At Nagoya Dome
BayStars | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Yamamoto (1W)
Sv: Sun (1S)
LP: Morita (1L)
HR: D Tatsunami 1, Powell 1
1997 Central League has started.
(The Game at Hiroshima was rained out)
[In the bottom of the first inning, the lead-off
of the Dragons Tatsunami got a homer to right
stand. Dragon batters still hit many homers
even in large Nagoya Dome. In the top of the
last inning, Saeki drove a run with his triple
to right field with two outs when the Dragons
switched the pitcher from starter Yamamoto into
Sun. Sun's second pitch went over the head of
the batter, hit catcher's mit and went behind
of him. Saeki tried home, the ball did not
go so far and there was bang-bang play at
the plate but Saeki was called out. Ohya, the
manager of the Bay Stars, got angry and protested
in vein for 15 minutes after the game was over]
At Nagoya Dome, the Mayer of Nagoya city threw the
first pitch. At Tokyo Dome, Amuro Namie, the most
popular singer in Japan, threw it.
At Tokyo Dome
Swallows | 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 3
WP: Bross (1W)
Sv: Katoh (1S)
LP: Saitoh,M. (1L)
HR: S Kobayakawa 1, Kobayakawa 2, Kobayakawa 3, Inaba 1
G Matsui 1
[Kobayakawa, who was fired by the Carp and now hit
the fifth in the batting order of the Swallows,
got three homers in his first three at-bats!
Saitoh couldn't pitch four continuous shutout
games on the opening day. Matsui showed his power
by hitting low fastball to right stand. The Giant
pitchers and batters seem to be still sleeping :-)]
At Hiroshima
Tigers | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Yamauchi (1W)
Sv: Sasaoka (1S)
LP: Kawajiri (1L)
HR: C Ogata 1
[The Carp won the opeing game postponed with
the 3-run homer of Ogata. Now the Tigers has lost
the opening games for seven years. The umpire-in-chief
of this game was Dimulo(sp?) from AAA. There is
exchange of umpires between the US (3A) and Japan]
At Nagoya Dome
BayStars | 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Tokano (1W)
Sv: Sasaki (1S)
LP: Daitoh (1L)
[The Dragons caught up with the Bay Stars with a single of
Taihoh but the Bay Stars went ahead with the error of
Taihoh in the 7th inning: the ball went throught the
wicket with two outs and a runner on first. Sasaki of the
Bay Stars got 4 strikeouts in a row to close the game]
At Tokyo Dome
Swallows | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
WP: Tabata (1W)
Sv: Katoh (2S)
LP: Nishiyama (1L)
HR: S Hosey 1
G Kawai 1
[The Swallows won again. The Swallows went ahaed with
the homer of Hosey in the second inning. In the 9th
inning, just after Kawai's homer, Hata's blooper dropped
just before CF Matsui and the Swallows won. Somehow,
Takatsu didn't appeaered in the bottom of the last inning.
FYI, Kobayakawa, who hit 3 homers yesterday, got 4 strikeouts]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Komiyama (1W)
LP: Nishizaki (1L)
HR: M Igarashi 1, Shimizu 1
Pacific League has started, too.
(A game at Kobe was rained out)
[Komiyama pitched very well to shut the Fighters out.
Two Marine rookie started and went good: Kosaka,
who fields shortstop and hit the second, went 3 for
3, including a 2-run double in the second inning.
Marine catcher Shimizu homered in the 7th inning.
Fighter starter Nishizaki was too bad]
At Tokyo Dome, a popular voice actress Shiina Hekiru
threw the first pitch. At Seibu a popular singer Watanabe
Misato again threw the first pitch. At Kobe, a popular
news caster Komiya Etsuko, a fan of whom BW manger Ohgi is,
was going to throw the first pitch, but it was rained out.
Ohgi said her to wait until October, that is to say, the
first pitch of Japan series at Kobe :-)
At Seibu
Hawks | 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 | 3
WP: Takeda (1W)
Sv: Kimura (1S)
LP: Nishiguchi (1L)
Hd: H Sakumoto Okamoto
HR: H Yoshinaga 1, Akiyama 1
[The game delaied 55 minutes because of rain.
In the top of the first inning, Muramatsu walked,
stole second base, advanced to third with a fly
to left field, and came back to home by a sacrifice
fly of Akiyama. In late innings, the Hawks went
ahead with homers of Yoshinaga and Akiyama.
Akiyama's homer is the 383rd homer in his career.
He now stands the 13th place with career homeruns,
leaving Hara of the Giants and Ohshima of the
Dragons and the Fighers (382). FYI, Yamauchi is
the 12th place with 396 homers, and Nagashima
the 11th place with 444 homers]
At Hiroshima
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 | 3
WP: Nakagomi (1W)
Sv: Tamura (1S)
LP: Yamasaki (1L)
HR: T Hiratsuka 1, Hiratsuka 2, Hiatt 1
C Lopez 1
[Nakagomi has come back. He has won since October 1993.
Hiratsuka got back-to-back homers, Wada and Shinjyo made
nice fielding. In the last inning, the Carp came back,
but Tamura, the sixth pitcher of the Tigers, managed to
save the team]
At Nagoya Dome
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Kawamura (1W)
Sv: Sasaki (2S)
LP: Maeda (1L)
[Kawamura of the Bay Stars has become the first winning
pitcher among the rookies in both leagues. Sasaki again
got a save. The Bay Stars seem to be good in April :-)]
At Tokyo Dome
Swallows | 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Kuwata (1W)
Sv: Kida (1S)
LP: Yamamoto (1L)
HR: S Hosey 2
G Kiyohara 1
[Kuwata has come back. He went to the end of the 6th
inning to be the winning pitcher. Yamabe, the third
Swallow pitcher, was so bad that he gave up three
continuous walks and a 2-run RBI hit in the 5th inning]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Kuroki (1W)
LP: Gross (1L)
HR: M Ohmura 1
[Kuroki pitched a complete game. The Marines turned
the game over in the 7th inning with a 2-run homer of
Ohmura. Ochiai went 1 for 4, got 3 strikeouts and
a stolen base!]
The other two games of the PL were rained out, so
the Blue Wave and the Buffaloes can't start the season yet.
At Yokohama
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 4 |11
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 5
WP: Yamazaki (1W)
LP: Morinaka (1L)
HR: T Hiyama 1, Hiatt 2, Yagi 1, Hiyama 2
YB Shindoh 1
[The Tigers won with 4 homers. Tiger starter Yabu was
so bad that he allowed 4 runs in the second inning.
