At Taira(Okinawa)
Dragons | 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 | 7
HR: D Gomez, Nakamura
BW Taguchi, Fujii
[Exhibition games has started. The Blue Wave has won
with the game-ending hit of Ichiro]
At Miyazaki
Carp | 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
HR: G Kiyohara
[Kiyohara got his first homer at his 4th at bat in the
nineth inning with two outs and bases empty. Carp
batters seem good. Carp pitcher Takahashi Ken is good
but Giant pitcher Saitoh is not good yet]
At Kumamoto
Hawks | 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 | 6
HR: G Ohmori, Matsui
[Hawk draft no.1 rookie Iguchi hit third in the batting
order. He drove two runs in. Matsui of the Giants
went 3 for 5]
At Aki(Kochi)
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
[Tiger starter Nakagomi went to the 4th inning,
allowing 3 hits and no runs]
At Nago(Okinawa)
BayStars | 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 7
HR: YB Suzuki,T.
F Kataoka, Taguchi
[Ochiai hit only once in order to see himself for fans.
Kawamura of the Bay Starts allowed 5 runs, Shimoyanagi
of the Fighters was also too bad]
At Miyakonojo(Miyazaki)
Swallows | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 X | 4
[Kanemoto got 3 hits. Carp starter Tamaki Shigeo went
to the end of the fifth inning, allowing only one hit]
At Hokutan(Okinawa)
BlueWave | 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 | 3
HR: D Aikoh, Powell, Masuda
[Ichiro went 0 for 4. The Dragons got only 4 hits, three
of which were solo-homers. Dragon staffs might be afraid
about their batters because their home has been changed into
large ballpark Nagoya Dome, in which it will be hard for
batters to hit homers :-)]
At Kitakyushu
Hawks | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 X | 6
HR: H Jojima, Iguchi
G Sugiyama
[Hawk draft no.1 rookie Iguchi got a homerun.
Johjima, who is expected to be the regular catcher
of the Hawks, also hit a homerun. As for the Giants,
Saitoh Nobuyuki, who tries to the regular right fielder,
got three hits]
At Haruno(Kochi)
Tigers | 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 | 2
HR: T Yagi
[Yagi went 2 for 5 and got a homerun. Hiyama 2 for 3.
Tiger starter Yamasaki allowed two hits in four innings.
Lion starter Watanabe H. was not good]
At Ginowan(Okinawa)
Dragons | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 X | 8
HR: D Aikoh
YB Ishii,T.
[Ishii T. of the Bay Stars went 3 for 4, Aikoh of
the Dragons went 2 for 4. Dragon starter Williams
allowed 5 hits and 2 earned runs in three innings,
and Bay Star starter Campbell 2 hits and one earned run
in four innings]
At Kagoshima
Swallows | 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 6
HR: M Hori
[Komiyama went to the third inning, allowing eight hits
and 4 earned runs. Morozumi went 3 for 4. As for the
Swallows, Kobayakawa, who hit forth in the batting order,
went 2 for 3, Dobashi, who hit fifth, went 3 for 3]
At Nichinan(Miyazaki)
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 X | 6
HR: Bu Yoshioka, Clark
[Buffalo starter Yamasaki went to the fifth
inning, allowing 4 hits. Yoshioka, who was
traded from the Giants, got a homerun]
At Fukuoka Dome
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 | 8
HR: H Matsunaka, Pirkl
[Kuwata, who missed last year, started for the Giants
and went to the 4th inning. He allowed only one hit.
Hawk rookie Matsunaka, who hit 4th in the batting order
for the All Japan team at Atlanta Olympic games, got a
grand slam off Kida]
At Urazoe(Okinawa)
Fighters | 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
[Blue Wave pitcher Hirai pitched for two innings, allowing
no hits. Taguchi of the Fighters went 3 for 4]
At Kitakyushu
BlueWave | 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 3
HR: BW D.J, Miwa
H Muramatsu
[It was the day of Kase. He went 3 for 6, and he
pitched against Iguchi in the nineth inning with
two outs. Iguchi grounded out to second baseman.
Kase was a nice left-handed pitcher in his high
school days, just the same as Ichiro, and he often
practiced pitching in spring training camp. But
I think that his pitching is nothing but attraction.
