Results in May, 1997
Central League
G W L T PCT GB streak last10 GL
Swallows 45 27 18 0 .600 W1 5-5 90
Carp 43 23 20 0 .535 3.0 W2 6-4 92
Dragons 44 22 22 0 .500 4.5 L2 6-4 91
Tigers 45 22 23 0 .489 5.0 W3 5-5 90
BayStars 41 19 22 0 .463 6.0 L2 4-6 94
Giants 44 18 26 0 .409 8.5 L2 4-6 91
Team vs. Team Win - Loss (Tie)
Swallows Carp Dragons Tigers BayStars Giants
Swallows ---- 4- 5( 0) 7- 2( 0) 6- 3( 0) 4- 7( 0) 6- 1( 0)
Carp 5- 4( 0) ---- 5- 3( 0) 4- 4( 0) 4- 4( 0) 5- 5( 0)
Dragons 2- 7( 0) 3- 5( 0) ---- 7- 4( 0) 4- 3( 0) 6- 3( 0)
Tigers 3- 6( 0) 4- 4( 0) 4- 7( 0) ---- 6- 1( 0) 5- 5( 0)
BayStars 7- 4( 0) 4- 4( 0) 3- 4( 0) 1- 6( 0) ---- 4- 4( 0)
Giants 1- 6( 0) 5- 5( 0) 3- 6( 0) 5- 5( 0) 4- 4( 0) ----
Pacific League
G W L T PCT GB streak last10 GL
Lions 44 27 17 0 .614 L1 6-4 91
BlueWave 38 20 18 0 .526 4.0 W2 5-5 97
Hawks 46 23 23 0 .500 5.0 W1 3-7 89
Fighters 45 22 23 0 .489 5.5 W2 6-4 90
Marines 43 19 23 1 .452 7.0 L3 5-5 92
Buffaloes 44 18 25 1 .419 8.5 L1 4-6 91
Team vs. Team Win - Loss (Tie)
Lions BlueWave Hawks Fighters Marines Buffaloes
Lions ---- 4- 4( 0) 5- 4( 0) 6- 6( 0) 8- 1( 0) 4- 2( 0)
BlueWave 4- 4( 0) ---- 2- 5( 0) 5- 4( 0) 3- 4( 0) 6- 1( 0)
Hawks 4- 5( 0) 5- 2( 0) ---- 4- 5( 0) 5- 4( 0) 5- 7( 0)
Fighters 6- 6( 0) 4- 5( 0) 5- 4( 0) ---- 2- 5( 0) 5- 3( 0)
Marines 1- 8( 0) 4- 3( 0) 4- 5( 0) 5- 2( 0) ---- 5- 5( 1)
Buffaloes 2- 4( 0) 1- 6( 0) 7- 5( 0) 3- 5( 0) 5- 5( 1) ----
At Tokyo Dome
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 X | 5
WP: Makihara (3W 1L)
LP: Yabu (1W 2L)
HR: G Murata,S. 1, Shimizu 3
[Makihara pitched a complete game allowing three basehits.
He stopped the winning streak of the Tigers in 4 games.
The hitting streak of Wada is still going on]
At Yokohama
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 X | 9
WP: Tokano (2W)
Sv: Morita (4L 1S)
LP: Tabata (3W 1L)
HR: S Furuta 2
YB Komada 2
[The Bay Stars won all three games against the Swallows.
Rose couldn't tied with the Japanese record of consecutive
hitting streak: walk, grounded out, walk, single, single]
At Hamamatsu
Carp | 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Yamauchi (3W 1L)
LP: Maeda (3L)
HR: C Ogata 3, Etoh 5, Kanemoto 6
[Tonight Yamauchi pitched a shutout game againt the Dragons.
The starter of the Dragons, Maeda, gave up five walks in the
first inning, which tied with the record of the most walks
in an inning in the Central League (Japanese record is 7 walks
in an inning). He had no chance to try the new record, because
Hoshino, the Dragon manager, removed him when he gave up the
5th walk]
At Chiba
Fighters | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 X | 6
WP: Yabuta (1W)
Sv: Kawamoto (2W 6S)
LP: Imai (1W 2L)
Hd: M Takekiyo
HR: F Kataoka 1
[The Marines went ahead with two errors in the 4th
inning. In the 7th inning, Hatsushiba, whose
avereage was only .164, got a 2-run RBI single and
the Marines now stand at the top of the PL. OTOH,
the Fighters stands in the bottom]
At Kobe
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: West (3W)
LP: Fraser (1W 2L)
HR: H Yoshinaga 5
[West pitched a shutout game with 3 hits. Yoshinaga
helped him to hit a 3-run shot in the 6th inning]
At Osaka Dome
Lions | 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Toyoda (3W 1L)
LP: Ishige (2W 1L)
HR: L Ohtomo 1
[The Lions bombed the Buffalo pitchers. Toyoda
pitched a shutout game with no-walks and no-hit-batters]
At Koshien
Carp | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 X | 7
WP: Yuminaga (1W)
LP: Yokoyama (1W 2L)
[Greenwell hit 5th in batting order. He went 2 for 5,
drove two runs in. The Tigers has come back to .500 line]
At Yokohama
Giants | 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Miyamoto (2W)
LP: Miura (1L)
HR: G Kiyohara 4
[Iriki started for the Giants but he was removed in the 5th
inning so he couldn't get his first win. Miyamoto appeared
as the 4th pitcher for the Giants with two outs in the same
innning to finish the game. Kiyohara, who was hit by pitch
with one of his right fingers last game, hit a 3-run homer
to left stand in the 5th inning]
At Jingu
Dragons | 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 | 3
WP: Kadokura (1W L)
Sv: Endoh (1L 1S)
LP: Yoshii (3W 2L)
HR: D Taihoh 3
[Kadokura played very well both in batting and pitching.
He went to 8th inning, allowing 5 hits and 3 runs.
He also singled in the 4th to drive one run in and doubled
to drive three runs in in the 6th inning. Now the Swallows
have lost 6 games in a row]
At Seibu
Marines | 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 X | 7
WP: Ishii, Taka. (2W)
LP: Komiyama (2W 3L)
Hd: L Hashimoto
HR: L Sasaki 2
[The Marines went down from the top. Sasaki of the Lions
went 4 for 4, drove 3 runs in]
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Gross (2W 1L)
Sv: Yamahara (3S)
LP: Noda (1W 1L)
Hd: F Takahashi,N.
