Results in June, 1998
Central League
G W L T PCT GB streak last10 GL
BayStars 60 35 25 0 .583 W1 9-1 75
Giants 66 36 30 0 .545 2.0 L1 5-5 69
Dragons 62 33 29 0 .532 3.0 L2 4-6 73
Carp 63 30 33 0 .476 6.5 L1 2-8 72
Swallows 61 27 34 0 .443 8.5 W1 6-4 74
Tigers 60 25 35 0 .417 10.0 W2 5-5 75
Team vs. Team Win - Loss (Tie)
BayStars Giants Dragons Carp Swallows Tigers
BayStars ---- 7- 7( 0) 4- 6( 0) 8- 6( 0) 7- 2( 0) 9- 4( 0)
Giants 7- 7( 0) ---- 7- 7( 0) 8- 4( 0) 8- 7( 0) 6- 5( 0)
Dragons 6- 4( 0) 7- 7( 0) ---- 7- 6( 0) 7- 4( 0) 6- 8( 0)
Carp 6- 8( 0) 4- 8( 0) 6- 7( 0) ---- 7- 7( 0) 7- 3( 0)
Swallows 2- 7( 0) 7- 8( 0) 4- 7( 0) 7- 7( 0) ---- 7- 5( 0)
Tigers 4- 9( 0) 5- 6( 0) 8- 6( 0) 3- 7( 0) 5- 7( 0) ----
Pacific League
G W L T PCT GB streak last10 GL
Fighters 65 40 25 0 .615 W2 9-1 70
Buffaloes 61 35 26 0 .574 3.0 L1 7-3 74
Lions 61 32 28 1 .533 5.5 W5(1) 7-2(1) 74
Hawks 63 31 32 0 .492 8.0 W1 2-8 72
BlueWave 61 24 37 0 .393 14.0 L2 5-5 74
Marines 61 23 37 1 .383 14.5 L12(1) 0-9(1) 74
Team vs. Team Win - Loss (Tie)
Fighters Buffaloes Lions Hawks BlueWave Marines
Fighters ---- 7- 5( 0) 6- 6( 0) 8- 8( 0) 11- 2( 0) 8- 4( 0)
Buffaloes 5- 7( 0) ---- 7- 5( 0) 6- 7( 0) 6- 4( 0) 11- 3( 0)
Lions 6- 6( 0) 5- 7( 0) ---- 7- 4( 0) 7- 5( 0) 7- 6( 1)
Hawks 8- 8( 0) 7- 6( 0) 4- 7( 0) ---- 6- 8( 0) 6- 3( 0)
BlueWave 2-11( 0) 4- 6( 0) 5- 7( 0) 8- 6( 0) ---- 5- 7( 0)
Marines 4- 8( 0) 3-11( 0) 6- 7( 1) 3- 6( 0) 7- 5( 0) ----
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 X | 7
WP: Misawa (1W 2L 3S)
LP: Yokoyama (3W 2L)
HR: YB Komada 4
G Kiyohara 10
[The Bay Stars scored 4 runs off Galvez with a 3-run homerun of
Komada and so on in the second inning. But the Giants turned
the game in the 7th inning. Actually, Motoki and Takahashi
got 5 RBI in total in the 6th and the 7th inning. In the 6th
inning, Motoki got a RBI single and Takahasi got a sacrifice
fly to tie the game. In the 7th, Motoki got the game-winning
hit and Takahashi got a 2-run RBI single to decide the game]
At Nagoya Dome
Swallows | 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 X | 6
WP: Kawakami (4W 2L)
LP: Tabata (3W 5L)
HR: D Lee 8, Gomez 7
[Gomez, who has come back to the starters tonight, got
the game-winning 3-run homerun in the 5th inning. In
the same inning, Lee also homered to tie the game.
Now a Dragon rookie Kawakami got his 4th win, going
to the endo of the 6th inning]
At Sendai
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Koike (4W 1L)
LP: Fraser (3W 3L)
Hd: Bu Shibata
[Koike went to the end of the 7th inning. He allowed 6 walks
but only 4 hits. In top of the first inning, the lead-off
Mutoh tripled and scored. In the 4th inning, they got 4
hits to score 3 runs. In top of the 9th Ohtsuka appeared
but he allowed 2 hits and one hit batsman]
The other three games at Nishi-Kyogoku, Seibu and Kagoshia,
were rained out.
At Koshien
Carp | 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 | 2
WP: Minchey (5W 4L)
Sv: Sasaoka (2W 3L 6S)
LP: Nakagomi (4W 5L)
HR: C Etoh 7
[The Tiger manager Yoshida switched the pitcher from Nakagomi
to Furumizo in top of the 7th inning, but Furumizo gave up
a 2-run shot against Etoh and the game was decided. It was
the career 200th homer for Etoh]
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 4 1 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 1 1 |11
WP: Nishiyama (2W 1S)
LP: Shimada (2W 1L 1S)
HR: YB Saeki 1, Komada 5, Tanishige 11
G Motoki 4, Takahashi 7, Matsui 12, Hirosawa 5, Shimizu 7
[The Giants won the high-scoring game with the game-ending
hit of Yoshimura in bottom of the 9th inning. He singled
to right field with two outs and runners on first and third.
The Giant closers were so bad that they allowed the Bay Stars
to tie the game three times. The Bay Stars couldn't go ahead
in late innings, so no chance for Sasaki to pitch. Kiyohara,
who hit the 4th in the Giant batting order and hit a homer
in every recent 4 games, has acke on his leg and he will be
missed for a while]
At Nagoya Dome
Swallows | 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 2
WP: Kawasaki (5W 3L)
Sv: Watanabe (1W 1L 1S)
LP: Yamamoto (1W 5L)
HR: D Gomez 8
[The Swallows went ahead with the game-winning double of
Mouton, who started tonight. In the second inning, Tsuji
got a RBI single, in the 8th, Hosey got a RBI double.
Watanabe, who appeared in the bottom of the 8th, closed
the game to win a save, although he lost one run with
an error of CF Manaka]
At Kagoshima
Hawks | 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 | 5
WP: Yoshitake (4W 3L)
Sv: Okamoto (12S)
LP: Crawford (3W 4L)
HR: H Iguchi 8
[The Hawks scored 3 runs with a 2-run shot of Iguchi in early innings.
In top of the 6th, bases loaded with two outs, Kokubo hit a blooper
near right foul line. RF dived to the batted ball, but he couldn't
get it, and the ball rolled behind him. As a result, Kokubo advanced
to third and all base runners scored. The Marines came back in the
bottom of the 7th, but Okamoto, who appeared at middle of the 8th
inning, stopped the Marines]
At Koshien
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Tamaki,S. (2W 1S)
Sv: Kobayashi,K. (5W 2L 4S)
LP: Yamaoka (2L)
HR: C Etoh 8, Nomura 4
[The Tigers lost at Koshien again. Yoshida Toyohiko,
who has moved from the Hawks the other day, started for
the Tigers. He allowed only 3 hits but 4 walks and
2 hit batsmen in 6 innings. The Tigers sent Hansen
to hit for Yoshida in bottom of the 6th, so Yamaoka
appaered on the mound at the beginning of the 7th inning.
But he gave up the game-winning homerun against Nomura.
Ohno started for the Carp, but he was removed at the
end of the 2nd inning, because he felt cold on his left arm.
