July 1995 Japanese baseball - The Baseball Archive

<< The results of Japanese baseball on July 1995 >>

[Results on July 1]

Tigers     | 0 8 1   1 4 0   0 0 0 |14
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 0 1 2   1 0 0   0 0 2 | 6

	Win : Kawajiri ( 5W 2L )
	Lost: Okabayashi ( 5W 5L )
	HR: T Yagi 5, Coolbaugh 10, Glenn 15
	    S Meulens 14, Ikeyama 7, Inaba 2

[Okabayashi pitched very bad. At the top of 2nd, Yagi hit a 3-runs
 home run. Okabayashi was switched to Osaka after he had hit a clutch
 by Sekikawa. Kawajiri completed the game]


Giants     | 1 1 0   0 0 1   1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 0 2 1   6 1 0   2 0 X |12

	Win : Yamauchi ( 9W 4L )
	Lost: Kida ( 3W 5L )
	HR: G Mack 10,11, Kida 1, Howell 12
	    C Kanemoto 14,15, Asai 1,2, Nomura 20

[Mack hit the first pitch of Yamauchi, which became a home run.
 Yamauchi won to be the leader of winning pitchers. The top batter
 of Carp Nomura have become a co-leader of home runs.  His average
 is now .335 while that of the leader Powell of Dragons is .340.
 In both leagues, it is the year of the top batter this year :-)]


Dragons    | 0 0 1   1 0 0   0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 0 2 1   1 2 1   0 4 X |11

	Win : Saitoh, T. ( 4W 5L )
	Save: Igarashi ( 2W 2L 2S )
	Lost: Monte    ( 2W 3L )
	HR: D Yamasaki 11
	    B Komada 2


BlueWave   | 0 1 0   0 1 3   1 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 0 | 2

	Win : Kobayashi ( 1W 1L )
	Lost: Ishii, Take. ( 7W 4L )
	HR: B Neel 7,8, D.J. 4
	    L Sasaki 10


Hawks      | 0 1 1   0 0 2   0 5 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 2 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 3

	Win : Shimoyanagi ( 2W )
	Lost: Ikeue ( 1W 5L )
	HR: H Yoshinaga 7
	    B Suzuki 7

[Shimoyanagi completed the game and won. He has been changed
 to a stater since he had come back from traffic accident]


Marines    | 0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 4 0 1   0 4 5   0 0 X |14

	Win : Kohno ( 2W 6L )
	Lost: Sonokawa ( 4W 4L )
	HR: M Incaviglia 8


[Results on July 2]

Tigers     | 0 1 2   0 0 0   2 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 1 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 2

	Win : Inomata ( 1W 1L )
	Lost: Itoh, A. ( 5W 4L )
	HR: T Hiyama 5, Glenn 16
	    S Meulens 15

[Tigers turned the game with a clutch of Coolbaugh.
 Glenn hit a 2-runs home run at the top of 7th]


Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 2 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 0 0 0   4 0 3   0 0 X | 7

	Win : Birkbeck ( 1W )
	Save: Morita ( 4W 2S )
	Lost: Yamamoto, M. ( 2L )
	HR: B Akimoto 3

[The new foreign pitcher of Baystars, Birkbeck from Mets?
 won at his first game]


BlueWave   | 4 1 1   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 0 0 1   0 0 0   1 0 0 | 2

	Win : Itoh ( 3W )
	Save: Hirai ( 9W 3L 15S )
	Lost: Shintani ( 7W 5L )
	HR: B Fukura 4, Neel 9
	    L Jackson 7

[At the top of 1st, Ichiro hit a triple over the head of CF, Fukura
 hit a clutch, which was his 1000th hit in all time. Moreover, D.J hit
 a clutch double with 3 runs batted in on the filled bases. 
 At the bottom of the 1st, Lions had chance of the second runner
 Jackson with 1 out when the third batter Sasaki hit a single to
 center field. But the CF Ichiro throwed the nice ball to the catcher
 to get Jackson out]


Hawks      | 1 0 1   0 3 0   0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 1 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 2

	Win : Fujii ( 1W )
	Save: Kimura ( 5W 6L 7S )
	Lost: Kohda ( 1W 4L )
	HR: H Kokubo 11
	    B Suzuki 8

[The 4th batter of Hawks, Yoshinaga have injured with his
 (left?) shoulder]


Marines    | 0 3 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 1

	Win : Maeda ( 1W 4L )
	Save: Narimoto ( 9W 1L 10S )
	Lost: Atsuzawa ( 1L )
	HR: M Franco 3

**** Start of Quick Chart ****

NOTATION:
 G: Yomiuri Giants D: Chunichi Dragons  C: Hiroshima Carp
 T: Hanshin Tigers Y: Yokohama BayStars S: Yakult Swallows

 L: Seibu Lions         X: Orix BlueWave       B: Kintetsu Bufferloes
 H: Fukuoka Daiei Hawks M: Chiba Lotte Marines F: NipponHam Fighters

              Results                      (# of win) - (# of lost)
MM/DDW  G D C S T Y  L X B H M F    G  D  C  S  T  Y     L  X  B  H  M  F
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06/16F  X O O O X X    + X O +      0-12 +6+17 -9 -2  +13+13 -6 -7 -9 -4
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06/22T  X O X O - -    O X   O X   -1-14 +7+16 -8  0  +13+15 -6 -7 -8 -7
06/23F  O X   X O    O O X     X    0-15 +7+15 -7  0  +14+16 -7 -7 -8 -8
06/24S  X O X O X O  O O X X O X   -1-14 +6+16 -8 +1  +15+17 -8 -8 -7 -9
06/25S  O X X X O O  O O X O X X    0-15 +5+15 -7 +2  +16+18 -9 -7 -8-10
06/26M                              0-15 +5+15 -7 +2  +16+18 -9 -7 -8-10
06/27T  O O O X X X  X O X X O O   +1-14 +6+14 -8 +1  +15+19-10 -8 -7 -9
06/28W  O X O O X X  X O X O O X   +2-15 +7+15 -9  0  +14+20-11 -7 -6-10
06/29T    X X O O      X O O   X   +2-16 +6+16 -8  0  +14+19-10 -6 -6-11
06/30F  - X - O X O  X O O X O X   +2-17 +6+17 -9 +1  +13+20 -9 -7 -5-12
07/01S  X X O X O O  X O X O X O   +1-18 +7+16 -8 +2  +12+21-10 -6 -6-11
07/02S  - X - X O O  X O X O O X   +1-19 +7+15 -7 +3  +11+22-11 -5 -5-12
07/03M                             +1-19 +7+15 -7 +3  +11+22-11 -5 -5-12
MM/DDW  G D C S T Y  L X B H M F    G  D  C  S  T  Y    L  X  B  H  M  F


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CENTRAL +30  +25  +20  +15  +10   +5    0   -5  -10  -15  -20  -25  -30
MM/DDW              +---------+---------+---------+
06/13T              |  S      |     C  GY       T |   D
06/14W              |  S      |     C G Y        T|   D
06/15T              |   S     |    C   G|Y      T |  D
06/16F              |  S      |   C     G Y      T| D
06/17S              |   S     |  C      |2      T |  D
06/18S              |    S    | C       Y G     T |  D
06/19M              +----S----+-C-------Y-G-----T-+--D
06/20T              |     S   |C       Y+G       T|   D
06/21W              |    S    | C       2       T |    D
06/22T              |   S     |  C      YG      T |   D
06/23F              |    S    |  C      2      T  |    D
06/24S              |   S     |   C    Y|G      T |   D
06/25S              |    S    |    C  Y G      T  |    D
06/26M              +----S----+----C--Y-G------T--+----D----+
06/27T              |     S   |   C    2|       T |   D     |
06/28W              |    S    |  C    G Y        T|    D    |
06/29T              |   S     |   C   G Y       T |     D   |
06/30F              |  S      |   C   GY|        T|      D  |
07/01S              |   S     |  C    YG|       T |       D |
07/02S              |    S    |  C   Y G|      T  |        D|
07/03M              +----S----+--C---Y-G+------T--+--------D+
CENTRAL +30  +25  +20  +15  +10   +5    0   -5  -10  -15  -20  -25  -30


