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09/13/2003 Archived Entry: "Japanese Baseball News: Uehara Streak Ended; McClain Jack Wins for Seibu"
McClain Homer Brings Seibu to Within 4.5 Games of Daiei
Seldom used outfielder Shogo Akada slugged a three run homer in the ninth to tie the game up for Seibu and then third baseman Scott McClain got the Lions within 4.5 games of the front running Daiei Hawks when he cracked his 24th dinger of the year in the tenth to win it 7-6 Saturday at Fukuoka Dome. McClain's heroics also got reliever Shinji Mori his sixth victory while Takayuki Shinohara was the goat.
Tsuyoshi Wada started for Seibu and officially went eight innings, but it was he who gave up the game tying blast in the ninth, as manager Sadaharu Oh may have lost this one when he didn't pull the rookie lefthander after the eighth, when he had already delivered around 140 pitches.
Starting for the Tokorozawa contingent was Fumiya Nishiguchi, who got knocked around, as Joni Mitchell would say, real good for free, as he was charged with all six Hawks tallies on five hits, three of those becoming souvenirs, in five innings.
The Lions had a two out, bases loaded opportunity in the second, but second baseman Hiroyuki Takagi flied out to left to spoil it.
Daiei then defaced the big board in the bottom of the frame when leftfielder Pedro Valdes got real gone to left for a 1-0 Hawks lead.
Valdes would then double that when he homered again, this time to right, in the fifth to make it 2-0. One out later, Yudai Deguchi singled to right and was sacrificed to second. Rightfielder Hiroshi Shibahara walked. Third baseman Munenori Kawasaki doubled
down the leftfield line to drive in Deguchi. Second baseman Tadahito Iguchi mortared one beyond the 18 foot high leftfield wall and it was 6-0 Hawks.
Wada was sailing along until the seventh, when McClain got aboard on an infield hit and, one out later, catcher Noda walked. Akada singled to left. Shortstop Kazuo Matsui grounded out to first to usher McClain in. Tatsuya Ozeki singled to right for two RBIs to make it 6-3.
Wada worked a perfect eighth. Then Oh decided to extend him and paid for it. Taketoshi Goto leadoff with a ground ball to Kawasaki, who threw wide of first for an error. Catcher Kosuke Noda doubled to leftcenter. Akada got a 1-1 slider and punished it into the second deck in left to knot it at 6-6. It was only then that Oh went to the pen for Shinohara, who kept the next three men on the infield to preserve the deadlock.
Daiei did nothing with Mori in the bottom of the stanza and so with two outs in the top of the tenth, McClain worked the count to 3-1 before piledriving an 87mph fastball into the leftfield stands to put it at Lions 7, Hawks 6.
Kiyoshi Toyoda came on to close it out, surrendering a one out single to center to Shibahara, but two hitters later, this faceoff was over on Iguchi's ground out.
For Daiei, Valdes was 2-4 with two RBIs and is at .315. DH Julio Zuleta was 0-3 with a walk and is at .266.
For Seibu, first baseman Alex Cabrera was 1-4 with four strikeouts to take home a golden sombrero. McClain, who won't be back with the Lions next season according to team sources, was 2-3 with an RBI and is at .234.
Pitching Lines:
Seibu:
Nishiguchi IP 5.0 BF 22 PC 93 H 5 HR 3 K 4 BB 2 R 6 ER 6 ERA 6.78
T. Shiozaki IP 1.1 BF 5 PC 22 H 0 HR 0 K 0 BB 1 R 0 ER 0 ERA 5.02
Mitsui IP 1.2 BF 4 PC 20 H 0 HR 0 K 1 BB 1 R 0 ER 0 ERA 5.56
S. Mori (W, 6-2) IP 1.0 BF 4 PC 21 H 0 HR 0 K 0 BB 1 R 0 ER 0 ERA 2.18
Toyoda (S, 35) IP 1.0 BF 4 PC 8 H 1 HR 0 K 0 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 1.06
Daiei:
T. Wada IP 8.0 BF 36 PC 154 H 8 HR 1 K 10 BB 3 R 6 ER 5 ERA 3.44
Shinohara (L, 1-2) IP 2.0 BF 7 PC 35 H 1 HR 1 K 3 BB 0 R 1 ER 1 ERA 1.97
E: M. Kawasaki
2B: M. Kawasaki, Noda
HR: P. Valdes 2 (22), Iguchi (23), Akada (1), McClain (24)
RBI: K. Matsui, Ozeki 2, McClain, Akada 3, P. Valdez 2, M. Kawasaki, Iguchi 3
HBP: Iguchi (Nishiguchi)
GIDP: Shibahara (6-4-3), Iguchi (4-6-3)
LOB: Seibu 6, Daiei 3
Season Series: Seibu 11, Daiei 15
Game Time: 3:52
Attendance: 50,000
Umpires: Hayashi (HP), Higashi (1B), Yamamura (2B), Kakigizono (3B)
Umpire's Bad Homer Call Helps Yokohama Beat Hanshin 7-4
Hanshin Tigers rookie starter Naohisa Sugiyama did just fine for five innings, but he and reliever Makoto Yoshino got torched in the sixth for three runs and then Yokohama third baseman Shuichi Murata's shot high off the leftfield wall in the seventh was ruled a home run by third base umpire Tsuyoshi Kobayashi in what is the worst call of the year so far in the Stars 7-4 victory.