In the top of the 6th inning, Hiyama got a 3-run homer
and Hiatt a 2-run homer. After Tiger fielders threw out
a runner at the plate in the 6th inning, Yagi homered
in the 7th inning. At last, in the last inning, Hiyama
hit a grand slam]
At Jingu
Carp | 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 3 X |10
WP: Yoshii (1W)
LP: Takahashi,K. (1L)
HR: S Furuta 1
[The Carp made comeback in late innings, but Carp
pitchers allowed runs just after the Carp scored.
Nomura seems to manage very well so far]
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Nakayama (1W)
Sv: Sun (2S)
LP: Galvez (1L)
[Both starters, Ochiai and Galvez, suddenly became bad.
The Giants scored 4 runs in the second, whereas the Dragons
scored 6 runs in the 5th. Nakayama and Sun pitched well
and the Dragons beated the Giants]
At Osaka Dome
Marines | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Takamura (1W)
Sv: Akahori (1S)
LP: Dennis (1L)
HR: Bu Suzuki 1
[The season of Buffaloes finally started. Takamura was
so bad in the first inning that he hit a batter on bases
loaded, but after that he pitched well. Suzuki got the
first homer in Osaka Dome at the 4th inning]
At Seibu
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 | 5
WP: Takeshita (1W)
LP: Suzuki (1L)
HR: BW D.J 1, Ogawa 1
L Martinez 1
[The Blue Wave almost won thier first game, but they lost.
Doug Jennings and Ogawa got back-to-back homers in the 5th
and the Blue Wave went ahead. Ichiro doubled in the 6th
to drive one run in. In the bottom of the 9th, Hoshino,
the Blue Wave starter, left the mound after Martinez homered.
But closer Suzuki was bad. The final batter Matsui grounded
to left side of first baseman and the ball was turned 1B to
pitcher but Matsui's speed made him to reach the first base
and the Lions won]
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 X | 7
WP: Fujii (1W)
Sv: Kimura (2S)
LP: Sekine (1L)
HR: F Taguchi 1
H Jojima 1
[The Hawks went ahead in late innings. It was too
bad that Sekine of the Fighers gave up a walk on
bases loaded in the 7th. Now the Hawks are not
what they used to be last season :-)]
At Yokohama
Tigers | 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 | 4
WP: Yufune (1W)
LP: Morita (2L)
HR: YB Rose 1
[The Tigers are hot now. Today, they scored 8 runs
early in the game without any homeruns. Bay Star
fielders were credited with four errors in total.
Yufune pitched a complete game though he allowed
three runs in the last inning]
At Jingu
Carp | 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 X | 7
WP: Okabayashi (1W)
Sv: Itoh,T. (1S)
LP: Katoh (1L)
HR: C Ogata 2
S Iida 1, Ikeyama 1, Hosey 3, Kobayakawa 4
[Okabayashi has come back. Ito Tomohito also got a
save. Swallow hitters got 4 homers against Carp
pitchers so they are now bazooka line-up :-)]
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 1 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 X | 9
WP: Makihara (1W)
LP: Udoh (1L)
HR: D Taihoh 1
G Matsui 2
[Makihara pitched well. Hoshino switched Udoh
into Idemoto in the 4th inning when Udoh allowed
two hits with no outs, but Dragon set-ups Idemoto
and Daitoh were too bad. Now the Giants escaped
from the bottom :-)]
At Osaka Dome
Marines | 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 3
Hd: M Kawamoto
HR: M Hatsushiba 1
(Tie Game)
Pitchers:
M Yabuta-Kawamoto-Narimoto-Sonokawa-Yoshida
Bu Ishige-Nishikawa-Kubo-Sano-Akahori
[Ishige started for the Buffaloes. He pitched
for four innings, allowing 2 runs and 1 earned run.
Narimoto, the Marine closer, was not so good that
the Buffaloes tied with the Marines in the 9th.
Sonokawa appeared on the mound following Narimoto.
He had chance to win, but he counldn't]
At Seibu
BlueWave | 2 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 | 4
WP: Noda (1W)
LP: Shintani (1L)
HR: BW Ogawa 2, Neel 1
[The Blue Wave bombed Shinatani and Ishii Takashi.
Ichiro got 3 hits and Neel drove 4 runs in]
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 X | 3
WP: Kudoh (1W)
Sv: Sakumoto (1S)
LP: Imai (1L)
Hd: H Jose Okamoto
HR: H Yoshinaga 2
[Four Hawk pitchers shut the Lions out. The Hawks
haven't lost any game yet whereas the Fighters
haven't win :-) A Fighter rookie Imai started and
he allowed only 3 runs in six innings but he had bad luck]
At Yokohama
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 X | 8
WP: Nomura (1W)
Sv: Sasaki (3S)
LP: Funaki (1L)
HR: T Hiratsuka 3, Shinjyo 1
YB Rose 2, Tanishige 1
[The Bay Stars went ahead with the grand slam
of Rose in the 4th inning. In the last inning,
the Tigeres came back. Shinjo got a 3-run homer
off Sasaki who had just appeared. But none of
the following batters couldn't reach first]
At Jingu
Carp | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Sawazaki (1W)
LP: Takatsu (1L)
HR: C Perez 1
[Ohno started for the Carp, and he was pretty good.
He had bad luck because the only run he allowed caused
by two continous errors. Carp rookie Sawazaki went
to the mound from the 9th through the end of the game.
Perez presented him his first win by his homerun
in the 11th inning]
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 3
WP: Yamamoto (2W)
Sv: Sun (3S)
LP: Okajima (1L)
HR: D Nakamura 1
G Hirosawa 1
[Yamamoto was ejected when Hirosawa got a
2-run homer in the 9th inning. Dragon
closer Sun allowed two hits and one sacrifice
fly so that the Giants still had chance of
runner on first with one out. But Sun got
strikeouts against Nishi and Kawai (just before
Matsui) and the Dragons won]
At Osaka Dome
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 X | 5
WP: Koike (1W)
LP: Takekiyo (1L)
HR: Bu Nakamura 1
[Koike pitched his first shutout game. He allowed only
four hits. The starter of the Marines was a rookie pitcher
Takekiyo. He allowed 3 runs in the second with a homerun
and a passed ball. Narimoto, a Marine closer, appeared
in the 8th, but he was too bad: he threw only eight pitches
all of which were called ball]
At Seibu
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X | 2
WP: Givens (1W)
LP: Hirai (1L)
[Both starters Givens and Hirai pitched very well.
