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11/12/2006 Archived Entry: "2006 Konami Cup Asia Series Champion: Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters "

2006 Konami Cup Asia Series Champion: Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

2006 Konami Cup Asia Series Champion: Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
by Robert Kiyoshi Shadlow

The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters slipped past the LA New Bears 1-0 to claim the 2006 Konami Cup Asia Series Championship. No earned runs were allowed by either team.

Fighter's starter Yu Darvish gave up only one hit and two walks, and struck out 10 batters in seven innings for the win. Hisashi Takeda yielded one hit and struck another Bear in the eighth inning. Micheal Nakamura took over the ninth inning to shut the door with two strikouts to earn the save.

LA New starter Wen-Hsiung Hsu allowed only three hits, one walk, and struck out two in six innings. Anthony James Fiore pitched the seventh and eighth inning to take the loss for the Bears on an unearned run. Fiore gave up only two hits, one walk, and struck out three Nippon Ham batters.

The Fighters representing Nippon Pro Baseball advanced to the final game by sweeping the other three teams in the round-robin first round. The LA New Bears of Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League beat Mainland China's All-Stars and the Samsung Lions of the Korean Baseball Organization but lost to Nippon Ham.

Samsung was able to trounce the China All-Stars. China lost all four first round games but did manage a close game against the Fighters.
source: http://asia.npb.or.jp/en/2006/game/index.html

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