Results in June, 1997
(No games on June 30th)
Central League
G W L T PCT GB streak last10 GL
Swallows 66 43 23 0 .652 W6 6-4 69
Carp 64 34 30 0 .531 8.0 L2 6-4 71
Tigers 67 33 34 0 .493 10.5 L1 4-6 68
Dragons 65 30 35 0 .462 12.5 W1 3-7 70
BayStars 62 27 35 0 .435 14.0 W1 4-6 73
Giants 66 28 38 0 .424 15.0 L1 6-4 69
Team vs. Team Win - Loss (Tie)
Swallows Carp Tigers Dragons BayStars Giants
Swallows ---- 8- 5( 0) 12- 3( 0) 8- 4( 0) 6- 8( 0) 9- 3( 0)
Carp 5- 8( 0) ---- 6- 7( 0) 9- 5( 0) 7- 4( 0) 7- 6( 0)
Tigers 3-12( 0) 7- 6( 0) ---- 6- 8( 0) 10- 2( 0) 7- 6( 0)
Dragons 4- 8( 0) 5- 9( 0) 8- 6( 0) ---- 5- 6( 0) 8- 6( 0)
BayStars 8- 6( 0) 4- 7( 0) 2-10( 0) 6- 5( 0) ---- 7- 7( 0)
Giants 3- 9( 0) 6- 7( 0) 6- 7( 0) 6- 8( 0) 7- 7( 0) ----
Pacific League
G W L T PCT GB streak last10 GL
BlueWave 58 36 21 1 .632 W2 7-2(1) 77
Lions 64 34 28 2 .548 4.5 L1 2-6(2) 71
Hawks 68 36 32 0 .529 5.5 L2 7-3 67
Fighters 67 33 34 0 .493 8.0 W2 6-4 68
Buffaloes 65 26 38 1 .406 13.5 W1 3-7 70
Marines 64 25 37 2 .403 13.5 L2 2-8 71
Team vs. Team Win - Loss (Tie)
BlueWave Lions Hawks Fighters Buffaloes Marines
BlueWave ---- 5- 4( 1) 7- 5( 0) 8- 6( 0) 9- 1( 0) 7- 5( 0)
Lions 4- 5( 1) ---- 5- 8( 0) 7- 7( 0) 9- 5( 0) 9- 3( 1)
Hawks 5- 7( 0) 8- 5( 0) ---- 7- 8( 0) 6- 8( 0) 10- 4( 0)
Fighters 6- 8( 0) 7- 7( 0) 8- 7( 0) ---- 8- 5( 0) 4- 7( 0)
Buffaloes 1- 9( 0) 5- 9( 0) 8- 6( 0) 5- 8( 0) ---- 7- 6( 1)
Marines 5- 7( 0) 3- 9( 1) 4-10( 0) 7- 4( 0) 6- 7( 1) ----
At Koshien
Giants | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 X | 4
WP: Kawajiri (3W 6L)
Sv: Itoh (3W 2S)
LP: Kuwata (2W 3L)
[The Tigers won three games against the Giants in a row.
Kuwata pitched well to go to the end of the 7th, but
Giant hitters couldn't help him. The Tigers finally
came back to the .500 line]
At Fukuyama
BayStars | 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 X | 5
WP: Yokoyama (4W 2L)
Sv: Sasaoka (2L 8S)
LP: Morita (1W 5L 1S)
HR: C Etoh 16
[It was too bad that the Bay Stars didn't sent
Sasaki. In the bottom of the 8th, after two men
out on base empty, Morita allowed two singles.
Sasaki didn't appear, and Etoh got a game-winning
three-run homer off Morita]
At Chiba
Dragons | 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Yamamoto (8W)
Sv: Sun (16S)
LP: Tabata (4W 2L)
HR: D Taihoh 5
[Taihoh got a game-winning 2-run homer in the 7th.
Yamamoto got his 8th win but he has injured on
base-running in the 7th]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
WP: Kuroki (3W 5L)
LP: Imazeki (2L)
[The Fighters were toooooo bad. In the first inning,
they allowed one run with no hits. They hit 4 GIDPs
in this game. Manager Ueda said, "It was a sandlot game"]
At Osaka Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Nomura (2W 1L 2S)
Sv: Mizuo (1L 1S)
LP: Akahori (3W 5L 7S)
Hd: BW Suzuki
[In the top of the 11th, Tani scored with nice slyding
when Nakajima grounded to second baseman]
At Fukuoka Dome
Lions | 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 | 7
WP: Yoshida,S. (1W 1L)
LP: Ishii, Taka. (5W 1L 4S)
Hd: L Hashimoto
[The Hawks turned the game in the end. In the 7th,
with two men out and bases empty, Lion pitches
gave up three continous walks at first, and secondly
they gave up three continous doubles. In the 9th,
Kokubo doubled to right field with runner on second
and one out, and the Hawks won]
At Nishikyogoku
Carp | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Kuroda (3W 1L)
LP: Furumizo (1W 2L)
HR: C Ogata 5
[The Carp won the game in rain. Kuroda became the
first rookie in the Central League who pitched a
shutout game]
At Nagoya Dome
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Shimada (2W 2L 1S)
LP: Ochiai (3W 6L)
HR: D Powell 9
[The Bay Star hitters bombed the Dragon pitchers
in the 5th inning. Taihoh struck out 5 times,
which ties the Japanese record of the most Ks
in a game]
At Tokyo Dome
Swallows | 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
WP: Yoshii (5W 4L)
Sv: Itoh,T. (4W 7S)
LP: Makihara (4W 4L)
HR: G Kiyohara 8
[The Giants are too bad now. The difference
between win and loss becomes -10]
At Akita
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 X | 3
WP: Kobayashi (4W 5S)
LP: Fyhrie (2W 2L)
HR: M Tachikawa 3
BW Taguchi 4
[In the top of the 8th, Tachikawa homered to tie the game,
but in the bottom of the same inning, Taguchi got a game-winning
homerun to center field in return]
At Seibu
Buffaloes | 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 X | 7
WP: Nishiguchi (5W 2L)
Sv: Ishii, Taka. (5W 1L 5S)
LP: Sano (1W 4L 3S)
HR: Bu Nakamura 6
L Martinez 14
[The Lions are now hot. They scored in both early innings
and late innings. In the 7th, Itoh singled to drive
2 runs in]
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Gross (6W 1L)
LP: Saitoh,Mi. (2L 1S)
HR: F Tanaka 5, Tanaka 6
H Ohmichi 1
[Hawk Killer Gross again won. Tanaka helped him with
two homers, the second of which was hit in the 9th inning]
At Koshien
Carp | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 X | 6
WP: Takeuchi (5W 1L)
LP: Katoh (1W 5L)
HR: T Hiratsuka 7
[Takeuchi pitched a complete game. Hiratsuka got a
game-winning 2-run homer in the 3rd inning. The Tigers
has come back to the .500 line again]
At Tokyo Dome
Swallows | 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Ishii,K. (1W)
Sv: Itoh,T. (4W 8S)
LP: Galvez (3W 6L)
HR: S Hosey 10
G Hirosawa 9, Matsui 16, Fukuoh 2
[In the 5th, Hosey got a game-winning 3-run homer off Galvez.