Blue Wave batters got 20 hits in total. Hawk starter
Watanabe Tomio was bad]
At Koshien
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 3
HR: Bu Yoshioka
[The Tigers won three games in a row! Buffalo pitchers gave
13 walks (including hit batters) in total, but the Tigers
were credited with 13 left-on-bases. Yoshioka of the Buffaloes
got his second homer.
Before the game, Randy Bass came to Koshien as a commentator
(with a translater :-) to meet the Tiger manager Yoshida.
It was them who led 1985 Tigers to clinch the pennant.
Tiger fans hope that things go as in 1985 season]
At Kumamoto
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 X | 6
[Hawk batters got only 4 hits. Ichiro got a base hit:
he couldn't get hit last several games. Noda, who is
a Blue Wave pitcher from Kumamoto, pitched one inning
allowing no runners]
At Koshien
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 X | 7
[The Tigers won four games in a row. Tiger fielders
showed many nice plays. Tiger starter Furumizo went
to the 4th inning, allowing three hits. Fighter rookie
Yano started and he allowed one hit in two innings]
At Fukuoka Dome
Marines | 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 | 6
[Marine rookie shortstop Kosaka went 3 for 4. But in the
bottom of the 9th inning, on the play of 1-6-3 double play,
he failed to touch the second base and threw to first.
Unfortunately there was the runner on third and score was tied
when the play happened, so the Hawks won.
Hawk rookie Matsunaka went 3 for 4. Marine new foreign
pitcher Mike Fyhrie started but he allowed three runs in the
third inning]
At Takasago
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
[Finally the Tigers lost. Funaki started for the Tigers.
He allowed 4 hits and no runs in 6 innings. Marine starter
Kuroki went to the end of the 5th inning, allowing 4 hits
and 1 earnded run]
At Fukuoka Dome
Swallows | 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
HR: S Furuta, Hosey
H Kokubo
[Ikeyama of the Swallows went 3 for 3 and drove two runs in.
He also hit fourth in the batting order. Bross started
for the Swallows and allowed 6 hits and 2 earned runs in
three innings. Hawk starter West allowed 4 hits and 3 earned
runs in three innings]
At Shizuoka
Lions | 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 | 3
HR: G Nishi
[Matsui of the Giants is hot now. He went 4 for 4.
Lion batters got 12 hits: Matsui, Ohtomo and Suzuki Ken
got two hits. Kiyohara of the Giants went 0 for 3]
At Fujiidera
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
[Fighter pitchers, Shibakusa and Imazaki, were good.
Shibakusa pitched for 5 innings, allowing only two hits.
Nishikawa started for the Buffaloes. He threw for three
innings without allowing any hits]
At Kobe
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X | 1
[Tiger pitchers were not bad, but Tiger hitters were
not good except for Hiyama, who went 3 for 4. Hirai
started for the Blue Wave and went into the 5th inning.
He allowed 5 hits but no runs. In this game, Kase
again pitched against the final batter in the nineth
inning]
At Fukuoka Dome
Swallows | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
HR: S Ikeyama
H Jojima
[Ikeyama hit a homer to center field. Swallow pitchers
Tabata and Kawasaki pitched well. Yoshitake started
for the Hawks and he allowed 3 hits in five innings.
At the last inning, Johjima got a game-ending homerun
to center field]
At Gifu
Lions | 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 | 2
[Shiozaki started for the Lions. He went to the
end of the 4th inning, allowing three hits.
Ohmori of the Giants went 2 for 3 and both hits
were doubles. Kiyohara went 1 for 4 and drove
one run in (his hit was a double)]
At Kurashiki
Swallows | 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 3
[Kawajiri started for the Tigers. He went to the 5th
inning, allowing 4 hits and 1 earned run. Among the
Tiger hitters, Yagi, Wada and Takanami got two hits.
Yoshii started for the Swallows, pitched for three
innings with two hits. Inaba went 3 for 5.
Greenwell has announced that he will miss for
more six weeks so he can't play for the Tigers
until the top of May]
At Shimonoseki
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 3 5 2 0 1 X |11
[The Bay Stars got 15 hits in total. But only Bill Selby
got three or more hits. Hawk starter Wakatabe became
bad in the 4th inning]
At Fukuyama
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 X | 6
HR: C Shohda
[It winded very strong and Lion fielders made
five errors. The Lions got only two hits, both
of them were hit by Ohtomo. Carp Starter Takahashi
Ken went to the 5th inning, allowing only one hit.