HR: BW Takahashi, S.
F Kaneko 1, Kataoka 2
[In the bottom of the 5th inning, the Fighters got six hits
in a row to score 4 runs. Taguchi drove another run in with
suicide squeeze play]
At Fukuoka Dome
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 X | 8
WP: Kudoh (4W)
LP: Yamasaki (1W 2L)
HR: H Iguchi 1, Kokubo 9
[Rookie Iguchi has appeared. He hit second in batting order
and fielded shortstop. He singled to left field in his first
act bat, and he got a grand slam at his third act bat. He
is the 5th rookie player who hit a grandslam in his first game.
Only Komada and Kevin Mitchell hit such a homer in their first
act bat]
At Koshien
Carp | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Itoh (1W)
Sv: Tamura (4S)
LP: Sawazaki (3W 1L)
[Greenwell got a game-winning single in the 3rd inning.
The Tigers sent 6 pitchers, including starter Takuuchi,
and allowed 3 hits after the second inning. Wada couldn't
get any hit so his record of consecutive-games hitting
streak has been stopped in 24 games]
At Yokohama
Giants | 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X | 6
WP: Sasaki (2W 3S)
LP: Kawaguchi (3W 1L 1S)
HR: YB Suzuki,T. 6
[Sasaki of the Bay Stars pitched in the 8th and 9th
inning to close the game. Kuwata of the Giants
was removed in the second inning because he broke
the blister on a finger of his right hand]
At Jingu
Dragons | 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 X | 7
WP: Itoh,T. (4W 1S)
LP: Ochiai (2W 3L)
HR: D Nakamura 4, Powell 4
S Hata 1
[Hata, pinch hitter of a PH, got a 3-run homer
to tie the game in the 6th inning. The Swallows
went ahead with a sacrifice fly of Tsuji in the 8th
and stopped their losing streak]
At Seibu
Marines | 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 X | 6
WP: Ishii, Taka. (3W)
Sv: Robert (4S)
LP: Kuroki (1W 3L)
HR: M Hirai 1, Thompson 2
L Itoh 3, Martinez 6
[The Lions now stand at the top. Maru-chan (Martinez)
got a game-winning 3-run homer in the 7th inning.
Lion starter Ishii Takehiro, who was ejected in the
7th inning, pitched well althought he gave up two homers]
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 3
WP: Kobayashi (2W 3S)
LP: Yamahara (1L 3S)
HR: BW Nakajima 1
[Today Yamahara was bad. He appeared in the 9th inning, but
he was removed when the bases loaded with one out. Shimazaki
relieved him but Taguchi and Ichiro got RBI singles off
Shimazaki and the Blue Wave won]
At Fukuoka Dome
Buffaloes | 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Kohda (3W 1L)
Sv: Akahori (6S)
LP: Wakatabe (2W 2L)
HR: Bu Rhodes 2
[Kohda pitched very well. He allowed only 4 hits in seven innings.
Iguchi started again and went 1 for 3]
At Koshien
Carp | 2 0 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 |12
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 | 6
WP: Perdomo (2W 1L)
LP: Yabu (1W 3L)
HR: C Kanemoto 7, Machida 3, Shohda 2
T Hiyama 4
[Tiger set-ups were too bad. The Carp got
three homers in late innings to win]
At Yokohama
Giants | 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Tokano (3W)
Sv: Sasaki (2W 4S)
LP: Galvez (1W 4L)
HR: G Nishi 5, Kiyohara 5
YB Suzuki,T. 7, Rose 9
[Rose got a game-winning 3-run homer off Galvez
in the 4th inning just after Ishii scored with
a grounder to second baseman]
At Jingu
Dragons | 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 | 6
WP: Yamamoto (5W)
Sv: Sun (8S)
LP: Okabayashi (1W 1L)
HR: D Yamasaki 1, Gomez 7
S Furuta 3, Ikeyama 4
[Gomez got a grand slam off Takatsu in the top
of the 7th inning. Sun pitched for 1.1 innings
to close the high-scoring game]
At Seibu
Marines | 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 X | 9
WP: Shiozaki (2W 2L)
LP: Takekiyo (2W 2L)
Hd: L Hashimoto
HR: M Carreon 4
L Martinez 7, Martinez 8, Kanemura 2
[Maru-chan (Martinez) went 3 for 5, drove 4 runs in.
The Lions won all three games against the Marines
to keep the top]
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Hoshino (2W 1L)
LP: Shibakusa (1W 2L)
HR: BW Donnels 2
[Both pitchers pitched complete games, but Hoshino won.
In the bottom of the third inning, Ochiai singled to
right field with runners on first and second and two outs.
Ichiro threw second runner Tanaka out at the plate]
At Fukuoka Dome
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 X | 4
WP: Tanoue (1W 3L)
Sv: Jose (1S)
LP: Koike (2W 2L)
Hd: H Sakumoto
HR: H Kokubo 10
[Tanoue started for the Hawks to get his career first win]
At Hiroshima
BayStars | 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 1 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 | 6
WP: Shimada (1W 2L 1S)
Sv: Sasaki (2W 5S)
LP: Katoh (1W 3L)
HR: C Nomura 4, Kanemoto 8, Nishiyama 3, Lopez 6, Machida 4
[The Bay Stars turned the game in late innings.
They didn't get any homers whereas the Carp got
five homers]
At Chiba
BlueWave | 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Itoh (3W 1L)
LP: Yabuta (1W 1L)
HR: BW Neel 6
[Itoh pitched a shutout game, allowing 3 hits and getting
12 strike outs. It winded strongly from outfield to the
plate: the same wind when Noda got 19 strike outs at the
same ballpark. It often winds very strongly in the ballpark]
At Fukuoka Dome
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 X | 7
WP: Takeda (3W)
LP: Givens (3W 2L)
HR: H Kokubo 11
[Takeda pitched a shutout game. Now the Hawks stand at the top]
At Tokyo Dome
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Iwamoto (1W 1L)
Sv: Shimazaki (1W 1L 2S)
LP: Takamura (1W 3L)
HR: Bu Nakane 1
[Iwamoto won for the first time this season. The Fighters
got 5 hits in a row in the 5th inning. Now the Fighters
went up from the bottom and the Buffaloes went down to the
bottom]
At Nagoya Dome
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Maeda (1W 3L)
Sv: Sun (9S)
LP: Kawajiri (1W 4L)
HR: D Nakamura 5
[Both starters, Kawajiri and Maeda, were good.