Ishii Kazuhisa, who had injured, comes back and started since
Oct. 1st, last year. It was too bad for the Giants that
all three homers were just solo-homers]
At Morioka
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 X | 4
WP: Hoshino (4W 3L)
Sv: Suzuki (1W 2L 2S)
LP: Komiyama (3W 6L)
[Both pitchers were good. Komiyama allowed one
earned run, but he lost. Tani of the Blue Wave
tripled to drive two runs in in the 3rd inning]
At Seibu
Buffaloes | 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 | 7
WP: Kohda (4W 1L)
Sv: Akahori (3W 5L 8S)
LP: Givens (3W 4L)
Hd: Bu Nishikawa Okamoto
HR: Bu Rhodes 5
[Givens was bad, although Lion fielders made bad plays.
Shintani relieved him in the 4th inning, but he gave
up a 3-run homer for Rhodes. In the bottom of 9th,
Buffaloe shortstop Suguro made two continuous throwing
errors to give 2 runs for the Lions. Harai again
grounded to shortstop, but no other error was made :-)]
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 | 6
WP: Nagatomi (2W)
Sv: Iwamoto (2W 2L 2S)
LP: Kudoh (4W 1L)
HR: F Tanaka 7
H Yoshinaga 9
[The Fighters blew Kudoh out. Now the Fighters have
come back to the .500 line instead of the Hawks]
At Koshien
Carp | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Yabu (4W 4L)
LP: Kitoh (1W 2L)
HR: C Ogata 6, Kanemoto 16
T Shinjyo 6, Hiyama 8
[Yabu again pitched a complete game. In the 5th, Hiyama
got a 3-run shot after the Tigers turned the game with
RBI hits of Kuji and Wada. The Tigers go over the .500
line since May 4th]
At Gifu
BayStars | 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Nomura (3W 4L)
Sv: Sasaki (2W 10S)
LP: Maeda (1W 7L)
HR: D Yamasaki 5
[Maeda started for the Dragons but he was not good. In
the 5th, just after the Dragons went ahead in the 4th,
he gave up 3 singles and 2 walks. Rose of the Bay Stars
didn't play because he got cold, still the Bay Star batters
are good]
At Tokyo Dome
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 | 3
WP: Yamamoto (2W 3L)
LP: Misawa (2L 1S)
HR: S Hosey 11, Ikeyama 6
G Hirosawa 10
[The Giants went ahead with a 2-run shot of Hirosawa
in the 6th, but starter Okajima allowed Hosey to hit
a 3-run homer in the 7th. Tonight, the Giant hitters
came back to tie the game with a double of Gotoh in
the bottom of the same inning. But there is no closer
in the Giants: in the 9th, Ikeyama got a game-winning
homerun to center field off Misawa]
At Seibu
Buffaloes | 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 X | 6
WP: Toyoda (6W 2L)
Sv: Ishii, Taka. (5W 1L 6S)
LP: Kubo (1L)
Hd: L Hashimoto
HR: Bu Yamamoto 7, Rhodes 6
L Matsui 2
[The Buffaloes tied the game with a 3-run homer of Yamamoto
in the top of the 7th. But the Lions soon went ahead with
a scrifice fly of Kanemura in the bottom of the same inning]
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 | 5
WP: Yoshida,S. (2W 1L)
LP: Iwamoto (2W 3L 2S)
Hd: F Nagatomi Shimazaki
HR: F Brooks 6
H Yoshinaga 10, Johjima 5, Yoshinaga 11
[The Hawks turned the game with homers. In the 8th, Johjima
homered to left stand to tie the game. In the 11th, Yoshinaga
got a game-ending homer to right stand]
At Nagoya Dome
Giants | 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Kawahara (1W)
LP: Kadokura (3W 3L)
HR: G Gotoh 1, Matsui 17
D Tatsunami 5
[The Giant hitters got 5 hits in a row in the first inning.
But Kiyohara, who hit 6th in batting order tonight, stopped
the streak :-) New Giant foreign player Castillano started
as SS, but his first at bat was grounded into double play]
At Kobe
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+---------------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 | 4
WP: Suzuki (2W 2L 2S)
LP: Kimura (1W 4L 5S)
[In the top of the 8th, the Hawks had chance of runners
on first and second with two outs. Ohmichi singled to
right field, but Ichiro got the second runner out at the
plate, although the runner couldn't touch the plate.
In the bottom of the 10th, Fujii got a game-ending hit
to right field]
At Tokyo Dome
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X | 7
WP: Yano (2W)
LP: Koike (5W 4L)
HR: Bu Matoyama 1
[Fighter rookie Yano went to the end of the 8th. Fighter
relievers has been "sold out" tonight because they spent
many relievers last night. Fighter batters helped him
with scoring 5 runs in the first inning]
At Asahigawa
Tigers | 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 1 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Kasai (4W 1L 4S)
LP: Sekiguchi (1W 3L)
HR: T Kuji 1, Hiyama 9, Hiratsuka 8, Kuji 2, Sekikawa 2, Hiyama 10
[The Tigers won with 6 homers. Kuji doulbed the number
of his career homers in this game]
At Sendai
Swallows | 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
WP: Katoh (3W 4S)
Sv: Itoh,T. (4W 9S)
LP: Yokoyama (4W 3L)
HR: S Hata 2
[In the 9th, PH Hata got a game-winning 2-run homer]
At Nagoya Dome
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Koike (3W 2L)
Sv: Sun (17S)
LP: Miyamoto (3W 3L)
HR: D Yamasaki 6
[In the bottom of the 4th, the Dragons had chance of
runners on first and third with one out. The batter
grounded to right-side of thirdbaseman, and 3B Gotoh
got it to try to turn double play, but the batter
reached to first, and the third runner scored. The
next batter Yamasaki hit the first pitch, and the
batted ball went over the wall of center field]
At Chiba
Lions | 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Kuroki (4W 5L)
Sv: Kawamoto (2W 1L 11S)
LP: Watanabe,H. (1L)
[After the Marines tied the game in the 4th, they still
had chance of bases loaded with two outs. Watanabe
pitched a fastball to out-high on count 0-2 against
Matsumoto, but it was called a ball, although most
people think it is a strike. Matsumoto hit the next
pitch to drive 2 runs in]
At Kobe
Hawks | 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 X | 9
WP: Nomura (3W 1L 2S)
LP: Tanoue (2W 5L)
HR: H
BW Neel 9, Neel 10
[The Blue Wave won seven games in a row. Today Neel,
who hit 7th in batting order, becomes hot]
At Tokyo Dome
Buffaloes | 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Okamoto (2W 1L)
LP: Imazeki (3L)
HR: Bu Nakamura 7
F Kaneko 2
[Imazeki couldn't finish the second inning. In the 7th,
Nakamura got a 3-run homer and the Buffalloes won]
At Sapporo
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
WP: Nakagomi (2W 4L)
LP: Miura (1W 2L)
HR: YB Suzuki,T.
