-1B 2 1 2 0 1 0 6 1
  Yojo, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jennings, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
  S.Takahashi, PH 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
  Motonishi, CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ogawa, SS 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
  Baba, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fukura, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
  Suguro, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Takada, C 3 1 1 0 0 1 8 0
Hoshino, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Ito, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
  Nomura, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  T.Suzuki, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 29 5 7 5 4 4 27 12
Giants   0 0 1   1 0 0   0 0 0   -   2
BlueWave   0 0 5   0 0 0   0 0 X   -   5
E- Takada. DP- Giants 1 (Kawai), BlueWave 1 (Fukura-Oshima-Jennings). LOB- Giants 8, BlueWave 5. 2B- Nishi, Neel, Ogawa, Ochiai, Fujii, Matsui. 3B- Fujii. HR- Nishi (2, 3rd inn. off Hoshino, 0 on). SH- Kawai, Oshima. SB- Kawai. GIDP- Inoue. Awarded first base on catcher's interference- Kishikawa (Takada).
Yomiuri Giants IP P BF H R ER BB SO
M.Saito (L,0-1) 2.2 76 14 5 5 5 2 2
Kono 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0
Nishiyama 1.2 15 6 1 0 0 0 1
Kawaguchi 3.2 41 13 1 0 0 1 1
Orix Blue Wave IP P BF H R ER BB SO
Hoshino 3.1 50 16 5 2 2 1 3
Ito (W,1-0) 3.2 51 13 1 0 0 1 3
Nomura 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
T.Suzuki (S,3) 2 30 7 0 0 0 1 2
T- 3:26. A- 33,222. Umpires- HP:T.Kobayashi(CL) 1B:Yamamoto(PL). 2B:Ino(CL) 3B:Igarashi(PL) LF:Tomoyose(CL) RF:Hayashi(PL). Official scorer- Yoshimura.

PLAY BY PLAY

FIRST INNING
Giants - Nishi doubled to left. Kawai sacrificed Nishi to third, third baseman to the second baseman covering first. Matsui struck out. Ochiai flied to center.
BlueWave - Inoue now in left. Taguchi singled to center. Oshima sacrificed Taguchi to second, pitcher to the second baseman covering first. I.Suzuki flied into a double play, shortstop unassisted.
SECOND INNING
Giants - Mack struck out. Kishikawa awarded first base on the catcher's interference. Inoue grounded into a double play, third baseman to second baseman to first baseman.
BlueWave - Neel struck out. Fujii tripled to right. Jennings struck out. Ogawa flied to left.
THIRD INNING
Giants - Sugiyama flied to left. Motoki flied to center. Nishi homered to left. Kawai walked. Kawai stole second. Matsui grounded to the pitcher.
BlueWave - Fukura flied to center. Takada singled to right. Taguchi singled to short, Takada went to second. Oshima grounded to second, Takada went to third and Taguchi to second. I.Suzuki walked. Neel doubled to left, scoring Takada and Taguchi as I.Suzuki went to third. Fujii walked. Kono now pitching. S.Takahashi, batting for Jennings, walked, and I.Suzuki scored as Neel went to third and Fujii to second. Nishiyama now pitching. Ogawa doubled to right, scoring Neel and Fujii as S.Takahashi went to third. Fukura struck out.
FOURTH INNING
Giants - Motonishi now in center, I.Suzuki in right and Fujii at first. Ochiai doubled to right. Mack struck out. Kishikawa singled to left, Ochiai went to third. Inoue singled to center, scoring Ochiai as Kishikawa went to second. Ito now pitching. Yoshimura, batting for Sugiyama, grounded to the first baseman, who tossed to the pitcher covering first, as Kishikawa went to third and Inoue to second. Motoki lined to second.
BlueWave - Yoshihara now catching. Takada flied to center. Taguchi grounded to short. Oshima grounded to the pitcher.
FIFTH INNING
Giants - Nishi grounded to short. Kawai grounded to first. Matsui walked. Ochiai forced Matsui at second, shortstop to second baseman.
BlueWave - I.Suzuki grounded to the first baseman, who tossed to the pitcher covering first. Kawaguchi now pitching. Neel walked. Fujii doubled to right, Neel went to third. Motonishi reached first on a fielder's choice as Neel was tagged out at the plate, third baseman to the catcher, and Fujii went to third. Ogawa grounded to the pitcher.
SIXTH INNING
Giants - Mack grounded to the pitcher. Kishikawa grounded to short. Inoue struck out.
BlueWave - Fukura grounded to short. Takada struck out. Taguchi flied to center.
SEVENTH INNING
Giants - Baba now at third and Suguro at short. Yoshihara struck out. Motoki grounded to third. Nishi struck out.
BlueWave - Oshima popped to second. I.Suzuki flied to center. Neel flied to right.
EIGHTH INNING
Giants - Kawai singled to left. Nomura now pitching. Matsui doubled to right-center, Kawai went to third. T.Suzuki now pitching. Ochiai fouled to first. Omori, batting for Mack, struck out. Yojo now at first. Shimizu, batting for Kishikawa, grounded to the first baseman, who tossed to the pitcher covering first.
BlueWave - Deguchi now in center. Yojo and Motonishi grounded to second. Baba grounded to short.
NINTH INNING
Giants - Goto, batting for Inoue, walked. Fukuo, batting for Yoshihara, struck out. Motoki forced Goto at second, first baseman to shortstop. Nishi flied to left.

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