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PACIFIC +30  +25  +20  +15  +10   +5    0   -5  -10  -15  -20  -25  -30
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06/14W                    L X |         |   F B 2 |
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06/17S                    2   |         |    FHB  M
06/18S                   X L  |         |   F BH  |M
06/19M                   X-L--+---------+---F-BH--+M
06/20T                   X L  |         |    FBH  M
06/21W                    XL  |         |    BFH M|
06/22T                   X L  |         |     B2M |
06/23F                  X L   |         |      22 |
06/24S                 X L    |         |      M2F|
06/25S                X L     |         |      HMBF
06/26M              +-X-L-----+---------+------HMBF
06/27T              |X   L    |         |      MHFB
06/28W              X     L   |         |     MH  FB
06/29T              |X    L   |         |     2   BF
06/30F              X      L  |         |    M H B| F
07/01S             X|       L |         |     2   BF
07/02S            X |        L|         |    2    |BF
07/03M            X-+--------L+---------+----2----+BF
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**** End of Quick Chart ***


[Results on July 4]

Giants     | 0 0 4   0 0 0   2 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 1 | 3

	Win : Saitoh, M. ( 9W 5L )
	Lost: Noguchi ( 1W 5L 1S )
	HR: G Matsui 12,13, Ochiai 8, Mack 12
	    C Shiigi 2

[Saitoh complited the game in rain. All runs of Giants
 are by homeruns]


BlueWave   | 0 0 1   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 4 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 X | 4

	Win : Yoshida, T. ( 3W 4L )
	Lost: Takahashi, K. ( 5W 4L )
	HR: B Ichiro 15

[Hawks stopped BlueWave. Yoshinaga of Hawks has been injured too
 seriously to play in this season. He is now ranked as the second
 place of catcher field in vote for all star games]


Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 0   0 0 2   2 0 X | 4

	Win : Gross ( 6W 9L )
	Lost: Ono ( 4W 6L 1S )
	HR: F Kataoka 4

[Gross was pretty good! He completed a low-hit game and shut out with
 81 pitches. I don't know what to say, so I just show you stats of
 Gross in the game:

        IP  TBF  H  SO  BB   R
 Gross   9   27  1   0   1   0

 The only hit that he was hit was one in in-field (to the second
 base man) by the second batter Abe in the top of 1st. Abe was out
 on double play with the next batter. The other runner that Gross
 permited was by balls on base at the top of 6th. The runner was caught
 on stealing base]


[Results on July 5]

BlueWave   | 0 0 0   0 1 0   0 2 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 1 | 2

	Win : Hasegawa ( 8W 3L )
	Save: Hirai ( 9W 3L 16S )
	Lost: Saitoh, Ma. ( 3W 2L )


Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 X | 1

	Win : Nishizaki ( 5W 3L )
	Lost: Yokota, H. ( 5W 2L )

[**No-hit-no-run game by Nishizaki**
 This is the first no-hit-no-run game in this season, and the 23rd in
 Pacific League (the 22nd pitcher); the 72nd game (the 60th pitcher)
 in all time including the games of 1 League. It is interesting that
 recent 3 no-hit games in the Pacific Leauge are recorded by pitchers
 of Fighters in every five years (by Tanaka in 1985, by Shibata in
 1990; Remark that Kaku of Lions, who was a rookie at that time,
 recorded a no-hit game 5 days earlier than Tanaka did). Nishizaki
 got Jackson walked at two outs of the 1st inning, which was the only
 runner he permited:

           IP  TBF  H  SO  BB   R  pitches
 Nishizaki  9   28  0  12   1   0      119

 Nishizaki had almost the same situmation at the game against Lions
 on Apr. 22. At that time, he didn't give any hit until no out of
 the 8th inning, but he was hit a unlucky triple by Destrade. But
 now Destrade has left Lions and even Kiyohara is out of the roster.
 Lions have not been able to get any hit for recent 17 innings]


[Results on July 6]

Carp       | 0 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 0 1 0   1 1 1   0 0 X | 4

	Win : Yamabe ( 9W 2L )
	Save: Ishii ( 4W 2L 1S )
	Lost: Checo ( 7W 5L )
	HR: S Meulens 16


Giants     | 0 1 0   0 0 1   0 0 0   0 | 2
-----------+---------------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 1 1   0 0 0   0 0 0   3 | 5

	Win : Imanaka ( 7W 4L )
	Lost: Ishige ( 3W 2L 8S )
	HR: D Nimura 5

[Nimura hit the game-closing homerun, which was the only hit that
 Ishige gave (other runners are by two BBs)]


BlueWave   | 0 0 0   1 0 0   1 3 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 0 1 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 2

	Win : Noda ( 6W 2L )
	Lost: Watanabe, H. ( 3W 5L )
	HR: B Taguchi 7, Neel 10
	    H Kokubo 12

[At the top of 8th, Neel hit the winning 2-runs homerun,
 which was his 8th homerun in these 2 weeks]


Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 1 0 0   0 0 1   0 1 X | 3

	Win : Irabu ( 4W 8L )
	Lost: Koike ( 3W 3L )
	HR: M Hatsushiba 12

[Irabu complete the game. He gave only two hits]


[Results on July 7]

Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 0 0 0   0 0 2   1 2 X | 5

	Win : Miyamoto ( 4W 1L )
	Save: Ishige ( 3W 2L 9S )
	Lost: Nakanishi ( 3W 2L )
	HR: G Matsui 14, Kawai 2

[At the top of 8th, Nagashima, the manager of Giants, sent Ishige
 with 1 out and the runners on the first and second base, which is
 the same situation on which he was hit a game-closing homerun yesterday.
 Today, he pitched only fast balls (but one slider) and got flied outs.
 Tigers need a good relief pitcher who pitchs when Tigers don't lead..
 Come on (Ganbare), Nakanishi, Yuminaga! Tamura, come back!]


Dragons    | 0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 0 1 1   0 0 2   3 0 X | 7

	Win : Kitoh ( 6W 5L )
	Lost: Ochiai ( 2W 5L 1S )
	HR: C Nomura 21

[Now Nomura is the leader of homeruns in Central Leauge]


Hawks      | 0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 0 0 2   0 2 0   0 2 X | 6

	Win : Komiyama ( 6W 1L )
	Lost: Shimoyanagi ( 2W 1L )
	HR: M Morozumi 1, Hatsushiba 13

[Komiyama completed the game to get 14 strike outs, 9 of which were
 from the clean-ups of Hawks]


Lions      | 0 0 0   1 2 0   1 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 3 | 4

	Win : Kaku ( 5W 3L )
	Lost: Yamasaki ( 5W 8L )
	HR: B Nakamura, N. 12

[Lions not only got a hit at the 2nd inning, but also stopped
 losing series though Closer Shiozaki had been taken 3 runs]


[Results on July 8]

Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 0 0 0   0 1 1   0 0 X | 2

	Win : Kida ( 4W 5L )
	Lost: Kawajiri ( 5W 3L )
	HR: G Okazaki 1

[It was the judgment which ended the game. At the top of 9th,
 the Tigers had chance that the runner Hoshino, who was a pinch
 runner for Glenn, was on the third base with 1 out. The batter
 Yagi hit a fly to left field...The left fielder Hirosawa caught
 and threw it to the catcher. The ball was high and the runner
 slid so it seemed for Tigers fans to be safe but the judgment
 was out. I'm not sure that the runner really touched the home plate,
 but if he had touched the plate, then it should be safe, I think]


Swallows   | 0 0 0   3 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-------------------------------+--
BayStars   | 0 0 3   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 4

	Win : Matsuura ( 1W )
	Lost: Itoh, A ( 5W 5L )

[A closer of BayStars, Sasaki, got his 500th strike out
 in his 383th inning pitched, which broke the fastest record 412.1
 of Nomo (who is now a pitcher of L.A. Dodgers). It is true that
 Sasaki is a closer and Nomo is a starter, but anyway it proves
 that Sasaki is a very good pitcher]


Dragons    | 0 1 0   1 0 1   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 1 2 0   0 0 0   2 0 X | 5

	Win : Kondoh ( 5W 4L )
	Save: Sasaoka ( 4W 3L 1S )
	Lost: Yamamoto, M. ( 3L )
	HR: D Taihoh 10, Powell 12
	    C Ogata 1, Nomura 22


Fighters   | 0 0 1   0 0 0   1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 2 0 0   1 0 1   0 0 X | 4

	Win : Hoshino ( 8W 4L )
	Save: Hirai ( 9W 3L 17S )
	Lost: Imazeki ( 3W 5L )


Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 1 0 0   0 1 1   0 0 X | 3

	Win : Nishimura ( 2W 3L )
	Lost: Ishii, Take. ( 7W 5L )
	HR: L Kiyohara 13
	    B Nakamura, N. 13

[Kiyohara has come back. He has become the DH to hit a homerun]


[Results on July 9]

Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 X | 1

	Win : Kawahara ( 1W 3L )
	Lost: Yabu ( 5W 7L )
	HR: G Howell 13

[Kawahara completed the game and shut out. Yabu had hard luck]


Swallows   | 0 3 1   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 5 3 0   0 0 0   2 0 X |10

	Win : Miura ( 4W 2L )
	Lost: Okabayashi ( 5W 6L )
	HR: S Ikeyama 8
	    B Rose 13

[Miura has become the first pitcher in the BayStars who completed
 the game in this season :-P It was the 65th game for the BayStars]


Dragons    | 0 0 0   1 0 0   1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 1 | 3

	Win : Yamauchi ( 10W 4L )
	Lost: Nakayama ( 1W 3L 2S )
	HR: C Asai 3

[Yamauchi completed the game to win. Asai hit the game-ending homerun]


Fighters   | 0 0 2   0 0 0   0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 0 0 0   3 0 2   0 0 X | 5

	Win : Itoh ( 4W )
	Save: Hirai ( 9W 3L 18S )
	Lost: Gross ( 6W 10L )
	HR: F Brito 1

[The new foreign player of Fighters Brito hit the first homerun]


Lions      | 0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   0 1 1   0 0 X | 2

	Win : Akahori ( 1W 6L 11S )
	Lost: Shintani ( 7W 6L )
	HR: L Kiyohara 14
	    B Mizuguchi 2


Hawks      | 0 1 0   0 0 1   1 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 5 1 0   3 0 4   0 0 X |13

	Win : Hillman ( 4W 6L )
	Lost: Yoshida, T. ( 3W 5L )
	HR: M Hori 5, Hatsushiba 14, Minamibuchi 1


[Results on July 11]

Tigers     | 0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 0 1 0   0 0 2   0 0 X | 3

	Win : Ohno ( 1W 4L 4S )
	Save: Sasaoka ( 4W 3L 2S )
	Lost: Kakuri ( 3W 5L )
	HR: T Hiyama 6
	    S Kanemoto 16

[Carp won with a 2-runs homerun by Kanemoto. Ohno won as a starting
 pitcher since July, 1990]


Swallows   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 0 0 0   0 1 3   1 0 X | 5

	Win : Saitoh, M. ( 10W 5L )
	Lost: Ishii ( 4W 3L 1S )

[Saitoh completed the game and shut out the Swallows.
 Now the game behind of the 4th place BayStars to the top,
 Swallows, becomes only 4.5 (The Giants is the third place)]


BayStars   | 0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 0 0   1 4 0   1 0 X | 6

	Win : Satoh ( 3W 5L )
	Lost: Udoh ( 4W 6L )
	HR: B Suzuki 4
	    D Tatsunami 7

[Satoh completed the game to stop the BayStars]


Marines    | 2 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	Win : Irabu ( 5W 8L )
	Lost: Hasegawa ( 8W 4L )

[Irabu completed the game and shut out the BlueWave. He got 12 strike
 outs and was hit only 2 hits. In fact, he wasn't hit any hit till
 one out of the 8th inning. As a result, the Marines have won 5
 games in a row for the first time in this season]


Lions      | 0 0 1   3 0 0   0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 1 | 2

	Win : Ono ( 5W 6L 1S )
	Save: Shintani ( 7W 6L 1S )
	Lost: Kudoh ( 7W 2L )
	HR: L Jackson 8, Tanabe 4
	    H Kokubo 13

[The ace of the Hawks, Kudoh, has come back, but could not win]


Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 X | 1

	Win : Sakai ( 1W 2L 1S )
	Save: Akahori ( 1W 6L 12S )
	Lost: Nishizaki ( 5W 4L )
	HR: B Nakamura, N. 14

[Nishizaki, who achieved no-hitter in his last game, pitched 8 innings
 and permit only 3 hits, one of which was a 2-runs homerun by Nakamura]


[Results on July 12]

Tigers     | 0 0 0   2 1 0   0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 0 5 1   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 7

	Win : Checo ( 8W 5L )
	Save: Sasaoka ( 4W 3L 3S )
	Lost: Takeuchi ( 4W 4L 1S )
	HR: T Coolbaugh 11, Glenn 17
	    S Kanemoto 17,18


Swallows   | 0 0 4   0 2 0   1 2 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants     | 0 0 0   0 2 0   5 0 0 | 7

	Win : Takatsu ( 1W 2L 13S )
	Lost: Hashimoto ( 1W 3L 2S )
	HR: G Motoki 2


BayStars   | 1 0 5   0 1 0   0 0 1 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	Win : Yone ( 1W )
	Lost: Monte ( 2W 4L )
	HR: B Suzuki 5,6, Braggs 11

[Rookie Yone completed the game and shut out the Dragons]


Marines    | 0 0 2   0 0 0   1 0 1 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 1

	Win : Sonokawa ( 5W 4L )
	Save: Narimoto ( 9W 1L 11S )
	Lost: Noda ( 6W 3L )
	HR: M Hirai 3

[Now the Marines won 6 games in a row! It is the first time for
 Chiba Lotte Marines, and the PCT of the Marines is finally raised
 up to .500]


Lions      | 2 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 0 0 0   3 2 0   0 1 X | 6

	Win : Yoshitake ( 4W 3L )
	Lost: Yokota, H. ( 5W 3L )
	HR: L Kiyohara 15


Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 2 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 0   3 0 3   1 0 X | 7

	Win : Kohno ( 3W 6L )
	Save: Shimazaki ( 7W 6L 3S )
	Lost: Iriki ( 2L )
	HR: B Nakamura, N. 15, Matsukubo 1
            F Tanaka 14


[Results on July 13]

Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 1 0   6 0 2 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 0 1 0   0 3 1   0 0 0 | 5

	Win : Yufune ( 3W 5L )
	Save: Furumizo ( 1W 3L 15S )
	Lost: Inoue, Y. ( 3W 2L 4S )
	HR: T Hagiwara 1,2
	    C Yamada 9

[Tigers led with a 2 runs homerun by Hagiwara at the top of 7th.
 It is his first homerun in all time. He also hit another 2-runs
 homerun at the top of 9th. It was unlucky for the Carp that the
 ball hit the starter Kitoh on one of his knees and he must be
 changed to Inoue]


Marines    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-------------------------------+--
BlueWave   | 0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 2

	Win : Hirai ( 10W 3L 18S )
	Lost: Narimoto ( 9W 2L 11S )
	HR: B Ichiro 16, Neel 11

[The BlueWave won with the game-ending homerun by Neel]


Lions      | 0 0 0   1 0 1   0 3 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	Win : Kaku ( 6W 3L )
	Lost: Shimoyanagi ( 2W 2L )

[Kaku completed the game and shut out for the first time in this season]


Buffaloes  | 0 0 1   0 0 0   1 2 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 0   2 0 0   1 1 1 | 5

	Win : Kaneishi ( 2W 3L 13S )
	Lost: Akahori ( 1W 7L 12S )
	HR: B Nakamura, N. 14

[Fighters won with the game-ending clutch by Ide]

**** The start of Quick Chart ****

NOTATION:
 G: Yomiuri Giants D: Chunichi Dragons  C: Hiroshima Carp
 T: Hanshin Tigers Y: Yokohama BayStars S: Yakult Swallows

 L: Seibu Lions         X: Orix BlueWave       B: Kintetsu Bufferloes
 H: Fukuoka Daiei Hawks M: Chiba Lotte Marines F: NipponHam Fighters