{Sekikawa got a sacrifice fly in the 5th and
2-run RBI hit in the 7th. Now the Tigers
stand in the second place]
At Fukushima
Swallows | 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
WP: Tabata (5W 2L)
Sv: Hirota (2S)
LP: Ohno (5W 2L)
HR: C Kanemoto 17
[In the top of the 3rd inning, Furuta doubled to tie
the game, Ikeyama tripled to go ahead]
At Nagoya Dome
Giants | 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Kuwata (3W 3L)
LP: Ochiai (3W 7L)
HR: D Gomez 11
[Kuwata went to the end of the 8th. The number of
pitches was 94. Kiyohara got a game-winning double
in the 7th]
At Chiba
Lions | 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+---------------------------+--
Marines | 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 | 6
WP: Kondoh (4W)
LP: Ishii, Taka. (5W 2L 6S)
[Robert was not good, although there was an error.
He gave up a 2-run RBI hit for Thompson in the 8th.
In the 10th, Kosaka grounded to second baseman
on bases loaded with two outs. 2B couldn't get it
the ball, which went through right side of him]
At Kobe
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 X | 6
WP: Mizuo (1W 1L 1S)
Sv: Nomura (3W 1L 3S)
LP: West (5W 2L)
[Hawk relievers were not good. In the 6th,
Kimura, who relieved starter West, gave up
a walk on bases loaded. Now the Blue Wave
have won 8 games in a row]
At Tokyo Dome
Buffaloes | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Takamura (2W 4L)
Sv: Akahori (3W 5L 9S)
LP: Gross (6W 2L)
[The roof of Tokyo Dome decided the game again. In the
top of the 2nd inning, runner on first with two outs,
and there was an easy fly to right field. But the ball
vanished into the white roof of the Dome and RF couldn't
get it. After that Gross allowed a 2-run RBI hit]
At Jingu
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 X |10
WP: Yoshii (6W 4L)
LP: Furumizo (1W 3L)
HR: S Ikeyama 7
[The Swallows, Tiger killer, beated the Tigers.
Yoshii pitched a shutout game]
At Yokohama
Giants | 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 3
WP: Galvez (4W 6L)
Sv: David (1S)
LP: Tokano (5W 2L)
HR: G Hirosawa 11, Galvez 1
[Galvez got a game-winning 3-run homer in the 6th inning.
David Pavlas, the 6th foreing player for the Giants, got
a save in his first game]
At Hiroshima
Dragons | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Carp | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Ochiai (4W 7L)
Sv: Sun (18S)
LP: Sawazaki (4W 2L)
HR: D Taihoh 6
C
[Powell got a game-winning hit in the 12th.
Both starters, Maeda and Kuroda, pitched
well, but batters couldn't help them]
At Fukui
Hawks | 0 1 0 3 0 5 3 0 0 |12
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Kudoh (5W 1L)
LP: Fyhrie (2W 3L)
HR: H Kokubo 16, Yoshinaga 12
[Fyhrie allowed 8 runs in 5.1 innings. Kudoh of the Hawks
pitched his career 2000 innings in this game]
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Noda (4W 1L)
Sv: Nomura (3W 1L 4S)
LP: Imai (1W 4L)
Hd: BW Suzuki
HR: BW Fujii 6
[The number of LOB of Blue Wave was 12 but
they won with a game-winning homer of Fujii.
They have won 9 games in a row]
At Osaka Dome
Lions | 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 |11
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 | 4
WP: Nishiguchi (6W 2L)
LP: Ishige (2W 2L)
HR: L Itoh 7, Takagi, T. 3
[Ishige of the Buffaloes was tooooo bad.
He gave up five continous walks, which tied with
the Japanese record of the streak of walks allowed,
and he was removed. The Lions scored 4 runs with
one hit in the first inning]
At Jingu
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Ishii,K. (2W)
LP: Takeuchi (5W 2L)
HR: S Hosey 12, Hosey 13
[Hosey got 2 homers to lead the team to win.
Tiger players made active plays but the result was
too bad: in the top of the 4th, Hiyama tripled
to right-center field and he tried to the plate.
But he got out at the plate. in the bottom of the
same inning, CF Shinjyo dived to get the ball, but
he couldn't get it and the ball passed under his body
so the batter easily advanced to third. Manager Yoshida
said, "Our team is still too young. We have a lot of things
to study"]
At Yokohama
Giants | 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
WP: Makihara (5W 4L)
Sv: Kawahara (1W 1S)
LP: Nomura (3W 5L)
HR: YB Ishii,T. 5
[Makihara pitched well. The Bay Stars lost 4 games in a row,
whereas the Giants won 3 games in a row for the first time
in this season]
At Hiroshima
Dragons | 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 3 5 2 0 4 0 1 1 X |16
WP: Takahashi,K. (2W 1L)
LP: Ono (1L)
HR: D Masuda 1, Taihoh 7, Taihoh 8
C Kanemoto 18, Lopez 8, Ogata 7
[The Carp stopped thier losing streak with
great batting in early innings]
At Kanazawa
Hawks | 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Yoshitake (1W)
LP: Komiyama (3W 7L)
HR: H Yugamidani 2, Kokubo 17, Ohmichi 2
[Yoshitake pitched a complete game with no walks nor no
hit batsman. Komiyama allowed three solo homers and lost]
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 2
WP: Hoshino (5W 3L)
LP: Shibakusa (2W 6L)
HR: BW Fujii 7
[The Blue Wave beated Shibakusa in the first inning
to decide the game. Hoshino pitched a complete game,
and now the Blue Wave have won 10 games in a row]
At Osaka Dome
Lions | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 X | 5
WP: Kohda (5W 1L)
LP: Ishii, Take. (1W 2L)
Hd: Bu Ohtsuka
HR: Bu Rhodes 7, Rhodes 8
[Rhodes got 2 homers in the 4th and the 7th to beat
the Lions. Now the Blue Wave lead the Lions by
one game]
At Jingu
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X | 4
WP: Bross (6W 2L)
Sv: Itoh,T. (4W 10S)
LP: Yabu (4W 5L)
HR: T Hiratsuka 9
S Ikeyama 8
[The Tigers lost all three games of this series against the
Swallows. New Tiger foreign pitcher MacDonald appeared.
