Results in August, 1997
I'm in the US from Aug. 3 through Aug.15 (in JST) so the
service will be stopped during my trip.
Central League
G W L T PCT GB streak last10 GL
Swallows 111 65 44 2 .596 W2 6-4 26
BayStars 106 60 46 0 .566 3.5 W1 7-3 29
Carp 107 56 51 0 .523 8.0 W1 6-4 28
Tigers 109 49 59 1 .454 15.5 L1 5-5 27
Dragons 113 49 63 1 .438 17.5 L2 2-8 23
Giants 110 47 63 0 .427 18.5 L1 4-6 25
Team vs. Team Win - Loss (Tie)
Swallows BayStars Carp Tigers Dragons Giants
Swallows ---- 9-13( 0) 12- 8( 0) 15- 6( 1) 14- 9( 1) 15- 8( 0)
BayStars 13- 9( 0) ---- 11- 9( 0) 7-13( 0) 17- 5( 0) 12-10( 0)
Carp 8-12( 0) 9-11( 0) ---- 11-11( 0) 16- 7( 0) 12-10( 0)
Tigers 6-15( 1) 13- 7( 0) 11-11( 0) ---- 9-14( 0) 10-12( 0)
Dragons 9-14( 1) 5-17( 0) 7-16( 0) 14- 9( 0) ---- 14- 7( 0)
Giants 8-15( 0) 10-12( 0) 10-12( 0) 12-10( 0) 7-14( 0) ----
Pacific League
G W L T PCT GB streak last10 GL
Lions 109 62 45 2 .579 W2 9-1 26
BlueWave 104 56 45 3 .554 3.0 L2 3-7 31
Buffaloes 111 52 56 3 .481 10.5 W6(1) 6-3(1) 24
Fighters 111 52 58 1 .473 11.5 L2 3-7 24
Hawks 110 51 58 1 .468 12.0 L2(1) 3-6(1) 25
Marines 105 46 57 2 .447 14.0 W2 5-5 30
Team vs. Team Win - Loss (Tie)
Lions BlueWave Buffaloes Fighters Hawks Marines
Lions ---- 8-12( 1) 12-10( 0) 14-10( 0) 13- 8( 0) 15- 5( 1)
BlueWave 12- 8( 1) ---- 12- 9( 1) 13- 9( 1) 10-10( 0) 9- 9( 0)
Buffaloes 10-12( 0) 9-12( 1) ---- 9-12( 0) 12-11( 1) 12- 9( 1)
Fighters 10-14( 0) 9-13( 1) 12- 9( 0) ---- 13- 9( 0) 8-13( 0)
Hawks 8-13( 0) 10-10( 0) 11-12( 1) 9-13( 0) ---- 13-10( 0)
Marines 5-15( 1) 9- 9( 0) 9-12( 1) 13- 8( 0) 10-13( 0) ----
At Koshien
Giants | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: Yabu (7W 8L)
Sv: Itoh (4W 1L 5S)
LP: Okajima (2W 6L)
[It was the day of Shinjyo. He went 3 for 4, got 1 RBI.
He also showed funny play in the last inning: he slided
to get an easy pop fly to end the game, but somehow the
ball couldn't get into the glove but it hit his face.
Actually he didn't have to slide to get it :-)]
At Hiroshima
BayStars | 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Shimada (5W 4L 1S)
LP: Kuroda (5W 6L)
HR: YB Shindoh 7, Suzuki,T. 14
[The Bay Stars beated the Carp to go up to the second place.
In the 7th, Ishii singled to go ahead, and in the 8th,
Shindoh got a 3-run homer to decide the game]
At Jingu
Dragons | 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 X |10
WP: Tabata (10W 3L)
Sv: Yamamoto (3W 4L 1S)
LP: Kadokura (8W 6L)
HR: S Manaka 2, Inaba 18, Hosey 24
[The Swallows bombed Kadokura and other Dragon pitchers.
Hosey got a 3-run shot in the 5th]
At Chiba
Lions | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Kuroki (6W 10L)
LP: Yokota (3L)
HR: M Fukuura 1
[Kuroki pitched a complete game. Marine rookie Fukuura
got his career first homer in the second inning]
At Kobe
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 | 8
-----------+-------------------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 8
HR: Bu Rhodes 17
BW Miwa 1, Tani 1
(Tie Game)
[Rhodes now gets 3 hits in recent 4 games. He got
a grand slam in the 8th inning. But Akahori gave
up a homerun against Tani in the bottom of the same
inning, and finally it became a tie game after 12
innings was finished]
At Koshien
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 1 0 210 X |13
WP: Yufune (7W 3L)
LP: Makihara (7W 7L)
HR: T Shinjyo 10, Yagi 3
[The Tigers sent 15 batters in the bottom of the 8th
to score 10 runs. Both Shinjyo and Yagi got a 3-run
homer. Ishii of the Giants injured with his left leg
on base-running in the 6th inning. He will be missed
at least for several weeks]
At Hiroshima
BayStars | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 | 6
-----------+---------------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 | 5
WP: Sekiguchi (4W 3L 1S)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 21S)
LP: Takahashi,H. (1W 1L)
HR: YB Rose 14
C Lopez 18
[The Bay Stars defeated the Carp. They scored 2 runs
off Sasaoka in the 8th, and in the 10th Rose got a
game-winning two-run homerun. In the bottom of the
same inning, Sasaki allowed Lopez to hit a solo-homer,
but didn't allow no more runners]
At Jingu
Dragons | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 2 X |11
WP: Ishii,K. (6W 1L)
LP: Idemoto (1W 2L)
HR: S Tatum 4, Katsunori 1
[The Swallows again beated the Dragons. Dragon pitchers
Idemoto and Daitoh were too bad. Katsunori of the Swallows
got his career first homer in the 8th]
At Chiba
Lions | 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 | 9
WP: Yoshida (4W 1L 2S)
LP: Ishii, Taka. (7W 6L 9S)
Hd: L Hashimoto
HR: L Matsui 5
M Hatsushiba 5
[The Marines made great comeback in late innings. In the 8th,
Hatsushiba got a 2-run homer. In the 9th, Fukuura got a RBI
single and Hatsushiga got a sacrifice fly to tie the game.
