Results in September, 1997
Central League
G W L T PCT GB streak last10 GL
x Swallows 130 79 49 2 .617 L1 6-4 7
BayStars 126 69 57 0 .548 9.0 W2 5-5 9
Carp 126 64 62 0 .508 14.0 L2 5-5 9
Giants 131 60 71 0 .458 20.5 L1 6-4 4
Tigers 130 57 72 1 .442 22.5 W1 3-7 6
Dragons 131 56 74 1 .431 24.0 W1 5-5 5
Team vs. Team Win - Loss (Tie)
Swallows BayStars Carp Giants Tigers Dragons
Swallows ---- 13-14( 0) 12-11( 0) 18- 8( 0) 20- 6( 1) 16-10( 1)
BayStars 14-13( 0) ---- 15-10( 0) 13-14( 0) 9-14( 0) 18- 6( 0)
Carp 11-12( 0) 10-15( 0) ---- 13-12( 0) 12-14( 0) 18- 9( 0)
Giants 8-18( 0) 14-13( 0) 12-13( 0) ---- 14-13( 0) 12-14( 0)
Tigers 6-20( 1) 14- 9( 0) 14-12( 0) 13-14( 0) ---- 10-17( 0)
Dragons 10-16( 1) 6-18( 0) 9-18( 0) 14-12( 0) 17-10( 0) ----
Pacific League
G W L T PCT GB streak last10 GL
Lions 129 73 53 3 .579 L1 5-5 6
BlueWave 125 65 57 3 .533 6.0 W1 4-6 10
Buffaloes 130 65 61 4 .516 8.0 W2 8-2 5
Hawks 127 59 67 1 .468 14.0 L2 4-6 8
Fighters 133 61 71 1 .462 15.0 L2 6-4 2
Marines 126 55 69 2 .444 17.0 W2 5-5 9
Team vs. Team Win - Loss (Tie)
Lions BlueWave Buffaloes Hawks Fighters Marines
Lions ---- 10-14( 1) 14-12( 1) 15- 8( 0) 16-11( 0) 18- 8( 1)
BlueWave 14-10( 1) ---- 12-11( 1) 12-13( 0) 15-11( 1) 12-12( 0)
Buffaloes 12-14( 1) 11-12( 1) ---- 14-12( 1) 14-13( 0) 14-10( 1)
Hawks 8-15( 0) 13-12( 0) 12-14( 1) ---- 11-16( 0) 15-10( 0)
Fighters 11-16( 0) 11-15( 1) 13-14( 0) 16-11( 0) ---- 10-15( 0)
Marines 8-18( 1) 12-12( 0) 10-14( 1) 10-15( 0) 15-10( 0) ----
At Tokyo Dome
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X | 2
WP: Galvez (9W 11L)
LP: Yabu (8W 12L)
HR: G Nishi 9, Shimizu 10
[Both starters pitched a complete game. Yabu lost with
two homeruns]
At Yokohama
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Ishii,K. (7W 4L)
LP: Tokano (9W 4L)
HR: S Kobayakawa 11
***** ISHII Kazuhisa pitched a no-hitter *****
[It was a nice game. Both starters were good, but
the Bay Star batters couldn't get any hit against
Ishii. In top of 7th, Ikeyama doubled to near the
right foul line to drive one run in. Kobayakawa
homered to right stand to decide the game.
The Bay Stars had chance in early innings, but
they couldn't score, which led Ishii to no-hitter]
At Hiroshima
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Yamamoto (16W 5L)
Sv: Sun (1W 1L 33S)
LP: Yamauchi (7W 8L)
HR: D Gomez 23
C Etoh 21, Lopez 22
[Gomez got a game-winning 2-run shot in 8th. Yamamoto
and Sun didn't allow the Carp to come back. Now the Carp
stand 9 games behind of the top, so it is almost impossible
for them to win the pennant]
At Osaka Dome
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 | 4
WP: Yoshida (5W 2L 2S)
Sv: Kawamoto (5W 4L 20S)
LP: Ohtsuka (3W 5L 6S)
HR: M Thompson 13
[The Marines won with a wild pitch of Ohtsuka
in top of 9th. The Buffaloes finally stopped
thier winning streak]
At Kobe
Fighters | 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 | 4
WP: Shimoyanagi (9W 3L)
Sv: Shimazaki (6W 5L 11S)
LP: Itoh (9W 4L)
HR: BW Donnels 14, Taguchi 9
[The Blue Wave lost three games in a row. They once
went ahead with a 2-run homerun of Donnels in 5th,
but there is no reliable reliever in current Blue Wave]
At Seibu
Hawks | 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 5
WP: Denny (3W)
LP: Sakumoto (3W 5L 2S)
Hd: H Wakatabe
HR: H Kokubo 31, Johjima 14, Yoshinaga 29
[The Hawks went ahead with homers, but Takagi
Taisei of the Lions led the team to win: He
went 3 for 3, and got 4 RBIs. He got a RBI
hit to tie the game in 8th and a game-ending
hit in 9th]
At Tokyo Dome
Tigers | 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Takeuchi (6W 6L)
LP: Kuwata (8W 6L)
HR: G Shimizu 11
[The Tigers bombed Kuwata in early innings. Hitatsuka
and Hiyama got 2 hits for each, and Hiratsuka drove
3 runs in, Hiyama 2 runs in. Takeuchi, who relieved
Funaki in bottom of 3rd, threw so well that he allowed
only one hit]
At Yokohama
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Takatsu (4W 4L 7S)
Sv: Itoh,T. (6W 1L 17S)
LP: Shimada (5W 5L 1S)
[The Swallows went ahead in late innings before
Sasaki would appear. Finally no other team than
the Swallows can't win the pennant by theieselves:
That is to say, for any team except the Swallows,
even if they would have won all games remaining
agasint the Swallows, still they have to expect
that the Swallows would lose one or more games.
Japanese press say such situation that the Magic
number for the Swallows has appeared. It is 21]
At Hiroshima
Dragons | 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 4 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 X |12
WP: Takahashi,K. (3W 1L)
LP: Udoh (3L)
HR: D Inoue 1, Yano 3
C Lopez 23
[The Carp hitters blew out the Dragons. Lopez went
4 for 5, drove 5 runs in. He now leads the league
with RBI. Dragon starter Kadokura was too bad]
At Osaka Dome
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 | 4
WP: Akahori (9W 6L 17S)
LP: Takekiyo (2W 8L)
HR: M Fukuura 4
[The Buffaloes won with a game-ending hit of Nakamura.