He pitched for two innings, and gave up a solo homer for
Ikeyama]
At Yokohama
Giants | 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 X | 8
WP: Shimada (3W 2L 1S)
Sv: Sasaki (2W 11S)
LP: Saitoh,M. (1W 2L)
HR: YB Suzuki,T. 10, Haru 6, Rose 11
[The Bay Stars beated the Giants. Saitoh of the Giants
was too bad. Sasaki got his career 138 save, which
tied the record of the most saves in the Central League]
At Hiroshima
Dragons | 0 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Kadokura (4W 3L)
LP: Kitoh (1W 3L)
HR: D Taihoh 9, Yamasaki 7
[The Carp lost. Now the Swallows lead the league by 8 games.
Kitoh gave up 4 runs in 5 innings, and Yokohama gave up another
4 runs in two innings]
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 X | 9
WP: Shimoyanagi (5W 2L)
LP: Mizuo (1W 2L 1S)
Hd: F Nagatomi
HR: BW Takahashi, S. 2
F Kataoka 8
[The Blue Wave were finally stopped. The Fighters scored
5 runs in the 7th with bad fielding of the Blue Wave]
At Osaka Dome
Lions | 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 | 4
WP: Ishii, Taka. (6W 2L 6S)
LP: Ohtsuka (1W 1L 1S)
Hd: L Shintani
HR: Bu Suzuki 5
[The Buffaloes gave up 4 runs in the 7th with errors.
Ohtsuka, whose earned run was zero, was credited with a loss]
At Koshien
Dragons | 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Murata (1W)
Sv: Sun (19S)
LP: Kawajiri (3W 7L)
[The Tigers lost 4 games in a row just after they won
4 games in a row. A new Tiger foreign pitcher, MacDonald,
appeared for the first time in the last inning. He
seemed not bad]
At Jingu
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 X | 5
WP: Kawasaki (5W 2L)
LP: Kawamura (4W 3L)
HR: S Inaba 8
[Kawasaki pitched a shutout game since August 4, 1993.
Inaba, who hit 7th in batting order, went 3 for 3 and
drove 2 runs in]
At Tokyo Dome
Carp | 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Yamauchi (5W 3L)
LP: Okajima (1W 4L)
HR: C Lopez 9
G Kiyohara 9
[Yamauchi pitched a complete game. Giant pitchers allowed
only 3 hits in total, but Giant hitters got only 5 hits.
In the bottom of the 9th, Matsui and Hirosawa singled so
the Giants had a chance of runners on first and second
with one out. But Kiyohara and Shimizu couldn't make
any of them score]
At Kobe
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 X | 6
WP: Fraser (2W 4L)
LP: Kuroki (4W 6L)
HR: M Carreon 8
BW Donnels 3, Takahashi, S. 3
[The Blue Wave beated the Marines. Ichiro made
the new Pacific record of no-strikeout streak:
He hasn't striken outs in his latist 181 plate
appearances. FYI, the Japanese recored is 208]
At Koshien
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 X | 9
WP: Yuminaga (2W)
LP: Yamamoto (8W 1L)
[In the top of the 6th, after the Dragons scored 3 runs,
they still had chance of bases loaded with no outs when
Yuminaga relieved. He didn't allow no more runs and
in the bottom of the same inning, the Tiger batters got
6 hits in a row, the last of which was a triple of Shinjyo,
to turn the game over. Yamamoto lost for the first time
this season]
At Jingu
BayStars | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 2 0 2 4 2 0 1 0 X |11
WP: Tabata (6W 2L)
LP: Miura (1W 3L)
HR: YB Suzuki,T. 11
[The Swallows are too strong. They again blew the Bay Stars
out with 16 hits, and finally they have won 10 games in a row]
At Tokyo Dome
Carp | 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 3
WP: Sawazaki (5W 2L)
Sv: Sasaoka (2L 9S)
LP: Miyamoto (3W 4L)
HR: C Lopez 10, Machida 5, Seto 2
G Kiyohara 10
[The Carp went ahead with three homers in early innings.
Sawazaki allowed only 3 hits until one out of the 9th inning.
But he gave up a single for Matsui and a 2-run homer for
Kiyohara. So Sasaoka appeared on the mound. But he isn't
reliable yet. The Giants had chance of runners on second and
third with two outs. Murata hit the line drive near the third
foul line, but Etoh made nice catch to finish the game]
At Kobe
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 X | 7
WP: Satoh (2W 1L)
LP: Takekiyo (2W 5L)
Hd: BW Watanabe
HR: M Thompson 6
BW Takahashi, S. 4
[The Blue Wave beated the Marines. Satoh, a 42 years old pitcher,
went to two outs in the 6th inning to get the second win.
Ichiro is still in his streak of non-strikeouts]
At Seibu
Fighters | 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 1 0 0 0 3 6 0 1 X |11
WP: Ishii, Take. (2W 2L)
Sv: Ishii, Taka. (6W 2L 7S)
LP: Takahashi,N. (2W 2L)
Hd: L Hashimoto
HR: L Martinez 15
[In the top of the 5th, the Fighters scored 5 runs without
any hits to lead by 7 runs. But in the bottom of 6th,
the Lions got 7 continous hits, the last of which was a
game-winning 2 run homer of Martinez]
At Fujiidera
Hawks | 0 0 2 2 7 0 0 1 0 |12
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 4 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 |13
WP: Akahori (4W 5L 9S)
LP: Okamoto (4L 6S)
Hd: H Uchiyama
Hd: Bu Shibata
HR: H Kawano 2, Yoshinaga 13, Yugamidani 3, Yugamidani 4, Akiyama 3
Bu Ohmura 1, Rhodes 9
[The Hawk batters showed their power in small ballpark Fujiidera.
In the top of the 8th, Akiyama homered to go ahead, but there
are no reliable closer in the Hawks :-) In the 9th, Okamoto
appeared but he allowed a single and a double, so he left at
the pinch of runners on second and third with one out when Saitoh
Mitsugu relieved. After an intentional walk, Mizuguchi singled
to tie the game. The next batter Ohmura, the lead-off, grounded
to pitcher, but the batted ball was embeded into the glove of Saitoh
(the ball was fixed between the forefinger and the middle finger).