              Results                      (# of win) - (# of lost)
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06/23F  O X   X O    O O X     X    0-15 +7+15 -7  0  +14+16 -7 -7 -8 -8
06/24S  X O X O X O  O O X X O X   -1-14 +6+16 -8 +1  +15+17 -8 -8 -7 -9
06/25S  O X X X O O  O O X O X X    0-15 +5+15 -7 +2  +16+18 -9 -7 -8-10
06/26M                              0-15 +5+15 -7 +2  +16+18 -9 -7 -8-10
06/27T  O O O X X X  X O X X O O   +1-14 +6+14 -8 +1  +15+19-10 -8 -7 -9
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06/29T    X X O O      X O O   X   +2-16 +6+16 -8  0  +14+19-10 -6 -6-11
06/30F  - X - O X O  X O O X O X   +2-17 +6+17 -9 +1  +13+20 -9 -7 -5-12
07/01S  X X O X O O  X O X O X O   +1-18 +7+16 -8 +2  +12+21-10 -6 -6-11
07/02S  - X - X O O  X O X O O X   +1-19 +7+15 -7 +3  +11+22-11 -5 -5-12
07/03M                             +1-19 +7+15 -7 +3  +11+22-11 -5 -5-12
07/04T  O X - - - -  X X - O - O   +2-20 +7+15 -7 +3  +10+21-11 -4 -5-11
07/05W  - - - - - -  X O - X - O   +2-20 +7+15 -7 +3   +9+22-11 -5 -5-10
07/06T  X O X O - -    O X X O     +1-19 +6+16 -7 +3   +9+23-12 -6 -4-10
07/07F  O X O   X    O   X X O     +2-20 +7+16 -8 +3  +10+23-13 -7 -3-10
07/08S  O X O X X O  X O O - - X   +3-21 +8+15 -9 +4   +9+24-12 -7 -3-11
07/09S  O X O X X O  X O O X O X   +4-22 +9+14-10 +5   +8+25-11 -8 -2-12
07/10M                             +4-22 +9+14-10 +5   +8+25-11 -8 -2-12
07/11T  O O O X X X  O X O X O X   +5-21+10+13-11 +4   +9+24-10 -9 -1-13
07/12W  X X O O X O  X X X O O O   +4-22+11+14-12 +5   +9+23-11 -8  0-12
07/13T    - X   O -  O O X X X O   +4-22+10+14-11 +5   +9+24-12 -9 -1-11
MM/DDW  G D C S T Y  L X B H M F    G  D  C  S  T  Y    L  X  B  H  M  F




CENTRAL +30  +25  +20  +15  +10   +5    0   -5  -10  -15  -20  -25  -30
06/19M              +----S----+-C-------Y-G-----T-+--D
06/20T              |     S   |C       Y+G       T|   D
06/21W              |    S    | C       2       T |    D
06/22T              |   S     |  C      YG      T |   D
06/23F              |    S    |  C      2      T  |    D
06/24S              |   S     |   C    Y|G      T |   D
06/25S              |    S    |    C  Y G      T  |    D
06/26M              +----S----+----C--Y-G------T--+----D----+
06/27T              |     S   |   C    2|       T |   D     |
06/28W              |    S    |  C    G Y        T|    D    |
06/29T              |   S     |   C   G Y       T |     D   |
06/30F              |  S      |   C   GY|        T|      D  |
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07/02S              |    S    |  C   Y G|      T  |        D|
07/03M              +----S----+--C---Y-G+------T--+--------D+
07/04T              |    S    |  C   YG |      T  |         D
07/05W              |    S    |  C   YG |      T  |         D
07/06T              |   S     |   C  Y G|      T  |        D|
07/07F              |   S     |  C   YG |       T |         D
07/08S              |    S    | C   YG  |        T|         |D
07/09S              |     S   |C   YG   |         T         | D
07/10M              +-----S---+C---YG---+---------T---------+-D 
07/11T              |      S  C    GY   |         |T        |D  
07/12W              |     S  C|    YG   |         | T       | D
07/13T              |     S   C    YG   |         |T        | D 
CENTRAL +30  +25  +20  +15  +10   +5    0   -5  -10  -15  -20  -25  -30




PACIFIC +30  +25  +20  +15  +10   +5    0   -5  -10  -15  -20  -25  -30
06/19M                   X-L--+---------+---F-BH--+M
06/20T                   X L  |         |    FBH  M
06/21W                    XL  |         |    BFH M|
06/22T                   X L  |         |     B2M |
06/23F                  X L   |         |      22 |
06/24S                 X L    |         |      M2F|
06/25S                X L     |         |      HMBF
06/26M              +-X-L-----+---------+------HMBF
06/27T              |X   L    |         |      MHFB
06/27T              |X   L    |         |      MHFB
06/28W              X     L   |         |     MH  FB
06/29T              |X    L   |         |     2   BF
06/30F              X      L  |         |    M H B| F
07/01S             X|       L |         |     2   BF
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07/03M            X-+--------L+---------+----2----+BF
07/04T             X|         L         |   HM    |2 
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07/13T          X   |         |L        |M       H|FB
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**** The end of Quick Chart ****

[Results on July 14]

Swallows   | 1 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	Win : Yoshii ( 7W 3L )
	Save: Miyamoto, K. ( 1W 1S )
	Lost: Kawajiri ( 5W 4L )

[Yoshii felt something wrong in his right elbow so he was changed
 into Miyamoto from the 6th inning. Miyamoto wasn't hit any hit]


Giants     | 0 1 0   2 0 0   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 0 4 0   0 0 0   2 0 X | 6

	Win : Shimada ( 5W )
	Save: Sasaki ( 4W 1L 19S )
	Lost: Kida ( 4W 6L )


Carp       | 1 0 0   3 2 3   0 0 1 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 1 0   1 1 0 | 3

	Win : Kondoh ( 6W 4L )
	Lost: Ochiai ( 2W 6L 1S )
	HR: C Oto 3,4, Etoh 17, Asai 4, Nomura 22
	    D Torigoe 2


BlueWave   | 1 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 2 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 1 0 0   1 0 0   0 3 X | 5

	Win : Kimura ( 6W 6L 7S )
	Lost: Hoshino ( 8W 5L )
	HR: H Fujimoto 5


Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 3 0 0   1 1 0   2 0 X | 7

	Win : Iwamoto ( 1W )
	Lost: Ishii, Take. ( 7W 6L )
	HR: L Kakiuchi 14
	    H Tanaka 15,16

[Iwamoto, who is a 6th-year-player, won for the first time in his
 career. Of course, it was his first time to complete the game]


Buffaloes  | 0 1 0   1 0 0   0 0 3   0 | 5
-----------+---------------------------+--
Marines    | 0 0 1   0 0 1   0 3 0   1 | 6

	Win : Yoshida ( 1W )
	Lost: Ikeue ( 1W 6L )
	HR: M Hatsushiba 15, Minamibuchi 2, Hori 6

[Narimoto, a closer of the Marines, was not good to be tied
 the game at the top of 9th. However, the Marines won with
 the game-ending homerun by Hori]


[Results on July 15]

Swallows   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 2 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	Win : Yamada ( 4W 1L 5S )
	Save: Takatsu ( 1W 2L 14S )
	Lost: Yabu ( 5W 8L )
	HR: Inaba 3


Giants     | 0 1 0   0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------------+--
BayStars   | 1 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 | 3

	Win : Sasaki ( 5W 1L 19S )
	Lost: Ishige ( 3W 3L 9S )
	HR: G Matsui 15
	    B Shindoh 9

[The match of closers was won by Sasaki. If Giants had won, then
 Matsui would have been the MVP :-) He hit a homerun at the top of 8th,
 he showed nice fielding at the bottom of 9th. The Giants manager Nagashima
 ordered Howell to do 'suicide squeeze', which ended foul, at the top of 9th
 when the runners were on the first base and the third base with 1 out]


Carp       | 0 1 0   0 0 0   1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 0 1   0 2 0   0 1 X | 4

	Win : Kondoh ( 6W 4L )
	Lost: Ochiai ( 2W 6L 1S )
	HR: C Etoh 18
	    D Howell 13, Taihoh 11


BlueWave   | 1 0 0   0 0 0   1 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 1 0 0   2 0 0   1 0 X | 4

	Win : Yoshida, T. ( 4W 5L )
	Save: Kimura ( 6W 6L 8S )
	Lost: Takahashi, K. ( 5W 5L )
	HR: B Ichiro 17


Lions      | 1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 3 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 0 0 0   0 0 1   3 0 1 | 5

	Win : Gross ( 7W 10L )
	Lost: Shiozaki ( 4W 3L 9S )
	HR: L Sasaki 11
	    H Brito 2, Deucy 12


Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 1 0 1   0 3 0   0 0 X | 5

	Win : Hillman ( 5W 6L )
	Save: Kawamoto ( 1L 1S )
	Lost: Nakagawa ( 1L )
	HR: M Franco 4