He might be out of the roster for a while]
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Kawamura (4W 2L)
Sv: Sasaki (14S)
LP: Ono (2L)
HR: YB Suzuki,T. 6, Shindoh 8
[Sasaki got his career 217th save points to break the Japanese
record of career save points. Kawamura started for the Bay
Stars, and he allowed only 3 hits when he was removed in bottom
of the 8th. Ono started for the Giants and he allowed only 3
runs in 7.1 innings, but the Giant hitters couldn't help him]
At Seibu
Fighters | 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 7
WP: Shullstrom (4W 2S)
LP: Nishiguchi (1W 7L 4S)
Hd: L Hashimoto Denny
HR: F Wilson 10
L Martinez 10, Takagi, H. 1
[The Fighters turned the game after two men outs with bases empty
in top of the 9th inning. Nishiguchi appeared on the mound
at the beginning of the 9th inning, and he got two men out easily.
But he gave up two walks after that. Now the Fighter hitters
wake up: all of Brooks, Wilson, Ochiai and Nishiura got RBI hits.
Shimoyanagi pitched for the Fighters from two outs in bottom of
the 2nd through one out in bottom of the 8th, but nothing was
credited with him :-)]
At Nagoya Dome
Giants | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Makihara (4W 1L 1S)
Sv: Nomura (1W 4S)
LP: Imanaka (2W 5L)
[Makihara almost pitched a shutout game. In top of the 9th,
Makihara allowed a basehit just after the Giants completed
a double play. The Dragons sent Aikoh as a PH, and the Giant
manager Nagashima switched Makihara into Nomura. Nomura
got PH Minamibuchi, who hit for Aikoh, struck out.
Imanaka started for the Dragons, and he allowed only 2 hits
in 8 innings. He gave up 3 walks in top of the first inning,
and Ishii got a sacrifice fly]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 X | 5
WP: Sekine (5W 2L)
Sv: Shullstrom (4W 3S)
LP: Komiyama (5W 3L)
Hd: F Kurogi
[Komiyama was again knocked out in the 7th inning. Narahara,
the lead-off of this inning, bunted for a hit to reach to first.
After one man out, Brooks and Wilson got base hits and bases
loaded with one out. Ochiai singled to drive 2 runs in, Nishiura
got a sacrifice fly to go ahead, and Noguchi doulbed to bring
another run. In bottom of the 8th, Kataoka doubled to get another
run. The Marines came back in the last inning, but they couldn't
catch up with the Fighters]
At Seibu
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 X | 4
WP: Mori (5W 2L 3S)
Sv: Hashimoto (3L 2S)
LP: Hoshino (2W 7L)
HR: L Raabe 2
[Mori started for the Lions. He was removed in top of the 9th
when a runner on first with one out. But reliever Nishiguchi
was bad. He got the first batter flied out, but then
he allowed a double, a BRI single, a walk, a bases-loaded walk.
Finally he was ejected, and Hashimoto got Neel flied out to
close the game. Higashio, the Lion manager, still says that
he will use Nishiguchi as a set-up for a while]
At Fukuoka Dome
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Okamoto (3W 7L)
LP: Takeda (5W 4L)
[Okamoto pitched a shutout game. Actually he allowed only
3 hits. The Fighters won and the Hawks lost, so now the
Fighters is the leader, and the Hawks stand at the second,
led by 1 game]
At Sapporo
Tigers | 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: May (1W 1L)
LP: Nomura (4W 4L)
HR: T Powell 6
[May pitched a shutout game. Yoshida, the Tiger manager,
said that May couldn't win in May but won in *July*. He
said "May" and "July" in English but of course he would
like to say not July but June :-) Anyway May allowed
only three his, one hit batman and no walks. He has good
control today, and he delivered to inside, where the strike
zone in Japan is wider than that in the US. He got 10
strike outs, 6 of which was called strike outs. Powell
got a RBI double in the first inning, and got a 2-run shot
in the 5th inning]
At Morioka
Swallows | 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Ishii,K. (5W 2L)
LP: Takahashi,K. (2W 1L)
HR: S Tsuji 3
[The Swallows beated the Carp. In the 3rd, Tsuji, who was credited
with 1500 games in this game, got a homerun. In the 4th, Mouton
got a sacrifice fly to tie the game, and in the 6th Miyamoto got
the game-winning RBI hit. In the 8th, PH Manaka tripled to clean
the bases to decide the game. Carp hitters could get only 4 hits]
At Nagoya Dome
Giants | 0 0 3 0 1 5 0 1 0 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Cho (6W 2L)
LP: Kadokura (4W 3L)
HR: G Murata,S. 1
[Cho pitched a shutout game. Kadokura allowed 3 runs after
two outs of the 3rd inning. Murata, M. of the Giants went
4 for 4, got 3 RBI tonight. Sumson Lee gave up 5 runs in the
6th inning, and he might be sent to minor league]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Kuroki (5W 3L)
LP: Shibakusa (4W 4L)
HR: M Hori 4, Franco 10, Tachikawa 2
F Tanaka 13
[The Marines won with three 2-run homeruns. In the 2nd, Hori got
the first one. In the 3rd, Franco hit the second shot, in the 6th
Tachikawa the third one. Kuroki got his 5th win although he was
ejected at the end of the 5th]
At Fukuoka Dome
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 1 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 X |10
WP: Hidekazu (2W 1L)
LP: Leftwich (3W 4L)
HR: Bu Yoshioka 1
H Akiyama 5
[The Hawks blew out the Buffaloes with 12 hits and 10 runs.
The Buffaloes got 11 hits but scored only 4 runs.
The game at Seibu Dome was rained out]
At Sapporo
Tigers | 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Kawajiri (5W 1L)
LP: Saitoh,T. (2W 2L 1S)
[The Tigers won two games in a row at Sapporo. Kawajiri
got his 5th win. In the first inning, Powell got a RBI
single for the Tigers, and Rose got a RBI single for the
Bay Stars. In the 5th, the Tigers went ahead while Hoshino
grounded into double play. In the 6th, Yagi doubled to
left-center field when runners were on first and second with
one out. The Tiger relievers, Itoh and Rivera pitched very
well]
At Fukushima
Swallows | 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Itoh,T. (1W 3L 3S)
LP: Katoh (3W 2L)
HR: S Ikeyama 8
[Itoh pitched a complete game since 1993, when he was a rookie.
The Swallows won 3 games in a row]
At Nagoya Dome
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 X | 4
WP: Noguchi (7W 3L)
Sv: Sun (2W 10S)
LP: Saitoh,M. (5W 5L
HR: G Shimizu 8
D Yamasaki 7
[The Dragons stopped the Giants. Noguchi, Ochiai and Sun pitched
very well. In the third inning, two men out with bases empty,
pitcher Noguchi doubled. After Lee singled, Sekikawa tripled to
right-center field to score two runners. In bottom of the 6th,
just after the Giants scored 2 runs with a 2-run shot of Shimizu,
Yamasaki got a homerun]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Numata (2W)
LP: Mutoh (1W 2L)
[Numata pitched a his career first complete game. He allowed
5 hits but three of them were infield hits. The Fighters also
got only five hits, but 4 of which were hit in the 3rd inning.
The other one was hit by Wilson in the 5th inning: In this inning,
the Fighters got 2 hit batmen and one walk, and an error of center
fielder to score 3 runs]
At Seibu
BlueWave | 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 8
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 | 9
WP: Denny (4W 2L)
LP: Hirai (1L)
Hd: BW Mizuo
HR: BW Fujii 8
L Suzuki 9, Martinez 11
[The Lions made graet comeback in late innings. The Lions
beated BW starter Kida in the 7th inning. In the 8th,
Martinez homered off Mizuo. In the 9th, BW third baseman
Igarashi errored a grounder when runner was on second with
two outs]
At Fukuoka Dome
Buffaloes | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Takamura (2W 4L)
LP: Williams (1W 2L 1S)
[Both starters, Takamura and Williams pitched very well.
It was Takamura who pitched a shutout game to win.