While He couldn't get the ball out of the glove, the third runner scored]
At Koshien
Dragons | 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 | 5
WP: Kasai (5W 1L 4S)
LP: Endoh (1W 2L 1S)
HR: D Gomez 12, Nakamura 7, Powell 10
[The Tigers turned the game in the 7th, but Tamura
gave up a homer for Powell in the top of the 8th inning.
But Hiyama got a game-ending double in the bottom of
the 9th inning. Now the Tigers go over the .500 line again]
At Jingu
BayStars | 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 | 3
WP: Tokano (6W 2L)
Sv: Sasaki (2W 12S)
LP: Takatsu (1W 4L)
HR: YB Suzuki,T. 12, Saeki 1, Tanishige 7, Saeki 2
S Hosey 14, Inaba 9
[The Bay Stars stopped the Swallows. In the top of the 6th,
Takatsu allowed 2 homers to be the losing pitcher. In the
top of the 8th, Katoh made two continous throwing errors
to give a chance for the Bay Stars. Manei doubled to drive
two runs in]
At Tokyo Dome
Carp | 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 X | 6
WP: Misawa (1W 2L 1S)
Sv: David (2S)
LP: Sasaoka (3L 9S)
HR: C Lopez 11
G Matsui 18, Castellano 1
[The Giants turned the game with a triple of Castillano and
a single of Nishi after two outs and bases empty in the bottom
of the 8th inning. David Pavlas was credited with the second save]
At Kobe
Marines | 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Fyhrie (3W 3L)
Sv: Yoshida (3W 2S)
LP: Itoh (4W 3L)
HR: BW Neel 11
[The Blue Wave starter Itoh was too bad. He allowed 4 runs
and couldn't finish the first inning]
At Seibu
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Shimazaki (3W 3L 3S)
Sv: Iwamoto (2W 3L 3S)
LP: Shiozaki (4W 3L)
HR: F Kataoka 9
[Today, the Fighters turned the game. In the 6th, Kataoka
got a 2-run to tie the game, and in the 7th, Tanaka got
a game-winning sacrifice fly]
At Fujiidera
Hawks | 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 4 |11
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 | 6
WP: West (6W 2L)
Sv: Yoshida,S. (2W 1L 1S)
LP: Okamoto (2W 2L)
Hd: H Kimura Saitoh,Mi.
HR: H Akiyama 4, Yoshinaga 14
Bu Nakamura 8, Suzuki 6
[Another high scoring game at Fujiidera. In the 6th,
Hawk hitters bombed Buffaloe relievers to turn the game.
In the 9th, they scored 4 runs to decide the game]
At Osaka Dome
Carp | 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 | 6
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 5
WP: Sasaoka (1W 3L 9S)
LP: Kasai (5W 2L 4S)
HR: C Kanemoto 19
T Yagi 2
[The Tigers tied the game with a 2-run homer of Yagi
in the bottom of 9th. At the top of the 12th, the Carp
had chance of the bases loaded with two outs when
Kasai pitched a wild pitch. In the bottom of the same inning,
the Tigers had the same chance, but there were no wild pitch
nor passed ball and Shinjyo flied out to second baseman]
At Hitatsuka
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 X | 5
WP: Nomura (4W 5L)
Sv: Morita (1W 5L 2S)
LP: Maeda (1W 8L)
[The Bay Star pitchers shut the Dragons out. Suzuki of
the Bay Stars went 4 for 4, drove 2 runs in]
At Jingu
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-------------------------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Kida (2W 2L 5S)
Sv: David (3S)
LP: Itoh,T. (4W 1L 10S)
HR: G Matsui 19
[Yoshii almost pitched a shutout game, but Gotoh
doubled to drive one run in in the top of the 9th.
In the top of the 14th, Matsui homered. In the bottom
of the same inning, after two men outs, Miyamoto singled
and got a stolen base. Soejima singled to right
field (near the right foul line), so, of course Miyamoto
tried to home. But the Giant catcher Sugiyama showed
nice block and Miyamoto didn't touch the plate (Miyamoto
didn't try to hit Sugiyama :-)]
At Chiba
Lions | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Marines | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
(Tie game)
Pitchers: L Nishiguchi - Hashimoto - Ishii Takashi
M Komiyama - Sonokawa - Yoshida - Kawamoto - Kondoh
[In the bottom of the 12th, the Marines had chance of runners
on first and second with two outs. Tachikawa singled to center
field. CF dropped the ball once but he soon got it to threw.
The thrown ball was a little wide to third but when Catcher
Itoh got it, the second runner Matsumoto was just going to
pass in front of him. So he made Matsumoto out easily and
the game was over]
At Kurashiki
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 X | 6
WP: Kobayashi (5W 5S)
LP: Yamasaki (1W 3L)
Hd: BW Mizuo Suzuki
HR: Bu Rhodes 10
BW Donnels 4
[Buffaloe starter Yamasaki was too bad in the 4th inning.
The Blue Wave pitchers managed to keep the lead to win]
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Okamoto (1W 4L 6S)
Sv: Saitoh,Mi. (2L 2S)
LP: Shimazaki (3W 4L 3S)
Hd: H Yoshida,S.
HR: H Yoshinaga 15, Yoshinaga 16
F Tanaka 8, Brooks 7, Tanaka 9
[In the bottom of the 8th, the Fighters went ahead with a
2-run shot of Tanaka, but the Hawks tied the game in 9th
with a 2-run shot of Yoshinaga. In the top of the 12th inning,
Ohmichi got a game-winning sacrifice fly: actually third runner
Honma was very nice to get the home]
At Koshien
Carp | 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 X | 8
WP: Yabu (5W 5L)
Sv: Kasai (5W 2L 5S)
LP: Kitoh (1W 4L)
HR: T Hiyama 11, Sekikawa 3
[In the first inning, Hiyama of the Tigers got a 3-run homer
to turn the game. In the 4th inning, they scored 4 runs with
4 hits and it seemed to be a easy win for Yabu. But he became
bad in the 6th inning, so that the Tigers sent other 4 pitchers.
Kasai, who lost with his own wild pitch yesterda, threw against
the last two batters to get a save]
The other CL games were rained out.
At Kobe
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 X | 4
WP: Hoshino (6W 3L)
LP: Takamura (2W 5L)
[Hoshino pitched a shutout game. The Blue Wave hitters got
11 hits and were given 11 walks, still they scored only 4 4runs.
Instead, they had 17 LOB]
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 | 3
WP: Yoshitake (2W)
LP: Shibakusa (2W 7L)
HR: F Tanaka 10, Wilson 1, Ide 3
[Yoshitake pitched another complete game without walks
nor hit batters. Yoshinaga, who hit very well against
the Fighters, doubled to tie the game in the 8th inning
to bring the momentum for the Hawks]
The game at Chiba was rained out.