Okamoto of the Buffaloes and Kosaka of the Marines
are now in hot race for the rookie of the year, but
Both of them couldn't much point in this game:
Okamoto started for the Buffaloes but he was caught
in 8th and he was removed. Kosaka didn't get any stolen
base in this game]
At Kobe
Fighters | 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 2 X |13
WP: Kobayashi (6W 2L 11S)
LP: Gross (12W 8L)
HR: F Kaneko 7, Brooks 14, Tanaka 17
BW Neel 21, Neel 22
[The Blue Wave hitters helped their pitchers. In paticular,
Neel went 4 for 5, got 2 HR and drove 6 runs in. He got
a grand slam in third inning on bases loaded with two outs
just after Ichiro struck out]
The game at Seibu was rained out in top of 5th, so it became a
no-game. The Hawks led by 4-2, and Yoshinaga would be credited
with a 30-HR hitter, but his homer became mirage.
H 0 0 0 4 0x
L 0 0 1 1 no game
HR(unofficial): Ohmichi, Yoshinaga, Martinez
At Tokyo Dome
Tigers | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 X | 6
WP: Saitoh,M. (5W 8L)
Sv: Cho (1W 1L 7S)
LP: Itoh (6W 4 6S)
HR: T Coles 7
G Matsui 32, Shimizu 12
[Yufune gave up a homerun in both 6th and 7th.
Coles got a 2-run homer to tie the game in top
of 8th, but in bottom of the same inning, after
reliever Itoh gave 2 singles and one walk, Tamura
gave up a game-winning single to Castellano]
The game at Seibu was rained out again. It has turned
out that Sasaki of the Lions broke bone and he will be missed
for several weeks.
At Yokohama
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Kasai (6W 2L 9S)
Sv: Yamazaki (2W 2L 1S)
LP: Igarashi (5W 3L)
[The Tigers tied the game with a clutch hit of PH Yagi
in 7th, and they went ahead with a sacrifice fly of
Kuji in 9th. The Bay Stars didn't send Sasaki because
they didn't lead. Now the game behind became 6]
At Chiba
Lions | 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 | 2
WP: Toyoda (10W 6L)
Sv: Mori,S. (3W 1L 6S)
LP: Mutoh (2W 3L)
HR: L Ohtomo 5
[The Lions defeated the Marines. They won
5 games in a row against the Marines]
At Tokyo Dome
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Kohda (8W 3L)
LP: Numata (2W 2L)
HR: Bu Suzuki 10
F Ueda 3
[The Buffaloes made comeback in middle inning to beat
the Fighters. In this game, Nigel Wilson was ejected
because of unsportsman-like attitude: In 6th, he rushed
and tried to hit pitcher but he couldn't. In his first
at-bat, he was hit by pitch. In 6th, the pitcher was
just switched from starter Kohda to Nishikawa, and he
threw a pitch to inside and high, near his shoulder or so.
Oh, one more thing: the umpire-in-chief Araya called
Wilson with wrong name "William"]
At Hitachinaka
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-------------------------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
WP: Igarashi (6W 3L)
LP: Furumizo (1W 7L 1S)
[The Bay Stars finally defeated the Tigers in 14th inning.
Shindoh got a game-ending single to right field.
Sasaki of the Bay Stars threw in 10th and 11th, but
of couse, he couldn't get save. Actually, the Bay
Stars would have won much earlier: Their LOB was 20]
At Nagoya Dome
Giants | 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 2
WP: Makihara (10W 8L)
LP: Yamada,H. (1W 2L)
HR: G Kiyohara 24, Matsui 33
[The Giants went ahead with a homerun of Kiyohara in 2nd.
In 6th, Matsui got a 3-run homerun and Makihara pitched
well. The Dragons went down to the bottom instead of
the Giants]
At Chiba
Lions | 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Ishii, Taka. (9W 6L 9S)
Sv: Mori,S. (3W 1L 7S)
LP: Sonokawa (4W 6L)
Hd: L Nishiguchi Denny
HR: L Tanabe 3, Suzuki,K. 14
[The Lions defeated the Marins. The Lion manager
Higashio would like to present a win for Nishiguchi,
so he removed the starter Shintani on the pinch of
bases loaded with two outs in 5th, and sent Nishiguchi
to the mound. He threw for 1.1 innings, and he was
switched into Ishii Takashi. Ishii threw for 1.2 innings,
and in Japanese rule, the pitcher who throws longest innnings
would be credit with a win when the starter doesn't go to
the end of 5th and the lead durring his pitching is kept
to the end of game]
At Fukuoka Dome
BlueWave | 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Hoshino (12W 6L)
LP: Yoshitake (5W 6L)
HR: BW Takahashi, S. 5, Taguchi 10
[Hoshino pitched a shutout game. The Blue Wave lead-off
Taguchi got 3 hits, one of which was a 3-run homerun]
At Tokyo Dome
Buffaloes | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 4
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Akahori (10W 6L 17S)
LP: Shimazaki (6W 6L 11S)
HR: Bu Clark 19
[The Buffaloes are really hot. They scored 3 runs
with 5 singles in 12th to win]
At Iwaki
Tigers | 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 X | 5
WP: Yokoyama (2W)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 35S)
LP: Kawajiri (4W 12L)
HR: T Hiatt 9
[The Tigers turned the game with two hits of
Hiatt, the first one was a homerun in 4th.
But in bottom of 8th, the Bay Star batters bombed
Kawajiri and other Tiger pitchers to win.
Sasaki of the Bay Stars got his career 200 Save
Points: FYI, Save points are sum of saves and relief-wins]
At Nagasaki
Carp | 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 | 4
-----------+-------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
WP: Sawazaki (11W 6L)
LP: Kawasaki (7W 5L)
HR: S Furuta 7
(Called game, rain, in bottom of 7th)
[In top of 3rd, one man out, the lead-off Nomura
flied to left field. SS Miyamoto and LF Hosey
tried to get it: Miyamaoto almost got it facing
to out field when Hosy slid to his feet. As a result,
both of them couldn't get it, and Nomura was credited
with a double. After that, the Carp scored 3 runs.