In paticular, Givens became the second foreign pitcher
who pitched a shutout game on his first game. FYI,
the first such pitcher is Checo (1995 Carp)]
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 2 0 3 0 5 0 0 1 X |11
WP: Wakatabe (1W)
LP: Imazeki (1L)
HR: H Kokubo 1
[In the top of the first inning, the Fighters had chance
of runners on second and third with no outs after they
scored one run, but the following batters, Ochiai,
Wilson and Brooks couldn't drive any run in. The Hawks
batters got 11 hits in total, and 1B Yoshinaga helped
starter Wakatabe, who started for the first time in recent
one year and 8 months, by catching a line drive near the
right foul line on bases loaded in the top of the 5th]
At Koshien
Giants | 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 2
WP: Saitoh,M. (1W 1L)
Sv: Kida (2S)
LP: Kawajiri (2L)
HR: T Shinjyo 2
[The Tigers came back in late innings, but could't
catch up. Kakuri threw at pitch in the 8th inning.
He pitched well in that inning, but he allowed one
run in the 9th after two outs]
The Tigers have announced that Mike Greenwell
will come back to Japan on April 30.
At Yokohama
Carp | 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Yamauchi (2W)
LP: Kawamura (1W 1L)
HR: C Lopez 2, Kanemoto 1
[Bay Star rookie Kawamura left the mound in the 6th inning.
He was not very good so that he threw 127 pitches and gave
6 walks up. Yamauchi pitched a complete game to win]
At Nagoya Dome
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------------------+--
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Itoh,T. (1W)
Sv: Yamabe (1S)
LP: Nakayama (1W 1L)
[Dragon starter Ochiai almost pitched a shutout game, but
he was switched into Kitano at the pinch of runners on
first and third with two outs in the 9th. Kitano allowed
PH Dobashi to single, and the game got into extra innings.
In the top of the 13th, Kobayakawa got a game-winning
infield hit to second baseman to finish the game of
4 hours 58 minutes length]
At Chiba
Lions | 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Toyoda (1W)
Sv: Robert (1S)
LP: Komiyama (1W 1L)
Hd: L Ishii, Take. Ishii, Taka.
[Komiyama was so unlucky: in the 5th, he lost one run after
an infield error. In the 6th, a blooper became a 2-run double.
In the 8th, batted ball hit Komiyama with his right arm and
he was ejected. After the game, he said only one word:"Ouch"]
At Fukuoka Dome
BlueWave | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+---------------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
WP: Itoh (1W)
Sv: Suzuki (1L 1S)
LP: Sakumoto (1L 1S)
[The Blue Wave stopped the winning series of the Hawks.
Sakumoto gave up a walk for Neel on bases loaded in
the 10th inning, after got Ichiro a flied out]
At Osaka Dome
Fighters | 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: Yamasaki (1W)
Sv: Akahori (2S)
LP: Shibakusa (1L)
Hd: Bu Nishikawa Kiyokawa
HR: F Brooks 1
Bu Clark 1, Rhodes 1
[Shibakusa pitched a complete game but he lost. The Fighters
went ahead with two-run shot of Brooks, but Rhodes shot a 3-run
homer in the 3rd. In the top of the 7th inning, the Fighters
had chance of a runner on second with no out after they scored
one run. They got two more basehits in the inning, but they
couldn't score any more runs]
At Koshien
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Kawaguchi (1W)
Sv: Kida (3S)
LP: Yamazaki (1W 1L)
HR: G Matsui 3
[Takeuchi pitched very well. In the top of the 8th,
Kawai hit a low half line drive to Takeuchi. The
batted ball hit his glove and turned to second baseman
and Kawai reached to first base. After that Takeuchi
allowed Matsui to hit a 2-run homer near the left foul
pole. It winded from right to left]
At Yokohama
Carp | 2 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 |14
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 | 8
WP: Sawazaki (2W)
LP: Morinaka (2L)
HR: C Maeda 1, Kanemoto 2, Nishiyama 1, Etoh 1
YB Rose 3
[What a game. Yokohama got 21 hits in total but scored 8 runs
whereas Hiroshima got 14 hits and scored 14 runs. Kohiyama,
who pitched in the 5th inning, was too bad]
At Nagoya Dome
Swallows | 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Yamamoto
LP: Maeda
HR: D Powell 2
[Dragon starter Maeda was bad only in the first inning.
Swallow starter Yamamoto pitched a complete game.
Powell's shot in the first inning had gone to the highest
deck in the left stand and the offical scorer announced
that it flied about 160 meters]
At Chiba
Lions | 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
WP: Nishiguchi (1W 1L)
LP: Kuroki (1W 1L)
HR: L Tanabe 1, Martinez 2
[Nishiguchi got 12 strikeouts. He got 7 continuous
strike outs. Moreover, he got 4 strike outs in the
second inning (a batter reached to first because the
third strike became a wild pitch). Now the Marines
lost four games in a row]
At Fukuoka Dome
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Satoh (1W)
Sv: Kobayashi (1S)
LP: Tanoue (1L)
[Satoh, 42 years old Blue Wave pitcher, went to the 7th inning
to get his first win this season. Tanoue threw for 8 innings,
but Hawk batters couldn't help him. They got only two hits
in total]
At Osaka Dome
Fighters | 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Gross (1W 1L)
LP: Teramae (1L)
[Gross pitched a shutout game to lead the Fighters to
thier first win this season. This win is the career
3000th win for the Fighters]
At Koshien
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 X | 5
WP: Yabu (1W)
LP: Kuwata (1W 1L)
HR: T Hiatt 3
[Yabu pitched a shutout game. Catcher Johzume helped
him very well. In the second, Hiatt hit a 2-run shot
just after Kawai missed to throw and failed to turn a
double play. In the top of the 8th, Nishi, the lead-off
of this inning, grounded to pitcher. The batted ball
hit the glove of Yabu and went behind of him, which
remined the batted ball of Kawai yesterday. But tonight
Yabu caught it and threw out at the first]
At Yokohama
Carp | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-------------------------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 4
WP: Kawahara (1W)
LP: Tamaki,S. (1L)
HR: C Nomura 1
YB Selby 1
[Nomura of the Carp got a homerun with two outs
in the 9th inning on the count 3-0. But Nomura
made short throwing to first with two outs and
runners on second and third in the 14th inning
so the Bay Stars won]
At Nagoya Dome
Swallows | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 | 2
WP: Katoh (1W 2S)
LP: Kitano (1L)
HR: S Inaba 2
[The Swallows is hot now. In the 9th inning, Inaba
got a game-winning 3-run homer]
At Chiba
Lions | 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 X | 6
WP: Kondoh (1W)
Sv: Kawamoto (1S)
LP: Yokota (1L)
[Marine rookie Kosaka is pretty good. He got three hits:
in the 3rd, he tripled to drive two runs in. In the 6th,
he singled to right field with runner on first. The RF
juggled the ball and the first runner scored to tie the game]
At Fukuoka Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 5
WP: West (1W)
Sv: Kimura (2S)
LP: Toyoda (1L)
HR: BW Neel 2
H Yoshinaga 3, Shibahara 1
[Hawk rookie Shibahara (RF) started for the first time.