Nakamura led the team to win with his career
100th homer]
At Jingu
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 X | 6
WP: Bross (3W 2L)
Sv: Katoh (1W 3S)
LP: Hillman (1L)
HR: G Shimizu 4
S Iida 2, Furuta 4
[Hillman finally started for the Giants, but it is said that
he still feels something wrong with the left shoulder. He
has been just registered today, but the Swallow manager
Nomura seemed to guess his start (FYI, in CL, you can't
know the starting pitchers in advance) because he put
right-handed batters from the lead-off throught the sixth
in batting order. Anyway, Hillman was not what he used
to be in Marine days. He had bad control.
Bross commented that he couldn't think that Hillman
and he started in Japan, 800 miles away from the US
(I don't know what he says: I just read it on Japanese paper)
Furuta also got his career 100th homer]
At Chiba
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
WP: (1W 3L)
LP: (1W)
HR: BW
M Hatsushiba
[Hatsushiba, who hits less than .200, got a grand slam
in the first inning and lead the team to win]
At Fukuoka Dome
Lions | 2 4 2 2 1 1 6 1 2 |21
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Toyoda (4W 1L)
LP: West (3W 1L)
HR: L Sasaki 3
[Nothing to say. The Lions got 29 hits in total, which
has become the new Japanese record of the most hits of
a team in a game. They have become the 6th team which
scored in all innings (the 4th team that scored in all
9 or more innings). Toyoda pitched a shutout game, allowing
only two hits. The Hawk manager Oh said that he felt that
the team lost three games, but it was just one loss]
At Tokyo Dome
Buffaloes | 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 | 7
WP: Shimazaki (2W 1L 2S)
LP: Akahori (1L 6S)
HR: Bu Yamamoto 5, Mizuguchi 2, Murakami 1
F Brooks 4
[The Buffaloes has turned the game in the 9th inning, but
closer Akahori was too bad: He walked two men after he
gave up three singles in a row.]
At Nagoya Dome
Tigers | 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
WP: Furumizo (1W)
LP: Ochiai (2W 4L)
At Jingu
Giants | 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 | 8
WP: Kawasaki (2W 1L)
LP: Makihara (3W 2L)
HR: G Kawai 3
At Fukuoka Dome
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 2
-----------+---------------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Ishii, Taka. (4W)
LP: Jose (1L 1S)
At Tokyo Dome
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 X | 6
WP: Gross (3W 1L)
LP: Okamoto (1L)
HR: F Kataoka 3
At Nagoya Dome
Carp | 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 |11
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 1 | 8
WP: Ohno (4W)
LP: Kadokura (1W 2L)
HR: C Kanemoto 9, Etoh 6
D Hikono 1
[Ohno pitched for 6 innings to win. His ERA
is now 1.25. Carp setups were not very good,
but the Dragons couldn't turn the game]
At Kitakyushu
Marines | 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Kuroki (2W 3L)
LP: Kimura (3L 5S)
HR: M Hatsushiba 3
H Yoshinaga 6, Johjima 2
[Hatsushiba led the team to win with his 3-run shot
in the 6th inning]
At Kobe
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: Noda (2W 1L)
Sv: Kobayashi (2W 4S)
LP: Teramae (4L)
HR: BW Fujii 4
[The Buffaloes lost with their bad fielding. In the second,
Kase singled to left field with runners on second and third.
The second runner stopped at the third base, but LF Suzuki
threw back to third base, where no men covered, and the Blue
Wave scored the second run. In the 5th, there was an error,
a wild pitch and a passed ball]
At Tokyo Dome
Tigers | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 X | 7
WP: Miyamoto (3W)
LP: Nakagomi (1W 2L)
HR: T Shinjyo 3
G Hirosawa 2, Sugiyama 4
[Hirosawa got a 3-run homer to right stand in the third
inning. The Tigers were too bad]
At Yamagata
BayStars | 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Tokano (4W)
LP: Yoshii (3W 3L)
HR: YB Ishii,T. 2, Komada 3, Shindoh 5, Haru 3
S Hosey 7
[Tokano started for the Bay Stars to win.
The Bay Stars scored 5 runs with three homers
in the 4th inning]
At Nagoya Dome
Carp | 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 0 X | 9
WP: Endoh (1W 1L 1S)
Sv: Sun (10S)
LP: Yamauchi (3W 2L)
HR: C Kanemoto 10
D Nakamura 6
[In the 4th, PH Kawamata doubled to turn the game.
In the 6th, Nakamura got a 3-run homer, in the 7th,
Taihoh doubled to drive two runs in]
At Kitakyushu
Marines | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X | 4
WP: Wakatabe (3W 2L)
LP: Komiyama (2W 4L)
[Wakatabe pitched a complete game, allowing three hits]
At Kobe
Buffaloes | 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 X | 9
WP: Suzuki (1W 2L 1S)
Sv: Kobayashi (2W 5S)
LP: Sano (1W 2L 2S)
HR: Bu Abe 1
BW Ichiro 1
[In the 5th, Ichiro got a grand slam off Kohda. In the 6th,
the Blue Wave got 5 hits to score 4runs. Ichiro drove 6 runs in
in this game]
At Seibu
Fighters | 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 | 5
WP: Shimoyanagi (2W 1L)
Sv: Shimazaki (2W 1L 3S)
LP: Robert (1L 4S)
HR: F Brooks 5
L Martinez 9
[Robert, who appeared with two outs in the 7th inning,
was too bad in the 8th inning. Now the Blue Wave
stand at the top]
At Tokyo Dome
Tigers | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: Kuwata (2W 1L)
Sv: Kida (1W 5S)
LP: Yufune (3W 2L)
HR: G Hirosawa 3, Hirosawa 4
[Hirosawa again led the Giants to win. Both teams are now
the bottom in the Central League]
At Fukushima
BayStars | 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Kawamura (3W 1L)
Sv: Sasaki (2W 6S)
LP: Takatsu (2L)
[Takatsu started for the Swallows but not very good.
Kawamura of the Bay Stars pitched well. The Bay
Stars have won five games in a row]
At Nagoya Dome
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 X | 5
WP: Nakayama (2W 1L)
Sv: Sun (11S)
LP: Sasaoka (2L 3S)
HR: C Etoh 7, Nishiyama 4
D Taihoh 4
[Taihoh got a 3-run shot off Sasaoka in the 8th.