In bottom of the third inning, runners were on first and
second with one out, Iguchi singled to the hole. But
second runner Ohmichi went over the third base and the ball
was passed to the 3B and he was tagged out]
At Jingu
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Miura (5W 3L)
Sv: Sasaki (15S)
LP: Kawasaki (5W 4L)
[Kawasaki and Miura were the starting pitchers. In top of the
8th, Suzuki Takanori grounded over the head of the pitcher to
center field and scored the second runner. The next hitter
Komada got an infield hit to second baseman and the Bay Stars
scored another run. Miura might pitch a shutout game, but
the Bay Stars sent Sasaki in the last inning to close the game]
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X | 3
WP: Crawford (4W 4L)
Sv: Yoshida (2L 3S)
LP: Koike (4W 2L)
Hd: M Takekiyo
HR: M Ohmura 1, Hatsushiba 11
[There was the key play in bottom of the 4th inning: Carreon singled,
Hatsushiba hit a line drive to shortstop. SS Mutoh got it and he
threw back to first, but the ball hit the head of Carreon and Carreon
advanced to second... but the umpires called out for Carreon because
he intentionally hit the ball. I can't understand the call because
the ball hit Carreon from behind of him. Of course the Marine
manager Kondoh got angry and protested very hard for 10 minutes.
Durring the suspention, Buffalo pitcher Koike became bad whereas
the hitter Ohmura keep consentrate. After the game was restarted,
Ohmura homered to center field. In the 6th inning, Hatsushiba got
the game-winning two-run homerun]
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 1 4 5 0 1 0 1 X 0 |12
WP: Imazeki (1W 2L)
Sv: Shimoyanagi (2L 1S)
LP: Kobayashi (2W 5L 4S)
HR: BW Pulliam 6
F Brooks 11
[The Figheter hitters bombed the Blue Wave. In top of the second
inning, Ichiro appeared on bases loaded with two outs after the Blue
Wave tied the game. But he grounded out to second baseman. In
bottom of the same inning, the Fighters scored 4 runs. Moreover,
in bottom of the third inning, Brooks got a grand slam to decide the
game. The Fighter batters got 16 hits in total]
At Yamagata
Hawks | 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 3
WP: Nishimura (5W 2L)
Sv: Yoshida (1W 2L 1S)
LP: Shintani (1W 1L)
HR: H Kokubo 1
L Martinez 12
[The Hawks went ahead with 5 continous hits in top of the first.
In bottom of the first inning, Kokubo and Iguchi made errors
and allowed 2 runs against the Lions. But Kokubo got a 2-run
homerun near the left foul pole in top of the 4th inning to bring
momentam again]
Games at Koshien and Hiroshima were rained out.
At Koshien
Giants | 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
WP: Galvez (4W 5L)
LP: Yoshida,T. (1L)
HR: G Ishii 3
[The Tigers lost 10 games in a row at Koshien. Yoshida Toyohiko
allowed Ishii to hit a homerun in top of the 4th, and after two
outs, he gave up a walk and a double, so runners were on second
and third with two outs. Yoshida gave up a 2-run RBI single
against Galvez then. In the end, Galvez pitched a complete game]
At Hiroshima
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
WP: Yamamoto (2W 5L)
Sv: Sun (2W 11S)
LP: Minchey (5W 5L)
HR: D Gomez 9
C Ogata 7, Etoh 9
[Gomez got the game-winning 3-run homerun in top of the 7th
inning when runners were on first and second with two outs.
In bottom of the 9th, Carp hitters came back against Sun:
Etoh, the lead-off of this inning, homered and after two outs,
PH Perez walked, PH Asai singled. But the final batter,
PH Koh, grounded out to second baseman]
At Tokyo Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 X | 6
WP: Iwamoto (6W 3L)
LP: Itoh (1W 5L)
HR: F Brooks 12, Kataoka 11, Noguchi 3
[Iwamoto pitched a shutout game. Fighter batters helped him
with three homeruns. In paticular, Kataoka's shot in the 5th
inning went over the stand to hit a ad board (about 140m homerun)]
The other three games at Sendai, Chiba and Jingu were rained out.
At Koshien
Giants | 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 6 0 |14
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Kuwata (4W 1L)
LP: Nakagomi (4W 6L)
HR: G Duncan 8, Murata,S. 2
[The Tigers lost 11 games in a row at Koshien. Nakagomi allowed
a 3-run homerun against Duncan and a a solo-homer against Murata
in top of the 4th. The Tigers got 10 hits but scored only one run]
At Jingu
BayStars | 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 | 2
WP: Kawamura (5W 2L)
LP: Watanabe (1W 2L 1S)
HR: YB Rose 3
S Dobashi 3
[The Bay Stars scored 3 runs with 4 continous hits in the second
inning. Bay Star catcher Tanishige was ejected because of
hit by pitch in the 6th inning, and Shimada gave up a homerun
in bottom of the 7th inning. Rose help the Bay Stars hitting
a 3-run shot in top of the 8th]
At Kurashiki
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 | 7
-----------+---------------------------+--
Carp | 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 | 5
WP: Satoh,Y. (1W)
Sv: Sun (2W 12S)
LP: Kobayashi,K. (5W 3L 4S)
HR: D Yamasaki 8
C Ogata 8
[Sasaoka started for the Carp. He was good and went
to the end of the 6th. Tamaki S. relieved him but
Tamaki was bad. In bottom of the 8th inning, Ogata
homered to tie the game, but the Carp new closer Kobayashi
gave up the game-winning 2-run homerun against Yamasaki
in the 10th inning]
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Sakai (3W 1L)
Sv: Ohtsuka (16S)
LP: Yoshida (3L 3S)
Hd: M Sonokawa
[Yabuta couldn't win again. He was good, and he allowed only 4 hits
till he was removed in top of the 8th inning. It was bad for him
not to get a grounder hit by Mutoh, the lead-off of the 8th inning:
it seemed to be grounded out to pitcher, but it became a base hit
to center. After a sacrifice bunt and a walk, Sonokawa relieved him.
He got Rhodes struck out but another reliver Takekiyo allowed Clark
to single to tie the game. In top of the 9th, Mutoh singled with
two outs and bases empty. After a stolen base, he scored with the
game-winning hit of Ohmura]
At Koshien
Carp | 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 | 6
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 | 5
WP: Tamaki,S. (3W 1S)
LP: Itoh (1L)
HR: C Ogata 9, Ogata 10
T Taihoh 5
[Taihon got a 3-run homerun off Kobayashi K. in bottom of the
9th inning to tie the game. But Itoh, who relieved at the
begining of the 10th, gave up the game-winning 2-run double
against Maeda in top of the 12th. Tiger starting pitcher
was May, but he gave up 5 walks until he was removed
in the 6th inning]
At Nagoya Dome
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Nomura (5W 4L)
Sv: Sasaki (16S)
LP: Imanaka (2W 6L)
HR: YB Nakane 1
[The Bay Star pitchers, Nomura and Sasaki, pitched a shutout game.
The Bay Star hitters got only 5 hits whereas the Dragons got 7 hits
in total. Nakane homered in the 5th and Haru tripled and scored
in the 7th inning]
At Tokyo Dome
Swallows | 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Ishii,K. (6W 2L)
Sv: Takatsu (1W 3L 2S)
LP: Makihara (4W 2L 1S)
HR: S Kobayakawa 3, Hosey 6
G Matsui 13, Shimizu 9
[The Swallows beated Makihara in top of the first inning and
Ishii kept the lead. Now both the Swallows and the Tigers
stand at the 5th place]
At Chiba
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X | 2
WP: Kuroki (6W 3L)
LP: Hoshino (2W 8L)
HR: BW Pulliam 7
[Both Kuroki and Hoshino pitched a complete game, but Kuroki won.