He got his first hit in the 4th, and his first homerun
in the 6th, which became the game-winning homerun in
the end]
At Osaka Dome
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Kohda (1W)
Sv: Sano (1S)
LP: Kaneishi (1L)
HR: Bu Suzuki 2, Clark 2
[Kaneishi started for the first time in recent 4 years, but
he was ejected with only 17 pitches. Kohda of the Dragons
pitched very well. He had to leave the mound in the 9th
inning, but anyway he won]
At Koshien
Dragons | 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
WP: Koike (1W)
Sv: Sun (4S)
LP: Nakagomi (1W 1L)
HR: D Gomez 1
[Nakagomi and Koike pitched well. In paticular, Koike didn't
allow any hit until the end of the 5th inning. The Tigers
came back in the 8th inning. After they scored one run,
Hiyama appeared on the chance of bases loaded with two outs
but Dragon closer Sun got him a flied out]
At Jingu
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 X | 6
WP: Yoshii (2W)
LP: Morita (3L)
HR: YB Rose 4
[The Swallows are now very hot. Yoshii not only pitched
a complete game, but also he got a 2-run RBI hit]
At Hiroshima
Giants | 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 4
WP: Galvez (1W 1L)
Sv: Kawaguchi (1W 1S)
LP: Katoh (2L)
HR: G Sugiyama 1, Nishi 1
C Nomura 2
[The Giants went ahead with a RBI hit of Kiyohara
in the first inning. In the second inning, Sugiyama
homered to left stand. After Nomura got a 2-run homer
in the third, both teams couldn't score for a while.
In the 8th, Nishi homered and in the 9th the Giants scored
more two runs. In the bottom of the 9th inning, the Carp
came back but it was too late]
At Nagoya Dome
Marines | 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Kawamoto (1W 1S)
LP: Nomura (1L)
HR: M Carreon 1, Carreon 2
BW Fujii 1
[Carreon led the Marines to win. He homerd in the
8th to tie the game, and in the 9th he got a game-
winning 2-run homer]
At Tokyo Dome
Lions | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Shiozaki (1W)
LP: Iwamoto (1L)
HR: L Martinez 3, Takagi, T. 1
[The Lions scored 6 runs with 7 hits. Fighter starter
Iwamoto pitched well but Fighter hitters could't help him.
Takagi's grand slam in the 9th was a inside-the-park homerun]
At Osaka Dome
Hawks | 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Kudoh (2W)
Sv: Kimura (4S)
LP: Takamura (1W 1L)
HR: H Kokubo 2, Hamana 1
Bu Mizuguchi 1
[The Hawks now led the PL. Kudoh allowed 6 walks in
four innings, but Buffalo hitters scored no runs.
In the 5th, the Hawks scored 2 runs with bad fielding
of the Buffloes]
At Koshien
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
WP: Yamamoto (3W)
Sv: Sun (5S)
LP: Yufune (1W 1L)
HR: D Tatsunami 2
[Yufune pitched well, but Tiger hitters couldn't help him.
In the bottom of the 9th, Hiatt tripled and rookie Imaoka
doubled so that the Dragons had to switch the pitcher from
starter Yamamoto to Sun. Sun got two men outs, and the Tigers
lost another 1-run game]
At Jingu
BayStars | 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 4 4 2 2 0 1 1 X |14
WP: Bross (2W)
LP: Nomura (1W 1L)
HR: YB Suzuki,T. 1, Haru 1, Komada 1
S Hosey 4, Inaba 3, Dobashi 1, Inaba 4
[The Swallows presented Nomura his career 1000th win as manager.
Inaba got back-to-back homers in the 3rd and the 5th.
His shot in the third was a grand slam]
At Hiroshima
Giants | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 X | 9
WP: Ohno (1W)
LP: Makihara (1W 1L)
HR: C Lopez 3, Maeda 1
[The Carp batters bombed Makihara and Okada.
Ohno, a 41 year old Carp starter, went to the end of the
6th inning to get his first win this season]
At Nagoya Dome
Marines | 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 X | 6
WP: Kobayashi (1W 1S)
LP: Kishikawa (1L)
HR: BW Neel 3
[Marine rookie Takekiyo couldn't win. He was removed when
the Blue Wave tied the game in the 7th inning. In the 8th
inning, Doug Jennings grounded near the right foul line with
two outs and a runner on second. Thompson dived and got it
but he couldn't get D.J out at the first, so the seocnd runner
scored]
At Tokyo Dome
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X | 7
WP: Imai (1W 1L)
LP: Shintani (2L)
[Ochiai went 4 for 4 and the Fighters beated the Lions.
Imai has become the first rookie pitcher who pitched
a shutout game in this season]
At Osaka Dome
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 4 X |12
WP: Ishige (1W)
Sv: Akahori (3S)
LP: Wakatabe (1W 1L)
HR: Bu Yoshioka 1
[The Buffaloes has come back to the top. Ishige got
his first win as a starter. Yoshioka, who was also traded
from the Giants last off, got a 3-run in the 8th]
At Koshien
Dragons | 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 1 0 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Ochiai (1W)
LP: Kawajiri (3L)
HR: D Nakamura 2
[Kawajiri allowed Namamura to get a 3-run homer in the 4th.
In the 6th, Yamazaki became too bad after he got two outs:
he allowed 2 hits and 3 walks. Now the Tigers lost three
games in a row at the home]
At Jingu
BayStars | 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 X | 7
WP: Itoh,T. (2W 1S)
LP: Kawahara (1W 1L)
HR: YB Tanishige 2, Selby 2
S Inaba 5, Kobayakawa 5, Dobashi 2
[The Swallows won't stop. In the 4th inning,
the Swallows turned the game with 3 homers.
In the 8th, they went ahead with a suicide
squeeze play]
At Hiroshima
Giants | 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 | 4
WP: Kawaguchi (2W 1S)
Sv: Kida (4S)
LP: Yokoyama (1L)
HR: G Matsui 4, Sugiyama 2, Nishi 2, Matsui 5
C Maeda 2
[In the top of the 8th, after the Carp tied the game
in the bottom of the 7th, Matsui got a game-winning
homerun, hitting a low forkball. Kida pitches very
well as a Giant closer]
At Nagoya Dome
Marines | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Yoshida (1W)
Sv: Kawamoto (1W 2S)
LP: Suzuki (2L 1S)
[Blue Wave relievers were bad in the last inning.