Hiroshi Yamada started for Yokohama and was yanked after 3.1 innings of two run ball, so reliever Masahiro Tazaki, who put away all five men he faced, ended up with the win.
Hanshin went out to a 2-0 lead in the first when centerfielder Norihiro Akahoshi beat out a dribbler toward third and leftfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto walked. Third baseman Atsushi Kataoka singled to left on a first pitch 86mph fastball to welcome Akahoshi home and first baseman George Arias thwacked a first pitch slider on the outer half of the plate for a single to left to convert Kanemoto.
Yokohama was hitless until the fourth, when it got on the big board, as centerfielder Tatsuhiko Kinjo singled near the leftfield line and went to third on a single to center by second baseman Seiichi Uchikawa. One out later, first baseman Tyrone Woods grounded out to short and Kinjo crossed to make it 2-1 Hanshin.
It stayed that way until the sixth, when pinch hitter Hirofumi Ogawa singled to center and, one out later, Uchikawa seared one into the leftfield corner for a double. Yoshino replaced Sugiyama. Leftfielder Takanori Suzuki singled to right to score the runners and it was 3-2 Yokohama. One out later, pinch hitter Hitoshi Tamura whistled one down the leftfield line and Suzuki wheeled on in to enlarge that to 4-2.
Yokohama reliever Ryuichi Kawahara struckout the side in the home portion.
Then in the seventh, Murata hit a deep fly ball to left. Kanemoto gave chase and he just missed making a spectacular backhand catch as he ran into the fence, the ball ricocheting from inches below the top of the wall and back toward the field. But Kobayashi ruled that it had hit a seat and bounded back on to the field. None of the other umpires apparently had what they felt was a good enough view of it to reverse Kobayashi's ruling, but he did get an earful from manager Senichi Hoshino as well as Akahoshi and Kanemoto. Hanshin's front office says it will file a formal complaint about the missed call. Kobayashi was, in fact, sanctioned by the league earlier this season when he made a homer call on a ball hit by Yakult Swallows leftfielder Alex Ramirez that didn't leave the yard. That one, fortunately, was reversed and Ramirez was given a ground rule double. In any event, it was now 5-2 Yokohama.
An inning later, Takahiro Saeki, pinch hitting for reliever Takeharu Kato, took Takehito Kanazawa deep into the rightfield bleachers to make it 6-2 Yokohama. Hanshin attempted to then stage a comeback in the bottom segment, as Akahoshi singled to left and Kanemoto walked. Kataoka doubled down the rightfield line to plate Akahoshi. One out later, rightfielder Shinjiro Hiyama grounded to second and Kanemoto crossed to tighten it up to 6-4.
But Yokohama was able to glean a run off of Kanazawa in the top of the ninth when Ishii singled to right and, one out later, rode home on catcher Takeshi Nakamura's single to right and it was 7-4.
Yokohama closer Eddie Gaillard struckout two and induced a flyout in disposing of the three men he encountered and Hanshin was dust.
With their 51,000 attendees at this game, Hanshin has set a new team record for attendance, as they are now over 2.9 million.
Sugiyama said after the game that his problems in the sixth were caused by opening his body too quickly.
For Yokohama, Woods was 0-3 with a walk and an RBI and is at .252.