In bottom of 7th, the Swallows had chance of runners
on first and scond with no outs when rain became too
heavily. After 30 min. suspention, game was called]
At Nagoya Dome
Giants | 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Nishiyama (1W 2L)
LP: Imanaka (2W 1L)
HR: G Matsui 34
D Gomez 24
[Shimizu got a sacrifice fly in top of 5th after
Gomez got a 2-run shot to turn the game. In the
same inning, Matsui got a 3-run homerun. He finally
ties with Hosey in HR king race]
At Chiba
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X | 2
WP: Kuroki (9W 7L)
LP: Shiozaki (10W 7L)
HR: M Hori 7
[Both starters pitched a complete game. Hori got
a game-winning 2-run homer off Shiozaki]
At Fukuoka Dome
BlueWave | 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 X | 5
WP: Sakumoto (4W 5L 2S)
Sv: Yoshida,S. (4W 2L 3S)
LP: Suzuki (3W 4L 6S)
[The Blue Wave lost, too. Blue Wave relievers,
Suzuki and Nomura gave up 3 runs in 7th.
Ichiro of the Blue Wave has not gotton any
hit in recent three games. Whereas the lead-off
Taguchi is really hot recently]
At Tokyo Dome
Buffaloes | 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 | 3
WP: Koike (10W 6L)
Sv: Akahori (10W 6L 18S)
LP: Kanemura (3L)
Hd: Bu Sano Ohtsuka Akahori
HR: F Tanaka 18
[The Buffaloes defeated the Fighters again.
They are going to have three games at Seibu
from 9th through 11th]
At Hiroshima
Tigers | 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 | 3
WP: Yabu (9W 12L)
Sv: Itoh (6W 4L 7S)
LP: Yamauchi (7W 9L)
HR: T Yamada 3, Hiatt 10, Shinjyo 17
C Etoh 22, Kanemoto 28
[Yabu pitched very well. Although He gave up back-to-back
homeruns for Etoh and Kanemoto in bottom of 9th.
The Tiger batters helped him with three homers: Yamada
and Shinjyo got 2-run homers and Hiatt a solo homer.
FYI, Wada of the Tigers has come back from injury,
MacDonald and Secirst were fired and went back to the US]
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X | 4
WP: Galvez (10W 11L)
LP: Fukumori (4W 3L)
HR: YB Suzuki,T. 19, Komada 8
G Matsui 35
[In bottom of 5th, Matsui appeared with runners
on second and third and two outs. Bay Star starter
Miura didn't gave an intentional walk for him, but
gave up a 3-run homer instead. If Miura had gotten
Matsui out, then the Bay Stars would have been very hot,
but things had been changed. In bottom of 7th, Kawai
hit a line drive to center field with runner on second.
CF Haru dived but the ball went away just beside him]
At Jingu
Dragons | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 X | 7
WP: Ishii,K. (8W 4L)
LP: Yamamoto (16W 6L)
[The Swallows beated Yamamoto in early innings.
In bottom of 7th, they scored 3 runs with an error
of Gomez, two walks in and so on]
At Kobe
Marines | 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Yabuta (4W 6L)
LP: Itoh (9W 5L)
[Yabuta pitched a complete game. The Marines got 14
hits in total. In top of 7th, they had chance of
bases loaded with one out. After Matsumoto grounded
to second, Ohtsuka got a game-winning hit to right
field off Suzuki]
At Seibu
Buffaloes | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+---------------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 | 8
WP: Mori,S. (4W 1L 7S)
LP: Akahori (10W 7L 18S)
Hd: L Hashimoto
[Both teams are hot now, so it was a very exciting game.
The Lions won with luck in 10 innings. In bottom of 10th,
the lead-off of this inning Takagi got a fly to left field.
The ball seemed to be in light and LF Suzuki missed it.
As a result, Takagi got third base. After two intentional
walks and Kakiuchi struck out, PH Tanabe got a line drive
to right field, which became a game-ending scrifice fly]
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 X | 7
WP: Kudoh (11W 3L)
Sv: Okamoto (3W 6L 16S)
LP: Gross (12W 9L)
Hd: H Yoshida,T. Wakatabe
HR: F Wilson 32
[Kudoh allowed only one hit in 6 innings. The hit
was a homerun of Wilson and now he leads the league
with homeruns. In bottom of 8th, Gross gave up
3 runs after he gave two intentional walks]
At Hiroshima
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Itoh (7W 4L 7S)
Sv: Kasai (6W 2L 10S)
LP: Sasaoka (3W 5L 19S)
HR: T Hiratsuka 14
C Lopez 24
[The Tigers turned the game with only three hits in top of 8th.
Shohda, a Carp second baseman, made two errors in this inning
to let starter Ohno shower. OTOH, Shinjyo, Tiger CF, put out
two men who tried the plate from second base in 5th and 8th.
Hiratsuka got a game-winning homerun in top of 9th]
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 X | 8
WP: Kuwata (9W 6L)
LP: Tokano (9W 5L)
HR: YB
G Kiyohara 25, Motoki 6
[Last night, Yokohama lost without intentional walk and
tonight Yokohama lost with intentional walks. In bottom
of 4th, Kawai, the lead-off of this inning, tripled.
Yokohama gave up a walk for Matsui, which was not officially
an intentional walk, but actually it seemed to be intentional.
Then Kiyohara doubled to tie the game. With two outs in the
same inning, Yokohama gave an intentional walk for Nishi.
But the next batter Murata Yoshinori got a game-winning hit.
In bottom of 5th, Kiyohara got a 3-run homer after Hirosawa's
RBI single, and the game was decided]
At Jingu
Dragons | 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 3 X | 9
WP: Yoshii (11W 5L)
Sv: Itoh,T. (6W 1L 18S)
LP: Kadokura (9W 10L)
HR: D Tatsunami 13, Tatsunami 14
S Tatum 8
[The Swallows are really hot. They scored 5 runs
with 5 hits in bottom of 7th to tie the game.
In bottom of 8th, Tatum, the lead-off of this inning,
got a game-winning homerun to left stand]
At Kobe
Marines | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 | 5
-----------+---------------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 3
WP: Kawamoto (6W 4L 20S)
LP: Kobayashi (6W 3L 11S)
HR: M Ohmura 3
BW Donnels 15, Donnels 16
[The Marines won with a game-winning 2-run hit of Yoshitsuru.