Hori got the game-winning hit in bottom of the 7th after double play.
Hatsushiba of the Marines was credited with career 1000 games tonight]
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 | 4
-----------+---------------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 | 5
WP: Okamoto (1W 12S)
LP: Shullstrom (4W 1L 3S)
HR: H Ohmichi 3
[The Fighters beated Takeda in top of the 9th. Takeda
gave up 3 hits in a row and the Hawks had to send Yoshida
and Okamoto, but couldn't keep the lead. In bottom of the 10th,
after Muramatsu doubled and Kokubo got an intentional walk,
Yoshinaga got the game-winning double]
At Nagoya Dome
BayStars | 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 X | 9
WP: Kadokura (5W 3L)
Sv: Ochiai (1W 2L 2S)
LP: Tokano (1W 5L)
HR: D Tatsunami 2, Tatsunami 3
[Tatsunami went 5 for 5, got 6 RBI. He got back-to-back homers
in the second and the third inning: a 2-run shot and a grand slam.
Kadokura got the 5th win with the help of Ochiai]
At Tokyo Dome
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 2
WP: Cho (7W 2L)
LP: Itoh,T. (1W 4L 3S)
HR: G Motoki 5
[Both starters, Cho and Itoh, pitched very well. Both pitchers
pitched a complete game, and there were turning points in the
9th inning: in top of the 9th, the Swallows had chance of
runner on third with one out. But Cho didn't allow the Swallows
to score. In bottom of the same inning, after two men outs,
Gotoh walked. Motoki's shot had gone to the left stand.
It seemed to be the same game in which Itoh got 16 strike outs
(June 9th, 1993): After he got 16 SO, he gave up the game-ending
homerun against Shinozuka]
At Chiba
BlueWave | 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Win (5W 1L 4S)
LP: Komiyama (5W 4L)
HR: BW Neel 7
M Satoh 3
[The Marines went ahead with a 2-run shot of Satoh in bottom
of the third inning to make Fraser go shower. But Komiyama
gave up 5 runs in 5 innings and the Blue Wave stopped the
losing streak]
At Osaka Dome
Lions | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 X | 4
WP: Maki (1W)
Sv: Ohtsuka (17S)
LP: Mori (5W 3L 3S)
Hd: Bu Nishikawa Kohda Shibata
HR: Bu Nakamura 8
[Maki, a Buffalo rookie, started for the first time. Actually
it was his first game. He went to the end of the 5th to get
the first win with help of Buffalo relievers. Mori pitched
a complete game, but the Lion hitters couldn't help him]
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Shibakusa (5W 4L)
Sv: Kurogi (2W 3S)
LP: Nagai (1L)
HR: H Lopez 6
[In top of the 7th, the Hawks sent rookie Nagai to the mound,
but he gave up the game-winning run after he got two men outs]
The game at Koshien was rained out.
At Tokyo Dome
Swallows | 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 2
WP: Kawasaki (6W 4L)
LP: Misawa (1W 3L 3S)
HR: S Dobashi 4, Soejima 6
[The starting pitchers were Tabata and Saitoh Masaki.
Saitoh allowed 2 runs in early innings, but anyway
he went to the end of the 7th inning. Tabata was good,
and he seemed to pitch a complete game, but Takahashi
and Motoki got singles in a row in bottom of the 7th.
The Swallows led 2-1, runners were on first and second
with one out. The Swallows sent Kawasaki to the mound.
But he allowed a clutch hit against Murata. In top of
the 8th, Misawa pitched for the Giants, but he gave up
the game-winning 3-run shot against Soejima and the game
was decided]
At Osaka Dome
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 | 5
WP: Takamura (3W 4L)
LP: Yokota (2W 2L)
HR: Bu Nakamura 9
[Takamura pitched another shutout game allowing only two hits.
Actually the only Lion hitter who got hits is Ozeki]
At Fukuoka Dome
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Numata (3W)
LP: Williams (1W 3L 1S)
HR: F Tanaka 14, Noguchi 4
[Numata pitched a one-hitter. In top of the first, he gave up
4 walks. If Johjima, who appeared on bases loaded with two
outs in top of the first inning, could get a basehit, then the
Hawks would win :-) Williams was also good until the 4th inning.
The first hit that he allowed in the 5th inning became a
game-tying RBI hit. In top of the 6th, Takana got the go-ahead homer.
Kataoka got a RBI double, and he scored with a wild pitch of
Williams. In the 7th, Noguch homered off Williams and he was ejected]
The game at Koshien, Hamamatsu and Chiba were rained out.
At Shizuoka
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X | 1
WP: Miura (6W 3L)
Sv: Sasaki (17S)
LP: Kawajiri (5W 2L)
[Both starting pitchers, Miura and Kawajiri, pitched well. In middle
of the 8th, fans in left stand put things to Shinjyo, who just
substituted center fielder so the game had been suspended for a while
before the bottom of the 8th inning. Kawajiri allowed Tanishige,
the lead-off of this inning, to single, and after a sacrifce bunt and
a grounded out, Tanishige advanced to third with two outs. The
batted ball by PH Inoue rolled along the right foul line as if he
had bunted. Inoue has nice speed, and 1B Yagi watched the ball so
long. Yagi got it and tried to tag Inoue out, but Yagi failed to
tag him out and Tanishige scored. In top of the 9th, Sasaki closed
the game]
At Jingu
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 | 4
WP: Takatsu (2W 3L 2S)
LP: Tamaki,S. (3W 1L 1S)
HR: S Inaba 1
[Watanabe started for the Swallows, and he didn't allow any hits
until the end of the 6th inning although he gave up 6 walks.
In top of the 7th, one man out, he gave up the 7th walk. After
he allowed Perez to single, he again walked PH Kimura, and he was
removed. Hirota relieved but he gave up a 2-run RBI hit against
PH Tomashino. Yamamoto relieved him then, but he allowed Nomura
to hit a sacrifice fly and the Carp went ahead. But Inaba homered
to tie the game in bottom of the same inning. It was Soejima again
who got the game-winning hit: he singled on bases loaded with two
outs in bottom of the 9th inninig]
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
WP: Noguchi (8W 3L)
LP: Galvez (4W 6L)
HR: D Gomez 10
G Takahashi 8
[The Giants lost again because of no closers. In bottom of the 7th,
Takahashi homered to go ahead. Galvez seemed to pitch a comple game
to win, but in top of the 9th inning, one man out, PH Minamibuchi and
Lee singled in a row. The Giants switched Galvez into lefty Nomura,
but Nomura gave up a walk against PH Jinno, and Nomura was then
removed. Misawa appeared, but he again gave up a homerun: Gomez
hit five fouls on count 2-1, and he hit the 9th pitch... his shot
had gone to the upper deck in the left stand. Now the Dragons stand
at the top]
At Fujiidera
Marines | 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 4 0 3 2 0 1 0 2 X |12
WP: Sakai (4W 1L)
Sv: Ohtsuka (18S)
LP: Takekiyo (1W 1L)
Hd: Bu Morita Shibata
HR: M Hori 5, Hatsushiba 12, Satoh 4
Bu Clark 10, Nakamura 10, Isobe 1, Nakamura 11
[The Buffaloes won a high-scoring game at Fujiidera, a narrow park.
Koike started for the Buffaloes, but he went to shower in the
second inning. The Marine starter Crawford was also removed at the
end of the first inning. Nakamura got his second homerun tonight
in bottom of the 8th inning to decide the game. Actually the Marines
got 18 hits, 4 more hits than the Buffaloes, still they couldn't win]
At Kobe
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Nishimura (6W 2L)
Sv: Okamoto (1W 2L 1S)
LP: Kida (3W 2L)
Hd: H Yoshida
HR: H Akiyama 6
[Akiyanma got the game-winning 2-run shot in top of the 7th inning.