For Hanshin, Arias was 1-4 with an RBI and is at .269.
Pitching Lines:
Yokohama:
H. Yamada IP 3.1 BF 15 PC 66 H 3 HR 0 K 2 BB 3 R 2 ER 2 ERA 3.77
Tazaki (W, 3-2) IP 1.2 BF 5 PC 17 H 0 HR 0 K 2 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 3.81
R. Kawahara IP 0.2 BF 2 PC 10 H 0 HR 0 K 2 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 6.75
Fukumori IP 0.1 BF 1 PC 4 H 0 HR 0 K 1 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 4.89
T.H. Kato IP 1.0 BF 5 PC 15 H 2 HR 0 K 0 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 2.74
Tamori IP 1.0 BF 6 PC 26 H 2 HR 0 K 0 BB 1 R 2 ER 2 ERA 3.52
Gaillard (S, 20) IP 1.0 BF 3 PC 17 H 0 HR 0 K 2 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 4.45
Hanshin:
Sugiyama (L, 0-2) IP 5.1 BF 20 PC 82 H 4 HR 0 K 6 BB 1 R 3 ER 3 ERA 7.45
Yoshino IP 1.2 BF 8 PC 41 H 3 HR 1 K 2 BB 0 R 2 ER 2 ERA 2.67
Kanazawa IP 2.0 BF 9 PC 37 H 3 HR 1 K 1 BB 0 R 2 ER 2 ERA 2.74
E: Okihara
SB: T.N. Suzuki, T. Ishii, Akahoshi
2B: Uchikawa, Tamura, Kataoka
HR: S. Murata (17), Saeki (11)
RBI: Saeki, T.N. Suzuki 2, Woods, Tamura, S. Murata, T. Nakamura, Kataoka 2,
Arias, Hiyama
GIDP: Arias (6-4-3)
LOB: Yokohama 3, Hanshin 6
Season Series: Yokohama 6, Hanshin 21
Game Time: 3:33
Attendance: 51,000
Umpires: Sasaki (HP), Ino (1B), Kasahara (2B), T. Kobayashi (3B)
Kintetsu Feels Prodding of That Dreaded Fork in Loss to Orix
The Kintetsu Buffaloes had to be stewing after this one, as they are pretty much done and can now largely hope only to overtake Seibu for second place since they have virtually no chance to climb over Daiei at the top of the Pacific League, accepting a critical 5-3 defeat to the last place Orix Blue Wave Saturday at Kobe Green Stadium.
One can only guess what manager Masataka Nashida was thinking when he put Kanehisa Arime out there to for his first pro start considering that Arime hasn't been effective at all in relief. And he lasted only into the fourth here, as he was plastered for four runs on nine hits in that short time.
Hiroshi Kobayashi started for Orix and was solid, going 6.2 innings of three run ball on seven hits, two of them getting up and out of the field of play, for his fourth victory.
Kintetsu sprung to an early lead, as leftfielder Tuffy Rhodes cracked a two out single to right, DH Norihiro Nakamura singled to left and rightfielder Koichi Isobe singled to right for the RBI to make it 1-0.
But in the bottom of the second, DH Takeshi Yamasaki got a hold of an Arime offering and sunk it into the leftfield bleachers to tie it up at 1-1. Rightfielder Ryota Aikawa, who had missed the first half of the season due to knee surgery and then a pulled muscle, was next and he also plowed one into the leftfield stands to put the Blue Wave up 2-1.
Kintetsu returned the favor in the third when Nakamura blistered a shot the other way and into the rightfield seats to put it at 2-2.
Unfortunately for the Buffs, though, Arime hung a slider to Aikawa leading off the fourth and he boomed it into the centerfield seats. One out later, shortstop Mitsutaka Goto singled to right, as did first baseman Kazuhiko Shiotani and then third baseman Koichi Oshima singled to left to bring Goto in and make it 4-2 Orix.
In the sixth, Kintetsu slid a little closer to Orix when first baseman Yuji Yoshioka slammed one beyond the rightcenterfield wall and it was 4-3 Orix.
However, second baseman Jose Ortiz basted a shot into the leftfield bleachers with one out in the seventh to put his side back up by a pair at 5-3. Hisashi Ogura then came on to twirl two perfect innings for Orix and that was your ballgame.