He said "you might say that Carp pitchers were
the worst in both leagues, but it is not true"
At Ohita
Buffaloes | 2 0 5 1 0 3 2 0 0 |13
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 | 4
HR: Bu Nakamura
D Gomez
[The Buffalo batters got 15 hits. Rhodes and Moriyama got
three hits. Dragon starter Noguchi was not good]
At Kobe
Giants | 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 X | 5
HR: G Ohmori, Nishi
[Motonishi drove three runs in. Fraser started
for the Blue Wave and didn't allow any hits
for two innings. As for the Giants hitters,
Nishi, Matsui and Ohmori are hot now]
At Kamagaya(Chiba)
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 X | 3
HR: F Tanaka
[It was the first game at Kagamaya where the Fighters
just have made "Fighters' town". Fighter starter
Nishizaki was good, whereas Marine starter Komiyama
was not good]
At Koshien
Giants | 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
HR: T Hiatt
[Phil Hiatt got his first homer. Saitoh Masaki of the Giants
pitched well. In the top of the 8th inning, the Tigers
gave Matsui an intentional walk with runners on second and
third. But Kiyohara couldn't get a hit]
At Fukuoka Dome
BayStars | 1 3 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 |13
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 | 4
HR: H Jojima, Yugamidani
[Hawk starter Takeda was too bad. He allowed 12 hits
and 6 runs in four innings. The starter of the Bay
Stars, Saitoh Takashi, was good. The Bay Star closer
Sasaki gave up a homerun for Johjima. The Bay Star
batters got 24 hits but no homeruns]
At Kobe
Swallows | 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 4
HR: S Ikeyama
[It was the day of married players for the Blue Wave: all
Blue Wave players have married. Starter Kaneda was bad,
allowing 5 hits and 3 runs in five innings. Nonaka of
the Swallows pitched well. In the 9th inning, Yojoh
got a hit to tie the game and Baba got a game-ending
sacrifice fly]
At Kure
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 X | 3
HR: L
C
[Carp starter Yamauchi pitched not bad. Shohda and Etoh
got three hits. The Lion batters couldn't score again]
At Kumamoto
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X | 2
HR: D Taihoh
[The Dragons got the first win with a game-winning homer
of Taihoh. In the 9th inning, Sun pitched well.
Sano of the Buffaloes had pinch but he didn't allow to score]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 X | 6
HR: M Hatsushiba
F Kataoka
[Kaneishi, who is going to be a starter of the Fighters,
was not very good. Kataoka of the Fighers seems good.
Hatsushiba got his first homer]
At Kobe
BayStars | 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 3
[Today, it was the day of 'singles'. All Blue Wave players
in roster were singles (unmarriaged). It was interesting
that fans who have something related with 'single' can
watch the game in free. For instance, you could enter
the park in free if you can prove youself to be a single,
or you have an exam sheet with the points less than 10 :-)
Kase finally started for the Blue Wave. He threw only in
the first inning, allowing no hits, but both he and Ichiro,
who hit fourth in the batting order, went 1 for 4.
Nomura started for the Bay Stars and he went to the end of
the third inning, allowing two hits]
At Fukuoka Dome
Lions | 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 5 1 2 0 0 5 0 X |13
HR: L Imakurusu
H Jojima, Akiyama, Kawano
[Givens started for the Lions, but he allowed 9 hits and
8 earned runs in four innings. Matsui of the Lions went
4 for 5. He also got three stolen bases. As for the Hawks,
Jose Nunez allowed 5 hits and 3 runs in three innings.
Johjima went 2 for 3, drove 2 runs in but he allowed eight
stolen bases]
At Koshien
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 X | 8
HR: YB Selby, Shindoh
T Shinjyo
[Yufune started for the Tigers. He pitched for
four innings, allowing only one hit. Tiger
closer Kakuri was not very good. Campbell started
for the Bay Stars but he allowed 7 runs in the
second inning]
At Jingu
Fighters | 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 2
HR: F Brooks, Watanabe, Hashigami
S Hata
[Iwamoto started for the Fighters and he went to the
end of the 7th inning, allowing four hits. In the top
of the 7th inning, Itoh Akimitsu of the Swallows
allowed 7 runs. His control was too bad]
At Kariya
Marines | 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 | 8
HR: D Nakamura
[Yamamoto started for the Dragons. He was expected
to throw for five or more innings, but he couldn't.