Blue Wave relievers were still too bad to keep the lead]
At Seibu
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
(Tie Game)
Pitchers: Bu Okamoto-Shibata-Akahori-Ohtsuka
L Ishii, Take.-Sugiyama-Ishii,Taka.-Hashimoto-Mori,S.-Denny
[Again it was an exciting game. The Lions tied the game in 5th
with an error of P Okamoto. He made bad throwing to pick second
runner out, and the ball rolled to right-center field. The second
runner Matsui was enough fast to score]
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Kurogi (4W 4L 3S)
LP: Takeda (4W 7L)
HR: F Tanaka 19, Wilson 33
[The Fighters stopped thier losing streak. In 6th
Tanaka got a game-winning 2-run homerun. In 8th,
Wilson got his 34th homer, and he now leads Kokubo
by 2 homers]
At Hiroshima
Tigers | 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 | 7
WP: Yokoyama (7W 5L 1S)
LP: Kasai (6W 3L 10S)
HR: T Takanami 1
C Ogata 17
[Ogata got the game-ending grand slam to lead the team to win.
His shot wouldn't be a homerun unless park were not Hiroshima
or Jingu. Funaki, Tigers starter, missed his first win in this
season]
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 X | 7
WP: Saitoh,M. (6W 8L)
Sv: Iriki (1W 6L 2S)
LP: Mahomes (3W 4L)
HR: G Hirosawa 20, Matsui 36
[The Bay Stars lost three games in a row. Hirosawa got a 2-run
homerun in first, and Matsui a 3-run homerun in 3rd. The
Giants are going to have three games from 13 through 15, so
they should win also the games against the Swallows :-)]
At Kobe
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 X | 9
WP: Fraser (7W 8L)
LP: Mutoh (2W 4L)
HR: BW Fujii 14
[The Blue Wave defeated the Marines. Fraser pitched
a shutout game, allowing only three hits. Kosaka,
a Marine rookie, was creadited with SB in 4th so
he has now made the new Japanese record of the
most SB in the rookie year]
At Seibu
Buffaloes | 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Ohtsuka (4W 5L 6S)
Sv: Akahori (10W 7L 19S)
LP: Hashimoto (2W 1L 1S)
HR: Bu Mifune 1
L Martinez 26
[The Buffaloes defeated the Lions. In top of 9th,
Suzuki doubled off Mori to drive two runs in.
They are going to have three games against the Blue Wave
at Kobe from 13 through 15]
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 X | 4
WP: Sakumoto (5W 5L 2S)
Sv: Okamoto (3W 6L 17S)
LP: Shimoyanagi (9W 4L)
HR: F Wilson 34
[The Hawks won with a 2-run clutch hit of Yugamidani
in bottom of 8th]
At Koshien
Dragons | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Yamada,H. (2W 2L)
Sv: Yamamoto (16W 6L 1S)
LP: Nakagomi (6W 6L)
HR: D Gomez 25
[Both starters pitched well. Nakagomi gave up one run
with his own error in 3rd. Takeuchi, who relieved Nakagomi,
gave up a 2-run homerun against Gomez in 8th.
In order for the Tigers to win the penant, it is neccesary
that The Tigers should win all games remaining, and the
Swallows should lose all games remaining]
At Hiroshima
BayStars | 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Nomura (9W 7L)
LP: Sawazaki (11W 7L)
HR: YB Komada 9, Ishii,T. 10
[Nomura pitched a shutout game for the first time in recent
4 seasons to stop their losing streak]
At Tokyo Dome
Swallows | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Tabata (13W 4L)
LP: Makihara (10W 9L)
HR: S Inaba 20, Hosey 35
*** Tabata pitched an one-hitter ***
[The Swallows won with Tabata's nice pitching and two homers
of Inaba and Hosey. In late inning, Giant relievers gave up
two walks against Hosey, because he is almost catching up with
Matsui in HR conpetition: Hosey 35, Matsui 36. What a beautiful
Japanese tradition it is :-) The Swallows have more 4 game
remaining than the Giants, so it would be interesting if Hosey
go ahead of Matsui]
At Chiba
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Yoshitake (6W 6L)
LP: Kuroki (9W 14L)
HR: H Iguchi 6, Kokubo 32
[The Hawk hitters bombed Kuroki in late innings. Kokubo got
a 2-run shot in 8th to decide the game. He still have hope
to be the HR king (Wilson leads the league with 34 homers now)]
At Kobe
Lions | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 X | 9
WP: Hoshino (13W 6L)
LP: Ishii, Taka. (9W 7L 9S)
HR: L Takagi, T. 7, Martinez 27
BW Neel 23
[Hoshino pitched a complete game Neel got 3 hits and 5 RBI.
Toyoda started for the Lions, but he was ejected in 3rd inning
because of ack on his right elbow. He will be out of roster
for a while]
At Osaka Dome
Fighters | 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Iwamoto (5W 5L)
LP: Sakai (1W 4L)
[Iwamoto pitched a complete game. The Buffaloes couldn't
arrive at the .500 line again]
At Koshien
Dragons | 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 X | 4
WP: Kawajiri (5W 12L)
Sv: Itoh (7W 4L 8S)
LP: Udoh (4L)
HR: T Hiyama 21
[LOB of the Tigers was 13. The total number of GDP were
7 in both teams. It's just the game for the bottom.
The Tigers tied the game with a homerun of Hiyama, and
went ahead with a clutch hit of Yagi. Imanaka started
for the Dragons, but he was not good]
At Hiroshima
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Kawamura (8W 5L)
LP: Takahashi,K. (3W 2L)
HR: YB Komada 10, Suzuki,T. 20
[Both starters were good, but rookie Kawamura won.
In 8th, after Suzuki got a RBI single, Komada got
a 3-run shot to decide the game]
At Tokyo Dome
Swallows | 2 0 1 0 3 4 2 0 0 |12
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Yoshii (12W 5L)
LP: Okajima (3W 8L)
HR: S Tatum 9
[The Swallows again defeated the Giants. Hosey went 2 for 2,
3 walks, scored 4 runs. The Giant pitchers were too nauvous
against Hosey who now hits 35 homers, one less than Matsui]
As a result of Swallows' win tonight, there is no hope
for the Giants and the Tigers to win the pennant this season.