Suzuki allowed two continuous hits and he was switched
into Nomura. Nomura gave up two continuous walks after
a sacrifice bunt. Blue Wave starter Hirai pitched well
but he couldn't win]
Narimoto, a Marine closer, has injured with his
right elbow. He will be missed for several weeks.
At Tokyo Dome
Lions | 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 7
WP: Givens (2W)
Sv: Robert (2S)
LP: Takahashi,N. (1L)
Hd: L Sugiyama
HR: L Itoh 1, Matsui 1, Sasaki 1
[The Lions turned the game today. Gross, who started
five days ago, started for the Fighters, but he was
not good]
At Osaka Dome
Hawks | 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 X | 6
WP: Sano (1W 1S)
Sv: Akahori (4S)
LP: Okamoto (1L)
HR: H Matsunaga 1
Bu Nakamura 2, Clark 3
[In the bottom of the 8th inning, Clark got a game-winning
homerun to left stand]
At Fukuoka Dome
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Tabata (2W)
LP: Funaki (2L)
HR: S Ikeyama 2
[Tabata pitched a shutout game and the Swallows
won seven games in a row. Tiger starter Funaki
was too bad. The Tigers lost four games in a row
to go down to the bottom]
At Chiba
Hawks | 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 6
WP: West (2W)
Sv: Kimura (5S)
LP: Kishikawa (2L)
Hd: H Jose
Hd: M Kondoh
HR: H Kokubo 3
[The Marines led by 5 runs in the first inning, but
they relinquish the lead. In the top of the 7th
inning, Muramatsu doubled to tie the game at first.
The Hawks still had chance of runners on second and
third with two outs. The Marines gave an intentional
walk for the batter Kokubo, but the next batter Yanagita
got a game-winning 2-run hit]
At Kobe
Fighters | 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 |12
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 | 5
WP: Shibakusa (1W 1L)
LP: Fraser (1L)
HR: F Wilson 1, Ide 1, Ochiai 1
BW Fujii 2, Ogawa 3, Ogawa 4
[Fraser was too bad. Shibakusa pitched a complete game.
Kase, a Blue Wave outfielder, threw for the first time
in regular season. He pitched in the 7th and 8th inning
but he allowed Ochiai to hit a 3-run homer]
At Seibu
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 X | 6
WP: Toyoda (2W)
LP: Koike (1W 1L)
HR: L Kanemura 1, Martinez 4, Tanabe 2
[Toyoda missed a shutout game but pitched a complete game.
Kanemura, who was traded from the Dragons this month,
got his first homer as a Lion player. In the 6th, Martinez,
who is called "Maru-chan", hit a 3-run shot to center]
At Fukuoka Dome
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 | 5
WP: Itoh,T. (3W 1S)
LP: Kasai (1L)
HR: T Hiatt 4
S Satoh,S. 1
[In the top of the 9th, Wada doubled to drive one run in.
Following him, Hiatt got a 3-run homer off Itoh Tomohito
to tie the game. But, Kasai allowed Satoh Shinichi to
get a game-ending homer]
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 5
WP: Sasaki (1W 3S)
LP: Iriki (1L)
HR: YB Rose 5, Ishii,T. 1
G Matsui 6
[In the top of the 7th, Kawaguchi appeared on the
mound when two men on and the batter was Ishii.
But Kawaguchi hit Ishii with his head and he was
automatically ejected because of the rule of "Dangerous
pitch". Kida relieved him but Kida allowed Rose
and Selby to get RBI hits. Sasaki of the Bay Stars
pitched the last two innings to win]
At Gifu
Dragons | 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 1 0 4 2 3 0 1 2 X |13
WP: Perdomo (1W)
LP: Idemoto (1L)
HR: C Kanemoto 3, Kanemoto 4, Lopez 4, Maeda 3, Seto 1
[The Carp turned the game with 20 hits, including 5 homers.
Perdomo threw from the 4th inning through the 7th inning
to get his first win, allowing only 3 hits. Perdomo was
an infielder the last season]
At Chiba
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X | 4
WP: Takekiyo (1W 1L)
Sv: Kawamoto (1W 3S)
LP: Tanoue (2L)
Hd: M Yoshida
[Marine rookie Takekiyo, who relieved Sonokwa in the 5th,
got his first win. Hirai got the game-winning triple in
the 6th inning]
At Kobe
Fighters | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 | 4
WP: Nomura (1W 1L)
LP: Shimoyanagi (1L)
HR: BW Fujii 3
[Shimoyanagi, who appeared in the second inning
with bases loaded and no outs, pitched very well.
He seemed to be tired in the 9th inning, but the Hawks
made him go on. He finally allowed Ichiro to get a RBI
single and he was removed with the bases loaded and
one out. Fujii got a game-ending hit off Yamahara]
At Seibu
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Nishiguchi (2W 1L)
LP: Teramae (2L)
HR: L Kakiuchi 1
[Kakiuchi got a game-winning 2-run homer in the 4th inning.
Nishiguchi pitched a complete game. Now the Lions is
the leader in the Pacific League since July 14th, 1995]
At Fukuoka Dome
Tigers | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 X | 8
WP: Yoshii (3W)
LP: Takeuchi (1L)
HR: S Inaba 6
[The Swallows now won 9 games in a row. They scored in various
ways: In the first, Inaba homered. In the second, Tsuji got
a RBI double. in the 4th, Yoshii successed a suicide squeeze play.
In the 5th, Ikeyama and Inaba successed double stolen bases and
Inaba scored]
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 X | 4
WP: Kawaguchi (3W 1S)
LP: Morita (4L)
HR: YB Tanishige 3
[Morita pitched so well that he allowed only 3 hits,
two of which was a RBI hit by Sugiyama. It was pity
for the Bay Stars that Bay Star reliever Shimada gave
up the 4th hit of the Giants for Nishi, which drove
two runs in. Because Tanishige homered off Kawaguchi
in the 9th inning.
Kuwata started for the Giants. He went to the end
of the 7th inning, threw 88 pitches. In the top of the
8th, Kawaguchi appeared against Ishii, whom Kawaguchi hit
on his head yestarday. Kawaguchi got Ishii strikeout and
he became the winning pitcher]
At Gifu
Dragons | 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 1 X | 9
WP: Yokoyama (1W 1L)
LP: Kadokura (1L)
HR: D Gomez 2
C Etoh 2, Nishiyama 2
[In the 7th inning, the Carp scored 5 runs with only one
hit, but the hit was a grand slam by Nishiyama. Yokoyama,
who appeared in the 7th inning, got his career first win.