He was ejected in the 5th inning. Williams pitched
for two innings well. Actually he got three men
struck out in the 8th inning. Sun also pitched well
in the 9th inning. As for the Marines, rookie Takekiyo
started. He was bad in the first inning, but not bad
in the other innings]
At Osaka Dome
Giants | 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 X |10
HR: Bu Rhodes
[This is the first game at the Osaka Dome. Buffaloe
rookie Maekawa started but he was too bad in the first
inning. Kuwata again started for the Giants and he
was good until the end of the 3rd inning, but after
he allowed Rhodes to hit a homer in the 4th inning,
he became too bad. In late innings, the Giants
sent Iriki, a rookie, and the Buffaloes sent Ishige,
who has been traded from the Giants, and Akahori.
All of them pitched good]
Matsunaka, a Hawk rookie, will be missed for three
weeks because of his injury.
At Koshien
Carp | 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
HR: C Koh
[Carp young pitchers stut the Tigers out. Now the Carp won
six games in a row]
At Osaka Dome
BayStars | 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 |12
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 | 5
HR: YB Tanishige
Bu Kawaguchi
[The Bay Star batters again bombed. Haru went 4 for 5,
Suzuki Takanori 3 for 4. Morinaka, a Bay Star rookie,
started to throw 4 innings, allowing no hits]
Bay Star pitcher Campbell, who had acke on his right
shoulder, saw a doctor and the doctor said that he should
not pitch for next two weeks.
At Jingu
Fighters | 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 | 2
[The starters were Bross and Gross. Both pitchers
seemed very good]
At Komaki
Marines | 4 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 |14
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 | 7
HR: M Minamibuchi, Minamibuchi, Ohmura
D Powell
[Marine hitters got 17 hits to score 14 runs. Dragon
pitchers Ochiai, Udoh and Yamada Hiroshi were bad]
At Shizuoka
Hawks | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 3
HR: H Yugamidani
BW Ogawa
[West started for the Hawks. He pitched for three innings,
allowing three hits and one run. The Blue Wave starter
was Suzuki from Shizuoka. He didn't allow any runners in
two innings. Kase of the Blue Wave again threw, against
two hitters; Yoshinaga and Pirkl. He has not allowed
any hits yet :-)]
At Koshien
BayStars | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 X | 7
[Tiger starter Furumizo went to the 5th inning.
He gave up only one run. Following him, Yano
pitched for two innings without allowing any
runners. But Kakuri, the Tiger closer, was
not very good. Morita, the Bay star starter,
was good]
At Seibu
Swallows | 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
HR: S Hosey
[Nishiguchi started for the Lions to go to
the 7th inning, allowing 5 hits and 2 runs.
Ozaki and Matsui of the Lions showed their
speed]
At Osaka Dome
Carp | 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 | 4
HR: C Kanemoto
[Kitoh started, allowing 3 hits and one run in
five innings. Carp batters got 12 hits and now
the Carp won 7 games in a row]
At Maebashi
BlueWave | 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 X | 6
HR: G Motoki, Shimizu
[Today, pitcher Kase threw against Matsui. Matsui
grounded out to first baseman. Ichiro got 3 hits.
Kiyohara of the Giants has decided to have special
practice in Tokyo, so he will be missed for several
days]
At Chiba
Hawks | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 X | 4
HR: H Kokubo
[Kuroki started for the Marines to go to the 6th innings.
He didn't allow any runners except for the second inning.
Hawk starter Yoshitake allowed 5 hits and 4 runs in the
third inning]
At Yokohama
Hawks | 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 X | 9
HR: H Kokubo
YB Tamura, Selby
[Kudoh started for the Hawks. He threw only
fastballs and curve balls, but he was bad]
At Gifu
Fighters | 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 X | 7
HR: D Gomez
[Ochiai went 0 for 2. Dragon starter Maeda was not good.
Sun of the Dragons seems good]
At Seibu
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X | 2
[Matsui of the Lions got 7 stolen bases in 9 games.
Matsui of the Giants couldn't get any hits but
he got one stolen base]
At Chiba
BlueWave | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X | 2
[Shane Dennis started for the Marines. He threw for 6
innings, allowing one run. Following him, Kawamata,
a Marine rookie, finished the game, allowing no runs.