At Chiba
Hawks | 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Sakumoto (6W 5L 2S)
Sv: Okamoto (3W 6L 18S)
LP: Dennis (3L)
Hd: H Yoshida,S. Tanoue
HR: H Akiyama 10
M Fukuura 5
[Akiyama got a game-winning 2-run homer in 5th. Okamoto
got a save to tie the Pacific League record of the most
save points in rookie year (21 by Kawamoto in 92). FYI,
the Japanese record is 35, hold by Yoda (Dragons) in 90]
At Kobe
Lions | 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
WP: Shiozaki (11W 7L)
Sv: Nishiguchi (12W 4L 1S)
LP: Noda (6W 4L)
HR: L Sasaki 10
BW Donnels 17
[The Lions beated the Blue Wave. Shiozaki and Nishiguchi
stopped the Blue Wave. Noda started for the Blue Wave,
but he often delievered down the middle in clutch]
At Osaka Dome
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Koike (11W 6L)
Sv: Ohtsuka (4W 5L 7S)
LP: Gross (12W 10L)
HR: Bu Mizuguchi 7
[Koike allowed no hits until Ochiai doubled in top
of 8th. He gave up a clutch hit against PH Hirose
so that he couldn't pitch a shutout game, still he
got his 11th win]
At Hiroshima
BayStars | 0 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 |11
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 5
WP: Miura (8W 3L)
LP: Yamauchi (7W 10L)
HR: YB Komada 11, Suzuki,T. 21
C Etoh 23, Asai 1
[The Bay Star hitters bombed in 2nd. They got 5 hits,
3 walks, 1 HB and 7 runs. Komada got a homer in each
recent three games]
At Tokyo Dome
Swallows | 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Takatsu (5W 4L 7S)
Sv: Itoh,T. (6W 1L 19S)
LP: Galvez (10W 12L)
HR: S Hosey 36, Furuta 8
G Kiyohara 26, Galvez 2
[The Giants won three games against the Bay Stars, and lost
three games against the Swallows, so they decreased six from
the "magic number" of the Swallows. Hosey got his 36 homer
in his second at-bat to tie Matsui in the HR-king race.
The Giant hitters couldn't get any hit after third inning]
At Kobe
Lions | 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Nishiguchi (13W 4L)
LP: Itoh (9W 6L)
HR: L Suzuki,K. 15
BW Fukutome 1
[The Lions won two games in a row. Now they lead the Blue Wave
by 5 1/2 games. The Blue Wave manager Ohgi put Fukutome in
the line-up. It was for the first time for him to start, and
he homered in 2nd. In top of 5th, runner was on third with
two outs when Matsui grounded to third baseman. The ball bounced
too high to get him out at first. How lucky the Lions was.
In top of 6th, Suzuki got a game-winning homerun. Nishiguchi
again threw from bottom of 6th through the end of game to lead
the team to win. Or to win the pennant :-)]
At Osaka Dome
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 X | 8
WP: Takamura (7W 8L)
LP: Kanemura (4L)
HR: F Ueda 4
Bu Clark 20, Rhodes 21
[Takamura pitched a complete game for the first time
in this season. It was pity for him to gave up a
2-run shot with two outs in 9th. The Buffaloes have
finnaly come back to the .500 line]
At Koshien
Swallows | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 | 4
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Itoh,T. (7W 1L 19S)
Sv: Katoh (3W 1L 6S)
LP: Itoh (7W 5L 8S)
[The Swallows won the game in rain. In top of 9th, Dobashi,
the lead-off of this inning, grounded to third baseman Hiatt,
but Hiatt made bad throwing to first baseman, and Dobashi advanced
to second. After a sacrifice hit, Ikeyama hit a blooper in
right field to tie the game. In top of 12th, Dobashi again
appeared on bases loaded with one out. He jammed and grounded
between pitcher and third baseman. Tha ball bounced highly and
pitcher Itoh got it to throw to the catcher. Johzume couldn't
catch the ball and the Swallows had the game-winning run]
Because of Typhoon, the game in Fukuoka Dome was canceled.
The game in Chiba was also rained out. Somehow the game in
Koshien was played :-)
At Koshien
Swallows | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 | 4
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Tigers | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Takatsu (6W 4L 7S)
LP: Funaki (7L)
HR: S Tatum 10
T Hiratsuka 5
[The Tigers were again caught up with in 9th. Yufune gave up
a clutch hit against Miyamoto when runner were on first and
second with two outs in top of 9th. In 11th, Iida got a
game-winning double into left-center field. Now the magic
number for the Swallows was decreased to 9]
At Yokohama
Giants | 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Kuwata (10W 6L)
Sv: Cho (1W 1L 8S)
LP: Sekiguchi (4W 4L 1S)
HR: G Kiyohara 27
[The Giants again beated the Bay Stars. Kiyohara got a 2-run
homerun in 5th to help Kuwata. The Bay star hitters couldn't
get any hit after 6th inning]
At Nagoya Dome
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 | 6
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Yokoyama (8W 5L 1S)
Sv: Sasaoka (3W 5L 20S)
LP: Yamamoto (16W 7L 1S)
HR: C Shohda 5, Lopez 25
[Yamamoto and Ohno started. Both pitchers have chance to
lead the league with ERA, but Ohno was removed before the
end of 5th. Yamamoto was so good that he allowed only
one hit till the end of 7th. But he allowed the second
hit against Shoda, which was a 3-run homerun. In 9th,
after a double play, he gave up a HR for Lopez. He went
to extra innings to get a win, but he gave up 2 earned runs
in 12th inning. As a result, Tabata of the Swallows
still leads the league with ERA]
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 | 3
WP: Kohda (9W 3L)
Sv: Akahori (10W 7L 20S)
LP: Yabuta (4W 7L)
HR: Bu Clark 21
[Clark went 4 for 4, got 4 RBI. If he could triple in his
final at-bat, he would hit for cycle, but he walked]
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 | 4
WP: Sugimoto,Y. (1W 1L)
LP: Imazeki (1W 4L)
HR: BW Fujii 15
[Ohgi Magic led the team to win. He put Ichiro into the second
in batting order. Ichiro went 3 for 5, got 1 RBI]
At Fukuoka Dome
Lions | 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
WP: Ishii, Take. (4W 3L)
Sv: Mori,S. (4W 1L 8S)
LP: Kudoh (11W 4L)
HR: L Martinez 28
[The Lions knocked out Kudoh in early innings. Martinez
homered in second inning to go ahead. Lion pitchers were
so good that they didn't allow the Hawks to come back]
At Nagoya Dome
Carp | 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 X | 6
WP: Nakayama (6W 5L)
Sv: Sun (1W 1L 34S)
LP: Perdomo (2W 2L)
HR: C Etoh 24
[Sun has comeback from injury. The Dragons tied the
game in 5th with 4 hits, one fielder's choice and
one error. In 7th, Gomez got a game-winning single
after two men walked]
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 X | 9
WP: Iwamoto (6W 5L 3S)
LP: Hoshino (13W 7L)
HR: BW Hironaga 1
F Kaneko 8, Kataoka 16, Kataoka 17
[The Fighters defeated the Blue Wave. Hoshino started
for the Blue Wave, but when he deliver the first pitch
in bottom of first, he fell down at the mound. Probably
he didn't fit the mound tonight :-) He not only gave up
a 2-run shot against Kaneko, but also allowed two more
runs with 4 hits in the first inning. The Blue Wave hitters
could get only 4 hits after second inning]
At Jingu
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 X | 9
WP: Ishii,K. (9W 4L)
LP: Tokano (9W 6L)
HR: YB Rose 17
S Ishii,K. 1
[Ishii of the Swallows led the team to win. He got a homer
in bottom of 6th, which was the first hit for the Swallows.