For Kintetsu, Rhodes was 1-3 with a walk and is at .273.
For Orix, leftfielder Roosevelt Brown was 0-3 with a walk and is at .311. Ortiz was 2-4 with an RBI and is at .255.
Pitching Lines:
Kintetsu:
Arime (L, 0-2) IP 3.1 BF 20 PC 79 H 9 HR 3 K 3 BB 2 R 4 ER 4 ERA 7.48
Aikyo IP 2.0 BF 6 PC 26 H 0 HR 0 K 0 BB 1 R 0 ER 0 ERA 4.01
H. Koike IP 1.0 BF 5 PC 14 H 1 HR 0 K 1 BB 1 R 0 ER 0 ERA 3.69
Takamura IP 0.2 BF 3 PC 14 H 1 HR 1 K 1 BB 0 R 1 ER 1 ERA 3.48
Maekawa IP 1.0 BF 5 PC 21 H 2 HR 0 K 2 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 6.75
Orix:
H. Kobayashi (W, 4-7) IP 6.2 BF 30 PC 111 H 7 HR 2 K BB 3 R 3 ER 3 ERA 5.17
H. Ogura (S, 3) IP 2.1 BF 7 PC 23 H 0 HR 0 K 3 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 4.69
E: A. Fujii
SB: O. Hoshino, Shiotani, M.T. Goto
HR: T. Yamasaki (18), Ryota Akikawa 2 (2), N. Nakamura (23), Yoshioka (15), Ortiz
(22)
RBI: N. Nakamura, Isobe, Yoshioka, K. Oshima, Ortiz, T. Yamasaki, Ryota Aikawa 2
LOB: Kintetsu 7, Orix 10
Season Series: Kintetsu 15, Orix 10
Game Time: 3:40
Attendance: 31,000
Umpires: Kodera (HP), Sato (1B), Yoshikawa (2B), Tamba (3B)
Yakult Shuts Out Chunichi 2-0
Leftfielder Alex Ramirez homered and starter Yuya Kamada and three relievers combined to shutout the Chunichi Dragons on five hits Saturday at Nagoya Dome, as the Yakult Swallows squeezed by 2-0.
Kamada got into some hot water in the second, as leftfielder Takayuki Onishi leadoff with a single to center and, one out later, first baseman Masahiko Morino walked. Makoto Kito bounced a comebacker to Kamada, who mishandled it for an error to load the bases. But shortstop Hirokazu Ibata lined a shot right at second baseman Noriyuki Shiroishi, who stepped on the bag to double Morino off.
Kito had an otherwise brilliant outing, as he ultimately went 6.1 innings of three hit, one run ball, the tally incurred when he hung a forkball right in Ramirez' wheelhouse and the former Indian flattened it into the leftcenterfield seats to put the Swallows ahead 1-0.
Neither side could really get anything going until the eighth, when Swallows pinch hitter Todd Betts doubled to leftcenter off of Marc Valdes and, one out later, shortstop Shinya Miyamoto singled to center off of Shigetoshi Yamakita to drive Betts in and make it 2-0.
Yakult got 3.1 innings of perfect relief, righthanded sidearmer Shingo Takatsu collecting his 30th save of the year and becoming the first man in history to do that in three consecutive seasons to cap this one off. This was the first time that the sinkerballer had thrown in three straight games all season as well.
This is the tenth time that the Dragons have been blanked this year and they have dropped their last five series.
For Chunichi, centerfielder Alex Ochoa was 0-4 with two strikeouts and is at .280. Omar Linares was 0-1 in a pinch hitting appearance and is at .231.
For Yakult, Ramirez was 1-4 with an RBI and is at .323. Betts was 1-1 and is at .287.