It was his career 200th homer]
At Kitakyushu
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X | 2
WP: Tanoue (2W 3L)
Sv: Okamoto (1L 1S)
LP: Takekiyo (2W 3L)
Hd: H Kimura Jose
HR: H Kokubo 12
[Kokubo got a 2-run homer in the 6th to win]
At Kobe
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Koike (3W 2L)
LP: Hoshino (2W 2L)
HR: Bu Clark 5, Suzuki 3, Nakamura 3
[Koike pitched a complete game to stop the losing streak.
In the 6th, Clark and Suzuki got homers. The Buffaloes
also stopped the losing streak(8 games) against the Blue
Wave and the losing streak at Kobe(14 games)]
At Seibu
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 X | 9
WP: Shiozaki (3W 2L)
Sv: Ishii, Taka. (4W 1S)
LP: Shibakusa (1W 3L)
Hd: L Hashimoto
HR: F Wilson 7
L Suzuki,K. 2
[The Lions won to come back to the first place.
Lion hitters got one or more hit in every inning
and got 15 hits in total]
At Seibu
Fighters | 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Nishiguchi (3W 2L)
LP: Iwamoto (1W 2L)
HR: F Kataoka 4
L Takagi, T. 2
[The Lions beated the Fighters. Nishiguchi pitched
a complete game. In the 3rd, Matsui tripled to go
ahead. In the 5th, Takagi Taisei got a 2-run homer]
At Toyama
Swallows | 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Tabata (4W 1L)
Sv: Itoh,T. (4W 2S)
LP: Maeda (1W 4L)
[Itoh Tomohito appeared in the beginning of the 7th
inning to close the game. He allowed only one hit
and the speed of his fastballs is over 150km/h (94m/h).
Tabata got the 4th win at his home town. Luis Ortis
tripled to drive two runs in in the 4th so he will
stay in the major for a while]
The games at Hiroshima and Kurashiki was rained out.
Greenwell of the Tigers will be missed for a month
because of the injurey on his right foot. His batted
ball hit the foot when he fouled in the game on May 10th.
It turned out that his bone has broken yesterday. The
Tigers might sign another foreign player, it is said.
At Sendai
Fighters | 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X | 5
WP: Kondoh (3W)
Sv: Kawamoto (1W 1S)
LP: Imai (1W 3L)
Hd: M Sonokawa Yoshida
HR: F Tanaka 3, Wilson 3
M Hirai 2, Hirai 3, Thompson 3
[Hirai homered in the first inning and the 5th inning.
Figher starter Imai was so bad that he was removed
in the first inning]
At Nagoya Dome
Hawks | 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 | 4
WP: Akahori (1W 1L 6S)
LP: Sakumoto (4L 1S)
HR: Bu Mizuguchi 3
[The Buffaloes won with a game-ending sacrifice fly
of Ohishi when the bases were loaded with one out.
Johnny Ruffin started for the Buffaloes but he was
not good. He allowed 7 walks when he was ejected
in the 6th inning. Maybe he was stll tired since
he arrived at Japan on May 10th or so]
At Hiroshima
Giants | 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 X | 6
WP: Sawazaki (4W 1L)
LP: Kida (1W 1L 5S)
HR: G Nishi 6, Hirosawa 5
C Shohda 3
[The game started 40 minutes later because of rain.
Hillman started for the Giants but he left the mound
after he pitched the first inning, feeling something
wrong on his left shoulder. Carp starter was Kitoh
and he was not good. In the 7th the Carp went ahead
with the clutch hit of Kanemoto after 23 minute suspention]
Greenwell of the Tigers has announced his retirement.
He played only 7 games in Japan.
At Nagoya Dome
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
WP: West (4W 1L)
Sv: Okamoto (1L 2S)
LP: Shibata (1L)
Hd: H Kimura
Hd: Bu Nishikawa
[Takamura started for the Buffaloes. He pitched very well,
but it was too unlucky that batted ball hit him in the
7th inning and he was ejected. In the 8th inning, the
Hawks went ahead with a double of Johjima]
At Koshien
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X | 2
WP: Itoh (2W)
Sv: Kasai (3W 1L 2S)
LP: Sekiguchi (1W 1L)
[The Tiger pitchers, Furumizo, Itoh, Tamura and Kasai,
shut the Bay Stars out. The Bay Stars had many chances
but they couldn't score: the number of LOB was 10]
At Kanazawa
Swallows | 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Kawasaki (3W 1L)
LP: Nakayama (2W 2L)
[Kawasaki went to the end of the 7th inning to win.
He is now in the subject of suicide of Kawai Kazumi
who was his previous lover. Nakayama lost two runs
with his wild pitch in the 8th inning]
At Nagoya Dome
Hawks | 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 | 6
WP: Akahori (2W 1L 6S)
LP: Jose (2L 1S)
Hd: Bu Nishikawa Ohtsuka
HR: Bu Suzuki 4, Ohishi 2
[Akahori allowed the Hawks to tie the game with his own
error and two hits in the 8th inning. But he became the
winning pitcher thanks to the game-ending homerun of Ohishi.
Hawk starter Kudoh was good until two outs of the 5th inning,
but he allowed two hits in the rest of the 5th, and in the 6th
he allowed three continuous hits, the second of which was
the homer of Suzuki]
At Koshien
Swallows | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Yoshii (4W 3L)
Sv: Itoh,T. (4W 3S)
LP: Yabu (1W 4L)
[Yabu pitched well but Tiger hitters couldn't help him.
Yoshii and Itoh Tomohito shut the Tigers out]
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Kadokura (2W 2L)
LP: Galvez (1W 5L)
HR: D Powell 5
[Both of the starters, Kadokura and Galvez pitched very well.
In the bottom of the 8th inning, Galvez appeared at the chance
of runner on second with one out. Nagashima didn't send a PH
for him so he struck out. Nishi also struck out and the Giants
didn't go ahead. In the top of the 9th, the lead-off of this
inning Powell homered. After two outs, PH Hikono cleaned the
bases with his double off Kida to drive more three runs]
At Seibu
Marines | 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 X | 7
WP: Toyoda (5W 1L)
Sv: Robert (1L 5S)
LP: Kuroki (2W 4L)
Hd: L Sugiyama Ishii, Take.
HR: M Thompson 4, Carreon 5
L Suzuki,K. 3
[The Marines came back in middle innings with
homers of Thompson and Carreon, but the Lions
scored 3 runs with a RBI hit of Takagi and a
2-run shot of Suzuki in the 7th to win]
At Koshien
Swallows | 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Bross (4W 2L)
Sv: Katoh (1W 4S)
LP: Nakagomi (1W 3L)
[The Swallows again shut the Tigers out with four pitchers.
