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06/13/2003 Archived Entry: "Japan Baseball News: Giants Cage Tigers"
Japan Baseball News: Giants Cage Tigers
by Robert Kiyoshi Shadlow
Source: Japan Times (2003, June 14); Tacoma News Tribune (2003, June 13)
Yomiuri Giants 6 - Hanshin Tigers 2:
Tomohiro Nioka hit two solo home runs and went 4-for-5 to lead the Kyojin over the Tigers at Koshien Stadium.
Akira Eto's also had a solo home run and a two-run homer for the Giants.
Hisanori Takahashi (4-4) got the victory allowing only two runs and five hits in seven innings.
Kentaro Sekimoto drove in both of Hanshin's runs with a home run off of Takahashi.
Hideki Irabu (7-2) struck out eight batters giving up three runs and nine hits in six innings in the loss.
Chunichi Dragons 9 - Yokohama BayStars 3:
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami led the Dragons with a two-run homer and hit 3-for-4 to beat the BayStars at Yokoham Stadium.
Masafumi Hirai (2-2) notched the win yielding only one run and four hits in five innings.
Domingo Guzman (4-6) who gave up Tatsunami's first inning received the loss.
Seibu Lions 4 - Chiba Lotte Marines 2:
Taketoshi Goto drove in the winning run with an eigth inning pinch-hit two-run homer at Chiba Marine Stadium.
Mitsutaka Goto (3-5) allowed only one run and eight hits in 7 2/3 innings for the win.
Kiyoshi Toyoda pitched a perfect ninth inning to notch and his 14th save of 2003.
Hiroyuki Kobayashi (2-4) lost the game on the home run by Goto.
Orix BlueWave 12 - Nippon Ham Fighters 4:
The BlueWave collected 18 hits including four hits each by Scott Sheldon and Kazuhiko Shiotani to demolish the Fighters at Tokyo Dome.
Takashi Miwa and Roosevelt Brown both had home runs off of Carlos Mirabel.
Korean Koo Dae Sung (2-4) earned the victory yielding three runs and seven hits in five innings.
Mirabal (7-5) gave up eight earned runs and 11 hits for the loss.
Nippon Professional Baseball
June 14, 2003
Central League
W L T Pct GB
41 20 1 .672 Hanshin Tigers
32 28 1 .533 8.5 Yomiuri Giants
31 28 0 .525 9.0 Yakult Swallows
31 30 0 .508 10.0 Chunichi Dragons
24 29 0 .453 13.0 Hiroshima Carp
17 41 0 .293 22.5 Yokohama BayStars
Pacific League
W L T Pct GB
34 24 1 .586 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
34 25 0 .576 0.5 Kintetsu Buffaloes
31 28 1 .525 3.5 Seibu Lions
28 29 0 .491 5.5 Chiba Lotte Marines
26 32 2 .448 8.0 Nippon Ham Fighters
20 35 2 .364 12.5 Orix BlueWave
Around the Bases:
TNT writer Larry Larue notes that two years ago "Frank Robinson asked Ichiro Suzuki for an autographed bat and Ichiro asked for an autographed baseball". Larue writes that both Robinson and Ichiro said "those items remained a treasured part of their collections".
Replies: 2 comments
how it jose ortiz doing with the orix blue wave?
Posted by bill ware @ 06/22/2003 07:51 AM EST
what ever happened to Todd Betts with the Yakult Swallows. I have not seen his name in print since early in the season. Where is he and how is he doing.
Posted by jim Stevenson @ 06/14/2003 03:27 AM EST