It was his career 400th homerun. Nishimura started for the Hawks,
and he went to the 9th inning, allowing 5 hits and 1 run]
At Seibu
Fighters | 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 X |10
WP: Shiozaki (4W 2L)
LP: Iwamoto (6W 4L)
HR: F Brooks 13, Noguchi 5, Noguchi 6
L Martinez 13, Takagi, T. 5
[In bottom of the 8th, the Lions scored one run with a
sacrifice fly and they still had chance of runners on
second and third. Ozeki seemed to bunt but the pitched
ball hit his finger, and the umpire called a hit-by-pitch.
The Fighter manager Ueda got angry, because Ozeki didn't
try to avoid the ball, so it should be called just a ball.
Of course the call was not changed, and the next hitter Takagi
got a grand slam to decide the game]
At Yokohama
Tigers | 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 X | 5
WP: Saitoh,T. (3W 2L 1S)
Sv: Sasaki (18S)
LP: Furumizo (2L)
HR: T Yagi 3
YB Rose 4
[In top of the 7th inning, Yagi got a 3-run homerun to turn
the game. But in bottom of the same inning, Furumizo, who
relieved Nakagomi, gave up 3 hits against 5 batters. Two
of the hits were doubles, and the last one was hit by Komada,
which became the game-winning 2-run double to center field.
Sasaki got a save again tonight, and he broke the Japanese
record of continous saving streak (17 games in a row)]
At Jingu
Carp | 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 2 1 0 2 1 4 1 0 X |11
WP: Hirota (1W 1L)
LP: Sasaoka (2W 4L 6S)
HR: C Etoh 10
S Ikeyama 9
[The Swallows scored 7 runs wit 3 hits in the middle innings.
Sasaoka was knocked out in the round 4. Ikeyama got a
grand slam in bottom of the 6th inning, after 2 walks and an
infield error]
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Kuwata (5W 1L)
LP: Yamamoto (2W 6L)
[The Giants won with runs in middle innings. Kuwata
pitched a complete game to celebrate two record of
his: he was credited with career 2000 innings and
career 1500 strike outs in this game]
At Fujiidera
Marines | 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 X | 9
WP: Morita (4W 1L)
Sv: Ohtsuka (19S)
LP: Kondoh (2L)
HR: M Fukuzawa 1, Hirai 3
Bu Rhodes 10, Suzuki 3, Murakami 1
[Another high scoring game in Fujiidera. Three homers
in late innings brought the Buffaloes to win: in bottom
of the 6th Rhodes got a 3-run homerun, in 7th Suzuki a solo
homer and in the 8th Murakami got a 2-run homerun. It was
too bad for the Marines that Franco made two errors in the
6th and 8th inning: both of the runners who reached to first
base scored]
At Kobe
Hawks | 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Kobayashi (3W 5L)
Sv: Suzuki (1W 2S)
LP: Yoshitake (4W 4L)
HR: BW Pulliam 8
[Kobayashi started for the Blue Wave. He went to the 8th inning
to get his 3rd win. Blue Wave hitters beated Yoshitake in the
first inning, getting 5 hits in a row]
At Seibu
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X | 1
WP: Nishiguchi (2W 7L 4S)
LP: Imazeki (1W 3L)
[Nishiguchi pitched a shutout game since September 1996. The
Lions scored the game-winning run with the sacrifice fly of
Ohtomo in bottom of the 7th. It was the first game for the
Fighters to lost without runs]
At Yokohama
Tigers | 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 | 7
WP: Awano (2W)
LP: Rivera (1W 1L 8S)
HR: T Hiyama 7, Imaoka 2, Powell 7
YB Shindoh 9, Suzuki,T. 7
[Tonight even Rivera couldn't keep the lead. May started for
the Tigers, and he went to the end of the 7th. From bottom of the
7th inning, Itoh relieved him. in bottom of the 8th, the Tigers
led 6-3. Itoh gave up a basehit and a walk with no outs, and
Rivera relieved. He gave up a single against Suzuki, and the bases
were loaded. Rose got the sacrifice fly. Komada and Nakane got
back-to-back RBI singles to tie the game. In bottom of the 9th,
after one man out, Rivera gave up 2 walks and a basehit but a
runner thrown out at the plate. Still Rivera couldn't stop
the momentam of the Bay Stars: Rose got the game-ending hit
to bring up the Bay Stars to the second place]
At Jingu
Carp | 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 X | 5
WP: Yamamoto (1W)
Sv: Takatsu (2W 3L 3S)
LP: Azuse (1L)
HR: S Ikeyama 10
[The Swallows turned the game in late innings. Against
the Carp, the Swallows lost the first 7 games in a row,
and they won the last 7 games in a row. In bottom of the
8th inning, Ikeyama got the game-winning 2-run homerun
off Yamauchi]
At Tokyo Dome
Dragons | 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 3 1 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 | 8
WP: Ochiai (2W 2L 2S)
Sv: Sun (2W 13S)
LP: Nomura (1W 1L 4S)
HR: D Nakamura 3, Lee 9, Yamasaki 9, Gomez 11
G Matsui 14, Nishi 2
[The Giants again lost in late innings. In top of the 8th,
the Giants led 8-6, Nishiyama walked Ohnishi, the lead-off
of this inning. A Giant pitching coach Ikegaya went to
the mound. He once went back to the dugout, but stopped
in his way and manager Nagashima decided to switch the pitcher
into Nomura. Dragon fans in the left stand got pleased :-)
And as they expected, after a strike out, he walked Nakamura
and he gave up a 3-run shot agianst PH Yamasaki on the count
2-2. In top of the 9th, Gomez got a homer, which was first
called a fair ball and he got out at the second base. But
later the umpires changed the call into homerun. Actually
there was another bad call in top of the 7th inning when Lee
"doubled" in left field: Lee seemed to get the second base, but
out was called. At that time the call was not changed :-)]
At Fujiidera
Marines | 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 | 7
WP: Ohtsuka (1W 19S)
LP: Takekiyo (1W 2L)
Hd: M Sonokawa Fujita
HR: M Carreon 7
Bu Yoshioka 2
[The Buffaloes tied the game in the 9th inning and won in extra
innings. Now they stand at the top. In bottom of the 9th,
two men out and a runner was on first when Clark, Yoshioka,
Suzuki and Nakamura got hits in a row to tie the game. In bottom
of the 11th inning, Yoshioka homered with one out and runner
on third]
At Kobe
Hawks | 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 X | 5
WP: Win (6W 1L 4S)
LP: Yoshida (1W 3L 1S)
HR: H Ohmichi 4, Jojima 6
BW Ichiro 3, Neel 8
[Win, who relieved in the 5th inning, pitched well.
The Hawk hitters tied the game although Takeda allowed 4 runs
in early innings. In top of the 8th inning, the Hawks had
chance of runners on first and second with no outs, but
after failure of bunt (force out at third), there was a
double play. In bottom of the same inning, PH Fujii got
the game-winning clutch hit to right field]
At Seibu
Fighters | 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Teramoto (1W)
Sv: Denny (4W 2L 1S)
LP: Orellano (1W 3L)
Hd: L Carrara Hashimoto
HR: L Itoh 2
[Teramoto, a four year player of the Lions, started for the first
time and won for the first time. He was removed at the end of the
5th inning. Actually Ohtomo presented the win for Teramoto: in
top of the 8th inning, the Fighters had chance of bases loaded with
no outs. Noguchi's shot went to left-center field, and CF Ohtomo
dived and got it. If he couldn't catch it, then the base runners
would scored to tie the game. The Fighters scored only one run
in this inning]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 X | 7
WP: Sekine (6W 2L)
LP: Komiyama (5W 5L)
HR: F Tanaka 15
[In bottom of the 5th inning, PH Ogasawara got a RBI single
to score a runner who reached to first with an error.