The Tiger manager Yoshida was ejected in the second inning
protesting against the umpire-in-cheif Dimulo (sp?) from
the US(3A). The play was as follows: Nakagomi grounded to
pitcher and Bross got it and tagged Nakagomi. I'm not sure,
but it is said that the umpire didn't call out at the time, so
Bross threw the ball to first. But the ball hit the back of
Nakagomi and he reached to first. Dimulo called Nakagomi
out after the ball hit his back, so Yoshida got angry that
the call was too late. Yoshida protested in English but
he didn't allow the translater to join, and he touched the
body of the umpire with his fingers so Dimulo considered
that Yoshida wouldn't understand him to deley the game and
Yoshida also insulted him. Yoshida seems to be poor at English.
Yoshida said that he couldn't understand why he was ejected.
FYI, Yoshida was the manager of France National Baseball team,
so he is a rather internationalized person. But the Tigers
is now the team of pitching, so Yoshida has to be very
sensitive on diffrent strike-zone and bad calls]
At Yokohama
Carp | 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 X | 4
WP: Nomura (2W 3L)
Sv: Sasaki (2W 7S)
LP: Ohno (4W 1L)
HR: C Etoh 8, Kanemoto 11
YB Rose 10
[Ohno lost for the first time this season. Rose of the Bay Stars
went 2 for 4 and now his batting average is just .400]
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 | 6
WP: Yamamoto
LP: Makihara
HR: D Powell 6, Tatsunami 3, Gomez 8
G Matsui 11, Hirosawa 6, Kiyohara 6
[Makihara became too bad in the third inning. He was removed
when Tatsunami got a 2-run homer and the score became 1-5.
Okada releived him but he allowed Gomez to hit a 2-run homer.
Now the Giants lost 3 games in a row]
At Seibu
Marines | 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 X | 8
WP: Sugiyama (1W)
LP: Komiyama (2W 5L)
Hd: L Watanabe,H. Hashimoto
HR: M Carreon 6, Tachikawa 1
L Martinez 10, Itoh 4
[The Lions keep the first place. In the 6th, PH Ohtsuka
doubled to tie the game and Itoh followed him to double
and Ohtsuka scored. Itoh also homered in the 8th]
Now Toyo-suisan company, which uses the charactor named
"Maru-chan" for their instant noodles, presents "Maru-chan"
prize. Every time Maru-chan(Martinez) homers, they
offer 100 dozen "Maru-chan" noodles ("Akai-Kitsune").
Martinez can't eat up all of them :-) so the presents
is given to 100 peoples by lots (each gets 1 dozen of
noodles).
At Fukuoka Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Wakatabe (4W 2L)
Sv: Okamoto (1L 3S)
LP: Fraser (1W 4L)
Hd: H Uchiyama Saitoh,Mi.
[Hawk relievers were good. They allowed only one hit in
the last four innings, after starter Wakatabe was removed.
Now the Hawks have won 4 games in a row against the Blue Wave]
At Osaka Dome
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 | 4
-----------+---------------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Gross (4W 1L)
LP: Akahori (2W 2L)
[Gross pitched a complte game in extra inning. He allowed
four hits. Buffalo starter Kohda didn't allow any runs
in nine innings, but Akahori, the reliable closer of the
Buffaloes, was so bad that he gave up 4 runs in the 10th]
At Koshien
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X | 1
WP: Kawajiri (2W 4L)
LP: Takatsu (3L)
HR: T Shinjyo 4
[Today, Kawajiri pitched a shutout game against
the Swallows. Shinjyo got a "game-winning" homerun
in the first inning, and it was the only run for
the both teams]
At Yokohama
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 X | 8
WP: Miura (1W 1L)
LP: Yamauchi (3W 3L)
HR: C Etoh 9
YB Ishii,T. 3
[Yokohama is hot now. Miura became the first pitcher who
pitched a complete game in the Bay Stars this season. Now
the Bay Stars stands in the second place, tying with the
Carp and the Dragons]
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Ochiai (3W 4L)
LP: Kuwata (2W 2L)
HR: D Gomez 9, Yamasaki 2
[Ochiai pitched a complete game. In the top of the first inning,
Kuwata lost 2 runs with an error of 3B Motoki and his own wild
pitch. In the 4th, he gave up back-to-back homers for Gomez and
Yamasaki. In the top of the 9th, Kawaguchi made bad throwing
to first and the home when Dragon batters tried back-to-back
squeeze plays (the first one became an error which allowed first
runner scored, the second one was not an error but just an
fielder's choice)]
At Seibu
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 X | 7
WP: Shiozaki (4W 2L)
LP: Fyhrie (1W 1L)
HR: L Suzuki,K. 4, Suzuki,K. 5, Suzuki,K. 6
[Suzuki Ken got three homers in his last 3 AB.
Shiozaki pitched his first shutout game in his
8th season, although he spent most of seasons
as a closer]
At Fukuoka Dome
BlueWave | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Takeda (4W)
Sv: Okamoto (1L 4S)
LP: Itoh (3W 2L)
HR: H Hamana 3
[The Hawks scored 4 runs on two outs with the bases empty
in the first inning: walk, single, single, walk, single
and single. In the top of the 9th, Jose gave up two walks
and a single so the Blue Wave had chance of bases loaded
with no outs. Okamoto relieved him and he walked Ohshima
after he got two outs. Ichiro appeared at the chance of
bases loaded with two outs, 2-5 for the Blue Wave, but
he hit the first pitch to fly out to right field]
At Osaka Dome
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 X | 8
WP: Koike (4W 2L)
LP: Shibakusa (1W 4L)
HR: Bu Nakamura 4
[Koike pitched a shutout game. He seems very good this season.
Nakamura got a 2-run homer in the second inning to help him]
At Nagoya Dome
Tigers | 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Takeuchi (2W 1L)
Sv: Kasai (3W 1L 3S)
LP: Maeda (1W 5L)
HR: T Hiyama 5
[The Tigers won with five pitchers and nice fielding
in the last inning. In the bottom of the 9th inning,
a runner was on first with one out when Gomez grounded
near the left foul line. The batted ball rolled to
the wall so the first runner Ichihara tried the home.