There was an silly call in the top of the 4th:
Nakamura's shot which went near the left foul pole was
firstly called a homerun, but corrected just a foul ball later.
It was indeed a foul ball]
At Chiba
Hawks | 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Kudoh (3W)
LP: Komiyama (1W 2L)
HR: H Kokubo 4, Kokubo 5
[In the 7th inning, on bases empty with two outs, Komiyama
allowed Kokubo to get his second homer to left stand.
He was removed after he gave up two men on, but the Hawks
bombed reliever Gotoh and blew the Marines out]
At Kobe
Fighters | 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
WP: Sekine (1W 1L)
Sv: Shimazaki (1S)
LP: Itoh (1W 1L)
HR: F Wilson 2, Brooks 2, Ochiai 2
[Shimazaki pitched well for the last 2.1 innings to
lead the Fighters to win. Ochiai got the first homer
off 'pro' pitcher Itoh in the 6th :-)]
At Seibu
Buffaloes | 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Kohda (2W)
Sv: Sano (1W 2S)
LP: Yokota (2L)
HR: Bu Yamamoto 1
[The Buffaloes beated the Lions to come back to the top.
Denny (Tomori Yui) of the Lions appeared in the 8th
inning but he allowed 3 runs in two innings]
At Koshien
BayStars | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 X | 8
WP: Yufune (2W 1L)
LP: Nomura (1W 2L)
HR: T Hiratsuka 4
[The Tigers stopped their losing streak. In the 3rd inning,
Hiyama singled to drive two runs in and the Tigers went ahead.
They got 13 hits in the end. It was unlucky for the Bay Stars
that there was a bad call in the second inning: Nomura bunted
with runner on first, and Johzume got the ball to throw to the
second. It seemed to be safe, but called out]
At Hiroshima
Swallows | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: Katoh (1W 2L)
Sv: Sasaoka (2S)
LP: Yamabe (1L 1S)
HR: S Inaba 7
C Kanemoto 5
[The Carp stopped the Swallows. Swallow starter Yamabe
was too bad]
At Nagoya Dome
Giants | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X | 2
WP: Yamamoto (4W)
Sv: Sun (6S)
LP: Galvez (1W 2L)
HR: G Kawai 2
[The Dragons was very lucky. They tied the game with
an error of Luis in the 6th. In the 7th, batted ball
by Torigoe grounded through the hole (it hopped highly
and it passed just rightside of 3B and just leftside
of SS) and second runner scored. Sun again saved the
Dragons, getting the last batter out in the 9th inning]
At Kagoshima
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 X | 6
WP: Kondoh (2W)
Sv: Kawamoto (1W 4S)
LP: Sano (1W 1L 2S)
HR: Bu Yamamoto 2
[In the bottom of the 8th, Akahori allowed Nimura
to get a RBI single and the Marines tied the game.
Buffaloe 3B Nakamura had made two continuous throwing
errors to present more two runs for the Marines]
At Kobe
Lions | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 X | 3
WP: Hoshino (1W)
LP: Shiozaki (1W 1L)
[Hoshino pitched a complete game. Donnels, who was fired
by the Buffaloes and was picked up by the Blue Wave this
April, went 2 for 3, drove one run in and scored one run]
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 | 7
WP: Takahashi,N. (1W 1L)
LP: Kimura (1L 5S)
HR: H Kokubo 6
F Wilson 3, Wilson 4, Fujishima 1
[In the top of the 7th, the Hawks turned the game with
a grond slam of Kokubo, but the Fighters made miracle
comeback in the last inning. It was two outs with
bases empty. Wilson got his second homer but still
the Hawks led by one run. After Ide reached to first
with an infield hit, Fujisima homered to left stand]
At Koshien
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 | 2
WP: Kasai (1W 1L)
LP: Shimada (1L)
HR: YB Haru 2
[Both starters Nakagomi and Kawamura pitched well.
In the 8th, the Tigers tied the game with a RBI triple
of Wada. Wada gets a hit in all 16 games this season.
In the bottom of the 11th, Yagi walked on bases loaded
with one out and the Tigers won]
At Hiroshima
Swallows | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 4 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 X |11
WP: Ohno (2W)
LP: Bross (2W 1L)
[Bross lost 11 runs in 4 innings. He had hard luck
and Swallow fielders made bad fielding. OTOH, Ohno
of the Carp went to the 7th inning to win]
At Nagoya Dome
Giants | 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 2 |12
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Miyamoto (1W)
LP: Koike (1W 1L)
HR: G Kiyohara 2, Shimizu 1, Matsui 7, Sugiyama 3
[Kiyohara finally got his second homer in the 3rd
after Matsui walked. Dragon setups were not very
good: They gave up base hits after several walks.
Miyamoto pitched a shutout game to be the first
Giant pitcher who pitched a complete game this season]
At Kagoshima
Buffaloes | 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 | 4
WP: Ishige (2W)
LP: Kuroki (1W 2L)
HR: Bu Yamamoto 3, Ohishi 1, Clark 4
M Hori 1, Carreon 3
[Kuroki seemed to be tired in the 7th inning.
He was removed in the inning but Marine reliever
gave up more and more hits]
At Kobe
Lions | 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Ishii, Taka. (1W)
Sv: Robert (3S)
LP: Mizuo (1L)
[Ishii Takehiro started for the Lions. He was removed
in the 6th inning when he walked the lead-off. But
Ishii Takashi allowed Takahashi to get a RBI hit and
the Blue Wave tied the game. In the 7th, Suzuki Ken
got a game-winning hit]
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 | 5
WP: Shimazaki (1W 1S)
LP: Sakumoto (2L 1S)
HR: H Yugamidani 1
F Tanaka 1, Wilson 5
[Again Wilson helped the Fighters and led them to win.
In the 9th, he got a 2-run homer off Takeda, who almost
pitched a complete game. In the 11th, he doulbed with
runner on first and no outs so that the Fighters had chance
of bases loaded with no outs. Taguchi chopped and
the batted ball hopped over the head of SS.