Tanaka, the next hitter, got a 2-run homerun. Komiyama had
hard luck to allow another run with an infield hit in the 7th
inning. It was pity for the Marines that Carreon got out
at the plate when he tried to score from the first base with a
double of Hatsushiba in top of the 4th inning. Now the Marines
have lost 5 games in a row]
At Nagoya Dome
Lions | 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 0 X | 8
WP: Hoshino (3W 8L)
LP: Mori (5W 4L 3S)
HR: L Kanemura 1
BW Fujii 9
[The Blue Wave beated Mori in the 7th inning. They gathered
4 hits to score 4 runs against Mori, Hashimoto and Shibazaki.
From the begining of the 8th inning, the Blue Wave sent Suzuki
to the mound, but he allowed 3 runs in two innings, so the Blue
Wave manager Ohgi got angry with Suzuki. Actually the Lions
got 11 hits, one more hit than the Blue Wave, still lost]
The other two games at Koshien and Kita-Kyushu were rained out.
The Swallows are going to sign with Eric Antohny, who played
for the Dodgers last season. The Swallows already hold 70 players
so in order to sign with him, they have to fire one of the players.
As a result, Mouton will be fired.
At Koshien
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X | 2
WP: Yabu (4W 3L)
Sv: Rivera (1W 1L 9S)
LP: Cho (7W 3L)
[The Tigers finally stopped the losing streak. In bottom of the
second inning, the Tigers got 2 runs with an error of Motoki
when the bases were loaded with two outs. Yabu started for the
Tigers, and he almost pitched a shutout game. He was substituted
when he gave up a basehit and two walks in top of the 9th.
Rivera got two men flied out, one of them became a sacrifice fly,
to close the game]
At Hakodate
BayStars | 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 | 3
WP: Nomura (6W 4L)
Sv: Sasaki (19S)
LP: Tamaki,S. (3W 2L 1S)
HR: YB Nakane 2
[Nakane got the game-winning 3-run homerun in top of the 7th
to bring the Bay Stars to a co-leader in the Central league.
The Carp put Quezada into the starting line-up instead of
Ogata. He went 2 for 2, got a walk, but Carp pitchers were
still bad]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 X | 3
WP: Kurogi (3W 3S)
Sv: Shullstrom (4W 1L 4S)
LP: Kuroki (6W 4L)
HR: M Hirai 4, Shiigi 1
[The Marines sent Kuroki as a closer in bottom of the 8th
inning, but it failed. Takana got a RBI single, and
Kataoka, who has just come back, got the game-winning
2-run double]
At Nagoya Dome
Lions | 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Shintani (2W 1L)
LP: Sugimoto,Y. (6L)
[Shintani pitched a shutout game since 1996. He allowed
only three hits]
At Fukuoka Dome
Buffaloes | 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 X | 6
WP: Shinohara (1W 2L)
Sv: Okamoto (1W 14S)
LP: Iriki (3W 2L)
Hd: H Nagai Yoshida
HR: H Kokubo 2
[Maki again started for the Buffaloes, but Iriki was too bad
to give a win for Maki. Instead, Shinohara of the Hawks
got his career fist win]
At Hakodate
BayStars | 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 4
WP: Tokano (2W 5L)
Sv: Sasaki (20S)
LP: Minchey (5W 6L)
HR: C Etoh 11
[Minchey gave up 6 runs but no earned runs. In top of the first
inning, the grounded ball went behind of LF Kanemoto, and the
Bay Stars went ahead. In the same inning, Rose got a 2-run single.
In top of the second inning, 3B Etoh and 2B Shoda made throwing
errors and the Bay Stars scored 3 more runs. Sasaki again got
a save, and now he got 19 save points in a row, which broke
the Central League record of continous save-point streak games]
At Sapporo
Dragons | 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
WP: Kawakami (5W 2L)
Sv: Sun (2W 14S)
LP: Tabata (3W 6L)
HR: D Inoue 4
[The Dragon pitchers, Kawakami, Ochiai and Sun, kept the lead
to win. It was a bad call in bottom of the 3rd inning:
runners were on first and second with one out, Iida was at bat.
He looked like bunting, and a pitch hit his head. In Central
league agreement, the pitcher who hit the haed of batter is
automatically ejected, but somehow today, the umpire didn't get
Kawakami out]
At Tokyo Dome
Marines | 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 |11
WP: Shullstrom (5W 1L 4S)
LP: Kuroki (6W 5L)
HR: M Hirai 5, Satoh 5
F Brooks 14, Wilson 11, Tanaka 16
[The Fighters won with the game-ending two-run homerun of Tanaka.
Kuroki, who pitched only against Tanaka, lost again.
The Figheters turned the game in bottom of the third inning with
a grand slam of Wilson, but the Marines came back with a 3-run
homerun of Hirai and finally they once turned the game in top
of the 9th inning. It is too bad for the Marines that both
Kawamoto and Narimoto are injured]
At Nagoya Dome
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 X | 6
WP: Kuriyama (1W)
Sv: Win (6W 1L 5S)
LP: Yokota (2W 3L)
HR: BW Pulliam 9, Ichiro 4, Ichiro 5
[Kuriyama started for the Blue Wave to win. Actually it was
the first game for him to pitch. He went to the end of the
5th inning allowing 3 hits and 2 walks. From the 6th inning
through the end of the game Win pitched very well. In the end,
the Blue Wave shut the Lions out tonight]
At Fukuoka Dome
Buffaloes | 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Takamura (4W 4L)
LP: Hidekazu (2W 2L)
[Takamura pitched a complete game. He became better and better
as innings went. Buffalo hitters helped him with runs
in early innings]
The game at Koshien was rained out.
At Nagoya Dome
Tigers | 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 | 5
WP: Yoshida,T. (1W 1L)
Sv: Rivera (1W 1L 10S)
LP: Shohtsu (1W 1L)
[Yagi got the game-winning single in top of the 9th inning
to bring win to the Tigers. In top of the 9th inning, two
men outs and runners were on first and second, Yagi acted
bat. He hit a line drive to center field on the count 3-2,
and Dragon CF Yamaguchi threw back "rob ball" to second
so the first runner Shinjyo also scored. It was too bad for
the Dragons that two nice Korean players, J. Lee and Sun,
were removed: Lee was hit on his knee by Kawajiri in bottom
of the 4th, and it seemed to be serious injury. He might
not play for the rest of this season, or at least he won't
be able to play for one month. Sun felt something wrong his
waist just after he delivered the 6th pitch against Hiyama,
the lead-off of the 9th inning. Higasa got Hiyama struck out,
and the Dragons sent Shotsu to the mound but he allowed 2 hits
2 walks]
At Hiroshima
Giants | 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 | 4
WP: Saitoh,M. (6W 5L)
LP: Sasaoka (2W 5L 6S)
HR: G Duncan 9, Hirosawa 6, Duncan 10, Hirosawa 7
C Nomura 5
[The Carp again lost with bad fielding. In top of the first,
runners were on first and second with two outs, Takahashi
singled to center field. Tonight, CF Perez failed to get it,
and the ball went behind of him. So the first runner Matsui
scored, and Takahashi advanced to third. The next hitter
Duncan homered and the Giants scored 4 runs in total. The Giant
hitter got 14 hits in the end, and now Saitoh got career
166 wins to be the most winning pitcher in the active pitchers]
At Toyama
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Lions | 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 X | 4
WP: Nishiguchi (3W 7L 4S)
LP: Yabuta (4L)
HR: L Ohtomo 1
[Nishiguchi pitched a shutout game again. He allowed 4 hits,
and he didn't allow third runner. Yabuta also pitched a complete
game, but Marine hitters couldn't help him. Now the Marines
lost 8 games in a row]
At Osaka Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Koike (5W 2L)
Sv: Ohtsuka (1W 20S)
LP: Kida (3W 3L)
HR: BW Fujii 10
[The Buffaloes went ahead with the 2-run double of Suzuki but
the Blue Wave came back with the 2-run homer of Fujii. In top
of the 8th, runners were on first and second with one out, the
Buffaloes substituted Koike into closer Ohtsuka. Ohtsuka got
PH Igarashi grounded out to first baseman. Moreover the ball
was turned into second to get Neel out because of the bone head
of Neel: he seemed to misunderstand it was a foul ball. Anyway,
the inning was over and the Blue Wave didn't have another chance]
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 | 7
WP: Shullstrom (6W 1L 4S)
LP: Okamoto (1W 1L 14S)
HR: F Tanaka 17
[The Fighters won in the 9th inning. Tanaka singled to
center field on bases loaded with two outs in bottom of
the 9th inning. The Hawks went ahead 5-0 in middle of the
second inning, but starting pitcher Nishimura and Hawk
set-uppers couldn't keep the lead]
The game at Hitasuka was rained out.