Hirai of the Blue Wave started to go to the 6th inning,
giving up 3 hits and one run]
At Takamatsu
Carp | 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 X | 9
HR: C Etoh, Koh
[Tiger starter Funaki went to the 5th inning,
allowing 8 hits and 2 runs. Hiyama went 3 for 3
and drove 2 runs in. Carp starter Tamaki S.
gave up 3 runs in three innings. Takahashi Ken
allowed 3 runs in one inning. The Carp finally lost]
At Yokohama
BlueWave | 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 X | 5
[Hoshino started for the Blue Wave, allowing 2 hits
in four innings. Bay Star starter Nomura pitched
for three innings, giving up 5 hits and 3 earned runs]
At Jingu
Hawks | 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 | 4
HR: H Pirkl, Fujimoto
[Hamana of the Hawks went 4 for 5. Hawk starter Takeda
threw for 6 innings, allowing 7 hits but 2 runs. In the
top of the nineth inning, Ishii H. pitched for the Swallows,
but he was too bad]
At Seibu
Giants | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 4
[Luis De Los Santos went 3 for 4. Giant starter Makihara
pitched for 3.2 innings, giving up 6 hits and 2 earned runs.
Toyoda started for the Lions to go to the 5th inning.
Robert Wishnevski pitched in the 9th inning, but he gave
up 3 hits and 5 runs (but one earned run)]
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 X | 4
HR: M Shimizu, Hori
[Marine rookie Shimizu got his first homer. Hori
went 3 for 3, drove 2 runs in. Marine starter Komiyama
pitched for 6 innings, allowing 5 hits and no earned run]
At Kurashiki
Tigers | 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 3
HR: T Hiyama, Shinjyo
C Ogata, Maeda
[The Tigers got 12 hits and 10 runs. Kawajiri allowed
4 hits in five innings. Yabu pitched for three innings,
giving up 4 hits. Sawazaki, a Carp rookie, started but
he allowed 3 runs in three innings]
At Hamamatsu
Fighters | 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 6
HR: F Brooks
[There was an earthquake when the ball hit by Taihoh
went over the right fielder to the wall. Taihoh
couldn't run well so he was thrown out at the second
base. Nishizaki started for the Fighters but he was
too bad]
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X | 4
[Kiyohara came back and he went 3 for 4 today.
Galvez started for the Giants, allowing two hits
in three innings. Hillman pitched for the first
time in this season. He gave up 2 hits and 2 runs
in three innings. Hawk starter Wakatabe allowed
2 runs in 5.2 innings]
At Fujiidera
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 X | 6
[Ishige started for the Buffaloes. He allowed 5 hits but
no walks nor hit batters in four innings. The Tigers
got 6 hits in total, half of which was by Yagi. Imaoka,
a Tiger rookie, can't get any hits yet]
At Nagoya Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
HR: D Taihoh
[This games was not only the first game at Nagoya Dome,
but also the final game of Kaku Genji, who retired
last off and will play in Taiwan this season.
He started for the Dragons and threw against only the
lead-off. Ohgi sent Ichiro as the lead-off and Ichiro
flied out to center field. Yamamoto of the Dragons pitched
well. Satoh Yoshinori started for the Blue Wave.
Sun, the Dragon closer, allowed two runners but didn't
allow any runs]
At Osaka Dome
Carp | 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 X | 9
HR: C Etoh, Kanemoto
M Igarashi, Shimizu
** Osaka Dome tournament has started ***
[Both starters, Kitoh for the Carp and Kuroki for the
Marines, were bad. Kosaka, a Marine rookie, went 2
for 4, drove 4 runs in. He hit second in the batting
order and got the game winning hit. Mark Carreon went
4 for 4]
At Osaka Dome
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 X | 5
HR: YB Selby
[Morita and West pitched well. Both of them threw
three innings. Bill Selby is hot now. In the
7th inning, the Hawks scored 4 against Tokano]
At Osaka Dome
Giants | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 2
HR: G Matsui
BW Neel
[Kuwata started for the Giants. He threw 79 pitches
and left just before Ichiro. Fraser started for the
Blue Wave. Neel hit a homer off Kuwata, but the Giants
went ahead soon with Matsui's three run shot]
At Osaka Dome
Swallows | 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
HR: F Ide
[The Swallows forigners played very well. Bross
allowed only one hit in five innings. Luis Ortiz and
Dwayne Hosey hit well today. In paticular, Ortiz
went 4 for 4, drove 2 runs in. As for the Fighters,
Shibakusa pitched well]
At Osaka Dome
Dragons | 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 X | 4
HR: D
M Ohmura
[Yamasaki and Taihoh of the Dragons are hot now.