But the ball was relaied from LF Takanami to C Johzume
via SS Kuji and the runner was thrown out at the plate]
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 | 2
WP: Tokano (5W)
Sv: Sasaki (2W 8S)
LP: Miyamoto (3W 1L)
HR: YB Haru 4
G Fukuoh 1
[The Giants came back in late innings, but Sasaki stopped
the momentam of the Giants. He appeared in the 8th inning,
runner on second with one out, 3-2 for the Bay Stars.
The batter was Nishi, the lead-off. Sasaki struck out
not only Nishi and Fukuoh in the 8th, but also struck out
Matsui, Kiyohara and Hirosawa in the 9th. In short, he
got five strike outs against Giants hitters]
At Jingu
Carp | 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 | 5
WP: Kuroda (2W)
Sv: Sasaoka (2L 4S)
LP: Yamamoto (1W 3L)
HR: C Shohda 4, Ogata 4, Etoh 10, Kanemoto 12
S Hosey 8, Dobashi 3
[The Carp starter Kuroda was not very good, but
Carp batters helped him very well]
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 X | 4
WP: Yoshida (2W 1S)
Sv: Kawamoto (2W 8S)
LP: Nishikawa (1L)
HR: Bu Nakamura 5
M Hirai 4, Thompson 5
[It was a game in rain. In the top of the 8th,
SS Kosaka, a Marine rookie, made nice fielding:
He got the ball which hit the glove of 3B Hatsushiba
and got the batter out at first base to end the inning.
In the bottom of the same inning, PH Nimura doubled
off Akahori into right-center field to drive two runs in]
At Kurashiki
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: Hoshino (3W 2L)
Sv: Nomura (1W 1L 1S)
LP: Sekine (2W 2L)
[The Blue Wave went ahead with an error of Ochiai
in the 3rd inning. They scored 3 runs in the 4th
inning with a triple of Fujii and so on. Hoshino
went to the 7th inning to win. He now wins 8 games
in a row against the Buffaloes]
At Seibu
Hawks | 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
WP: Uchiyama (1W)
Sv: Okamoto (1L 5S)
LP: Katori (1L)
Hd: H Kimura Saitoh,Mi.
HR: H Hamana 4, Kokubo 13, Kokubo 14
L Martinez 11, Sasaki 4
[Kokubo and Hawk batters presented a win for the manager
Oh for his birthday. In the top of the 7th, Kokubo
got his second homer, which was solo, to go ahead.
Yanagita doubled to drive two runs in in the same inning
and Hawk pitchers didn't allow the Lions to come back]
At Nagoya Dome
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 X | 9
WP: Koike (2W 1L)
Sv: Sun (12S)
LP: Yufune (3W 3L)
HR: T Sekikawa 1
D Tatsunami 4
[In the bottom of the 6th inning, two men reached
to first with infield errors (P Katase and 3B Hiatt),
and another man was given an intentional walk so
the Dragons had chance of bases loaded with one out.
PH Hikono appeared then, and he cleaned the bases with
his double which went over the head of LF Hiratsuka.
Following him, Tatsunami homered to right stand]
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 X | 5
WP: Okajima (1W 2L)
LP: Sekiguchi (1W 2L)
HR: G Hirosawa 7
[The Giants modified the line-up. All player but Matsui
started yesterday, was moved in the batting order or
removed from the line-up. The clean-up Hirosawa got a
game-winning 3-run homerun in the 3rd inning. Kiyohara,
who hit fifth in the batting order, got a RBI double in
the 7th. Okajima, who was picked up from the Minor instead
of Hillman, pitched his career first complete game, getting
12 strike outs]
At Jingu
Carp | 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 3 2 1 3 0 2 0 X |11
WP: Kawasaki (4W 1L)
LP: Katoh (1W 4L)
HR: C Lopez 7, Etoh 11
S Ikeyama 5, Iida 3
[The Swallow batters beated Carp pitchers. All starters
got a hit, and a batter got a hit in every inning except
for the 8th. Kawasaki pitched a complete game. He allowed
only one hit after 4th inning]
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Ohtsuka (1W)
Sv: Akahori (2W 2L 7S)
LP: Kuroki (2W 5L)
Hd: Bu Nishikawa
HR: Bu Furukubo 1
[Furukubo homered in the 8th inning to lead the team
to win. Kuroki pitched a complete game, but Marine
batters couldn't help him]
At Kobe
Fighters | 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 |13
WP: Kobayashi (3W 5S)
LP: Shimazaki (2W 2L 3S)
HR: F Kataoka 5, Wilson 9
BW Fujii 5, Taguchi 2
[Taguchi got a game-ending grand slam off Shimazaki.
Shimazaki, who appeared in the 6th inning, was bad
in the 9th inning]
At Seibu
Hawks | 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 X | 3
WP: Ishii, Taka. (5W 1S)
LP: Saitoh,Mi. (1L)
Hd: H Yoshida,S. Kimura
HR: L Martinez 12
[The Hawks tried to keep the lead but Saitoh Mitsugu
allowed Martinez to get a game-winning 2-run homerun
in the 8th. Kudoh of the Hawks missed the 5th win]
At Nagoya Dome
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X | 2
WP: Kadokura (3W 2L)
Sv: Sun (13S)
LP: Furumizo (1W 1L)
HR: D Yamasaki 3
[Yamasaki got a game-winning 2-run homer in the 4th inning.
The number of LOB of the Tigers was 10, and the Dragons
completed three double plays]
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X | 2
WP: Galvez (2W 5L)
LP: Kawamura (3W 2L)
HR: G Matsui 12
[In this game Matsui got a game-winning 2-run homer.
He hit a low forkball. Galvez again pitched well.