Yoshitsuru flied to first baseman in foul territory with two outs,
so the game seemed to get into extra innings. But 1b Takagi
couldn't get it. After that Yoshitsuru singled to right field.
The Lions switched the pitcher from Ishii into Mori, but the
next hitter Hori singled up the middle to win. The Marines
have won 6 games in a row and they success to escape from the
bottom]
At Kobe
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X | 3
WP: Fraser (5W 5L)
Sv: Mizuo (1W 2L 2S)
LP: Sakai (2L)
HR: BW Ogawa 8
[Fraser and Mizuo shut the Buffaloes out. Fraser was removed
when Rhodes appeared with two men on and two outs in the 8th.
Rhodes went 0 for 2, 2 walks]
At Sapporo
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X | 4
WP: Kurogi (3W 4L 1S)
Sv: Shimazaki (3W 4L 9S)
LP: Kudoh (7W 3L)
Hd: F Kojima Nagatomi
HR: H Kokubo 24
F Brooks 10
[The Fighters won with 6 pitchers because starter Nishizaki
had pain on his shoulder and he was ejected at the end of
the third inning. The Hawks lost 3 games in a row and
they are now 4 1/2 games behind of the Blue Wave]
At Koshien
Giants | 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
WP: Saitoh,M. (4W 5L)
Sv: Cho (4S)
LP: Funaki (5L)
HR: T Imaoka 1
At Hiroshima
BayStars | 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Kawamura (7W 4L)
LP: Ohno (7W 3L)
HR: YB Tanishige 9
At Jingu
Dragons | 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 | 5
WP: Yamamoto (14W 3L)
Sv: Sun (1W 28S)
LP: Nonaka (1W 2L)
HR: D Gomez 19, Yano 2
S Ikeyama 13
At Chiba
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Shiozaki (7W 5L)
LP: Kawamoto (5W 2L 14S)
At Kobe
Buffaloes | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Satoh (4W 2L)
Sv: Suzuki (3W 2L 4S)
LP: Ishige (2W 3L)
HR: Bu Nakamura 14
At Sapporo
Hawks | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 X | 9
WP: Gross (10W 5L)
LP: West (8W 4L)
HR: F Brooks 11, Yamashita 1, Kataoka 9
At Yokohama
Tigers | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 3 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 |11
WP: Miura (4W 3L)
LP: Furumizo (1W 6L)
HR: YB Kawabata 1, Tanishige 10
(game called, rain, bases loaded with two outs in bottom of 5th)
At Osaka Dome
Swallows | 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 X | 7
WP: Cho (1W 4S)
LP: Katoh (3W 1L 5S)
HR: S Hosey 25, Manaka 3
G Shimizu 7, Motoki 4, Matsui 27
At Nagoya Dome
Carp | 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Sawazaki (9W 3L)
LP: Endoh (1W 3L 1S)
HR: C Nishiyama 5
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Komiyama (7W 8L)
Sv: Kawamoto (5W 2L 15S)
LP: Sekine (3W 6L)
At Fukuoka Dome
BlueWave | 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Itoh (8W 3L)
Sv: Suzuki (3W 2L 5S)
LP: Takeda (4W 4L)
HR: H Ohmichi 4
At Yokohama
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Fukumori (4W 1L)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 22S)
LP: Funaki (6L)
HR: T Shinjyo 11
At Osaka Dome
Swallows | 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Kuwata (7W 4L)
Sv: Cho (1W 5S)
LP: Bross (7W 6L)
HR: S Tatum 5
At Nagoya Dome
Carp | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 | 4
WP: Azuse (1W)
Sv: Sasaoka (3W 4L 12S)
LP: Sun (1W 1L 28S)
HR: C Lopez 19, Machida 8
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
WP: Sonokawa (3W 3L)
Sv: Kawamoto (5W 2L 16S)
LP: Iwamoto (4W 5L 3S)
HR: M Tachikawa 5, Fukuura 2, Tachikawa 6
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At Fukuoka Dome
BlueWave | 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Hoshino (9W 5L)
LP: Wakatabe (6W 6L)
HR: BW Donnels 8, Taguchi 6
At Seibu
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 X | 8
WP: Nishiguchi (10W 3L)
LP: Koike (7W 6L)
HR: Bu Mizuguchi 5
L Suzuki,K. 8
At Yokohama
Tigers | 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 X | 4
WP: Nomura (7W 6L)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 23S)
LP: Kawajiri (3W 8L)
HR: T Yagi 4
At Nagoya Dome
Carp | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Kadokura (9W 6L)
LP: Kuroda (5W 7L)
HR: C Kanemoto 22
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
WP: Kuroki (7W 10L)
Sv: Kawamoto (5W 2L 17S)
LP: Gross (10W 6L)
At Fukuoka Dome
BlueWave | 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 | 4
WP: Fraser (6W 5L)
Sv: Suzuki (3W 2L 6S)
LP: Kimura (1W 5L 5S)
HR: BW Donnels 9, Neel 19
H Kokubo 25
At Seibu
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 3
WP: Takamura (5W 6L)
LP: Toyoda (8W 5L)
HR: Bu Nakamura 15, Abe 2, Clark 15
At Kurashiki
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 X | 7
WP: Tanaka (1W)
LP: Yabu (7W 9L)
HR: T Hirao 1
C Maeda 10, Kanemoto 23, Takayama 1
At Yokohama
Swallows | 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Tabata (11W 3L)
LP: Mahomes (3L)
HR: S
YB
