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04/18/2003 Archived Entry: "Japan Baseball News: Tied for First: Hawks & Buffaloes;Tigers & Dragons"
Japan Baseball News: Tied for First: Hawks & Buffaloes; Tigers & Dragons
by Robert Kiyoshi Shadlow
sources: Japan Times
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 4 - Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 2 :
The Hawks beat the Buffaloes behind Hayato Terhara's four hit complete game pithcing at the Fukuoka Dome.
Kenji Jojima had two home runs and all four Hawk RBIs runs on two homers.
Jeremy Powell (2-2), lost in a five-hit effort with eight strike outs.
Tuffy Rhodes hit his sixth homer in 2003.
The Hawk win brought them into a first place tie with the Buffaloes in the Pacific League standings.
Seibu Lions 10 - Nippon Ham Fighters 3 :
Alex Cabrera and Kazuo Matsui hit homers for the Lions win at Tokyo Dome.
Koji Mitsui (3-0) allowed three runs, eight hits, and seven walks in his win.
Itsuki Shoda (1-1) gave up six runs on nine hits in the loss.
Orix BlueWave 4 - Chiba Lotte Marines 0 :
Masato Yoshii pitched a three-hit shutout in his first win in Japan in six years at Chiba Marine Stadium.
The Marines suffred their fourth straight defeat.
Hanshin Tigers 3 - Yokohama BayStars 2 :
Shinjiro Hiyama hit a "sayonara" home run to lift the Tigers over the BayStars at Koshien Stadium on Friday.
Hideki Irabu (3-0) won with a 132 pitch complete game allowing four hits and striking out 11 batters.
Chris Holt (1-2) took the loss for the BayStars' fourth straight defeat.
The Tigers climbed back into a first place tie with the Dragons in the Central League
Yomiuri Giants 5 - Chunichi Dragons 3 :
Chunichi closer Akinori Otsuka (0-1) gave up ninth inning solo home runs to Koji Goto and Tomohiro Nioka solo as Yomiuri slipped past the Dragons at Nagoya Dome.
Yakult Swallows 9 - Hiroshima Carp 3 :
Alex Ramirez homered in his fifth consecutive game to lead the Swallows over the Carp at Hiroshima Stadium. Ramirez went 3-for-5 and hit home run #8 for 2003.
Nippon Professional Baseball
April 18, 2003
Central League
W L T Pct GB
11 7 0 .611 Chunichi Dragons
11 7 1 .611 Hanshin Tigers
8 6 1 .571 1.0 Yomiuri Giants
9 9 0 .500 2.0 Yakult Swallows
7 9 0 .438 3.0 Hiroshima Carp
4 12 0 .250 6.0 Yokohama BayStars
Pacific League
W L T Pct GB
11 6 0 .647 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
11 6 0 .647 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
8 9 0 .471 3.0 Seibu Lions
6 8 1 .429 3.5 Nippon Ham Fighters
6 9 0 .400 4.0 Chiba Lotte Marines
5 9 1 .357 4.5 Orix Blue Wave
Replies: 4 comments
Is there a page that gives box scores and stats in English, daily? Trying to keep up with friend, Roosevelt Brown of Orix Blue Wave. Thanks.
Posted by Donny Brown @ 04/19/2003 09:47 PM EST
I would like to know how Alex Ochoa is doing, the other guy used to say how he did each game and what is avg. was at. Does anybody know what is avg. is?
Posted by Danny Summers @ 04/19/2003 05:16 PM EST
Cabrera homered in his first 2 at bats, then he was walked twice and was HBP. His 2nd HR would have maybe gone 600 feet if the game was in an outdoor stadium. He is making up for his injury lost time, with 5 HRs since Monday night.
Posted by Mike Todd @ 04/18/2003 05:49 PM EST
IŽd like the stats for foreigners players in 2003 Japan season, especially the dominican players (Jose Ortiz, Jose Fernandez, Domingo Guzman). Please.
Posted by enrique rojas @ 04/18/2003 03:50 PM EST