After that, Tokano became too bad, and the Swallows scored
4 runs in this inning. Ishii went to the end of 8th, and
he allowed only two hits]
At Hiroshima
Giants | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------------------+--
Carp | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Sasaoka (4W 5L 20S)
LP: Nishiyama (1W 3L)
HR: G Motoki 7
C Perez 3
[Maeda of the Carp went 6 for 6. Perez got a game-ending homerun
in bottom of 13th]
At Seibu
Marines | 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Kuroki (10W 14L)
Sv: Kawamoto (6W 4L 21S)
LP: Nishiguchi (13W 5L 1S)
[Nishiguchi pitched a complete game but he lost with one earned run.
Kawamoto allowed the Lions to comeback in bottom of 9th, still he
managed to keep the lead. The Marines stopped their losing series
at Seibu Lions Stadium (they lost 11 games in a row)]
At Nagoya Dome
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 X | 7
WP: Yamada,H. (3W 2L)
LP: Kawajiri (5W 13L)
HR: D Gomez 26
[Yamada pitched his career first complete game with
a shutout game. The Tigers are now going down to
the bottom, still they are in the 5th place]
At Jingu
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Nomura (10W 7L)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 35S)
LP: Tabata (13W 5L)
HR: YB Komada 12
[The Bay Stars stopped the Swallows tonight.
Komada got a game-winning 2-run homerun in 7th,
and Sasaki, who didn't appeared for long time :-),
closed the game]
At Hiroshima
Giants | 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Okajima (4W 8L)
Sv: Cho (1W 1L 9S)
LP: Takahashi,K. (3W 3L)
HR: C Shohda 6
[The Giants defeated the Carp. They are hot now, but
it's too late]
At Seibu
Marines | 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Lions | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Denny (4W)
LP: Kawamoto (6W 5L 21S)
HR: L Itoh 12
[The Lions tied the game in bottom of 9th, and
won with a game-ending homerun of Itoh in 12th inning.
PH Kanemura doubled off Kawamoto when a runner was on
third with two outs in bottom of 9th. Now the Magic
number for the Lions is 10]
At Osaka Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 X | 6
WP: Okamoto (8W 5L)
LP: Sugimoto,Y. (1W 2L)
HR: Bu Nakamura 17, Nakamura 18, Nakamura 19
[Nakamura got 3 homers to defeat the Blue Wave.
They are now 3 games behind of the Blue Wave, so
the Blue Wave should worry about the 2nd place :-)]
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X | 4
WP: Gross (13W 10L)
Sv: Kurogi (4W 4L 4S)
LP: Takeda (4W 8L)
HR: H Kokubo 33
F Nishiura 1
[Kokubo got his 33rd homer, one less than Wilson.
He now leads the league with RBI, so he might get
both the HR king and the RBI king. Gross got his
13th win to be a co-leader with most wins, but
the number of remaining games of the Fighters is
only 9, whereas that of the Blue Wave, to which
another leader Hoshino belongs, is 17]
At Nagoya Dome
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 2
WP: Nakayama (7W 5L)
LP: Tamura (2L 8S)
[What a pity game for the Tigers. Nakagomi allowed no runs
till 8th, but Yoshida swithed him into Tamura in bottom of
9th because the lead-off of this inning was a left-hitter
Taiho. Tamura got him out, but he gave up three continous
hits, a double, a triple and a single, and the Tigers lost]
At Jingu
BayStars | 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Katoh (4W 1L 6S)
LP: Shimada (5W 6L 1S)
HR: S Furuta 9
[Furuta led the team to win. He got a clutch hit in
6th to tie the game. In 9th, he got a game-ending
homerun to the left stand. Miura started for the Bay
Stars, and he pitched well. It was the 6th inning when
he gave up a walk and a hit-batter with no outs, and
allowed 2 runs]
At Hiroshima
Giants | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Misawa (2W 3L 1S)
Sv: Cho (1W 1L 10S)
LP: Shima (1L)
[Matsui got a 2-run game-winning double in third to be a
co-leader with RBI rase. FYI, the other leader is Lopez
of the Carp. Galvez started for the Giants, but he had
pain with his left shoulder on batting in top of third
and he was replaced. It is said that there is nothing
serious with his shoulder.
The Carp now have no chance to win the pennant this year]
At Seibu
Marines | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Komiyama (10W 8L)
Sv: Kondoh (4W 2L 2S)
LP: Yokota (4L)
[Komiyama pitched very well. He went to the end of 6th, and
he raise his ERA, so he still leads the league with ERA.
In bottom of 9th, PH Kanemura appeared with runner on first
with two outs. The first runner stole the second base, so
situation seemed to be alomost the same in yesterday's game.
But tonight, Kondoh got Kanemura struck out]
At Osaka Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 X | 7
WP: Koike (12W 6L)
LP: Noda (6W 5L)
HR: BW Ichiro 15, Fujii 16
[Koike pitched a complete game. The only hits that he allowed
was two homers against Ichiro and Fujii. Clark went 3 for 4,
to raise his BA to .334. Ichiro hits .345, so Clark has
chance to defeat him.