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 | 5
WP: Koike (4W 6L)
Sv: Sun (1W 1L 29S)
LP: Makihara (7W 8L)
HR: D Gomez 20, Powell 13, Tatsunami 10
G Castellano 3
At Chiba
BlueWave | 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 4
WP: Narimoto (2W)
LP: Kobayashi (5W 2L 9S)
HR: BW Ichiro 9
M Thompson 8, Thompson 9, Hatsushiba 6
At Osaka Dome
Hawks | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Kudoh (8W 3L)
Sv: Okamoto (3W 5L 11S)
LP: Okamoto (5W 4L)
HR: H Johjima 10
At Hiroshima
Tigers | 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 | 4
WP: Itoh (5W 1L 5S)
Sv: Kasai (5W 2L 8S)
LP: Tamaki,S. (3L)
HR: T Imaoka 2, Shinjyo 12
C Ogata 11
At Yokohama
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X | 2
WP: Tokano (7W 3L)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 24S)
LP: Ishii,K. (6W 2L)
HR: S Ikeyama 14
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 5
WP: Nakayama (5W 3L)
LP: Kawaguchi (3W 2L 1S)
HR: D Yamasaki 15, Yamasaki 16
G Kiyohara 19
At Chiba
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 X |10
WP: Mutoh (1W)
LP: Kaneda (1W 3L)
At Fukushima
Lions | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 X | 9
WP: Numata (1W)
LP: Givens (4W 5L)
At Osaka Dome
Hawks | 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 | 5
WP: Sakumoto (3W 4L 2S)
Sv: Okamoto (3W 5L 12S)
LP: Sano (1W 5L 5S)
HR: H Yoshinaga 26
At Hiroshima
Tigers | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 1 1 3 0 0 5 0 X |10
WP: Hasegawa (1W)
LP: Nakagomi (3W 5L)
HR: T Hiratsuka 13
C Lopez 20, Nomura 8
At Yokohama
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Itoh,A. (1W)
Sv: Takatsu (3W 4L 5S)
LP: Igarashi (2W 1L)
HR: S Ikeyama 15, Hosey 26
YB Ishii,T. 8
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Yamamoto (15W 3L)
Sv: Sun (1W 1L 30S)
LP: Saitoh,M. (4W 6L)
HR: D Gomez 21
G Kiyohara 20
At Chiba
BlueWave | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Komiyama (8W 8L)
LP: Satoh (4W 3L)
HR: M Hori 5
At Iwaki
Lions | 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 | 2
WP: Shiozaki (8W 5L)
LP: Nishizaki (2W 3L)
HR: F Wilson 26
At Osaka Dome
Hawks | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 X | 5
WP: Ishige (3W 3L)
Sv: Ohtsuka (3W 4L 4S)
LP: Yoshida,T. (1W 2L)
HR: H Johjima 11, Hamana 5
At Jingu
Tigers | 1 0 0 1 0 4 5 0 0 |11
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 | 5
WP: Itoh (6W 1L 5S)
LP: Yamamoto (3W 5L 1S)
HR: T Shinjyo 13, Motonishi 1, Shinjyo 14
S Furuta 6
At Yokohama
Dragons | 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 X | 5
WP: Miura (5W 3L)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 25S)
LP: Maeda (2W 12L)
HR: D Powell 14
YB Shindoh 8
At Hiroshima
Giants | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Galvez (7W 10L)
LP: Sawazaki (9W 4L)
HR: G Motoki 5, Hirosawa 15
At Sendai
Fighters | 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Gross (11W 6L)
LP: Sonokawa (3W 4L)
HR: F Tanaka 16, Brooks 12
At Osaka Dome
BlueWave | 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
WP: Koike (8W 6L)
Sv: Akahori (5W 6L 14S)
LP: Hoshino (9W 6L)
HR: BW Donnels 10
Bu Nakamura 16, Matoyama 3
At Fukuoka Dome
Lions | 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Nishiguchi (11W 3L)
LP: Tanoue (2W 6L)
HR: H Johjima 12
At Jingu
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 X | 6
WP: Kawasaki (6W 3L)
LP: Kawajiri (3W 9L)
HR: T Sekikawa 4, Hiyama 17
S Hosey 27, Inaba 19
At Yokohama
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: Mahomes (1W 3L)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 26S)
LP: Kadokura (9W 7L)
HR: D Yamasaki 17
YB Suzuki,T. 15
At Hiroshima
Giants | 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 X | 7
WP: Yamauchi (6W 6L)
Sv: Sasaoka (3W 4L 13S)
LP: Kuwata (7W 5L)
HR: G Gotoh 3
C Kanemoto 24, Maeda 11
At Sendai
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Shimazaki (4W 4L 9S)
LP: Kuroki (7W 11L)
HR: F Wilson 27, Ide 5, Kataoka 15
M Thompson 10
At Osaka Dome
BlueWave | 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
WP: Itoh (9W 3L)
LP: Takamura (5W 7L)
HR: BW Fujii 12
Bu
At Fukuoka Dome
Lions | 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 2
WP: Toyoda (9W 5L)
Sv: Mori,S. (1W 1L 1S)
LP: Wakatabe (6W 7L)
HR: L Matsui 6, Sasaki 8
H Kokubo 26
At Jingu
Tigers | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Yoshii (10W 5L)
Sv: Itoh,T. (4W 1L 14S)
LP: Yabu (7W 10L)
HR: T Sekikawa 5
S Hosey 28
At Shizuoka
Dragons | 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 X | 6
WP: Tokano (8W 3L)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 27S)
LP: Nakayama (5W 4L)
HR: D Nakamura 8, Gomez 22, Tatsunami 11
YB Tanishige 11, Saeki 4
At Hiroshima
Giants | 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 X | 8