The Swallows fired Lyle Mouton, and he will be free if
no team make offer for him until June 29.
At Nagoya Dome
Tigers | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Nakagomi (5W 6L)
Sv: Rivera (1W 1L 11S)
LP: Kadokura (5W 4L)
[The Tigers won 3 games in a row. Nakagomi and Rivera shut
out the Dragons. As for the Dragons, it was pity that Tatsunami
got out three times in runner on scoring position with two outs.
Lee of the Dragons will be missed for three months because of
operation on his right elbow]
At Yokohama
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 X | 7
WP: Miura (7W 3L)
LP: Ishii,K. (6W 3L)
HR: YB Nakane 3, Rose 5
[Miura pitched a comlete game to be the second Bay Star pitcher
who has pitched a complete game this season: the first pitcher
is Kawamura, who pitched in the opening game :-) Rose helped
him with hitting 2-run homerun in bottom of the 5th inning, just
after the Swallows scored 2 runs]
At Hiroshima
Giants | 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Galvez (5W 6L)
LP: Katoh (3W 3L)
HR: G Matsui 15, Hirosawa 8
C Perez 1
[The Carp lost 7 games in a row. In bottom of the 6th inning,
Perez got a 2-run homer, but in top of the 7th Tamaki, who
relieved Katoh at the beginning of the 6th inning, gave up
a 3-run homer against Hirosawa. Galvez pitched a complete
game to win]
At Toyama
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Lions | 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 | 6
WP: Denny (5W 2L 1S)
LP: Takekiyo (1W 3L)
HR: M Ohmura 2
L Martinez 14
[The Marines lost 9 games in a row. Iso and Teramoto were the
starting pitchers, and both picthers were good. In bottom of
the 6th, the Lions went ahead with a 3-run homer of Martinez
and so on, but the Marines came back in late innings. Ohmura
got a 3-run homer to make Teramoto go shower. He also got
another RBI hit in the 8th, and the Marines finally tied with
a sacrifice fly of Kosaka in the same inning. But the Marines
have no reliable set-uppers now, whereas Denny is a nice set-upper
for the Lions now. As a result, Martinez got the game-ending
single through the hole on bases loaded with two outs in bottom
of the 11th inning]
At Osaka Dome
BlueWave | 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 | 7
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 2
WP: Suzuki (2W 2S)
LP: Nishikawa (1L)
Hd: BW Mizuo
HR: Bu Rhodes 11
[Fujii got the game-winning hit in top of the 8th inning.
The Blue Wave catch up with the Marines now]
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 X | 9
WP: Imazeki (2W 3L)
Sv: Kurogi (3W 4S)
LP: Takeda (5W 5L)
HR: F Brooks 15, Tanaka 18
[The Fighter hitters bombed in the 7th inning. It was Tanaka
who decided the game: after they scored 2 runs in this inning,
Tanaka got a 3-run homerun. His shot flied very high, and dropped
near the left foul pole. The Hawk manager Oh got so angry that he
removed catcher Jojima to "preach" him in the dugout:-)]
At Nagoya Dome
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X | 1
WP: Yamamoto (3W 6L)
LP: May (1W 2L)
[Yamamoto pitched a shutout game. May also pitched well.
It was the 7th inning that decided the game. In top
of the 7th inning, the Tigers had chance of runners on
first and second with no outs. Wada bunted, but the
ball rolled just in front of catcher Nakamura, and he
threw to third and seemed to get Hiratsuka out, but
the ball dropped off the glove of Gomez, so the Tigers
seemed to have chance of bases loaded with no outs.
But somehow, Hitatsuka didn't think that Gomez would drop
the ball, so he was out of the base and got tagged out.
Actually Hiratsuka didn't even slide. In bottom of the
same inning, Tatsunami was on first with two outs when
Nakamura doulbed to left field. Tatsunami tried to the
plate, and the ball was passed from LF Powell to C Yano
via SS Imaoka. The play at the plate seemed to be out,
but it was called safe. I'm not sure, but Tatsunami
made nice sliding, at least the plate umpire thought so.
Yano got angry with the call, and he pushed the umpire
to be ejected. The Tigers couldn't come back tonight
and the Dragons stopped the losing streak at 5]
At Yokohama
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 X | 3
WP: Saitoh,T. (4W 2L 1S)
Sv: Sasaki (21S)
LP: Kawasaki (6W 5L)
[The Bay stars have won 7 games in a row. The Bay Stars
got two GIDP in both the 3rd and 4th innings, but they
also got runs in the innings. Saitoh allowed 3 hits in
6 innings, Shimada 1 hit in 2 innings and Sasaki 1 hit
in 1 inning]
At Hiroshima
Giants | 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
Carp | 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 2
WP: Kuwata (6W 1L)
LP: Kuroda (1L)
HR: G Matsui 16
[The Carp lost 8 games in a row, where as the Giants
won 3 games in a row. In top of the first inning,
Matsui got a 2-run homerun to right. Actually his
shot hit the board over the right stand. Kuwata pitched
another complete game, allowing 6 hits]
At Tokyo Dome
Hawks | 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Fighters | 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X | 6
WP: Kanemura (4W 1S)
Sv: Shullstrom (6W 1L 5S)
LP: Tanoue (1L)
Hd: F Shimazaki
HR: F Brooks 16, Kaneko 1
[Brooks got the game-winning grand slam in the first inning.
In the 6th inning, the Fighters sent three pitchers,
Numata, Shimoyanagi and Shimazaki to stop the Hawks.
Shullstrom pitched the last 3 innings to close the game]
At Koshien
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Itoh,T. (2W 4L 3S)
LP: Funaki (1L)
[Both starting pitchers, Funaki and Itoh, pitched very well.