The Hawks got 16 hits but they lost]
At Osaka Dome
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 | 5
-----------+---------------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 | 6
WP: Kasai (2W 1L)
LP: Morinaka (3L)
HR: YB Suzuki,T. 2, Shindoh 2
T Hiatt 5
[The Tigers again won with a walk on bases loaded. Tonight,
Kawahara gave up a walk for Hoshino in the 10th. Actually,
Sasaki gave up a walk for Hiatt on bases loaded in the 8th
and the Tigers tied the game. The Bay Stars should have
sent Sasaki at the beginning of the bottom of the 8th]
At Hiroshima
Swallows | 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
WP: Kawasaki (1W)
LP: Yamauchi (2W 1L)
HR: S Kobayakawa 6
C Etoh 3
[Kawasaki won for the first time since 1995, pitched a complete
game since 1994. He allowed only 3 hits, one of which was
a homerun of Etoh with two outs in the 9th inning]
At Nagoya Dome
Giants | 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 1 2 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Makihara (2W 1L)
LP: Ochiai (1W 1L)
HR: G Shimizu 2, Matsui 8
[The Giants again blew the Dragons out. Makihara pitched a
shutout game, Kiyohara got two doubles, Matsui got a homer,
which is his career 99th homer, and Shimizu is now in 7 AT
consecutive hitting streak (10 PA consecutive streak of
getting first)]
At Kobe
Lions | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Hirai (1W 1L)
Sv: Kobayashi (1W 2S)
LP: Givens (2W 1L)
[Hirai got his first win as a starter. In the third
inning with runners on first and second and two outs,
the Blue Wave got three continuous basehits]
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+---------------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 | 6
WP: Takahashi,N. (2W 1L)
LP: Kimura (2L 5S)
HR: H Hamana 2
F Ide 2
[The Fighters again won a "sayonara" game. In the 10th
inning, the Fighters had a chance of bases loaded with
one out when Ochiai appeared. He grounded to third baseman
Yugamidani, so we thought it would turn a double play.
But somehow the ball danced in his glove (Yugamidani juggled
the ball) and he couldn't throw to anywhere]
At Koshien
Swallows | 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Tabata (3W)
Sv: (1S)
LP: Yabu (1W 1L)
HR: S Ikeyama 3, Hosey 5
[The Tigers lost four games against the Swallows.
They went ahead with a double of Hiyama in the first
inning, but Yabu allowed Hosey to hit a game-winning
3-run homer]
At Yokohama
Dragons | 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 | 7
WP: Nishi (1W)
LP: Endoh (1L)
HR: D Gomez 3, Gomez 4
YB Rose 6, Tamura 1
[Nakayama of the Dragons was too bad. He appeared
in the 7th inning, and he walked three men in a row
when runners were on first and third with two outs.
After that Komada doubled to drive two runs in.
In the 9th inning, Inoue got a sacrifice fly to
right field after Ishii's triple]
At Tokyo Dome
Carp | 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Kuroda (1W)
LP: Nishiyama (2L)
HR: C Nomura 3, Etoh 4
[The Carp beated the Giants. In the 4th inning Nishiyama hit
Seto so that the Carp had chance of bases loaded with one
out. Nishiyama walked the next batter, pitcher Kuroda, and
he was removed. Reliever Iriki also walked Ogata and gave
up a RBI single for Lopes]
At Fukuoka Dome
Marines | 1 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Takekiyo (2W 1L)
Sv: Yoshida (1W 1S)
LP: Tanoue (3L)
HR: H Pirkl 1
[The Marines scored 6 runs with 4 singles in the 5th.
Rookie Takekiyo got his second win, pitching for 6 innings]
At Osaka Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Fraser (1W 1L)
LP: Yamasaki (1W 1L)
HR: BW Neel 4, Taguchi 1
[The Blue Wave beated the Buffaloes. They scored 3 runs
with 4 hits in both 3rd and 9th. Fraser got his first
win this season]
At Seibu
Fighters | 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Shimoyanagi (1W 1L)
LP: Toyoda (2W 1L)
HR: F Tanaka 2, Taguchi 2
[Shimoyanagi led the Fighers to win. He relieved
Imazeki in the third inning with bases loaded and
no outs. He got three men strikeouts in the inning.
He went to two outs of the 9th inning and today,
he became the winning pitcher]
At Koshien
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Takeuchi (1W 1L)
Sv: Tamura (2S)
LP: Yoshii (3W 1L)
HR: T Hiyama 3, Hiatt 6
[The Tigers won with homeruns of Hiyama and Hiatt.
In the top of the 6th, Dobashi singled to left field
with runners on first and second after the Swallows
scored 2 runs. But the Tiger fielders threw Kobayakawa
out at the plate]
At Yokohama
Dragons | 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Ochiai (2W 1L)
Sv: Sun (7S)
LP: Shimada (2L)
HR: D Gomez 5
YB Shindoh 3
[In the top of the 9th, the Dragons got a game-winning
run with a triple of Higuchi and a single of Masuda.
In the bottom of the 9th inning, Sun appeared to get
his 7th save]
At Tokyo Dome
Carp | 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Sawazaki (3W)
Sv: Sasaoka (3S)
LP: Okajima (2L)
HR: G Nishi 3, Nishi 4
[The starter of the Carp was rookie Sawazaki.
He went to the 6th inning to get his third win.
Okajima started for the Giants, but he was not
very good]
At Fukuoka Dome
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+---------------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Komiyama (2W 2L)
Sv: Kawamoto (1W 5S)
LP: Sakumoto (3L 1S)
HR: M Ohmura 2
[Komiyama went to the end of the 9th to win
since the opening day. In the top of the
10th, the Marines got a game-winning run
with an error of Yoshinaga]
At Osaka Dome
BlueWave | 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 3
WP: Takahashi, K. (1W)
Sv: Kobayashi (1W 3S)
LP: Kohda (2W 1L)
Hd: BW Nomura
HR: BW Neel 5, Donnels 1
Bu
[In the bottom of the 9th, the Buffaloes made comeback.
Mizuguchi doulbed with two men on, one by walk and
the other by an error, and Rhodes singled to drive
Mizuguchi in. Then Kobayashi relieved Nomura and
he got Nakamura a flied out]
At Seibu
Fighters | 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 4
WP: Sekine (2W 1L)
Sv: Yamahara (1S)
LP: Nishiguchi (2W 2L)
Hd: F Shimazaki Takahashi,N.
HR: F Brooks 3, Wilson 6
[The Lions made comeback in late innings: They
scored 2 runs with two basehits and they had
chance of runners on second and third in the 9th
inning. But Kanmeura grounded into double play
after Matsui walked intentionally. Now the Fighters
has won 6 games in a row]
At Koshien
Swallows | 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: Kasai (3W 1L)
LP: Yamamoto (1W 2L)
[The Tigers went 2-1 against the Swallows in this series.