He pitched a complete game allowing 4 hits]
At Jingu
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Kitoh (1W)
LP: Yoshii (4W 4L)
HR: C Kanemoto 13
[Both starters pitched well. It was Kanemoto who got
a game-winning 2-run homer in the 8th inning. Kitoh
said in an interview after the game, "I'm late"]
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 X | 5
WP: Yoshida (3W 1S)
Sv: Kawamoto (2W 9S)
LP: Akahori (2W 3L 7S)
[PH Nimura again doubled off Akahori to drive 2 runs in
in the 8th inning. OTOH, Kawamoto again got a save point]
At Kobe
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 | 3
-----------+-------------------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 | 2
WP: Iwamoto (2W 2L)
LP: Watanabe (1L)
HR: F Wilson 10
BW Taguchi 3
[Tonight the Fighters turned the game. Both starters,
Gross and Noda, pitched well. In the 8th, Taguchi
homered off Gross to go ahead. Noda almost pitched
a shutout game, but Tanaka doubled at the chance of
runner on second with two outs. In the 12th, Wilson
got a game-winning 2-run homer to present Iwamoto a win]
At Seibu
Hawks | 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 | 6
WP: Hashimoto (1W)
LP: Okamoto (2L 5S)
[It was a very closed game, but the Lions won in extra
innings. In the 11th, PH Kanemura tripled. After
Suzuki and Martinez were given intentional walks,
Sasaki got a sacrifice fly to right field. The Hawk
manager Oh said that my instraction of intentional walks
was bad]
At Kurashiki
Tigers | 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Yabu (2W 4L)
Sv: Kasai (3W 1L 4S)
LP: Yamasaki (2L)
HR: T Hiyama 6, Hoshino 1
C Etoh 12
[Hiyama got a 2-run homer in the 3rd. Yabu won since April 13th]
At Jingu
Giants | 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 X | 5
WP: Katoh (2W 4S)
Sv: Itoh,T. (4W 4S)
LP: Kida (1W 2L 5S)
HR: G Hirosawa 8
S Hosey 9
[In the 8th with one out and bases empty, the Swallows
got 3 base hits in a row and tied the game. The Swallow
manager Nomura sent PH Aoyagi for the clean-up, which
was Inaba tonight, and he singled. Dobashi got a game-
winning sacrifiece fly to right field]
At Chiba
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X | 5
WP: Komiyama (3W 5L)
LP: Satoh (1W 1L)
HR: M Tachikawa 2
[Komiyama pitched a shutout game since the opening day]
At Tokyo Dome
Lions | 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 X | 8
WP: Shimoyanagi (3W 1L)
LP: Givens (3W 3L)
Hd: F Takahashi,N. Nagatomi
HR: L Itoh 5
[West had bad control. In the 6th, he gave up 4 walks and
one hit batter. Reliever Katori gave another walk, so the
Fighters scored 3 runs with no hits in this inning]
At Fukuoka Dome
Buffaloes | 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 8
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Hawks | 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 | 9
WP: Kimura (1W 3L 5S)
LP: Akahori (2W 4L 7S)
Hd: Bu Ohtsuka
HR: H Johjima 3, Johjima 4
[Johjima homered off Akahori in the 9th with two outs and runner
on first. Akahori went to the 12th inning, but he allowed Hamana
to get a game-ending hit in the end]
At Hiroshima
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Ohno (5W 1L)
Sv: Sasaoka (2L 5S)
LP: Nakagomi (1W 4L)
HR: T Hiatt 8, Hiratsuka 5
[Ohno of 42 years old got the 5th win. He also
doubled to drive 2 runs in in the 3rd]
At Morioka
Dragons | 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 2
WP: Yamamoto (7W)
Sv: Sun (14S)
LP: Nomura (2W 4L)
HR: D Yamaguchi 1, Yamaguchi 2
[Yamamoto again missed a shutout game. Sun pitched three
games in a row, so he seemed to be tired. Anyway,
Yamamoto now won 7 games in a row, and Sun got another save]
At Tokyo Dome
Lions | 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Ishii, Take. (1W)
Sv: Ishii, Taka. (5W 2S)
LP: Shibakusa (1W 5L)
Hd: L Hashimoto
HR: L Ohtomo 2
[Ishii Takehiro won since October 6th, 1995. He went to
the end of 6th inning and allowed only 2 base hits]
At Fukuoka Dome
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Koike (5W 2L)
Sv: Ohtsuka (1W 1S)
LP: Takeda (4W 1L)
HR: Bu Clark 6
H
[Both starters, Koike and Takeda pitched well. Koike was
removed in the 9th when runners were on second and third
with one out, but reliever Ohtsuka didn't allow to score]
At Hiroshima
Tigers | 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Yokoyama (2W 2L)
Sv: Sasaoka (2L 6S)
LP: Kawajiri (2W 5L)
HR: T Hiyama 7, Shinjyo 5
C Etoh 13, Kanemoto 14, Perez 2
[Kawajiri was too bad. He gave up back-to-back homers
for Etoh and Kanemoto in the first inning. In the 4th,
he allowed Perez to hit the game-winning homerun]
At Jingu
Giants | 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 X | 3
WP: Takatsu (1W 3L)
Sv: Itoh,T. (4W 5S)
LP: Iriki (2L)
[No closer in the Giants. Iriki appeared in the
bottom of the 8th inning. Iida and Tsuji singled
after two men out and bases empty. Furuta doubled
to center field to drive two runs in]
At Chiba
BlueWave | 0 3 4 1 0 4 0 0 1 |13
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 | 5
WP: Itoh (4W 2L)
LP: Yabuta (1W 2L)
HR: BW Ichiro 2, Neel 7
[Ohgi put three rookies in batting order: SS Shiozaki hit second,
CF Tani 7th and 3B Satake 8th in batting order. Tani went 3 for
5, drove 4 runs in and Satake went 4 for 5. All of them were
just put on the roster today. It was really the Ohgi Magic]
At Tokyo Dome
Lions | 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 6 |12
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 | 6
WP: Robert (1W 1L 5S)
LP: Shimazaki (2W 3L 3S)
Hd: L Hashimoto
HR: L Itoh 6, Martinez 13
F Wilson 11
[Martinez got a game-winning 3-run homer in the 8th.
He was credited with his first stolen base in the second]
At Kitakyushu
Buffaloes | 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Okamoto (1W 1L)
Sv: Sano (1W 2L 3S)
LP: Tanoue (2W 4L)
HR: Bu Rhodes 3
H Kawano 1
[The Buffaloes bombed Hawk starter Tanoue. Tanoue was removed
in the second inning. The Hawks scored 4 runs in the 6th inning
with a grand slam of PH Kawano]
At Koshien
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 X | 3
WP: Takeuchi (3W 1L)
Sv: Tamura (5S)
LP: Ochiai (3W 5L)
HR: D Powell 7
T Hiratsuka 6
[Takeuchi pitched very well. He went to the end of the
8th and the only hit that he allowed was a homerun
of Powell, which was the career 100th homer of Powell.
Hiratsuka drove 2 runs in to help Takeuchi]
At Yokohama
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Nonaka (1W)
Sv: Itoh,T. (4W 6S)
LP: Tokano (5W 1L)
HR: YB Ishii,T.