WP: Takahashi,H. (2W 1L)
Sv: Sasaoka (3W 4L 14S)
LP: Kawaguchi (3W 3L)
HR: C Lopez 21, Ogata 12, Machida 9, Nomura 9
At Osaka Dome
BlueWave | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: Sano (2W 5L)
Sv: Ohtsuka (5S)
LP: Fraser (6W 6L)
HR: BW Fujii 13
Bu Rhodes 18
At Fukuoka Dome
Lions | 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+---------------------------+--
Hawks | 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: (1W)
Sv: Mori,S. (1W 1L 2S)
LP: Okamoto (3W 6L)
At Osaka Dome
Carp | 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 3
WP: Takahashi,H. (3W 1L)
Sv: Sasaoka (3W 4L 15S)
LP: Yufune (7W 4L)
HR: T Coles 4
At Nagoya Dome
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 X | 3
WP: Imanaka (1W)
Sv: Sun (1W 1L 31S)
LP: Ishii,K. (6W 3L)
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
WP: Okamoto (6W 4L)
Sv: Ohtsuka (3W 4L 6S)
LP: Yabuta (2W 6L)
HR: M Hatsushiba 7
At Kobe
Lions | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 X |11
WP: Noda (5W 3L)
LP: Givens (4W 6L)
HR: L Suzuki,K. 9, Ohtomo 3
BW Taguchi 7
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
WP: Numata (2W)
LP: West (8W 5L)
At Osaka Dome
Carp | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X | 5
WP: Nakagomi (4W 5L)
LP: Ohno (7W 4L)
HR: C Ogata 13
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+---------------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
WP: Igarashi (3W 1L)
Sv: Sasaki (28S)
LP: Cho (1W 1L)
At Nagoya Dome
Swallows | 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Itoh,A. (2W)
Sv: Takatsu (6S)
LP: Koike (4W 7L)
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Akahori (6W 6L)
LP: Kawamoto (5W 3L)
At Kobe
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 X | 6
WP: Hirai (2W 1L)
LP: Shiozaki (8W 6L)
HR: L
BW Ohshima 1, Ichiro 10
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Nishizaki (3W 3L)
Sv: Kurogi (2S)
LP: Takeda (4W 5L)
HR: F Wilson 28
At Osaka Dome
Carp | 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 | 4
WP: Takahashi,H. (4W 1L)
Sv: Sasaoka (16S)
LP: Itoh (6W 2L)
HR: C Machida 10
T Yamada 2
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X | 4
WP: Okajima (3W 6L)
LP: Kawamura (7W 5L)
HR: G Matsui 28
At Nagoya Dome
Swallows | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+---------------------------------------+--
Dragons | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
(Tie game)
Pitchers
S:Bross-Hirota-Katoh-Takatsu-Nonaka-Itoh,T.
D:Udoh-Nakayama-Kadokura-Sun
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
WP: Ishige (4W 3L)
LP: Mutoh (1W 1L)
HR: Bu Clark 16
At Kobe
Lions | 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 X | 4
WP: Hoshino (10W 6L)
LP: Nishiguchi (11W 4L)
HR: L Suzuki,K. 10
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 4
WP: Shimazaki (5W 4L)
LP: Yoshitake (5W 3L)
HR: F Wilson 29
At Tokyo Dome
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X | 4
WP: Galvez (8W 10L)
LP: Kawajiri (3W 10L)
HR: T Hiyama 18
G Matsui 29
[Galvez pitched a complete game. Kawajiri gave
up a 2-run homer against Matsui in the first inning]
At Jingu
BayStars | 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Tokano (9W 3L)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 29S)
LP: Yamamoto (3W 6L 1S)
HR: YB Tanishige 12
S Dobashi 6
[The Bay Stars beated the Swallows. Hosey caught stealing
to third base with two outs in the bottom of the third, which
stopped the momoentam of the Swallows. In the top of the 6th,
Tanishige, who got only one hit in recent 10 games, got a
game-winning 2-run homerun into the left stand]
At Hiroshima
Dragons | 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 X |10
WP: Sawazaki (10W 4L)
LP: Yamamoto (15W 4L)
HR: D Masuda 2
C Ogata 14, Maeda 12, Ogata 15
At Seibu
Marines | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 X | 8
WP: Shintani (1W 2L)
Sv: Mori,S. (1W 1L 3S)
LP: Sonokawa (3W 5L)
Hd: L Sugiyama
HR: M Thompson 11
L Martinez 19, Sasaki 9
[In the bottom of the 5th, Martinez got a homer, which
was the first hit for the Lions. In the same inning,
Sasaki got a 2-run homerun to turn the game. Shintani,
who appeared in the 5th inning, got his first win in
this season]
At Toyama
Hawks | 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 3 |11
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 | 8
WP: Yoshida,S. (4W 2L 2S)
Sv: Okamoto (3W 6L 13S)
LP: Suzuki (3W 3L 6S)
HR: H Johjima 13, Kokubo 27, Wakai 1
BW Ogawa 9
[The Hawks defeated the Blue Wave. In the 8th, Wakai
got a 2-run homerun off Kobayashi. In the 9th, they
scored 3 runs against Suzuki with two hits, 3 walks
and one error]
At Kurashiki
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Koike (9W 6L)
LP: Kanemura (1L)
HR: Bu
F
[Koike pitched a shutout game. He allowed only two hits.