Pitching Lines:
Yakult:
Kamada (W, 5-7) IP 5.2 BF 25 PC 86 H 5 HR 0 K 2 BB 4 R 0 ER 0 ERA 3.22
Tatsuki Yamamoto IP 1.1 BF 3 PC 11 H 0 HR 0 K 1 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 3.07
H. Ishii IP 1.0 BF 3 PC 9 H 0 HR 0 K 1 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 2.51
Takatsu (S, 30) IP 1.0 BF 3 PC 15 H 0 HR 0 K 1 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 2.78
Chunichi:
Kito (L, 7-8) IP 6.1 BF 24 PC 94 H 3 HR 1 K 1 BB 3 R 1 ER 1 ERA 4.29
Ochiai IP 0.2 BF 2 PC 7 H 0 HR 0 K 1 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 1.94
M. Valdes IP 0.0 BF 1 PC 6 H 1 HR 0 K 0 BB 0 R 1 ER 1 ERA 4.86
Yamakita IP 1.0 BF 3 PC 10 H 1 HR 0 K 0 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 3.09
A.N. Otsuka IP 1.0 BF 3 PC 18 H 1 HR 0 K 2 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 2.16
E: Kamada, K. Suzuki
2B: Fukudome, Betts
HR: Ramirez (32)
RBI: Ramirez, S. Miyamoto
HBP: Miyade (Kito), Furuta (Kito)
GIDP: Furuta, (5-4-3), Iwamura (1-6-3)
LOB: Yakult 7, Chunichi 7
Season Series: Yakult 12, Chunichi 13
Game Time: 3:05
Attendance: 33,000
Umpires: Tani (HP), Mori (2B), Nemoto (2B), Suginaga (3B)
Uehara Streak Ends With Defeat to Hiroshima
Hiroshima Carp starter Hiroki Kuroda tossed eight strong innings of six hit, two run ball and centerfielder Koichi Ogata went to the downs twice to end Yomiuri starter Koji Uehara's seven complete game streak in the Carp's 4-4 victory Saturday at Tokyo
Dome. Ogata has now victimized the Giants righthander for five homers this season, the most by any player in a year against Uehara ever.
Hiroshima second baseman Takuya Kimura picked on a first pitch fastball with one out in the first and sent it into the rightfield seats to give the Carp a quick 1-0 lead.
Then in the second, Ogata also selected a first pitch heater and propelled it into the leftcenterfield bleachers to up that to 2-0.
Yomiuri halved that, though, in the fifth, as third baseman Takayuki Saito doubled down the leftfield line and went to third on a groundout. One out later, shortstop Tomohiro Nioka beat out a ground ball toward short and Saito crossed to make it 2-1 Carp.
But Ogata would come up in the seventh and mashed a 1-0 pitch into the rightfield stands and Hiroshima was in front again by two at 3-1.
They added to that in the eighth, as Kuroda singled to left and rightfielder Shigeru Morikasa doubled down the leftfield line. Kimura lifted a sacrifice fly to right and Kuroda crossed for a 4-1 Carp advantage.
But Giants leftfielder Roberto Petagine homered to center with two outs in the eighth and it was back to a two run affair at 4-2.
Yomiuri then pressed rookie closer Katsuhiro Nagakawa in the ninth, as centerfielder Chris Latham walked and went to second on a wild pitch. Saito singled to right to convert Latham and become the tying run. Saito was sacrificed to second. Koji Goto, pinch hitting for Uehara, singled to center and Saito turned and burned for the plate. Ogata made a strong throw and Saito was out. Nioka subsequently flew out to right and Hiroshima was back at .500.
The three homers surrendered gave Uehara 22 for the season, a lifetime worst.
For Yomiuri, Latham was 0-2 with two walks and is at .248.
For Hiroshima, shortstop Andy Sheets was 1-4 and is at .318.
Pitching Lines:
Hiroshima:
Kuroda (W, 9-8) IP 8.0 BF 32 PC 129 H 6 HR 1 K 4 BB 2 R 2 ER 2 ERA 3.27
Nagakawa (S, 23) IP 1.0 BF 5 PC 18 H 2 HR 0 K 0 BB 1 R 1 ER 1 ERA 3.29
Yomiuri:
Uehara (L, 13-4) IP 8.0 BF 30 PC 104 H 7 HR 3 K 6 BB 0 R 4 ER 4 ERA 3.12
Y. Maeda IP 0.2 BF 4 PC 12 H 1 HR 0 K 1 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 3.46
Bailey IP 0.1 BF 1 PC 3 H 3 HR 0 K 1 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 4.44
E: K. Nomura, I. Asai, Nioka
2B: Takayuki Saito, Morikasa
HR: T. Kimura (10), Ogata 2 (25), Petagine (28)
RBI: T. Kimura 2, Ogata 2, Nioka, Petagine, Takayuki Saito
SF: T. Kimura
WP: Nagakawa
GIDP: Kiyohara (6-4-3)
LOB: Hiroshima 4, Yomiuri 7
Season Series: Hiroshima 11, Yomiuri 13
Game Time: 2:50
Attendance: 55,000
Umpires: Manabe (HP), Tomoyose (1B), Kiuchi (2B), Nishimoto (3B)
Ogasawara Error Turned into Three Runs in Fighters 7-3 Loss
Lotte leftfielder Chris Short exploited an error by Nippon Ham Fighters third baseman Michihiro Ogasawara by drilling a bases clearing first inning double on the way to a four RBI night in the Chiba Lotte Marines 7-5 win over the Fighters Saturday ar Chiba
Marine Stadium. The former Angels farmhand has hit .538 in his last ten games (21-39) to raise his average to .300.