[Nonaka, who is the 10-year ball player, won for the
first time. Now the Swallows led the Carp by
4 1/2 games]
At Tokyo Dome
Carp | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 X | 4
WP: Makihara (4W 3L)
Sv: Misawa (1L 1S)
LP: Kuroda (2W 1L)
HR: C Kanemoto 15
G Kiyohara 7, Matsui 13
[The Giants won with two homers of Kiyohara and Matsui.
Kiyohara got a 2-run homer in the 7th. In the 8th,
the Carp sent Kobayakawa against Matsui, but Matsui
got a 2-run homer in the 8th]
At Osaka Dome
Marines | 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Sonokawa (1W 1L)
Sv: Kawamoto (2W 10S)
LP: Sano (1W 3L 3S)
[Sonokawa, who relieved starter Kuroki, won since Sep. 14, 1995.
Kawamoto has never allowed any runs this season]
At Nagoya Dome
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 X | 5
WP: Nishiguchi (4W 2L)
Sv: Ishii, Taka. (5W 3S)
LP: Hoshino (3W 3L)
[Kanemura, who was traded from the Dragons this April, got
three doubles and drove 2 runs in at Nagoya Dome]
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 2
WP: Shimoyanagi (4W 1L)
LP: Okamoto (3L 5S)
Hd: H Kimura Saitoh,Mi.
[The Fighters won 4 "sayonara"-games against the Hawks in a
row. In the bottom of the nineth, bases empty with two outs.
Saitoh walked PH Watanabe so the Hawks sent Okamoto as a closer.
The Fighter lead-off Tanaka tripled to right-center field
to tie the game, and 2B Kokubo made the error of bad throwing
to thirdbaseman, which allowed Tanaka to score]
At Koshien
Dragons | 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Nakayama (3W 2L)
Sv: Sun (15S)
LP: Kawajiri (2W 6L)
HR: D Yamasaki 4, Gomez 10
[Kawajiri of the Tigers relieved for the first time
this season, but he allowed Gomez to hit a game-winning
homerun in the 8th]
At Yokohama
Swallows | 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-------------------------------+--
BayStars | 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 | 8
WP: Morita (1W 4L 1S)
LP: Kinoshita (1L)
HR: YB Suzuki,T. 8
[Yoshii was ejected in the bottom of the first inning
because of "dangerous" pitch against Shindoh. Bay
Star starter Sekiguchi was also removed in the first
inning because he was too bad :-) The Bay Stars
managed to tie the game in late innings, so the game
got into extra inning. In the 12th, runner was on first
when Suzuki got the game-ending homerun to right stand]
At Tokyo Dome
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Takahashi,K. (1W 1L)
LP: Okajima (1W 3L)
[Okajima pitched well. He was changed into Kida when
bases were loaded with two outs in the 7th inning.
But PH Perez hit high forkball to make line drive
to center field. CF Matsui dived, but he couldn't
get it. After all Perez was credited with a triple]
At Osaka Dome
Marines | 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Fyhrie (2W 1L)
LP: Takamura (1W 4L)
HR: M Yoshitsuru 1, Hori 3
Bu Rhodes 4
[Takamura became too bad after the Buffaloes scored
2 runs]
At Nagoya Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Noda (3W 1L)
Sv: Nomura (1W 1L 2S)
LP: Toyoda (5W 2L)
[Both starters pitched well. In the top of the 8th,
Ichiro scored with his own single and two wild pitches]
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 4 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 X |13
WP: Gross (5W 1L)
LP: Wakatabe (4W 3L)
HR: H Yoshinaga 7
F Wilson 12, Kataoka 6
[Ochiai got 1000 hits in the Pacific League, so he has become
the second player who hits 1000 or more hits in both leagues.
The Fighter teammate celeblated him with 13 runs. In paticular,
Wilson got a grand slam in the first inning]
At Koshien
Dragons | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 X | 3
WP: Itoh (3W)
Sv: Tamura (6S)
LP: Maeda (1W 6L)
HR: D Powell 8
At Yokohama
Swallows | 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 X | 7
WP: Kawamura (4W 2L)
Sv: Sasaki (2W 9S)
LP: Kawasaki (4W 2L)
HR: S Dobashi 4, Kobayakawa 7
YB Komada 4, Selby 3
At Tokyo Dome
Carp | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X | 3
WP: Galvez (3W 5L)
LP: Kitoh (1W 1L)
HR: G Matsui 14
At Osaka Dome
Marines | 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+---------------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 | 3
WP: Akahori (3W 4L 7S)
LP: Kawamoto (2W 1L 10S)
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: West (5W 1L)
Sv: Saitoh,Mi. (1L 1S)
LP: Shimoyanagi (4W 2L)
Hd: H Kimura Yoshida,S.
HR: H Kawagoe 1
At Koshien
Giants | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
WP: Yabu (3W 4L)
LP: Iriki (3L)
At Hiroshima
BayStars | 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X | 7
WP: Yokoyama (3W 2L)
Sv: Sasaoka (2L 7S)
LP: Nishi (1W 1L)
HR: C Etoh 14, Etoh 15
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 1 2 1 3 4 0 0 0 X |11
WP: Shibakusa (2W 5L)
LP: Yabuta (1W 3L)
At Fukuoka Dome
Lions | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Katori (1W 1L)
Sv: Ishii, Taka. (5W 4S)
LP: Yoshida,S. (1L)
HR: H Yoshinaga 8, Kokubo 15
At Koshien
Giants | 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 X | 9
WP: Takeuchi (4W 1L)
Sv: Itoh (3W 1S)
LP: Miyamoto (3W 2L)
HR: G Matsui 15
T Wada 1
At Hiroshima
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 X | 7
WP: Yamauchi (4W 3L)
LP: Morinaka (4L)
HR: YB Haru 5
At Chiba
Dragons | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 X |13
WP: Bross (5W 2L)
LP: Koike (2W 2L)
HR: S Dobashi 5
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X | 3
WP: Yano (1W)
Sv: Iwamoto (2W 2L 1S)
LP: Takekiyo (2W 4L)
Hd: F Shimazaki Takahashi,N.
HR: M Carreon 7
F Wilson 13
At Osaka Dome
BlueWave | 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Takahashi, K. (2W)
LP: Koike (5W 3L)
HR: BW Neel 8
Bu Yamamoto 6
At Fukuoka Dome
Lions | 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Yoshida,T. (1W)
Sv: Okamoto (3L 6S)
LP: Ishii, Take. (1W 1L)