At Yokohama
Dragons | 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Kadokura (5W 3L)
LP: Kawamura (4W 4L)
HR: D Yamasaki 8, Taihoh 10
At Jingu
Giants | 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 | 5
WP: Saitoh,M. (2W 2L)
Sv: David (4S)
LP: Bross (6W 3L)
HR: G Kawai 4, Motoki 1
At Chiba
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Toyoda (7W 2L)
LP: Kuroki (4W 7L)
HR: L Matsui 3
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 X | 6
WP: Gross (7W 2L)
LP: Yoshida,T. (1W 1L)
HR: H Kokubo 18
F Kaneko 3, Kaneko 4
At Fukuoka Dome
Marines | 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 | 5
WP: Okamoto (2W 4L 6S)
LP: Yoshida (3W 1L 2S)
HR: M Hatsushiba 4, Carreon 9
H Yoshinaga 17, Johjima 6
[Johjima led the team to win with his game-ending 2-run homer.
Yoshinaga of the Hawks got a 2-run homer off Fyhrie in the
4th inning, which was his career 100th homer]
At Tokyo Dome
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Yamazaki (2W 1L)
Sv: Kasai (5W 2L 6S)
LP: Okajima (1W 5L)
HR: G Matsui 20
[Funaki started for the Tigers. He went to the end of
4th, allowing one run, but in the top of the 5th inning,
the Tigers sent a PH for him, and the PH Yagi singled
to tie the game. In the top of the 6th, Sekikawa singled
to drive two runs in. In the 8th, the Tiger hitters
beated Makihara and scored 2 runs to decide the game]
At Akita
BayStars | 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 X | 5
WP: Takahashi,H. (1W)
Sv: Sasaoka (1W 3L 10S)
LP: Shimada (3W 3L 1S)
HR: YB Komada 5
C Ogata 8
[Nishiyama got a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 8th
to win the close game. In the top of the 4th, the lead-off
of this inning Suzuki singled, Rose doubled. Suzuki seemed
to score easily so he didn't slyde which was too bad because
Carp catcher Seto blocked with his foot! Suzuki turned before
the plate and didn't touch it and Seto got him out]
At Hamamatsu
Swallows | 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 X | 4
WP: Yamamoto (9W 1L)
Sv: Sun (20S)
LP: Ishii,K. (2W 1L)
HR: S Ikeyama 9
D Yamasaki 9, Gomez 13
[Sun got the 20th save and the Swallows now lost 4 games in a row]
At Fukuoka Dome
Marines | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: West (7W 2L)
Sv: Okamoto (2W 4L 7S)
LP: Yabuta (1W 4L)
Hd: H Uchiyama
HR: M Satoh 1
H Akiyama 5, Kokubo 19
[Yabuta gave up two homers for Akiyama and Kokubo in the first
inning, but it was the only inning he was bad]
At Sapporo
Lions | 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+---------------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
HR: L Martinez 16, Sasaki 5
BW Neel 12
(Tie game: called game by sunset)
Pitchers: L Shintani - Takeshita - Mori,S. - Ishii,Take. -
Hashimoto - Ishii, Taka.
BW Fraser - Mizuo - Kobayashi - Nomura - Toyoda - Kiyohara
[It became a tie game in the end. The Lions went ahead
with a 3-run homer of Martinez in the first inning, but
the Blue Wave turned the game with a 3-run homer of Neel
in the 3rd inning]
At Osaka Dome
Fighters | 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 | 5
WP: Shimoyanagi (6W 2L)
Sv: Shimazaki (3W 4L 4S)
LP: Ohtsuka (1W 2L 1S)
HR: F Wilson 15, Wilson 16, Wilson 17, Wilson 18
Bu Clark 7
**** Wilson got 4 continous homers in his last 4 PA. ****
[It was the game for Wilson. He went 5 for 5. In fact,
he tied the Japanese record of homerun streak: He homered
in continous 4 PA, which tied with Oh in 1964. He got 4 homers
in a game, which tied the Japanese recored of the most homers
in a game (tied with 4 players, including Oh). In the case of
Oh, he had only 4 PA in the game. Wilson is going to try new
Japanese record for homerun streak next day]
At Tokyo Dome
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 4 0 2 0 4 0 3 X |13
WP: Kawahara (2W 1S)
LP: Yamazaki (2W 2L)
HR: T Shinjyo 7, Hoshino 2
G Gotoh 2, Kiyohara 11, Castellano 2
[The Tigers tied the game in the 5th, beating Kuwata
and relievers to score 6 runs. But tonight, Tiger
relievers were too bad. In the 6th, Gotoh and Kiyohara
got a 2-run homer for each, and in the 8th, Tamura
allowed PH Castellano to hit a 3-run homer. The Tigers
came back in late innings but they allowed too much runs]
At Akita
BayStars | 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 X | 6
WP: Sasaoka (2W 3L 10S)
LP: Morita (1W 6L 2S)
HR: YB Ishii,T. 6
[Yamauchi was bad, while he himself said that he was good.
Perez got a game-winning hit in the 6th and Sasaoka closed
the game]
At Nagoya Dome
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 2
WP: Tabata (7W 2L)
Sv: Itoh,T. (4W 1L 11S)
LP: Koike (3W 3L)
HR: D Yano 1
[The Swallows stopped the losing streak. Tabata
pitched well and Hosey made nice plays. He got
4 hits and 2 stolen bases, and 1 caught stealing
at the plate :-) Koike of the Dragons pitched well,
but Dragon batters couldn't help him]
At Fukuoka Dome
Marines | 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 X | 9
WP: Wakatabe (5W 3L)
Sv: Okamoto (2W 4L 8S)
LP: Kondoh (4W 1L)
HR: M Carreon 10
H Yoshinaga 18, Kawano 3
[The Hawks got 6 hits in a row in the 6th inning. The
last of the streak was a 3-run homer by PH Kawano]
At Sapporo
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X | 2
WP: Suzuki (3W 2L 2S)
LP: Shiozaki (4W 4L)
HR: L
BW Neel 13
[In the top of the 8th, Lions tied the game with stealing
thirdbase. But in the bottom of the same inning, Ichiro
showed his speed: he scored with a grounder to second
baseman who fielded shallow. Ichiro finally tied the
record of the longest non-strikeout streak. He has never
struck out in his recent 208 PA]
At Osaka Dome
Fighters | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 |11
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 | 5
WP: Kurogi (1W)
LP: Akahori (4W 6L 9S)
HR: F Ide 4
Bu Yamamoto 8
[Wilson walked in the first at bat, and grounded to third baseman
in the second atbat, so he couldn't go over Oh. Koike of the
Buffaloes pitched well, but he was changed into Akahori in the
9th because he gave up a 3-run shot for Ide in the 8th inning.
