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04/26/2003 Archived Entry: "Japan Baseball News: Hanshin Tigers Regain CL Lead"
Japan Baseball News: Hanshin Tigers Regain CL Lead
by Robert Kiyoshi Shadlow
Source: Japan Times
Hanshin Tigers 13 - Hiroshima Carp 10:
The Hanshin Tigers had nine runs in the bottom of the eighth to beat the Carp at Koshien Stadium.The Carp led 10-4 lead after the top of the eighth inning.
Yakult Swallows 21 - Chunichi Dragons 3:
Atsunori Inaba hit 4-for-5 with five RBIs a homer for the Swallows' at Jingu Stadium. Swallows hitters had 20 hits against Chunichi. Yakult scored 10 runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Masato Hanada was the wiining pitcher. Shinichiro Koyama was credited with 13 runs in 1 2/3 innings and now has a 17.55 ERA.
Yokohama BayStars 4 - Yomiuri Giants 0:
Takanori Suzuki, Katsuaki Furuki and Takeshi Nakamura had sixth inning homers to break the BayStars nine-game losing streak at Yokohama Stadium.
Domingo Guzman picked up the win on a eight strike out, six hit complete game.
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 7 - Orix BlueWave 3:
Mitsuru Honma had three RBIs and hit to lead the Hawks past the BlueWave at Kobe's Yahoo BB Stadium.
Winning pitcher Kazumi Saito went seven innings to limit the BlueWave to two runs and three hits.
Orix manager Leon Lee lost his first game and Sahaharu Oh became the 12th manager to win 900 games in NPB.
Lee played 1,255 games and hit .308 from 1978 to 1987 in Japan. Oh's managerial victories are with the Yomiuri Giants and the Hawks.
Osaka Kintetesu Buffaloes 7 - Nippon Ham Fighters 1:
Hisashi Iwakuma pitched a one run, four hit complete game win over the Fighters.
The Buffaloes' Yuji Yoshioka had a ninth inning home run and two RBIs.
Chiba Lotte Marines 2 - Seibu Lions 1:
Marines' pitcher Naoyuki Shimizu struck out four batters and allowed three hits in eight innings at Chiba Marine Stadium. Shimizu gave up a home run to Scott McClain.
Masahide Kobayashi picked up his seventh save.
Nippon Professional Baseball
April 27, 2003
Central League
W L T Pct GB
15 9 1 .625 Hanshin Tigers
15 10 0 .600 0.5 Chunichi Dragons
12 9 1 .571 1.0 Yomiuri Giants
12 12 0 .500 2.5 Yakult Swallows
9 11 0 .450 3.5 Hiroshima Carp
5 17 0 .227 8.5 Yokohama BayStars
Pacific League
W L T Pct GB
15 8 0 .652 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
13 10 0 .565 2.0 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
11 10 0 .524 3.0 Chiba Lotte Marines
10 11 1 .476 4.0 Nippon Ham Fighters
10 14 0 .417 5.5 Seibu Lions
7 13 1 .350 6.5 Orix Blue Wave