The Fighters couldn't come back to the .500 line]
At Tokyo Dome
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 X | 7
WP: Kuwata (8W 5L)
LP: Yabu (7W 11L)
HR: T Shinjyo 15
G Matsui 30, Fukuoh 3, Castellano 4
[Yabu gave up a grand slam against Matsui in the 6th inning]
At Jingu
BayStars | 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
WP: Miura (6W 3L)
LP: Kawasaki (6W 4L)
HR: YB Suzuki,T. 16, Rose 15
S Tatum 6
[Miura pitched a complete game to give Bay Star relievers rest.
In the top of the 4th, Suzuki got a 2-run shot over center field.
After that Bay Star batters got 3 hits to score another 2 runs.
In the 9th, Rose homered to decide the game]
At Hiroshima
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 X | 4
WP: Yamauchi (7W 6L)
Sv: Sasaoka (3W 4L 17S)
LP: Kadokura (9W 8L)
HR: C Kanemoto 25
[The Carp beated the Dragons. Kanemoto got a game-winning
homerun in the 4th. In the bottom of the 6th, Carp hitters
scored 2 runs with 2 hits and an error. Yamauchi was removed
in the 9th with bases loaded and no outs, but he got his 7th
win. Now the Carp stands 7 1/2 games behind of the top]
At Seibu
Marines | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 X | 3
WP: Ishii, Take. (3W 3L)
Sv: Mori,S. (1W L 4S)
LP: Kuroki (7W 2L)
Hd: L Hashimoto
HR: M Thompson 12
[The Lions defeated the Marines, and 2 1/2 games behind of the
top. Ishii Takehiro pitched very well. In the second inning,
Matsui tripled to drive one run in, and he himself had come
back to home with an error]
At Toyama
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 | 5
WP: Kudoh (9W 3L)
Sv: Okamoto (3W 6L 14S)
LP: Fraser (6W 7L)
Hd: H Yoshida,T.
HR: H Yugamidani 5, Iguchi 5
At Takamatsu
Buffaloes | 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 X | 7
WP: Shimazaki (6W 4L 9S)
LP: Takamura (5W 8L)
HR: Bu Suzuki 8, Mizuguchi 6
[In the bottom of the 7th, bases loaded with two outs,
the batter was Ochiai, the count was 3-2. Sano delivered
the 6th pitch against Ochiai, it was called a ball,
and the Fighters went ahead. The Buffaloe manager Sasaki
got angry with the call, and he insulted the umpire to be
ejected. Anyway, the walk became the game-winning RBI and
the Fighters won]
At Tokyo Dome
Tigers | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 X | 6
WP: Makihara (8W 8L)
LP: Yufune (7W 5L)
HR: T Kuji 3
G Kiyohara 21, Shimizu 8, Hirosawa 16
[Kiyohara got his career 350th homer, which was a
3-run shot in the third inning. Makihara pitched a
complete game and the Giants won three games in a row
against the Tigers]
At Jingu
BayStars | 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
WP: Mahomes (2W 3L)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 30S)
LP: Ishii,K. (6W 4L)
HR: YB Shindoh 10
[The Bay Stars won three games in a row against the Swallows.
Now they are 3 1/2 games behind of the top. In the top of
the 2nd, on bases loaded with two outs, Haru doubled to
right-center field to clean the bases: he himself was thrown
out at third base :-) Sasaki got 10 saves in this month,
which has become the new record of the most saves in a month
in the Central League]
At Kure
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Takahashi,H. (5W 1L)
LP: Nakayama (5W 5L)
HR: C Nomura 10
[The Carp are still alive. Shohda got a game-ending single
to left field in the bottom of the 9th inning. OTOH,
the Dragons got into the "bottom" league consisted of
the Giants, the Tigers and the Dragons :-)]
At Seibu
Marines | 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 | 5
WP: Hashimoto (2W)
LP: Kawamoto (5W 4L 17S)
[The Lions turned the game in late innings. Kawamoto
of the Marines gave up a game-ending hit against PH
Kanemura in the bottom of the 9th]
At Nagoya Dome
Tigers | 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 0 X |10
WP: Yamada,H. (1W)
LP: Itoh (6W 3L 5S)
HR: T Hiyama 19
D Tatsunami 12, Yamasaki 18, Torigoe 2
At Yokohama
Giants | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 X | 5
WP: Nomura (8W 6L)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 31S)
LP: Saitoh,M. (4W 7L)
HR: G Shimizu 9
YB Suzuki,T. 17, Selby 5
At Hiroshima
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X | 6
WP: Tanaka (2W)
Sv: Sasaoka (3W 4L 18S)
LP: Tabata (11W 4L)
HR: S Tatum 7, Hosey 29
C Nomura 11, Nomura 12, Maeda 13
At Osaka Dome
Marines | 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
WP: Komiyama (9W 8L)
Sv: Kawamoto (W 4L 18S)
LP: Okamoto (6W 5L)
HR: M Kosaka 1
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 X | 6
WP: Kojima (1W)
Sv: Kurogi (3W 4L 3S)
LP: Nomura (4W 4L 6S)
HR: BW Ichiro 11
F Ide 6, Brooks 13
At Seibu
Hawks | 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 2 X | 9
WP: Shiozaki (9W 6L)
LP: Takeda (4W 6L)
Hd: L Sugiyama Ishii, Taka. Hashimoto
HR: H Yoshinaga 27, Kokubo 28, Kokubo 29
L Martinez 20
At Nagoya Dome
Tigers | 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 | 2
WP: Nakagomi (5W 5L)
LP: Koike (4W 8L)
At Yokohama
Giants | 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Iriki (1W 5L 1S)
LP: Fukumori (4W 2L)
HR: G Kiyohara 22, Matsui 31
YB
At Hiroshima