But Akahori was too bad. Ochiai grounded to left through the hole
on bases loaded with one out to turn the game. He now goes over
Nagashima in career RBI]
At Koshien
Swallows | 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 6
-----------+---------------------------------------+--
Tigers | 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Takatsu (2W 4L)
LP: Tamura (1L 6S)
[There were bad fielding of LF Coles in the 3rd inning
and the 7th inning, and the Swallows scored in both
innings. In the 15th, Tamura, who appeared at the beginning
of this inning, allowed Dobashi to get a game-winning sacrifice
fly on bases loaded with no outs]
At Yokohama
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 | 2
WP: Galvez (5W 6L)
LP: Nomura (4W 6L)
HR: G Motoki 2
[Galvez pitched a complete game. In the 6th,
Castellano doubled to drive two runs in, and
Motoki homered to score another two runs. His
homer seemed to be a right fly, but wind seemed
to help him. Now the Bay Stars went down to the bottom]
At Hiroshima
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Kuroda (4W 1L)
LP: Maeda (1W 9L)
HR: D Aikoh 1
C Nomura 5
[Kuroda pitched a complete game. It was pity for him
to give up a homer for Aikoh in the top of the 9th.
Nomura helped Kuroda with his 3-run homer in the 3rd]
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X | 2
WP: Komiyama (4W 7L)
Sv: Kawamoto (2W 1L 12S)
LP: Kohda (5W 2L)
HR: Bu Yamamoto 9
[Komiyama won since May 23. He went to the end of the 7th
and allowed 4 hits and 1 run. The Marines sent Yoshida
in the 8th, and Kawamoto in the 9th to keep the lead]
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 | 7
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Nomura (4W 1L 5S)
LP: Kurogi (1W 1L)
HR: F Ueda 1
[Gross was confused by speed of Ichiro. In the 7th, Ichiro
grounded to firstbaseman, and Gross got toss from him but
the ball dropped from the glove. After Ichiro's stolen base,
Gross made a wild pitch, and Ichiro scored from the second.
In the 11th, Taguchi singled to left field on bases loaded
to go ahead. After that Ichiro and Neel got RBI hits and
the game was decided.
Ichiro's non-strikeout streak is still going on, and now
he is the new record holder of the streak]
At Yamagata
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 | 7
-----------+---------------------------+--
Lions | 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
WP: Yoshida,S. (3W 1L 1S)
Sv: Okamoto (2W 4L 9S)
LP: Sugiyama (1W 1L)
HR: H Akiyama 6, Kawano 4, Kawano 5
[Kawano got back-to-back homers in the 8th and 10th
to lead the team to win. The Lion pitchers couldn't
keep the lead in early innings, and now the Blue Wave
lead the Lions by 3 games]
At Koshien
Swallows | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Ishii,K. (3W 1L)
Sv: Takatsu (2W 4L 1S)
LP: Yabu (5W 6L)
HR: S Hosey 15
[Hosey got a 2-run homer in the 3rd. Ishii and Takatsu
shut the Tigers out, allowing only 5 hits in total]
At Yokohama
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X | 1
WP: Kawamura (5W 4L)
Sv: Sasaki (2W 13S)
LP: Makihara (5W 5L)
HR: YB Haru 7
[Haru got a game-winning homer in the 6th. Ishii hit fifth
in the batting order of the Giants instead of injured Kiyohara,
but he went 0 for 2.
Hillman has returned to the US in order to see the doctor.
He might have operation on the shoulder, so it seems to be
hard for him to play in this season]
At Hiroshima
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 X | 9
WP: Ohno (6W 2L)
LP: Murata (1W 1L)
HR: C Maeda 4, Lopez 12, Machida 6
[Ohno almost pitched a shutout game but he didn't.
He allowed 3 hits on bases empty with two outs in
the 9th inning. Carp hitters helped him with three
homers in early innings]
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
WP: Okamoto (3W 2L)
LP: Kuroki (4W 8L)
HR: Bu Nakamura 9
M Hirai 5
[Okamoto pitched his first complete game.
Koruki was good in early innings, but he gave up
a 3-run homer for Nakamura in the 6th. He allowed
2 runs in the 7th to lose]
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 X | 6
WP: Shimoyanagi (7W 2L)
Sv: Shimazaki (3W 4L 5S)
LP: Watanabe (2L)
HR: BW Neel 14
[The non-strikeouts streak of Ichiro has been stopped.
Shimoyanagi got him struck out in the 4th inning.
In the 7th, Fighter hitters beated Fighter killer Hoshino
and Blue Wave relievers to win]
At Sendai
Hawks | 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
WP: Yoshitake (3W)
LP: Watanabe,H. (2L)
HR: H Akiyama 7, Kokubo 20, Kawano 6, Akiyama 8
L Harai 1
[Yoshitake pitched three no-walks-no-hitbatter games
in a row. Harai homered in the 8th so Yoshitake
couldn't pitch a shutout game]
At Koshien
Swallows | 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 2
WP: Bross (7W 3L)
Sv: Itoh,T. (4W 1L 12S)
LP: Itoh (3W 1L 2S)
HR: T Coles 1
[In the bottom of the 8th inning, Coles got a 2-run homer
off Bross to tie the game. But in the top of the 9th,
Itoh gave up a game-winning hit for Furuta and the Tigers
again lost all three games in this series.
The Tigers has announces that they got Motonishi of the
Blue Wave in trade with money]
At Yokohama
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 2
WP: Sasaki (3W 13S)
LP: Saitoh,M. (2W 3L)
HR: G Ishii 1
[Saitoh pitched very well, but in the bottom of the 9th,
Suzuki got a game-ending hit to left-center field: CF
Matsui dived and he almost got it but couldn't. Ishii
homered off Sasaki in the 9th inning, but it was the only
help for Saitoh from the Giant batters]
At Hiroshima
Dragons | 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 X |11
WP: Yokoyama (5W 3L)
LP: Kadokura (5W 4L)
HR: D Gomez 14
C Machida 7, Lopez 13
[The Carp defeated the Dragons. Now the Swallows are
coming to Hiroshima tomorrow]
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 0 3 1 0 3 0 6 0 0 |13
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 | 6
WP: Yamasaki (2W 3L)
LP: Fyhrie (3W 4L)
[Fyhrie was too bad. Nakada was much more worse. They
allowed 13 runs in total. Now the Marines lead the
Buffaloes by only 1/2 games]
At Sendai
Hawks | 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 | 9
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Lions | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 | 8
WP: Sakumoto (1W 4L 1S)
Sv: Saitoh,Mi. (2L 3S)
LP: Ishii, Taka. (6W 3L 7S)
HR: L Ohtsuka 1
[The Hawks are really strong! They scored 3 runs
to tie the game in the 9th, just after the Lions
scored 5 runs to turn the game over in the 8th.
