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10/02/2006 Archived Entry: "Japanese Baseball News: Playoffs!!!"
Japanese Baseball News: Playoffs!!!
Japanese Baseball News: The Monday Report By Glenn Davies,Tokyo Japan |
| Central League News- The final stretch | ||
 | The Tigers just wont give up on this one. The Tigers are still in second and the Dragons are 3 games ahead but an impressive 17-4 run in September has left them in position to catch Chunichi should the Dragons stumble. It still appears likely that the Dragons will clinch as the Tigers August road trip of death will be the final difference, Hanshin went 12-13 in August, and allowed 5.24 runs per game. | |
| Pacific League News- All set for the play-offs | ||
 | Fighters win...Fighters win!!! A 4-1 win over Softbank on the last game of the season saw the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters claim the PL pennant. The Lions beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 4-3 in their season finale, a walk-off win in the bottom of the 10th inning, but it wasn't enough to catch the streaking Fighters and they will now face the Hawks on Oct. 7 when stage one of the playoffs begin." | |
| Batting Leaders | ||||||||||||
Central | Team | Avg. | HR | RBI | Pacific | Team | Avg. | HR | RBI | |||
| 1 | Fukudome | Dragons | .357 | 29 | 97 | 1 | Matsunaga | Hawks | .324 | 19 | 76 | |
| 2 | Aoki | Swallows | .319 | 11 | 56 | 2 | Cabrera | Lions | .315 | 31 | 100 | |
| 3 | Lee | Giants | .319 | 40 | 104 | 3 | Short | Eagles | .314 | 4 | 34 | |
| 4 | Iwamura | Swallows | .311 | 31 | 74 | 4 | Ogasawara | Fighters | .313 | 32 | 100 | |
| 5 | Kanemoto | Tigers | .308 | 23 | 93 | 5 | Fukuura | Marines | .312 | 4 | 52 | |
| Pitching Leaders | ||||||||||||||
Central | Team | ERA | W | L | Sv | Pacific | Team | ERA | W | L | Sv | |||
| 1 | Kuroda | Carp | 1.86 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Saito | Hawks | 1.75 | 18 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2 | Fukuhara | Tigers | 2.18 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | Matsuzaka | Lions | 2.13 | 17 | 5 | 0 | |
| 3 | Kawakami | Dragons | 2.42 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | Yagi | Fighters | 2.48 | 12 | 8 | 0 | |
| 4 | Utsumi | Giants | 2.82 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | Davey | Buffaloes | 2.62 | 10 | 8 | 0 | |
| 5 | Guttormson | Swallows | 2.99 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | Ono | Marines | 2.66 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2006 Standings |
| Central | W | L | T | Pct% | GB | Pacific | W | L | T | Pct% | GB |
| Chunichi Dragons | 79 | 50 | 5 | .612 | M7 | xHokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters | 82 | 54 | 0 | .603 | - |
| Hanshin Tigers | 79 | 56 | 4 | .585 | 3.0 | xSeibu Lions | 80 | 54 | 2 | .597 | 1.0 |
| Yakult Swallows | 67 | 66 | 2 | .504 | 14.0 | xSoftbank Hawks | 75 | 56 | 5 | .573 | 4.5 |
| Yomiuri Giants | 62 | 75 | 2 | .453 | 21.0 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 65 | 70 | 1 | .481 | 16.5 |
| Hiroshima Carp | 58 | 73 | 5 | .443 | 22.0 | Orix Buffaloes | 52 | 81 | 3 | .391 | 28.5 |
| Yokohama Bay Stars | 54 | 80 | 3 | .403 | 27.5 | Rakuten Eagles | 47 | 85 | 4 | .356 | 33.0 |