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 X | 8
WP: Ohno (8W 4L)
LP: Bross (7W 7L)
HR: S
C Kanemoto 26, Etoh 18
At Osaka Dome
Marines | 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 3
WP: Mutoh (2W L)
Sv: Kondoh (4W 1L 1S)
LP: Sakai (3L)
Hd: M Yoshida
HR: Bu Rhodes 19
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 4
WP: Makino (1W)
Sv: Nomura (4W 4L 7S)
LP: Gross (11W 7L)
HR: BW Ogawa 10, Neel 20
F Wilson 30
At Seibu
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 3 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 | 9
WP: Nishiguchi (12W 4L)
LP: Yoshitake (5W 4L)
HR: H
L Martinez 21, Kanemura 3
At Nagoya Dome
Tigers | 0 2 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Kawajiri (4W 10L)
LP: Udoh (2L)
HR: T Hiyama 20, Coles 5
At Yokohama
Giants | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 | 3
WP: Nishi (2W 1L)
LP: Iriki (1W 6L 1S)
HR: G Hirosawa 17
YB Ishii,T. 9, Suzuki,T. 18
At Hiroshima
Swallows | 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Itoh,T. (5W 1L 14S)
LP: Sawazaki (10W 5L)
HR: S Hosey 30, Hosey 31, Dobashi 7
C Etoh 19
At Osaka Dome
Marines | 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 |11
WP: Akahori (7W 6L 14S)
LP: Yoshida (4W 2L 2S)
HR: Bu Murakami 2, Clark 17
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
WP: Hoshino (11W 6L)
Sv: Kobayashi (5W 2L 10S)
LP: Shibakusa (2W 8L)
HR: BW Ichiro 12, Donnels 11
At Seibu
Hawks | 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 X | 8
WP: Shintani (2W 2L)
LP: Watanabe,M. (1L)
HR: H Kokubo 30
At Koshien
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 X | 4
WP: Yabu (8W 11L)
Sv: Furumizo (1W 6L 1S)
LP: Yamauchi (7W 7L)
[The Tigers won three games in a row. The Carp
came back in the last inning but couldn't catch up.
Yabu was not very good. He allowed a runner every
inning except for 2nd and 8th. In the last inning,
the Tigers sent Itoh and Furumizo to stop the Carp]
At Nagoya Dome
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
-----------+---------------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Igarashi (4W 1L)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 32S)
LP: Yamamoto (15W 5L)
HR: YB Tanishige 13
[Yamamoto pitched very well. He didn't allow any
runners from the beginning of 4th through two outs
of 10th. He gave up the third hit to Tanishige,
which became the game-winning homerun. Sasaki
appeared to close the game, but the Bay Stars didn't
expect Tanishige to hit a homerun, so he couldn't
warm up enough and the Dragons had chance of runners
on first and third with one out in the bottom of the
10th inning. At that time, Sasaki finished warming up,
and got two men struck out]
At Jingu
Giants | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 X | 4
WP: Kawasaki (7W 4L)
Sv: Itoh,T. (5W 1L 15S)
LP: Galvez (8W 11L)
HR: S Dobashi 8
[The Swallows defeated the Giants. The Giants
made comeback in 9th, but Itoh Tomohito got
the final batter, Kawai, struck out]
At Fukuoka Dome
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X | 1
WP: Kudoh (10W 3L)
Sv: Okamoto (3W 6L 15S)
LP: Kuroki (7W 13L)
Hd: H Yoshida,S.
HR: H Ohmichi 5
[Both pitchers threw very well. Kudoh went to 8th
and got 11 strikeouts. Kuroki lost with one pitch
that he deliver against Ohmichi in 7th]
At Kobe
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 | 4
-----------+-------------------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Akahori (8W 6L 14S)
LP: Makino (1W 1L)
Hd: BW Mizuo
HR: Bu Suzuki 9, Murakami 3
[Blue Wave relievers couldn't keep the lead. The Buffaloes
again played another 12-inning game and won. In top of
12th, Murakami got a game-winning homerun off Makino]
At Tokyo Dome
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 | 7
-----------+---------------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
WP: Mori,S. (2W 1L 4S)
LP: Shimazaki (6W 5L 9S)
HR: L Martinez 22
[The Fighters caught up with the Lion in 9th, but
soon the Lions scored 5 runs. Actually Matsui's
speed led the team to win: in top of 10th, he
was the lead-off and singled. After he stole second,
Shimizu bunted. It seemed to be that Matsui would
be killed at third, but his speed of sliding was so
fast that he got third safely. After an intentional
walk, Kurogi made wind pitch and Matsui scored.
Martinez singled to center field to decide the game]
At Koshien
Carp | 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
WP: Kuroda (6W 7L)
Sv: Yokoyama (6W 5L 1S)
LP: Takeuchi (5W 6L)
[In top of 5th, the Carp had chance of runners on first
and third with no outs. Nishiyama grounded to SS,
and third runner Lopez would have been tagged out at
the plate... but C Yamada stood in front of the plate,
so Lopez hit him. As a result, not only ball dropped
from his mit, but also he was ejected. The Tiger manager
Yoshida protested very hard that Lopez would be called out,
but in vein. After that Takeuchi gave up many singles]
At Nagoya Dome
BayStars | 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Miura (7W 3L)
LP: Kadokura (9W 9L)
[Miura pitched a shutout game since April 22, 1994.