[Results on July 16]

Swallows   | 0 1 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 1

	Win : Ishii ( 5W 3L 1S )
	Save: Takatsu ( 1W 2L 15S )
	Lost: Kakuri ( 3W 6L )

[It is the third time that the Tigers lost 3 games against the Swallows
 in a row]


Giants     | 2 4 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 0 1 0   0 0 4   0 0 3 | 8

	Win : Shimada ( 6W )
	Lost: Kida ( 4W 7L )
	HR: G Mack 13, Matsui 16
	    B Braggs 12, Rose 14, Suzuki 7

[How exciting this game was ! At the bottom of 6th, the starter of
 Giants Kawaguchi had pinch of bases loaded with 1 out. Kida relieved
 Kawaguchi but he was hit a grand slum by Rose. Except for the homerun,
 he seemed to pitch well. At the bottom of 9th, he was hit a single
 by the top batter of this inning, but the next batter Tanishige hit a
 grounder to Kida and Giants completed double play so the situation was
 changed to no runners with two outs, 7-5 for Giants. Most people made
 sure the win of the Giants, but after Ishii and Haru hit a single,
 Suzuki hit the game-ending 3-runs homerun to slightly left of the back-
 screen. I guess that Nagashima, the manager of the Giants, doesn't rely
 on Ishige very much, fearing walks. The Giants should have had a reliable
 closer such as Sasaki of BayStars :-)]


Carp       | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 1   1 | 2
-----------+---------------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 0   0 | 1

	Win : Yamauchi ( 11W 4L )
	Save: Sasaoka ( 4W 3L 4S )
	Lost: Imanaka ( 7W 5L )
	HR: C Ogata

[The Carp caught up with the Dragons by the homerun of Ogata,
 led by a double of Nomura and a clutch single of Oto]


BlueWave   | 0 0 0   2 0 1   1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 1 0 0   0 0 0   0 2 0 | 3

	Win : Kiyohara ( 1W )
	Save: Hirai ( 10W 3L 19S )
	Lost: Fujii ( 1W 1L )
	HR: B Nakajima 2

[Hirai was gotton 2 runs when he appeared at the bottom of 8th,
 but anyway BlueWave managed to win]


Lions      | 2 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters   | 2 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 2

	Win : Katori ( 2W 1L 2S )
	Lost: Shibakusa ( 1L )

[Katori relieved at 1 out of the first inning and finished the game]


Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 3 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 0 0 3   0 2 4   0 0 X | 9

	Win : Irabu ( 6W 8L )
	Lost: Sakai ( 1W 3L 1S )
	HR: B Ohmura 1
	    M Hori 7,8

[The starter of Marines, Irabu, pitched 7 innings to get 10 strike outs]


[News on July 17]

There are no games scheduled on July 17. But I have news. It have
passed just 6 months since Hanshin-Awaji earthquake disaster. In order
to help reconstruction, the Dream game, which is a charity game
between all Japanese and all foreigners, is going to be held at
Fukuoka Dome on July 24. The members list of the game was announced
today:

The Dream game

Foreign Dreams                Japan Dreams

<>

Monte (Dragons)               Kida (Giants)
Bross (Swallows)              Takatsu (Swallows)
Kakuri (Tigers)			Yufune (Tigers)
Birkbeck (BayStars)		Igarashi (BayStars)
Hillman (Marines)             Noda (BlueWave)
Gross (Fighters)              Sonokawa (Marines)

<>

Ohkubo (Giants)               Furuta (Swallows)
Johzume (Marines)             Nakajima (BlueWave)
                              Furukubo (Buffaloes)

<>

Howell (Giants)               Tatsunami (Dragons)
Medina (Carp)                 Nomura (Carp)
O'Malley (Swallows)           Etoh (Carp)
Meulens (Swallows)            Wada (Tigers)
Coolbaugh (Tigers)            Kiyohara (Lions)
Rose (BayStars)               Kokubo (Hawks)
Neel (BlueWave)               Hatsushiba (Marines)
Franco (Marines)              Tanaka (Fighters)

<>

Mack (Giants)                 Matsui (Giants)
Powell (Dragons)              Kanemoto (Carp)
Jackson (Lions)               Iida (Swallows)
D.J (BlueWave)                Sasaki (Lions)
Stevens (Buffaloes)           Ichiro(BlueWave)
Reimer (Hawks)                Akiyama (Hawks)
Deucy (Fighters)

<>
Valentine (Marines)           Oh (Hawks)

Remark: There are no foreign players who have experience of catcher,
        so Ohkubo has been selected because he has ever played in the US
        educational league (Kyoiku ri-gu in Japanese). Johzume is a
        catcher of the Marines which Valentine now manages.

        The number of  players in a team is 24 (and listed only 23
        players). The final players are determined after both managers
        consider about the rotation of pitchers or results of players.

	Except for Japanese pitchers (and foreign catchers :-), both
	teams are really Dream teams (it's a pity that McIntosh, who
	can play as a catcher, isn't a member of Fighters).


[Results on July 18]

Giants     | 0 0 0   0 2 0   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	Win : Saitoh, M. ( 11W 5L )
	Lost: Takeuchi ( 4W 5L 1S )

[Saitoh not only completed the game and shut out but also
 got the clutch hit for the 1st run]


Carp       | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 5 0 0   0 0 0   0 2 X | 7

	Win : Birkbeck ( 2W )
	Lost: Ohno ( 1W 5L 4S )

[Birkbeck became the first foreign pitcher in the history of
 BayStars who shut out. He allowed no third runners]


Dragons    | 1 0 0   1 0 0   0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 2 0 0   0 2 0   0 3 X | 7

	Win : Yamabe ( 10W 2L )
	Save: Takatsu ( 1W 2L 16S )
	Lost: Satoh ( 3W 6L )
	HR: D Maehara 2
	    S O'Malley 21, Meulens 17


BlueWave   | 0 0 1   0 1 0   0 2 3 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 2 | 3

	Win : Hasegawa ( 9W 4L )
	Lost: Ono ( 5W 7L 1S )
	HR: B Ichiro 18, D.J. 5
	    L Suzuki 8, Itoh 5

[Humm, the penant race of Pacific league almost finish...]


Fighters   | 0 0 1   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   1 2 0   1 0 X | 4

	Win : Yamasaki ( 6W 8L )
	Save: Akahori ( 1W 7L 13S )
	Lost: Nishizaki ( 5W 5L )
	HR: F Deucy 13, Tanaka 17

[The Fighters got more than 10 hits but got only 2 runs by 2 homeruns]


Hawks      | 3 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 3 | 3

	Win : Kudoh ( 8W 2L )
	Save: Kimura ( 6W 6L 9S )
	Lost: Sonokawa ( 5W 5L )
	HR: H Fujimoto 6, Reimer 8

[At the bottom of 9th, the Marines got 3 runs and still had chance that
 the runners were on the 1st and the 2nd base with 2 out. The Marines sent
 Hirai as a pinch hitter while the Hawks sent Kimura as a relief pitcher.
 It seemed to be almost the same situation in the game between the Giants
 and the BayStars two days ago, but in this game the Hawks won]


[Results on July 19]

Giants     | 0 0 2   0 1 0   0 1 3 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	Win : Kawahara ( 2W 3L )
	Lost: Yufune ( 3W 6L )

[Another shut out game by Kawahara]


Carp       | 3 0 0   0 2 0   0 3 3 |11
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 2 0 2   0 0 0   1 1 0 | 6

	Win : Sasaoka ( 5W 3L 4S )
	Lost: Morita ( 4W 1L 2S )
	HR: C Etoh 19
	    B Braggs 13

[Sasaoka not only became the winning pitcher but also
 hit the 3-run game-winning triple at the top of 8th]


Dragons    | 0 1 0   1 0 0   0 0 2 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 0 1 0   0 0 0   1 3 X | 5

	Win : Ishii ( 6W 3L 1S )
	Save: Takatsu ( 1W 2L 17S )
	Lost: Nakayama ( 1W 4L 2S )
	HR: S Ikeyama 9, O'Malley 22

[Swallows went ahead by solo homer of O'Malley at the bottom of 8th]


BlueWave   | 0 0 0   0 1 1   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Lions      | 0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 2