So let's go to that first inning, as shortstop Makoto Kosaka got aboard on an infield hit and, two outs later, DH Koichi Hori grounded to Ogasawara, who booted it. Third baseman Jose Fernandez walked to pack the sacks and then Short bonked one off the centerfield wall to do away with the traffic jam on the basepaths and make it 3-0 Lotte.
In the second, Kosaka used his considerable wheels to beat out another ground ball and first baseman Kazuya Fukuura walked. The runners moved up on a sacrifice. Fighters starter Kazuyuki Atsuzawa was dispatched to the showers and Yukihiro Sakurai ascended the hill. Hori singled to left for two RBIs and it was 5-0 Lotte.
Nippon Ham then had a brief flurry in the third, as rightfielder Tomochika Tsuboi doubled to leftcenter with two away and scored on leftfielder Yoshinori Ueda's single to center to make it 5-1 Lotte.
That's where it remained until the seventh, when Fighters pinch hitter Tomoyuki Oda walked and went to second on a groundout. Catcher Shinji Takahashi beat out a dribbler. Shortstop Makoto Kaneko doubled off the centerfield wall and both runners hotfooted it for home to shrink the disadvantage to 5-3.
That was as close as Nippon Ham would get, as Short unloaded a big fly into the centerfield seats for a 6-3 Lotte lead. One out later, Fighters reliever Hiroshi Shibakusa plunked catcher Tomoya Satozaki and second baseman Kazuya Harai fileted one up the rightcenter gap for an RBI triple and it was 7-3.
Brian Sikorsky put the Fighters away in order in the ninth and that was all she wrote.
For Lotte, Fernandez was 0-3 with a walk and is at .288. Short was 3-3 with an HBP and four RBIs and is at .300.
For Nippon Ham, DH Angel Echevarria was 1-4 and is at .271.
Pitching Lines:
Nippon Ham:
Atsuzawa (L, 0-2) IP 1.1 BF 12 PC 54 H 3 HR 0 K 1 BB 4 R 5 ER 2 ERA 9.00
Y. Sakurai IP 5.2 BF 19 PC 54 H 2 HR 0 K 1 BB 1 R 0 ER 0 ERA 4.19
Shibakusa IP 1.0 BF 6 PC 16 H 2 HR 1 K 1 BB 1 R 2 ER 2 ERA 3.75
Lotte:
H.Y. Kobayashi (W, 7-10) IP 6.1 BF 25 PC 87 H 7 HR 0 K 4 BB 1 R 3 ER 3 ERA 3.51
Tobe IP 0.1 BF 2 PC 4 H 1 HR 0 K 0 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 4.58
S. Fujita IP 0.2 BF 3 PC 11 H 1 HR 0 K 1 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 5.25
Sikorsky (S, 1) IP 1.2 BF 5 PC 17 H 0 HR 0 K 1 BB 0 R 0 ER 0 ERA 3.29
E: M. Ogasawara
SB: Kosaka, Hori
2B: Short, Tsuboi 2, Kaneko
3B: Harai
HR: Short (11)
RBI: Short 4, Hori 2, Harai, Y. Ueda, Kaneko 2
HBP: Short (Y. Sakurai), Satozaki (Shibakusa)
GIDP: S. Takahashi (6-3), Fernandez (6-4-3), Kimoto (1-6-3)
LOB: Nippon Ham 5, Lotte 6
Season Series: Nippon Ham 13, Lotte 8
Game Time: 2:49
Attendance: 20,000
Umpires: Kawaguchi (HP), Akimura (1B), Sakaemura (2B), Yanagita (3B)
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