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04/10/2006 Archived Entry: "Japanese Baseball News:Weekly Report"
Japanese Baseball News:Weekly Report
Japanese Baseball News: The Monday Report By Glenn Davies,Tokyo Japan |
Central League News | |
This past week saw the Giants start to put some distance on the field with solid wins over the Dragons and strong starting pitching. Even in a loss to Chunichi over the weekend their ace starter Uehara pitched a 7 inning 1-hitter before giving up a HR to Fukudome. If the Giants can put together a few more timely hits they look unlikely to lose the division lead.Hiroshima and Yakult battled to a win a piece over the weekend with Hiroshima starter Douglass pitching a 1-hit 7 inning gem and Yakult acquisition LaRocca hitting 2-HRs in one game. Hanshin finished the weekend on a 3-game win streak after battering hapless Yokohama. Even the normally cheerful Yokohama closer Marc Kroon looked ruffled by the poor play of the Baystars. The TIgers rallied from behind for 4 runs and the win on Saturday and Imaoka homered twice to clinch a 5-2 win on Sunday night. |
Pacific League News | |
The Lions continued hitting at a torrid pace through the week and have started to build a good lead in the division as Softbank has come a little unstuck with the strong play of the Fighters and Bluewave. Darvish threw a complete game in a 3-0 win over the Hawks during the week. Orix then unexpectantly took 2 games from the Hawks 2-0 and 6-2. Garcia hitting 2 HRs for Orix and their key starter Kawagoe picking up his second win of the season. Chiba has shown few signs of life and was badly mauled by cellar-dwellers Rakuten 13-0 this weekend. Rakuten ace Ichiba improving his record to 2-1 at their expense. Chiba slugger Agbayani the only highlight for the team thus far with a 3-run homer in the bottom of the 10th yesterday to give Chiba a 7-4 win over the Eagles. The swagger and confidence that Chiba ended the Japan and Asian Series on last year has all but evaporated. |
Batting Leaders | ||||||||||||||
Central | Team | Avg. | AB | HR | RBI | Pacific | Team | Avg. | AB | HR | RBI | |||
1 | Abe | Giants | .536 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 1 | Fukuura | Marines | .457 | 54 | 0 | 6 | |
2 | Sekimoto | Tigers | .474 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | GG Satoh | Lions | .431 | 53 | 3 | 14 | |
3 | Kanemoto | Tigers | .414 | 38 | 3 | 9 | 3 | Nakajima | Lions | .400 | 56 | 2 | 9 | |
4 | Kokubo | Giants | .406 | 35 | 3 | 9 | 4 | Short | Eagles | .391 | 50 | 0 | 6 | |
5 | Sheets | Giants | .395 | 39 | 2 | 7 | 5 | Franco | Marines | .359 | 44 | 1 | 4 | |
Pitching Leaders | ||||||||||||||
Central | Team | ERA | W | L | Sv | Pacific | Team | ERA | W | L | Sv | |||
1 | Kawakami | Dragons | 0.56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Hirano | Buffaloes | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Kuroda | Carp | 0.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Maekawa | Buffaloes | 0.59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
3 | Martinez | Dragons | 1.88 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Shimizu | Marines | 0.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
4 | Egusa | Tigers | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Sugiuchi | Hawks | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Fuji | Swallows | 2.25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | Matsuzaka | Lions | 1.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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2006 Standings |
Central | W | L | T | Pct% | GB | Pacific | W | L | T | Pct% | GB |
Yomiuri Giants | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | - | Seibu Lions | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | - |
Chunichi Dragons | 4 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.0 | Orix Buffaloes | 8 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 1.5 |
Hanshin Tigers | 4 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.0 | Softbank Hawks | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 2.5 |
Yakult Swallows | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 3.0 | Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | 2.5 |
Hiroshima Carp | 2 | 4 | 1 | .333 | 3.0 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 5 | 8 | 0 | .385 | 4.5 |
Yokohama Bay Stars | 1 | 5 | 1 | .167 | 4.0 | Rakuten Eagles | 2 | 10 | 0 | .167 | 7.0 |