In the 11th, Kokubo doubled to go ahead, and
Yanagita got a RBI hit to drive another run in.
Both of Lion Ishiis, Ishii Takehiro in the 9th and
Ishii Takashi in the 11th, were spallowed by the Hawks]
At Yokohama
Tigers | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 3
-----------+-----------------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Yuminaga (3W)
Sv: Itoh (3W 1L 3S)
LP: Morita (1W 7L 2S)
HR: T Hiyama 12
[Funaki gave up a doulbe for Haru in the bottom of the 8th,
and the game got into extra innings. In the top of the 11th,
Hiyama got a game-winning 2-run homer off Morita]
At Hiroshima
Swallows | 0 0 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 | 7
WP: Yamamoto (3W 3L)
Sv: Takatsu (2W 4L 2S)
LP: Yokoyama (5W 4L)
HR: S Hosey 16, Inaba 10
C Kanemoto 20, Etoh 17
[The Carp went ahead in early innings with a 3-run homer of
Kanemoto, a solo homer of Etoh and a 2-run RBI doulbe of
starter Sawazaki. The Swallows came back in middle innings:
in the 5th Hosey hit a 2-run shot and in the 6th, Inaba
got the game-winning 3-run homer]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Kawamoto (3W 1L 12S)
Sv: Inoue (1S)
LP: Kurogi (1W 2L)
Hd: M Yoshida
HR: M Carreon 11
[In the bottom of the 7th, Wilson reached to first after
strikeout (wild pitch for the third strike) and they scored
2 runs. In the top of the 11th, Hori reached to first after
strikeout (passed ball), and Tompson got the game-winning hit]
At Kobe
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Fraser (3W 4L)
Sv: Kobayashi (5W 6S)
LP: West (7W 3L)
HR: BW Nakajima 2, Ichiro 3
[The Blue Wave stopped the hot Hawks. In the 4th, they scored
5 runs with a 3-run homer of Nakajima, a sacrifice fly of
Satake and a homer of Ichiro]
At Seibu
Buffaloes | 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions |10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X |10
WP: Mori,S. (1W)
LP: Milacki (1L)
Hd: L Hashimoto
HR: Bu Yamamoto 10, Nakamura 10
L Martinez 17
[The Lions scored 10 runs with 14 batters in the first and
they seemed to win easily... but they got only a "hard win"]
At Yokohama
Tigers | 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 8 0 |12
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 | 6
WP: Itoh (4W 1L 3S)
LP: Kawahara (1W 2L)
HR: T Hiyama 13, Shinjyo 8, Wada 2
YB Akimoto 1
[The Tigers scored 8 runs in the 8th inning. They got 7 hits
in 7 continuous AB. The Tigers are really Bay Star killers]
At Nagoya Dome
Giants | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 2
WP: Okajima (2W 5L)
Sv: Iriki (3L 1S)
LP: Yamamoto (9W 2L)
HR: G Ogata 1
[The Giants put Ishii fourth in the batting order. Ishii
drove two runs in. The Dragons came back in late innings.
In paticular, in the bottom of the 9th, they had still chance
of runners on first and second with one out after they scored
one run. Oto appeared, and his shot went near the right foul
pole but it turned out to be a foul. He hit the next pitch
to be turned a double play]
The game at Hiroshima was rained out.
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 X | 9
WP: Iwamoto (3W 3L 3S)
LP: Takekiyo (2W 6L)
HR: M Carreon 12
F Tanaka 11, Wilson 19
[The Fighters decided the game in the first inning: the lead-off
Tanaka homered, Ochiai got a sacrifice fly and Wilson got a 3-run
homerun. Iwamoto pitched a complete game. He might come back
to a rotation pitcher]
At Yokohama
Tigers | 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 9 0 0 1 1 1 0 X |12
WP: Sekiguchi (2W 3L)
LP: McDonald (1L)
HR: T Coles 2
YB Komada 6
[Tiger starter Nakagomi was too bad. He was supported with 4 runs,
but he couldn't keep the lead. Nine Bay Star batters scored in a
row in the second inning]
At Hiroshima
Swallows | 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Tabata (8W 2L)
LP: Yamauchi (5W 4L)
HR: S Inaba 11, Inaba 12, Hosey 17
[The Swallows again won. Inaba got back-to-back homers in the
first and the third, and Hosey got a grand slam in the 5th
to decide the game. Tabata pitched a shutout game: The Swallow
players celebrated the 62nd birthday of the manager Nomura]
At Nagoya Dome
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 X | 5
WP: Sun (1W 20S)
LP: Kuwata (3W 4L)
[Ishii, the Giants clean-up, drove three runs in, whereas
Kiyohara, who now hit 5th in the batting order, got 4
strikeouts in a row. In paticular, Kiyohara struck out
on the chance of runners on second and third with one out
in the 8th just after Ishii doulbed. As for the Dragons,
in the bottom of the 6th, Higuchi walked against Iriki on
bases loaded and Kawamata doulbed near the right foul line
to drive two runs in. Kuwata again became the losing pitcher
because of bad relievers]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 X | 7
WP: Gross (8W 2L)
Sv: Shimazaki (3W 4L 6S)
LP: Sonokawa (1W 2L)
Hd: F Nagatomi
[Ochiai drove 5 runs in. Gross left the mound at the middle of
the 5th because his wife was going to have a baby pretty soon.
... But so far I don't hear that she had the baby]
At Kobe
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Kaneda (1W)
Sv: Nomura (4W 1L 6S)
LP: Wakatabe (5W 4L)
Hd: BW Kobayashi Suzuki
HR: H Akiyama 9
[Ichiro doulbed to drive two runs in in the first inning.
Blue Wave pitchers keep the lead in early innings]
At Seibu
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Nishikawa (1W 1L)
Sv: Sano (1W 4L 4S)
LP: Robert (1W 2L 5S)
HR: L Harai 2
[Koike became bad in the 8th. The Lions failed to go ahead
when Martinez doubled with runner on second because of bone
head of the second runner Suzuki Ken. The Lions had momentam
in extra innings but they couldn't win. Instead, Nakamura
got a game-winning hit to left field in the top of the 12th
and the Buffaloes finally escaped from the bottom]