Now there is no chance for the Buffaloes to win the pennant,
and the Magic number for the Lions is 9]
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 X | 8
WP: Numata (3W 2L)
LP: Tanoue (2W 8L)
HR: F Ueda 5
[Kokugo got 100 RBI. Ueda of the Fighters got 4 RBI]
At Koshien
Giants | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Tigers | 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 | 5
WP: Itoh (8W 5L 8S)
LP: Cho (1W 2L 10S)
HR: G Hirosawa 21
T Shinjyo 18
[The Tigers came back in bottom of 11th. Motonishi got
a clutch hit to tie the game when runner was on first
and second with two outs. The next batter Wada got a
game-ending single to right foul line. Matsui walked
4 times, 2 of which were intentional walks in 9th and
11th when first base was empty]
At Hiroshima
Swallows | 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+---------------------------+--
Carp | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 4
WP: Yokoyama (9W 5L 1S)
LP: Itoh,T. (7W 2L 19S)
HR: C Etoh 25
[The Carp defeated Itoh Tomohito. In bottom of 9th,
after Ogata singled and stole second, Nomura doubled to
tie the game. In bottom of 10th, again Nomura got a
game-ending hit off Katoh with runners on second and first
and two outs]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Kurogi (5W 4L 4S)
LP: Yabuta (4W 8L)
HR: M Tachikawa 7
F Nishiura 2, Ide 7
[The Fighters won to go up to the 4th place. The Marine
starter Yabuta gave up pitch of bases loaded with no outs
in bottom of 9th and he was switched into Kawamoto. But
Kawamoto allowed PH Hirose to get a game-ending hit]
At Kobe
Hawks | 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X | 7
WP: Itoh (10W 6L)
Sv: Kobayashi (6W 3L 12S)
LP: Kudoh (11W 5L)
[The Blue Wave bombed Kudoh in first inning. Kudoh was removed
with only 26 pitches]
At Osaka Dome
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 X | 8
WP: Takamura (8W 8L)
LP: Ishii, Take. (4W 4L)
HR: Bu Clark 22
[The Buffaloes beated the Lions. All Buffalo starters got at least
one hit. Clark went 4 for 5 and raised his BA into .339. Ichiro
hits .345, so Clark has enough chance to be the leading hitter]
At Koshien
Giants | 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 X | 3
WP: Funaki (1W 7L)
Sv: Kawajiri (5W 13L 1S)
LP: Kuwata (10W 7L)
HR: G Ohmori 1
[PH Yagi tripled off Kuwata in bottom of 4th on bases
loaded with two outs. Funaki, who relieved on the 4th
inniing, got his first win in this season]
At Yokohama
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Yamamoto (17W 7L 1S)
Sv: Sun (1W 1L 35S)
LP: Kawamura (8W 6L)
HR: D Yamada,Ko. 1
[Both starters pitched well. Yamada got a game-winning
2-run homerun to help Yamamoto. Yamamoto will be the
most winning pitcher in the Central League]
At Hiroshima
Swallows | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 X | 5
WP: Ohno (9W 5L)
Sv: Sasaoka (4W 5L 21S)
LP: Itoh,A. (3W 1L)
HR: S Inaba 21
C Lopez 26
[Ohno went to the end 7th to be lead the league with
ERA. The Carp beated the Swallows, but the Bay Stars lost
so the magic number for the Swallows became 4]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 X | 5
WP: Iwamoto (7W 5L 3S)
Sv: Kurogi (5W 4L 5S)
LP: Takekiyo (2W 9L)
Hd: F Shimoyanagi
HR: F Kaneko 9, Kaneko 10, Wilson 35, Ueda 6
[The Fighters defeated the Marines with 4 homers]
At Kobe
Hawks | 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Yoshitake (7W 6L)
LP: Hoshino (13W 8L)
[Yoshitake pitched a shutout game. Hoshino gave up
runs after he walked the lead-off in both 3rd and 7th]
At Osaka Dome
Lions | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
WP: Nishiguchi (14W 5L 1S)
LP: Kohda (9W 4L)
HR: L Sasaki 11
[Nishiguchi pitched a complete game. He allowed
only 3 hits. In 2nd, Sasaki got a solo-homer
and Kawada doubled to drive another run in.
The magic number for the Lions was decreased to 7]
At Hiroshima
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 4 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 X |11
WP: Tokano (10W 6L)
LP: Kadokura (9W 11L)
[Tokano got his 10th win. The Bay Stars won whereas
the game of the Swallows was rained out, so the magic
number for the Swallows wasn't decreased]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Kuroki (11W 14L)
Sv: Kawamoto (6W 5L 22S)
LP: Gross (13W 11L)
HR: M Hori 8
[Gross couldn't win. It is very hard for him to lead the
league with the most wins]
At Kobe
Hawks | 0 3 3 0 1 4 |11
-----------+---------------+--
BlueWave | 1 2 1 1 0 X | 5
WP: Sakumoto (7W 5L 2S)
LP: Fraser (7W 9L)
HR: H Iguchi 7, Kokubo 34, Johjima 15, Ohmichi 6
BW Ogawa 11
(Called game, rain, in top of 6th)
[The Hawks bombed the Blue Wave with 12 hits, 4 of which were
homeruns. If it would have started raining earlier, then
the game might be no game :-) Anyway Blue Wave relievers
are still too bad]
At Jingu
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 2 0 1 4 0 3 0 5 X |15
WP: Tabata (14W 5L)
LP: Yufune (8W 6L)
HR: T Hiratsuka 16
S Hosey 37, Hosey 38
[The Swallows defeated the Tigers. Hosey got a
grand slam off Yufune in 4th, and another homer
off Yuminaga in 8th]
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 2 0 0 1 2 4 0 1 X |10
WP: Makihara (11W 9L)
LP: Maeda (2W 13L)
HR: D Inoue 2, Gomez 27, Taihoh 11
G Hirosawa 22, Kiyohara 28
[Hirosawa hit for cycle. But in his first at-bat, he
grounded into double play :-) Matsui couldn't get any homer]
At Chiba
BlueWave | 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Sugimoto,Y. (2W 2L)
Sv: Kobayashi (6W 3L 13S)
LP: Sonokawa (4W 7L)
[The Blue Wave won the game in rain. Sugimoto pitched very well]
At Kitakyushu
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 X | 6
WP: Tanoue (3W 8L)
LP: Sakai (1W 5L)
Hd: H Sakumoto Kimura Wakatabe
HR: Bu
H Akiyama 11, Iguchi 8
[Iguchi homered again]
At Jingu
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 | 4
-----------+---------------------------+--
Swallows | 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 | 5
WP: Takatsu (9W 4L 7S)
LP: Kawajiri (5W 14L 1S)
HR: T Shinjyo 19
S Ikeyama 16
[Shinjyo got a grand slam off Ishii in top of 9th to tie
the game, but Kawajiri gave up a game-ending hit against
Furuta in bottom of 10th. Now the magic number for the
Swallows becomes one, because the loss of the Bay Stars]
At Yokohama
Carp | 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 |10
-----------+---------------------------+--
BayStars | 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 | 6
WP: Sasaoka (5W 5L 21S)
LP: Shimada (5W 7L 1S)
HR: C Maeda 14, Kanemoto 29, Etoh 26
YB Hatayama 1
[Shimada gave up a grand slam against Etoh
in top of 10th. The Central league seems
to be almost finished]
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 X | 3
WP: Misawa (3W 3L 1S)
LP: Nakayama (7W 6L)
HR: D Gomez 28
G Motoki 8, Kiyohara 29
[Kiyohara got a game-winning 2-run homerun in 8th.