	Win : Hirai ( 11W 3L 19S )
	Lost: Shiozaki ( 4W 4L 9S )
	HR: B D.J. 6
	    L Sasaki 12, Suzuki 9

[At the top of 12th, the BlueWave got the winning run
 with 2 errors of the Lions; one was by 2B Tsuji and
 the other was by 3B Ueda. You know but in the rule of
 Pacific League, there are no extra innings more than 3
 (at most 12 innings in a game) so it was really the final
 clutch for the BlueWave and they did it. As a result, 
 the Magic number 43 would appear for the BlueWave if the BlueWave
 would have won and the Marines would have lost tomorrow]


Fighters   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   2 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 2

	(Tie game)
	Pitchers:
	F: Kohno-Shimazaki-Iwamoto
	B: Iriki-Kiyokawa-Sano-Akahori

[Iriki had hard luck. The Fighters caught up with the Buffaloes by
 two lucky hits (lucky for the Fighters, I mean) at the top of 7th]


Hawks      | 1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 3 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 X | 5

	Win : Kuroki ( 2W 5L )
	Save: Kawamoto ( 1L 2S )
	Lost: Yoshitake ( 4W 4L )
	HR: M Franco 5

['Johnny' Kuroki, which is a parody of 'Johnny Walker Kuro(Black)
 label', won again. Franco hit line drive to be a 3-run homer to right]


[Results on July 20]

Giants     | 1 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	Win : Makihara ( 7W 6L )
	Lost: Kawajiri ( 5W 5L )
	HR: G Ochiai 9, Murata,S. 7

[The Tigers lost 5 games in a row, 4 of which were shut out games
 and the Tigers got only 1 run on the other game. The Tigers manager
 Nakamura is going to be reposed (kyuuyou in Japanese) after the first
 half will have finished (If it were in the US, then he would be fired.
 The terms are different, but the meaning is the same :-)]


Carp       | 0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	Win : Checo ( 9W 5L )
	Lost: Katoh, M. ( 1L )

[The BayStars lost with only one unearned run]


Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 1   3 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 0 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 0 | 1

	Win : Koike ( 4W 6L 3S )
	Lost: Bross ( 6W 5L )

[Bross couldn't win again]


BlueWave   | 4 1 0   0 1 0   0 0 1 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 1 0 1   0 0 0   0 1 0 | 3

	Win : Kobayashi ( 2W 1L )
	Save: Suzuki ( 2W 2S )
	Lost: Kaku ( 6W 4L )
	HR: B Ichiro 19
	    L Sasaki 13

[The BlueWave won all 3 games! Finally, the Lions got into
 the situation that they can't win the pennant by themselves]


Fighters   | 1 0 1   0 0 0   1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 1

	Win : Gross ( 8W 10L )
	Save: Kaneishi ( 2W 3L 14S )
	Lost: Koike ( 3W 4L )


Hawks      | 0 1 1   0 0 0   0 1 3 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines    | 0 1 2   0 3 2   1 1 X |10

	Win : Komiyama ( 7W 1L )
	Lost: Shimoyanagi ( 2W 3L )
	HR: H Kokubo 14, 15
	    M Igarashi 2

[The starter of Marines Komiyama pitched for 7 innings. He
 pitched not very well, but anyway he allowed only 2 runs.
 The Marines didn't allow the BlueWave to have magic number.
 But the situation is not changed; the magic number for the
 BlueWave will appear if and only if the BlueWave win the next
 game (against the Buffaloes) and the Marines lose the next
 game (against the Lions)]


[Results on July 21]

Carp       | 1 1 1   0 0 0   1 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 4   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 4

	Win : Inoue, Y. ( 4W 2L 4S )
	Save: Sasaoka ( 5W 3L 5S )
	Lost: Furumizo ( 1W 4L 13S )
	HR: C Seto 1, Machida 4
	    T Glenn 18

[The starter Yabu, who pitched for 8 innings, couldn't keep lead.
 The closer Furumizo was hit a game winning homerun by Machida]


BayStars   | 2 0 2   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 0 3 0   0 0 0   1 0 1 | 5

	Win : Yamabe
	Lost: Shimada
	HR: C Etoh 19
	    B Braggs 13

[The Swallows won with the game ending hit by Dobashi.
 The manager of Swallows Nomura sent Yamabe from the 7th
 inning in spite of going behind. OTOH, the BayStars
 didn't sent Sasaki at last]


[Results on July 22]

BayStars   | 0 2 0   0 2 0   0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 0 0 2   0 0 3   0 6 X |11

	Win : Ishii ( 7W 3L 1S )
	Save: Takatsu ( 1W 2L 18S )
	Lost: Miura ( 4W 3L )
	HR: S Ikeyama 10, Inaba 4


Giants     | 2 0 3   0 0 3   0 0 1 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 1

	Win : Kawaguchi ( 4W 2L )
	Lost: Imanaka ( 7W 6L )
	HR: G Ochiai 10
	    D Shimizu 4


Marines    | 0 2 0   0 0 0   1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 0 3 0   0 0 0   0 1 X | 4

	Win : Shiozaki ( 5W 4L 9S )
	Lost: Kawamoto ( 2L 2S )

[The Marines lost and the game of the BlueWave has been cancelled.
 Finally the magic number of the BlueWave has appeared and it is 43]


Fighters   | 0 0 1   0 1 0   3 0 3 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 0 0 0   1 1 0   0 0 0 | 2

	Win : Shimazaki ( 8W 6L 3S )
	Lost: Yoshida, T. ( 4W 6L )


** Result of Junior All Star Game **
All Western 5 - 4 All Eastern, MVP=Kitagawa (Tigers)


[Results on July 23]

Carp       | 2 0 1   0 0 2   0 0 3 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0

	Win : Checo ( 10W 5L )
	Lost: Kakuri ( 3W 7L )

[How gorgeous Carp's pitchers were, Checo-Yamauchi-Sasaoka !
 Nakamura finished his managerment for the Tigers in this game,
 but the Tigers lost 8 games in a row. The next manager will be
 Fujita Taira, current Minor manager]


BayStars   | 1 1 1   0 0 0   1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 0 0 0   0 1 1   3 1 X | 6

	Win : Bross ( 7W 5L )
	Save: Takatsu ( 1W 2L 19S )
	Lost: Sasaki ( 5W 2L 19S )
	HR: B Suzuki 8, Braggs 15
	    S Iida 5, Furuta 12, Yamada 1

[Furuta hit the game-winning 2-run homerun from Sasaki!
 Sasaki relieved on the situation that the runner was on
 the first base with no outs, 4-3 for the BayStars. Sasaki
 might pitch too early :-)]


Giants     | 0 3 0   0 0 4   0 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons    | 0 0 0   4 0 0   0 0 0 | 4

	Win : Saitoh, M. ( 12W 5L )
	Save: Ishige ( 3W 3L 10S )
	Lost: Yamamoto, M. ( 1W 4L )
	HR: G Ochiai 11, Murata, S. 8, Howell 14
	    D Taihoh 12

[Howell hit the game-winning 3-run homerun at the top of 6th,
 following Ochiai's RBI hit. Not only Nakamura but also
 the proxy manager of the Dragons, Tokutake, is also reposed
 (kyuuyou saserareru). The 'third' manager (still proxy manager)
 will be Shimano, and some coaches will be replaced. It's the first
 time for the Dragons that they  have three managers in a season]



Buffaloes  | 5 4 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 1

	Win : Yamasaki ( 7W 8L )
	Lost: Takahashi, K. ( 5W 6L )

[Ichiro finished the first half, being the triple crown]


Marines    | 0 0 2   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 0 0 0   0 3 0   0 0 X | 3

	Win : Katori ( 3W 1L 2S )
	Save: Shiozaki ( 5W 4L 10S )
	Lost: Hillman ( 5W 7L )

[The magic number of the BlueWave remains 43]


Fighters   | 0 1 0   0 1 0   0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks      | 0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 1

	Win : Kohno ( 4W 6L )
	Save: Kaneishi ( 2W 3L 15S )
	Lost: Uchiyama ( 1W 2L )
	HR: F Brito 3
	    H Kokubo 16


[Results on July 24]

The only game held on July 24 was the Dream Game at Fukuoka Dome.