Kasai, who pitched for the last three innings, was very
good. Now Wada has tied with the record consecutive-game
hitting streak in 20 games from the beginning of a season.
Although the Japanese record of the consecutive-game hitting
streak by Takahashi Yoshihiko is in 33 games, 23 games less
than that of DiMaggio :-)]
At Yokohama
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 1 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Idemoto (1W 1L)
LP: Nomura (1W 3L)
HR: D Taihoh 2, Torigoe 1, Nakamura 3
YB Suzuki,T. 3, Shindoh 4
[Dragon hitters got 7 runs with 5 hits in the 6th.
Nomura gave up a 3-run shot for Torigoe after he
got two outs in the 6th]
At Tokyo Dome
Carp | 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 | 5
WP: Kida (1W 4L)
LP: Sasaoka (1L 3S)
HR: G Kiyohara 3, Matsui 9
[Kuwata allowed 4 runs in 5 innings. It is true that
an error of Kiyohara made the Carp some runs, but
he got a 2-run shot in the 3rd inning. Matsui also
got a 2-run homer to tie the game. In the bottom of
the 9th, Sasaoka gave an intentional walk for Matsui
when runner was on third with one out, but he didn't
walk Kiyohara. Kiyohara grounded to right-hand side
of third baseman and the batted ball went through to
left field.
Matsui's homer was his career 100th one]
At Fukuoka Dome
Marines | 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 4 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 X |11
WP: Wakatabe (2W 1L)
LP: Sonokawa (1L)
HR: H Kokubo 7, Yoshinaga 4, Pirkl 2
[In the 5th, the Hawks got 3 homers, two of which was
back-to-back homers by Kokubo and Yoshinaga. Wakatabe
pitched a complete game]
At Osaka Dome
BlueWave | 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
WP: Itoh (2W 1L)
LP: Teramae (3L)
HR: Bu Yamamoto 4
[Donnels is still very good. He drove 4 runs in today. He hit
fifth in batting order now. That's why Ichiro and Neel, who hit
third and 4th respectively, scored 3 runs for each]
At Seibu
Fighters | 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Nagatomi (1W)
Sv: Yamahara (2S)
LP: Takeshita (1W 1L)
[The Lions tied the game with a bloop hit of Matsui in the
5th inning. But in the top of the 6th, Martinez dropped
an easy fly to allow third runner to score. Yamahara of
the Fighters appeared in the last inning. He seemed good]
At Tokyo Dome
Tigers | 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 | 4
WP: Yufune (3W 1L)
Sv: Tamura (3S)
LP: Galvez (1W 3L)
HR: T Hiatt 7
G Matsui 10
[Wada doubled in the first inning, and now he made
new Japanese record of consecutive-game hitting
streak from the beginning of a season. The Tiger
hitters sent Galvez to the dugout in the 6th, but
the Giants came back in late innings with a 2-run
shot of Matsui and so on]
At Yokohama
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 2 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 X |11
WP: Kawamura (2W 1L)
LP: Bross (2W 2L)
HR: S Hosey 6
YB Rose 7, Suzuki,T. 4, Tanishige 4, Tanishige 5
[Rose hit for cylcle and has become the third player
who ever hit for cycle twice or more. FYI, the other
two players are Fujimura Fumio and Matsunaga Hiromi.
Bross was again too bad]
At Nagoya Dome
Carp | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------------------+--
Dragons | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 | 9
WP: Daitoh (1W 1L)
LP: Perdomo (1W 1L)
HR: C Machida 2, Shohda 1
D Gomez 6, Powell 3
[The Dragons made great comeback in the 9th and
Powell got a game-ending three-run homer in the 13th
inning. Perdomo appeared in the bottom of the 9th,
but he allowed Powell to hit a 2-run infield single
in the 9th and a game-ending homer in the 13th]
At Chiba
Fighters | 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 X | 6
WP: Kawamoto (2W 5S)
LP: Shimazaki (1W 1L 1S)
HR: M Thompson 1, Hori 2
[The Marines stopped the Fighters. Hatsushiba singled
to drive two runs in in the 6th inning, and Hori got
a game-winning homerun in the 7th inning]
At Kobe
Hawks | 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Takeda (2W)
LP: Hoshino (1W 1L)
HR: H Akiyama 2, Yanagita 1, Kokubo 8
[Takeda pitched a shutout game, allowing only two singles.
Kase appeared in the top of the 9th and he got Kokubo
strikeout]
At Fujiidera
Lions | 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 X |10
WP: Koike (2W 1L)
Sv: Akahori (5S)
LP: Shiozaki (1W 2L)
Hd: Bu Nishikawa
HR: L Itoh 2, Martinez 5
[In late innings, the Lions made comeback but
the Buffaloes managed to win. Shiozaki and
Takeshita, the first two Lion pitchers, were
too bad]
At Tokyo Dome
Tigers | 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Kawajiri (1W 3L)
Sv: Kasai (3W 1L 1S)
LP: Misawa (1L)
[Hiratsuka got a game-winning hit off Kida in the 7th.
In the 9th, Kuji and Shinjyo got back-to-back doubles
to get another run. Misawa of the Giants appeared the
game in the 3rd with bases loaded and one out. He pitched
well, but he became a losing pitcher]
At Yokohama
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 X | 8
WP: Sekiguchi (1W)
Sv: Shimada (2L 1S)
LP: Kawasaki (1W 1L)
HR: YB Tanishige 6, Suzuki,T. 5, Rose 8
[The Bay Stars blew out the Swallows. In the first inning,
they scored 4 runs with 4 hits, one walk, an error of
Dobashi and a wild pitch of Kawasaki. Rose of the Bay Stars
went 4 for 4 and got one intentional walk, so he is in hitting
streak in 9 act bats (yesterday he hit for cycle and went 5 for 5).
He also in the streak of reaching first in 10 plate appearences]
At Nagoya Dome
Carp | 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Ohno (3W)
LP: Ochiai (2W 2L)
HR: C Lopez 5
[Ohno of the Carp has become the eldest pitcher who
pitched a shutout game in the history of the Central League.
He didn't allow any hits until the end of the 6th, but
Tatsunami spoiled his no-hitter. The Dragons put eight
right-handed hitters in batting order against Ohno, but
the line-up was not effective]
At Osaka Dome
Lions | 1 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 |11
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Givens (3W 1L)
LP: Takamura (1W 2L)
HR: L Suzuki,K. 1
[Givens pitched a shutout game. Suzuki hit his first
homerun in the last day of April. Now the game behind
from the top throught the bottom in PL is only 1.0.
The Blue Wave and the Marines, whose games was rained out,
now lead the league]