Okajima pitched well and he went to the end of 7th,
but the winning pitcher was Misawa]
At Chiba
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Noda (7W 5L)
Sv: Nomura (4W 5L 8S)
LP: Yoshida (5W 3L 2S)
[Ichiro got 4 hits. In top of 9th, Donnels and Neel got
back-to-back sacrifice flies]
At Seibu
Fighters | 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 | 5
WP: Mori,S. (5W 1L 8S)
LP: Kurogi (5W 5L 5S)
HR: F Taguchi 4, Wilson 36
L Suzuki,K. 16
[Maritinez got a game-ending hit to lead the team to win.
His shot hit the wall in right-center field when runner
was on second with two outs in bottom of 9th]
At Fukuoka Dome
Buffaloes | 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 | 3
WP: Okamoto (9W 5L)
Sv: Akahori (10W 7L 21S)
LP: Takeda (4W 9L)
HR: Bu Rhodes 22
[I watched the game at Fukuoka Dome. The Bufflaoes hitters
bombed Takeda in early innings. In the first Rhode's shot
hit the right foul pole to drive 2 runs in. In second,
the Buffaloes scored 3 runs with help of an error. In the
bottom of 5th, after they scored 2 runs, there was the key play.
runners were on first and second with two outs. The batter
grounded to shortstop and SS made bad throwing to second baseman,
and the ball went over to right foul teritory. But first runner
Yoshinaga couldn't advance because of bad slideing. If
Yoshinaga could run, then the Hawks would have chance of runners
on second and third, but they had only chance of runners on first
and second. Bad thing is that the next batter singled. Of
course Yoshinaga stopped at third :-)]
At Jingu
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 1 0 5 4 4 0 2 X |16
WP: Yoshii (13W 5L)
LP: Nakagomi (6W 7L)
**** Yakult Swallows have clinced the pennant ****
[What a shame game. The Tigers lost three games in a row
to contribute to the win of the Swallows very well.
The Swallows got 19 hits and 16 runs to defeated the Tigers]
At Yokohama
Carp | 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 X | 9
WP: Miura (9W 3L)
LP: Kitoh (1W 5L)
HR: YB Rose 18
[In daygame, the Bay Stars won. Rose got a 3-run homerun
in third]
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 X | 3
WP: Galvez (11W 12L)
LP: Imanaka (2W 2L)
HR: G Galvez 3, Motoki 9
[This game was for Miyamoto as his retirement game, but
Giant starter Galvez pitched very well. He didn't allow
any hit until one out of 8th inning, although Aikoh singled
to stop no-hitter. Miyamoto pitched against the final batter,
Gomez, and he got him grounded out to second baseman.
If Galvez wouldn't have allow any hit until the end of 8th,
then Miyamoto would be a pinch hitter :-)]
At Chiba
BlueWave | 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 X | 5
WP: Takekiyo (3W 9L)
Sv: Kawamoto (6W 5L 23S)
LP: Suzuki (3W 5L 6S)
Hd: M Kondoh
[The Blue Wave lost again. Suzuki and Mizuo couldn't
keep the lead]
At Seibu
Fighters | 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Kanemura (1W 4L)
LP: Yokota (5L)
HR: F Ide 8, Wilson 37
[Kanemura pitched a complete game to stop the Lions.
But since the Blue Wave lost, the magic number for the
Lions became 4]
At Fukuoka Dome
Buffaloes | 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Koike (13W 6L)
LP: Kudoh (11W 6L)
[Koike and Ohtsuka didn't allow the Hawks to score.
The Hawks have announced that Oh will be the manager
also in next season]
At Seibu
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 X | 6
WP: Ishii, Taka. (10W 7L 9S)
LP: Iwamoto (7W 6L 3S)
HR: L Suzuki,K. 17, Martinez 29, Sasaki 12, Martinez 30
[The Lion hitters, Suzuki, Martinez and Sasaki, got three homers
in a row. Martinez also got a 3-run homer in 8th. OTOH, Ishii
Takashi pitched his first complete game with a shutout game.
Now the magic number for the Lions is only three]
At Hiroshima
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 3
WP: Yabu (10W 12L)
Sv: Kawajiri (5W 14L 2S)
LP: Sawazaki (11W 8L)
HR: T Yamada 4
C Lopez 27
[The Tigers won the Carp after three losses against the Swallows.
Kawajiri stopped the comeback of the Carp]
At Yokohama
Giants | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Kawamura (9W 6L)
Sv: Sasaki (3W 37S)
LP: Misawa (3W 4L 1S)
HR: G Matsui 37
[Rookie Kawamura got his 9th win, one win less than Sawazaki
of the Carp. Matsui homered, and one homer behind of the Hosey]
At Nagoya Dome
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 X | 4
WP: Yamamoto (18W 7L 1S)
Sv: Sun (1W 1L 36S)
LP: Yamabe (2L 1S)
HR: D Gomez 29
[Yamamoto leads the league with ERA, wins and SO.
Kawamata of the Dragons annonced his retirement at the end
of this season]
At Chiba
Fighters | 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 X | 6
WP: Yabuta (5W 8L)
Sv: Kawamoto (6W 5L 24S)
LP: Shimazaki (6W 7L 11S)
Hd: F Kurogi Shimoyanagi
HR: F Nishiura 3
M Thompson 14
[In bottom of 8th, Carreon got a clutch hit to tie the game,
and Thompson got a game-winning 2-run homerun. Gross couldn't
win so he has almost no hope to be the most winning pitcher.
He is going back to the US soon]
At Kobe
Lions | 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 X | 8
WP: Hoshino (14W 8L)
LP: Ishii, Take. (4W 5L)
[Hoshino pitched a complete game to privent the Lions to
clinch the pennant. The Lions couldn't win until Oct. 3]