But it was the day of Ohmura today. He not only got
a homerun and a triple, but also drove all 4 runs in.
The Marines will have a semi-final against the Giants.
At Osaka Dome
Giants | 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 | 2
HR: G Luis
[Luis got the game-winning 3-run homer, just after
both Matsui and Kiyohara singled. Saitoh Masaki
and Iriki of the Giants pitched well. Teramae started
for the Buffaloes, but he had bad luck because the
batted ball by Kihohara hit a knee of him in the 4th,
and he allowed the next batter Luis to hit a homer]
At Osaka Dome
Tigers | 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 X | 7
HR: T Shinjyo
H Pirkl, Yoshinaga
[Yabu allowed 9 hits and 7 earned runs in 5.0 innings.
Tiger batters got 12 hits in total. Hawk hitters got
12 hits, too, but they scored 7 runs. Hawk starter
Takeda allowed 8 hits in three innings but the other
pitchers were good]
At Osaka Dome
Swallows | 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 1 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 X |10
[Nishiguchi started for the Lions. He allowed 3 runs
in the first inning, but gave up three hits in three
innings. Lion batters got 12 hits and 5 stolen bases.
OTOH, Swallow fielders made five errors in total so
the earned run of Swallow starter Kawasaki, who was
ejected in the third inning, was only three]
At Osaka Dome
Marines | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X | 2
HR: G Kiyohara
[Both starting pitchers, Komiyama and Miyamoto,
pitched well. Komiyama allowed one run in seven
innings and Miyamoto allowed 4 hits and one earned
run in 4 innings. Kawamoto of the Marines threw
four fastball in a row against Kiyohara in the 8th
inning, but the final one went down the middle.
Kiyohara swung it and his show has gone to the upper
deck in the left stand]
At Osaka Dome
Hawks | 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 X | 7
HR: H Kokubo, Yoshinaga, Ohmichi
L Matsui, Itoh
[Lion starter Shiozaki allowed 3 homers in the
second inning. Jose started for the Hawks and
he was good till the end of the 4th. Sakumoto
of the Hawks was bad today: Hawk manager Oh
can't fix the closer yet]
At Osaka Dome
Giants | 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
The Final of the Osaka Dome tournament
[Both starters were good: Galvez went to the 5th inning,
allowing 4 hits. Shintani gave up 6 hits and 2 runs in
6.2 innnings. Ishii Takehiro threw for 2.2 innings, and
he seemed good. The Giant manager Nagashima sent Kawaguchi
and Kida late in this game to win a prize, 7 milion yen;
about 60,000 US$ :-)]
At Osaka Dome
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 | 2
HR: H Jojima, Kokubo, Jojima
Game for the third-place
[The Hawks won the third prize. Johjima went 3 for 4,
drove 3 runs in. He will be the regular catcher of
the Hawks. Hawk starter Wakatabe went to the 7th inning,
allowing 4 hits. Kuroki, the Marine starter, gave up 3
hits and 2 HRs in 6 innings]
At Nishikyogoku
Lions | 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
[Lion starter Braian Givens pitched very well. Tiger
starter Funaki was bad: his control was too bad.
He allowed 7 hits in five innings. He also allowed
many stolen bases. In the tiger batters, Hiatt was
good: He got two hits and drove one run in]
At Jingu
Marines | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X | 4
HR: S Inaba
[Yoshii allowed one run with a walk on bases loaded
in the first inning, but later he pitched well.
Inaba got a 2-run homer off Yabuta. There were
bad fieldings in the Marines]
At Kurashiki
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 X | 5
HR: BW Neel
[Blue Wave starter Satoh Yoshinori pitched very well.
He allowed 2 hits and 1 run in 6.1 innings.
Blue Wave hitters seems good, too. OTOH, Dragon
players except for Jimmy Williams, who pitched well
today, might need much more time before the opening day :-)]
At Nagoya
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X | 6
HR: F Ide
YB Haru, Rose
*** Nagoya Dome Tournament has started now ***
[Shibakusa started for the Fighters but he was too bad.
