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06/01/2004 Archived Entry: "Japanese Baseball News: This Week In JBall! (5/27/04-5/31/04)"

This Week In JBall! by Henry Lu
Your weekly resource for the exciting world of Japanese Baseball
Standings (current through May 31, 2004) Central League Won Lost Tied Pct. GB Chunichi 24 19 1 .558 -- Yomiuri 25 22 0 .532 1.0 Hanshin 23 23 0 .500 2.5 Hiroshima 22 23 0 .489 3.0 Yokohama 20 23 1 .465 4.0 Yakult 19 23 0 .452 4.5 Pacific League Won Lost Tied Pct. GB Daiei 31 20 2 .608 -- Seibu 31 20 1 .608 0.0 Nippon Ham 26 24 1 .520 4.5 Kintetsu 23 27 2 .460 7.5 Orix 19 28 2 .404 10.0 Lotte 20 31 2 .392 10.5	Batting Leader Board (current through May 31, 2004) Central League Pacific League Rank Player AVG Rank Player AVG 1st Shima (Hiroshima) .362 1st Seguignol (Nippon Ham) .390 2nd Abe (Yomiuri) .355 2nd Matsunaka (Daiei) .376 3rd Furuta (Yakult) .352 3rd Ogasawara (Nippon Ham) .346 4th LaRocca (Hiroshima) .345 4th H. Nakajima (Seibu) .333 5th Maeda (Hiroshima) .339 5th-tie Kawasaki (Daiei) .332 5th-tie Murumatsu (Orix) .332

This Week's Highlight -- May 30, 2004: Hawks Terrorize Blue Wave With Two Grand Slams
It was a grand game for Daiei as Kenji Jojima and Pedro Valdez both went deep with the bases loaded for the Hawks in an 18-6 romp over the Orix Blue Wave at Kobe Green Stadium. Daiei ripped 5 homers in total and cruised to its fourth consecutive victory. (Henry Lu, HLu@BaseballGuru.com)