The Bay Star batters bombed the Dragons in 7th and now
they won 10 games against the Dragons in a row]
At Jingu
Giants | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Itoh,T. (6W 1L 15S)
LP: Kawahara (2W 1L 1S)
HR: G Kiyohara 23
S Kobayakawa 9
[The Swallows won with the game-ending triple of Manaka.
The Giants went ahead with a 2-run shot of Kiyohara,
but the Swallows tied the game with 2-run homer of PH
Kobayakawa, who hit three homers in the opening game
against the Giants. In bottom of 9th and 10th, Swallow
runners were thrown out at the plate, and in top of 11th
the Giants had chance of bases loaded with one out. It
seemed to be that the Giants had momemtam. Itoh Tomohito
appeared on the mound and he got two men out to stop the
momentam. In the bottom of the same inning, Manaka tripled
after Iida singled]
At Fukuoka Dome
Marines | 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
WP: Yabuta (3W 6L)
Sv: Kawamoto (5W 4L 19S)
LP: Wakatabe (6W 8L)
Hd: M Kondoh
[Yabuta pitched well to defeat the Hawks]
At Kobe
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Takamura (6w 8L)
Sv: Akahori (8W 6L 15S)
LP: Fraser (6W 8L)
Hd: Bu Shibata Ohtsuka
[The Blue Wave has fallen down from the top. In bottom
of 3rd, they had chance of bases loaded with one out
when Ichiro batted. He hit a line drive up the middle,
but the ball was caught by pitcher. The next batter
Neel struck out. Blue Wave hitters seem not very good]
At Tokyo Dome
Lions | 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 3 |11
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 | 4
WP: Ishii, Taka. (8W 6L)
Sv: Robert (3W 2L 6S)
LP: Shibakusa (2W 9L)
HR: L Suzuki,K. 11, Martinez 23
[The Lions won 8 games in row to stand at the top.
In top of 5th, Suzuki got a RBI double and Martinez
got a 2-run homerun to decide the game]
At Nagoya Dome
BayStars | 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 | 5
WP: Mahomes (3W 3L)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 33S)
LP: Noguchi (1L)
[The Bay Stars defeated the Dragons. In bottom of 9th,
runners were on first and third with two outs, 8-5
to the Bay Stars, when the closer Sasaki appeared.
He got PH Powell struck out to achieve 15 saves in a row,
which becomes the new Japanese record]
At Jingu
Giants | 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 X |12
WP: Tabata (12W 4L)
LP: Saitoh,M. (4W 8L)
HR: G Hirosawa 18
S Hosey 32
[Satoh Masaki was too bad. Tonight the Giant hitters
came back to score 5 runs till middle of the game,
but in late innings, Giant relivers gave up 5 runs]
At Fukuoka Dome
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 4
WP: Kimura (2W 5L 5S)
LP: Kondoh (4W 2L 1S)
HR: H Yoshinaga 28
[In bottom of 9th, a funny accident led the Hawks to win.
PR Muramatsu on first tried to steal second, so C Yoshitsuru
threw to second base. But somehow the ball hit the hip of
Picher Kondoh on the mound, and he was ejected.
Kawamoto had to appear without enough warming-up, and
he gave up a game-winning 2-run homer to Yoshinaga]
At Kobe
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Okamoto (7W 5L)
LP: Sugimoto,Y. (1L)
HR: Bu Rhodes 20, Clark 18
[The Blue Wave rookie Sugimoto, who threw for the
first time, started for the Blue Wave. He was
not bad, but the Blue Wave batters couldn't help
him. The Blue Wave's winning percentage is going
down as Ichiro's batting average is going down :-)]
At Tokyo Dome
Lions | 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
WP: Shiozaki (10W 6L)
Sv: Hashimoto (2W 1S)
LP: Numata (2W 1L)
[The Lions have won 9 games in a row. Shiozaki pitched
pretty good till the end of 8th, but he seemed to be
tired in 9th. The Lions are going to have three games
against the Blue Wave at home from 29 through 31]
At Koshien
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: Yufune (8W 5L)
LP: Nomura (8W 7L)
HR: T Shinjyo 16
[Yufune pitched a shutout game for the first time
in almost 4 years. Johzume made nice block to
prevent Haru from scoring in top of 6th]
At Nagoya Dome
Swallows | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Imanaka (2W)
Sv: Sun (1W 1L 32S)
LP: Bross (7W 8L)
HR: D Morino 1
[In top of first, Hosey doubled to drive second
runner score. Actually he seemed to think that
the shot would be a homerun and he didn't run fast,
But what he should be blamed was that he called out
with appeal of the Dragons that he didn't touch the
first base. In bottom of third, Rookie Morino homered
at his career first at-bat to tie the game. After
that, they scored two more runs. Imanaka and Sun kept
the lead to win]
At Tokyo Dome
Carp | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: Makihara (9W 8L)
LP: Ohno (8W 5L)
HR: C Etoh 20
[Makihara pitched a complete game. Both top and second
place team lost, so it is very pity for the Carp to lose]
At Chiba
Fighters | 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 | 2
WP: Gross (12W 7L)
Sv: Shimazaki (6W 5L 10S)
LP: Mutoh (2W 2L)
HR: F Wilson 31
M Hori 6
[Gross got his 12th win. The Fighters got only 3 hits
but 3 run. The Marine hitters got 10 hits, but couldn't
help Mutoh]
At Seibu
BlueWave | 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 | 5
WP: Noda (6W 3L)
Sv: Kobayashi (5W 2L 11S)
LP: Toyoda (9W 6L)
Hd: BW Nomura
HR: BW Taguchi 8, Ichiro 13
L Martinez 24, Itoh 11, Suzuki,K. 12
[Both teams got 14 hits, but the Blue Wave won.