Foreign Dreams 0 1 0  2 1 0  0 1 0 | 5
Japan   Dreams 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 1 1 | 3

    W: Gross(Fighters)
    L: Kida (Giants)
    HR: JD Sasaki(Lions), Ichiro(BlueWave)

[It was a nice game. It's a pity that many good pitchers don't pitch
 because of rotation (some pitchers, Birkbeck, Kakuri and so on, was
 a starter of the game on the day before the dream game, and many
 Japanese good pitchers are going to pitch in All-Star games on next
 day or the day after the next day). But Hillman of the Marines, who
 pitched 5 innings as a starter yesterday, pitched 2 innings and allow
 no runs.
    I should add about the 'Foreign' catchers. As I mentioned before,
 Japanese players Johzume and Ohkubo were selected as the catchers.
 Today, they are registered as 'foreign-like' name; Johzume was 'Joe',
 whose pronouncation is the same as first half of his name, and Ohkubo
 was 'Dave', which is his nickname and came from Japanese word 'Debu'
 which means 'fat':-) Besides, Johzume prepared a uniform printed
 'JOE' on the back.
    Franco, whose number 21 is the same as Clement (sp?; killed by
 air plane accident on the way to South America), ordered his new
 glave in order to field in this game this May because he is a first
 baseman in the Marines so he doesn't have other glave than first
 baseman's mitt. He was the 4th batter and got 2 hits, single and
 double, and also 2 runs]

  **Stats of the game**
Batters ([] means starter)
 (ff5; foul fly to 3B, S8; single to center, L; line drive)
                  AB  R  H RBI   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
[RF]    Jackson    2  0  0  0    K     ff2
PH,RF   Reimer     1  0  0  0                   f7       W
PH,1B   Medina     1  0  0  0                                   f8
[3B],2B Howell	 4  0  1  1  ff5      3A      S8      f6
[1B]    O'Malley   3  1  2  0    K          D7  S8
1B,RF   D.J.       1  1  1  0                               S8
[SS],2B Franco	 2  2  2  1       S9      D9
3B      Coolbaugh  2  0  0  0                       f9      f9
[CF]    Powell     2  0  1  1       3A      S8
PH,CF   Ducey      1  0  1  0                       HB      S9
[DH]    Stevens    1  0  0  0      SF9      f8
PH,DH   Neel       1  0  0  1                      ff5     SF9
[LF]    Mack       1  0  0  0        W      f3
LF      Meulens    2  0  0  0                       f7      f8
[2B],SS Rose       4  1  1  0       f7          D7      f8      63
[C]     (Johzume)  1  0  0  0           f7     SH1
 C      (Ohkubo)   2  0  0  0                           L5       K
=====================================================================
                   31  5  9  5     LOB 5, DP 0

     AB  R  H RBI   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
[RF]    Ichiro      5  1  3  1   f8      S4      63          H9  S9
[SS]    Nomura(C)   3  0  1  0   f6      S7      43
SS      Tanaka(F)   2  0  0  0                               f9  43
[2B]    Kokubo      3  0  0  0  ff3      L5          f9
2B      Tatsunami   1  0  1  0                               S8
[DH]    Kiyohara    4  0  1  0       63      S7      63       K
[1B]    Matsui      3  0  0  0       43       K      f7
3B      Wada        1  0  0  0                               13
[CF]    Sasaki(L)   2  1  1  1       H9       K
PH,LF   Iida	  2  0  1  0                           S8      f8
[3B]    Hatsushiba  2  0  0  0       L7       K
3B,1B   Etoh        2  0  0  0                            K      53
[LF]    Kanemoto    2  0  0  0            43     3A
LF,CF   Akiyama     2  1  1  0                           63      D7
[C]     Nakajima(BW)1  0  0  0            63
C       Furuta      1  0  1  0                   D9
C       Furukubo    1  0  0  0                           f8
PH      Tsuji       1  0  1  1                                   S9
=======================================================================
                   38  8 11  3     LOB 8, DP 1

Steal: Ichiro, Nomura (DS, 3rd), Kiyohara(4th), Iida(7th)

Pitchers

              IP  BF  pitches H SO BB HB  R ER  WP
W Gross        3  12     38   3  0  0  0  1  1
  Bross        2   8     40   2  3  0  0  0  0
  Hillman      2   7     29   1  1  0  0  0  0
  Monte        2  11     47   5  1  0  0  2  2


              IP  BF  pitches H SO BB HB  R ER  WP
  Noda         2   8     31   1  2  1  0  1  1   1 (2nd;when Powell)
  Shimoyanagi  1   3      9   0  0  0  0  0  0
L Kida         2  10     38   6  0  0  0  3  3
  Wakatabe     2   8     25   0  0  1  1  0  0
  Igarashi     2   8     30   2  1  0  0  1  1


[Results on July 25]

  All-Star Game 1st round at Yokohama

All Pacific  | 1 0 0   0 0 0   0 3 0 | 4
-------------+-----------------------+--
All Central  | 0 0 0   1 0 2   0 1 0 | 4

    (tie game)
    Pitchers
    AP: Kudoh - Kaku - Nishizaki - Hasegawa - Hirai
    AC: Sasaki - Imanaka - Morita - Yabu - Furumizo
    HR: AC Ochiai 1(Hasegawa)

    MVP: Ochiai
     VP: Kiyohara, Braggs, Ichiro, Imanaka

[There was an interesting event just before the game. That is,
 Higashio, the All-Pacific manager, pitched against the batter
 Nagashima, the All-Central manager. Nagashima swung the 2nd pitch
 to be a single to right field. The game was not bad, but it's too
 bad to be a tie game :-)
     I just comment about the variable players:
 Ochiai: he hit a homerun at the bottom of 8th and saved Yabu to be lost:-)
 Kiyohara: if Ochiai had not hit the homerun, Kiyohara would have been
           the MVP. He got 2 RBI, one is at the top of the first, the
           other is at the top of 8th. His second RBI hit was triple
           to left field, but it was almost a homerun.
 Braggs: He got 3 hits, one of which was almost a homerun. He was the
         best batter in this game. If All Pacific had no or 1 run on
         the 8th inning, he would be the MVP.
 Ichiro: He got 2 hits and 2 runs. He also showed his strong arm and
         good fielding, but he couldn't record any assists. He also
         stole a base at the top of the 1st. Oh, I almost forgot.
         He became the champion of the 'fastball-thrower' contest
         held before the game. His fastest pitch recorded 144? 147? km/h
         (about 90 or 92 mph)... sorry I'm not sure the digit.
 Imanaka: The best pitcher in this game. He showed parfect pitching
          in 3rd and 4th inning.]


[Results on July 26]

  All-Star Game 2nd round at Hiroshima

All Pacific  | 0 1 0   2 2 0   0 0 1 | 6
-------------+-----------------------+--
All Central  | 2 0 0   1 0 3   1 0 X | 7

	W: Yamauchi
	S: Furumizo
	L: Irabu
	HR: AP Kiyohara(Checo), Kokubo(Furumizo)
	    AC Kanemoto(Irabu)

    MVP: Matsui
     VP: Kanemoto, Kiyohara, Kokubo, Etoh

    Pitchers(*: IP=1, others IP=2):
    AC  Checo - Yamabe - Yamauchi - *Saitoh(G) - *Yoshii - *Furumizo
    AP  Komiyama - Hoshino - Irabu - *Shiozaki - *Narimoto

[Before the game, held was an entertaiment of 'homerun competition',
 and Pacific won:
   Pacific 12 = 3(Tanaka)+ 5(Nakamura) +4(Ichiro)
   Central 10 = 3(Nomura)+ 4(Etoh)     +3(Matsui)

 Matsui hit 3 for 5 and got not only game-winning RBI but also MVP.
 It was the game of batting, so many batters had chance to be MVP :-)
 At the top of 9th, Ichiro appeared the plate when the runner is on
 the first base with 2 outs, 6-7 for Pacific. He swung and hit a fly
 to deep center-right field. Many players and fans thought that it
 would be a homerun, but somehow the ball went down and the right
 fielder glaved it at the wall. Maybe Ichiro had been tired :-)

 The second half will be opened on July 29.]