The Bay Star starter Morita pitched for 6 innings, giving
up 5 hits and one run. Saitoh Takashi has injured so
Morita might be the opening pitcher for the Bay Stars.
Sasaki of the Bay Stars appeared in the last inning, and
he got three strike outs in a row]
At Nagoya
Hawks | 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 X | 8
[West, the Hawk starter, was bad today. Yamamoto started
for the Dragons and he went to the 7th inning, allowing
6 hits and 3 runs. Sun closed the game, pitching 1.1
innings. He allowed 2 hits but no runs. As for batting,
Tsutsui of the Dragons went 3 for 4, got 2 RBI]
At Nagoya
Marines | 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 1 1 4 2 0 5 0 0 X |13
HR: M Ohmura
S Hosey, Hosey
[Most pitchers of both teams were bad. All of Denis,
Yoshida and Sonokawa allowed many runs. Tabata, Hirota
and Takatsu of the Swallows also gave up some runs.
Marine batters got 12 hits and Swallow batters 17 hits.
In paticular, Hosey went 3 for 5, drove 7 runs in]
At Nagoya Dome
Buffaloes | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X | 3
[Both starters, Kawamura of the Bay Stars and
Ishige of the Buffaloes, pitched well. Bay
Star batters are so hot that they have turn
late in the game. The Bay Star closer Sasaki
again pitched today in the last inning. He
gave up a hit against the lead-off but got
three strike outs in a row after that]
At Nagoya Dome
BlueWave | 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 4
[Kuwata started for the Giants. He allowed 8 hits
and 3 runs in five innings. Ichiro got 2 hits against
Kuwata, but one of them was just a grounder to shortstop:
his speed helped it to be a single. Kiyohara had
acke on his right stamack so that he was replaced into
Ohmori in the third inning. Ohmori went 2 for 3, drove
2 runs in]
At Nagoya Dome
Lions | 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X | 3
HR: S Dobashi
[Both starters, Bross and Watanabe H. seem to be good.
The Swallows advanced to semi-final with the game-
winning homerun of Dobashi]
At Nagoya Dome
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
[Kawajiri started for the Tigers. He went to the end of
the 8th inning, allowing 5 hits and one run. Blue Wave
starter Noda gave up 5 hits in seven innings. Hiatt
of the Tigers and Ogawa of the Blue Wave got two hits.
In the last inning, the Tigers scored one run with two
hits and an error. As a result, the Tigers got more
total bases (7 with 7 hits) than the Blue Wave (6 with
5hits) so the Tigers advanced to the semi-final]
At Nagoya Dome
Dragons | 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
HR: D Powell, Yamasaki
C Lopez
[Carp starter Yamauchi was bad. He allowed 4 hits and 3 runs
in three innings. Dragon starter Maeda gave up 7 hits and
2 runs in five innings. Sun, the Dragon closer, got three
strike outs in a row at the 9th inning]
At Nagoya Dome
Swallows | 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 6
HR: S Kobayakawa
T Takanami
[Yamamoto of the Swallows started to go to the sixth inning,
allowing 6 hits and 5 runs. OTOH, Tiger starter Nakagomi
threw for 5 innings, allowing 4 hits and 3 runs. In the
bottom of the 9th inning, Kuji got the game-winning bloop
double near the left foul line to lead the Tigers to the
final of the Nagoya Dome tournament games]
At Nagoya Dome
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X | 3
HR: D Gomez
[Dragon starter Kadokura pitched very well against
the Bay Star hitters. He allowed 4 hits and 1 run
in seven innings. Nomura of the Bay Stars allowed
6 hits and 3 runs in six innings]
At Nagoya Dome
Dragons | 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X | 5
HR: D Taihoh, Taihoh
*** The Tigers won the Osaka Dome tournament ***
[The Tigers scored four runs in the first inning.
Yagi singled to right field with runners on first
and second with one out. RF Powell juggled the ball
so the second runner scored. But the first runner
Shinjyo also scored because Powell threw the ball to
shortstop slowly. As for the Dragons, Taihoh got
back-to-back homeruns. In paticlar, he got his second
homer to left field off lefty Tamura]
All exhibition games schedulded has been finished.
The regular season is going to starts on April 4th(CL)
or 5th(PL).