Not the Lions lead by only one game]
At Osaka Dome
Hawks | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X | 3
WP: Sakai (1W 3L)
Sv: Akahori (8W 6L 16S)
LP: Yoshitake (5W 5L)
Hd: Bu Ohtsuka
HR: Bu Matoyama 4
[Sakai won since last season. The Hawks have gone down
to the 5th place]
At Koshien
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X | 1
WP: Nakagomi (6W 5L)
Sv: Kasai (5W 2L 9S)
LP: Igarashi (4W 2L)
[The Bay Stars lost two games in a row since end of June.
In top of 7th, runner on first and second with two out,
batter hit a fly to right-center field. CF Shinjyo ran
and dived to get it. in bottom of the same inning, runner
on second with no outs, Shnjyo singled to left field. LF
Suzuki muffed the ball and second runner, who once stopped
at third, scored]
At Nagoya Dome
Swallows | 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
WP: Itoh,A. (3W)
Sv: Takatsu (3W 4L 7S)
LP: Yamada,H. (1W 1L)
HR: S Kobayakawa 10, Hosey 33
[Hosey got his 33rd homer. Tonight he ran very fast when
hit the shot :-)]
At Tokyo Dome
Carp | 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 X | 8
WP: Ono (1W)
Sv: Cho (1W 1L 6S)
LP: Sawazaki (10W 6L)
HR: C Ogata 16, Kanemoto 27
G Kawai 5, Hirosawa 19
[The Carp made comeback in middle innings, but
they couldn't catch up with the Giants. In top
of 7th, after Kanemto homered, Lopez got a fly
to deep left field. Japanese fans seemed to
touch the ball and the ball fallen down to
field. The umpire called it double. If the
fan was good at catchng the ball, then it might
be a homerun :-)]
At Chiba
Fighters | 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 5 0 1 1 1 0 X | 8
WP: Sonokawa (4W 5)
LP: Sakurai (1L)
HR: M Fukuura 3, Carreon 14, Ohtsuka 1
[The Marines turned the game with homeruns of Fukuura
and Carreon and so on. Kosaka of the Marines stole
41 bases in this season, which have become a new
Pacific record of the most SB of a rookie]
At Seibu
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 6
WP: Mori,S. (3W 1L 4S)
LP: Nomura (4W 5L 7S)
HR: BW Ichiro 14, Donnels 12, Donnels 13
L Martinez 25
[The Lions defeated the Blue Wave in bottom of 9th.
They got 4 his in a row, and after an intentional
walk, PH Kakiuchi got a sacrifice fly to win.
Blue Wave relievers, Nomura and Kobayashi, were too bad]
At Osaka Dome
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: Iriki (1W)
Sv: Akahori (8W 6L 17S)
LP: Tanoue (2W 7L)
Hd: Bu Ohtsuka
[Iriki won for the first time in recent three years.
Kubo of the Buffaloes announced his retire]
At Koshien
BayStars | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+---------------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Igarashi (5W 2L)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 34S)
LP: Kawajiri (4W 11L)
HR: YB Rose 16
T Coles 6
[Tiger starter Kawajiri pitched very well, although
he allowed a runner in almost every innings. In
top of 10th, Rose got a game-winning homerun to
center field. He drove two runs in in this game.
In bottom of 10th, Tigers had chance of runners
on second and third with one out, but Bay Star
closer Sasaki got two men out]
At Nagoya Dome
Swallows | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Nonaka (2W 2L)
Sv: Itoh,T. (6W 1L 16S)
LP: Koike (4W 9L)
HR: S Hosey 34
D Yamasaki 19
[The Swallows won with a 2-run homer of Hosey
and six pitchers. The Manager Nomura said,
"It's me who led the team to win tonight, isn't it?"]
At Tokyo Dome
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Tanaka (3W)
Sv: Sasaoka (3W 4L 19S)
LP: Okajima (3W 7L)
[In top of 8th, on bases loaded, Shoda singled to
tie the game. The next batter PH Maeda also singled
to drive two runs in. Giant starter Okajima pitched
well, but reliever Cho gave up two clutch hits to
make Okajima lose]
At Chiba
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 X | 7
WP: Kuroki (8W 13L)
LP: Kanemura (2L)
HR: F
M Ohtsuka 2
[The Marines defeated the Fighters. Kuroki pitched
a complete game allowing only 3 hits]
At Seibu
BlueWave | 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 0 X | 9
WP: (2W)
Sv: Mori,S. (3W 1L 5S)
LP: Makino
Hd: L Hashimoto
HR: L Suzuki,K. 13, Ohtomo 4, Takagi, T. 6
[Blue Wave Reliever Makino gave up two 3-run homers
and the Lions won: in 4th, to Ohtomo and in 6th,
to Takagi. There are no reliable relievers in the
Blue Wave now :-)]
At Osaka Dome
Hawks | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
Hd: H Sakumoto Kimura
HR: H
Bu
(Tie Game)
Pitchers:H Kurano-Sakumoto-Kimura-Yoshida.S.-Okamoto-Wakatabe
Bu Koike - Ohtsuka - Akahori
[Koike went to the end of 9th, and he allowed only one hit, which
was a RBI triple of Yanagita. The other Buffaloe relivers didn't
allow any hits, so the Hawks could get only one hit, nevertheless
they didn't lose. Actually, they almost won, but Rhodes got a
bloop hit in 9th to tie the game]