[Results on July 29]

BayStars   | 3 1 0   0 0 0   0 2 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   2 1 1 | 4

	Win : Igarashi ( 3W 2L 2S )
	Save: Sasaki ( 5W 2L 20S )
	Lost: Yufune ( 3W 7L )
	HR: B Rose 15, Akimoto 4
	    T Coolbaugh 12

[Yokohama led with 3-run homerun by Rose and a solo homerun by Akimoto.
 The Tigers got a run from Sasaki at the bottom of the 9th, but they
 could not catch up with the BayStars]


Giants     | 1 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 1 3 0   0 0 2   0 0 X | 6

	Win : Ishii ( 8W 3L 1S )
	Lost: Kawahara ( 2W 4L )
	HR: G Hirosawa 10
	    S Ishii 1

[It was the day of Ishii. He pitched 8 innings and hit a 2-run homerun
 at the bottom of the 2nd inning]


Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 3   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------------------+--
Carp       | 0 0 1   0 0 0   0 1 1   0 0 0   2 | 5

	Win : Kobayashi ( 1W )
	Lost: Ochiai ( 2W 7L 1S )
	HR: D Powell 14, Taihoh 13
	    C Ogata 3, Kanemoto 19, Machida 5,6

[The Carp is really in hot streak. The Carp won with 2 homeruns by
 Machida at the bottom of the 9th and 13th inning]


Fighters   | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 2 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 0 5 2   0 0 0   0 2 X | 9

	Win : Noda ( 7W 3L )
	Lost: Gross ( 8W 11L )
	HR: F Kataoka 5
	    B Neel 12


Hawks      | 0 0 0   4 1 0   0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions      | 2 2 5   0 0 0   0 0 X | 9

	Win : Katori ( 4W 1L 2S )
	Save: Shiozaki ( 5W 4L 11S )
	Lost: Wakatabe ( 1W 5L )
	HR: H Akiyama 13
	    L Kiyohara 16, Jackson 9,10

[Jackson hit a 2-run homerun and a grand slam. Michell of the Hawks
 came back and hit 4 for 5]


Marines    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 1

	(tie game)
	Pitchers
	M: Irabu-Kawamoto-Narimoto
	B: Yamasaki-Akahori
	HR: B Nakamura, N. 16

[Irabu almost won, but he allowed a homerun by Nakamura]


[Results on July 30]

BayStars   | 0 0 0   0 0 3   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 3   0 0 0   0 1 X | 4

	Win : Nakanishi ( 4W 2L )
	Save: Furumizo ( 1W 4L 14S )
	Lost: Shimada ( 6W 2L )
	HR: T Glenn 19

[The Tigers stopped losing series at last]


Giants     | 0 1 0   1 0 5   0 0 1 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 3 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 5

	Win : Satioh, M. ( 13W 5L )
	Lost: Yamada ( 4W 2L 5S )
	HR: G Murata, S. 9
	    S O'Malley 23, Meulens 18

[The Giants batters hit 4 RBI hits at the top of 6th inning
 with 2 outs. At the bottom of 9th, after Meulens' homerun
 the Swallows sent Ohno as a pinch hitter on the chance that the
 runners are on the 1st and the 2nd base. He hit a big fly and
 but the ball was caught at the wall and the game was over]


Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   7 0 2   0 0 1 |10
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Carp       | 1 5 0   2 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 9

	Win : Kaku ( 3W 7L 1S )
	Save: Noguchi ( 1W 5L 2S )
	Lost: Takahashi, K. ( 2W 3L )
	HR: C Kanemoto 20, Asai 5

[The Dragons turned the game!]


Fighters   | 1 0 3   0 0 2   0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 1 0 0   0 0 2   0 2 0 | 5

	Win : Shibakusa ( 1W 1L )
	Save: Kaneishi ( 2W 3L 16S )
	Lost: Hasegawa ( 9W 5L )
	HR: F Tanaka 18, Ducey 14
	    B Ogawa 2


Hawks      | 0 0 2   0 0 0   0 0 0   1 | 3
-----------+---------------------------+--
Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 1   1 0 0   0 | 2

	Win : Kimura ( 7W 6L 9S )
	Lost: Shiozaki ( 5W 5L 11S )
	HR: L Reimer 9


Marines    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   3 0 2 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 0 2 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 2

	Win : Hillman ( 6W 7L )
	Save: Kawamoto ( 2L 3S )
	Lost: Nishimura ( 2W 4L )
	HR: B Suzuki 9

[Since the BlueWave losts and the Marines won, the magic number
 for the BlueWave has disappeared, in spite of Lions' lose]

[Results on July 31]

BayStars   | 0 0 1   0 1 3   2 0 4 |11
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers     | 0 0 0   0 1 1   0 1 0 | 3

	Win : Miura ( 5W 3L )
	Lost: Takeuchi ( 4W 6L 1S )
	HR: B Suzuki 9


Giants     | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows   | 0 0 2   0 0 0   0 2 X | 4

	Win : Yoshii ( 8W 3L )
	Lost: Makihara ( 7W 7L )
	HR: S Furuta 13, O'Malley 24

[The Swallows won with two 2-run homeruns] 


Dragons    | 0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 1 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp       | 1 0 0   0 0 3   0 0 X | 4

	Win : Ohno ( 2W 5L )
	Lost: Koike ( 4W 7L )
	HR: C Nomura 24

[Ohno completed the game]


Fighters   | 0 1 0   0 0 0   1 3 1 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave   | 0 1 0   0 0 0   0 0 0 | 1

	Win : Iwamoto ( 2W )
	Lost: Hoshino ( 8W 6L )
	HR: F Ide 5
	    B Ogawa 3


Hawks      | 0 0 1   0 0 0   0 1 1   0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Lions      | 0 0 0   0 0 0   2 0 1   0 0 0 | 3

	(tie game)
	Pitchers
	H: Kudoh - Shimoyanagi - Kimura - Saitoh,M. - Hirota
	L: Ono - Katori - Hashimoto - Shiozaki - Takeshita - Ishii,Taka.
	HR: L Jackson 11

[Sasaki got a RBI hit on the clutch that the bases are loaded with
 2 outs at the bottom of the 9th (the second runner was thrown out
 at the plate). The number of hits was 15 for both teams and it took
 5:10 to end the game, which is the longest game in this season]


Marines    | 0 0 0   1 0 1   0 2 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes  | 1 0 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 | 2

	Win : Sonokawa ( 6W 5L )
	Save: Kawamoto ( 2L 4S )
	Lost: Iriki ( 3L )
	HR: M Ohmura 1
	    B Nakamura, N. 17


<>

Central League
            W  L  T  PCT   GB  Swallows  Carp      BayStars  Giants    Tigers    Dragons   
Swallows   53 31  0 .631         ----    10- 5( 0)  9- 9( 0) 12- 6( 0) 13- 5( 0)  9- 6( 0) 
Carp       47 32  0 .595  3.5   5-10( 0)   ----     7- 6( 0)  8- 6( 0) 14- 4( 0) 13- 6( 0) 
BayStars   41 36  0 .532  8.5   9- 9( 0)  6- 7( 0)   ----     9- 8( 0)  5- 9( 0) 12- 3( 0) 
Giants     44 39  0 .530  8.5   6-12( 0)  6- 8( 0)  8- 9( 0)   ----    13- 4( 0) 11- 6( 0) 
Tigers     30 50  0 .375 21.0   5-13( 0)  4-14( 0)  9- 5( 0)  4-13( 0)   ----     8- 5( 0) 
Dragons    26 53  0 .329 24.5   6- 9( 0)  6-13( 0)  3-12( 0)  6-11( 0)  5- 8( 0)   ----    

Pacific League
            W  L  T  PCT   GB  BlueWave  Lions     Marines   Fighters  Hawks     Buffaloes 
BlueWave   52 28  1 .650         ----    13- 4( 0)  7- 5( 1) 13- 5( 0) 11- 8( 0)  8- 6( 0) 
Lions      43 36  3 .544  8.5   4-13( 0)   ----    11- 5( 1)  9- 7( 1)  9- 6( 1) 10- 5( 0) 
Marines    42 39  3 .519 10.5   5- 7( 1)  5-11( 1)   ----     9- 7( 0) 13- 5( 0) 10- 9( 1) 
Fighters   39 46  2 .459 15.5   5-13( 0)  7- 9( 1)  7- 9( 0)   ----    10- 9( 0) 10- 6( 1) 
Hawks      38 49  1 .437 17.5   8-11( 0)  6- 9( 1)  5-13( 0)  9-10( 0)   ----    10- 6( 0) 
Buffaloes  32 48  2 .400 20.0   6- 8( 0)  5-10( 0)  9-10( 1)  6-10( 1)  6-10( 0)   ----    




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