In paticular, Itoh pitched a shutout game allowing only
two hits. In top of the 7th inning, after one out, Soejima
tripled and Miyamoto got the game-winning single to center
field. The Tigers lost 0-1 again]
At Nagoya Dome
Carp | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 2
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Minchey (6W 6L)
Sv: Kobayashi,K. (5W 3L 5S)
LP: Imanaka (2W 7L)
HR: D Taneda 1
[The Carp stopped the losing streak. In top of the 7th,
runners were on second and third with one out, Seto
got the game-winning double. Dragons seems too bad
since the injury of Lee: they got only 5 hits tonight]
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 | 3
-----------+-----------------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 | 1
WP: Sakai (5W 1L)
Sv: Morita (4W 1L 1S)
LP: Fujita (2W 3L 3S)
HR: Bu Suzuki 4
[The Marines have finally lost 10 games in a row. The Marines
tied the game with a walk and two wild pitches in bottom of the
9th inning. Komiyama went to the end of the 10th inning, but
Marine relievers, Fujita and Kuroki, were bad: In the 11th
inning, Fujita gave up a triple against Clark after he got
Rhodes struck out, and Kuroki relieved. After he gave up a walk
and an infield hit, Yoshida got the game-winning 2-run single]
At Kobe
Fighters | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 | 6
-----------+-------------------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Shimoyanagi (1W 2L 1S)
LP: Win (6W 2L 5S)
[The Fighters have won 7 games in a row. Sekine started for
the Fighters, and he seemed to pitch a shutout game. But
in bottom of the 8th inning, he gave up two walks in a row
when runners were on first and second with two outs.
The game seemed to be a tie game, but in top of the 12th
inning, the Fighter hitters beated Blue Wave relievers,
Win and Mizuo to score 5 runs with 4 hits and 2 walks.
Shimoyanagi, who pitched the last three innings, got
his first win in this season]
At Fukuoka Dome
Lions | 3 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 |13
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 | 7
WP: Mori (6W 4L 3S)
LP: Williams (1W 4L 1S)
Hd: L Carrara
HR: L Martinez 15
H Yoshinaga 4
[The Lions knocked out Williams in early innings, and
in middle innings, they beated Hawk set-uppers, Fujii,
Shinohara and Kazumi, to decide the game]
At Koshien
Swallows | 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
WP: Yamamoto (2W)
LP: Yabu (4W 4L)
[Yabu became bad after an error in top of the 5th inning.
In this inning, two men outs and bases empty, Manaka
grounded to third, but Hoshino made an error. After a
base hit and a hit-batman, Yabu allowed Ikeyama to hit
a 2-run single. He gave up a double against Soejima
and he lost. The Tigers lost three games in a row after
they won 3 games in a row]
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 | 2
WP: Kawamura (6W 2L)
Sv: Sasaki (22S)
LP: Cho (7W 4L)
HR: YB Suzuki,T. 8
[The Bay Stars won with the 3-run homerun of Suzuki
in top of the first inning. Kawamura was removed
in bottom of the 6th inning, but Bay Star set-uppers,
Sekiguchi, Igarashi and Awano, kept the lead.
At last Sasaki closed the game and he got 21 save-points
in a row, which tied the Japan record]
At Nagoya Dome
Carp | 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X | 5
WP: Kawakami (6W 2L)
Sv: Sun (2W 15S)
LP: Takahashi,K. (2W 2L)
HR: C Perez 2
[The Carp starting pitcher Takahashi gave up 4 runs in 2 innings.
The Dragons put Taneda to the lead-off instead of Lee, and he
went 3 for 5]
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
WP: Morita (5W 1L 1S)
Sv: Ohtsuka (1W 21S)
LP: Mutoh (1W 3L)
[The Marines have lost 11 games in a row, and they now
stand at the bottom. Mutoh of the Buffaloes got
the game-winning hit in top of the 8th inning]
The Marines have signed with Bryan Warren(sp?)
who plays for a team in Taiwan, and played for
a 3A team under the Rengers.
At Kobe
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 1
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 2 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 X |12
WP: Itoh (2W 5L)
Sv: Sugimoto,Y. (6S)
LP: Shibakusa (5W 5L)
HR: BW Neel 9
[The Blue Wave got 9 runs with 8 hits, one walk and an error
in bottom of the 6th inning. Ichiro and Ogawa got 3 hits
and 3 RBI for each. Now they escape from the bottom]
At Fukuoka Dome
Lions | 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 | 9
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 | 2
WP: Shintani (3W 1L)
LP: Hidekazu (2W 3L)
HR: H Yugamidani 1, Yoshinaga 5
[Hidekazu started for the Hawks, but he gave up 7 runs
in four inning, although there were three errors in
the second and the third inning. Shintani pitched a
complete game allowing 5 hits but no walks nor hit-batman]
At Koshien
Swallows | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 X | 3
WP: Takeuchi (2W 3L)
Sv: Rivera (1W 1L 12S)
LP: Kitagawa (1W 1L)
[The Tiger pitchers, Takeuchi and Rivera, pitched a shutout
game. Rivera threw in the last two innings. Wada got
the game-winning single in the 4th inning. In bottom of the
8th inning, Shinjyo got a 2-run single to decide the game]
At Tokyo Dome
BayStars | 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Giants | 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 | 8
WP: Makihara (5W 2L 1S)
LP: Igarashi (1W 1L)
HR: G Kiyohara 11
[The Giants stopped the Bay Stars. The Bay Stars tied the
game with a 3-run double of Haru in the 7th inning, but
they couldn't go ahead so Sasaki couldn't throw. On the
other hand, the Giants sent Makihara as a reliver in top
of the 9th inning, and Kiyohara got the game-winning 3-run
homerun off Igarashi in bottom of the same inning]
At Nagoya Dome
Carp | 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 | 8
-----------+-----------------------+--
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Kitoh (2W 4L)
LP: Noguchi (8W 4L)
HR: C Etoh 12
[Kitoh pitched a shutout game. The Carp got 8 runs
with 14 hits to defeat the Dragons. Gomez of the
Dragons is now out of the roster because of his
bad knee and the Dragon batters got only 6 hits]
At Chiba
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 | 2
WP: Takamura (5W 4L)
LP: Crawford (4W 5L)
HR: Bu Yoshioka 3
[The Marines lost 12 games in a row. In top of the 4th,
the Buffaloes led 1-0, and runner was on second with two out,
Nakamura singled to right field. RF Ohmura failed to get it,
and not only the second runner but also Nakamura scored.
Crawford seemed to be so disappointed that he gave up a homerun
against the next batter Yoshioka.
Akahori of the Buffaloes come back. He threw in the last inning.
He got three outs with 4 pitches]
At Kobe
Fighters | 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 | 4
-----------+-----------------------+--
BlueWave | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Iwamoto (7W 4L)
Sv: Kurogi (3W 5S)
LP: Kuriyama (1W 1L)
Hd: F Shimoyanagi
HR: F Brooks 17, Nishiura 11
[The Fighter pitchers shut out the Blue Wave. In top of the
6th inning, the Fighters went ahead with two 2-run homeruns.
In bottom of the 8th inning, Iwamoto was ejected after he gave
up three singles in a row. Shimoyanagi appeared in this pinch
of bases loaded with no outs, and he got two men struck out
in a row. Kuroki then relieved him, and he got PH Hironaga
flied out]
At Fukuoka Dome
Lions | 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Yokota (3W 3L)
LP: Sakumoto (2W 2L)
HR: L Matsui 2, Kakiuchi 1, Suzuki 10
[The Hawks lost again. Sakumoto started for the Hawks, but
he allowed 3 runs in early innings. In paticular, Matsui of
the Lions, the lead-off, got a homerun in field in top of the
first inning. Yokota also pitched a shutout game but the Lion
manager Higashio liked to test Ishii for relief pitcher, and
he switched Yokota into Ishii with two outs and bases empty
in the last inning]
At Koshien
Dragons | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
-----------+-----------------------+--
Tigers | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X | 2
WP: Kawajiri (6W 2L)
Sv: Rivera (1W 1L 13S)
LP: Kadokura (5W 5L)
HR: T Powell 8
[Kawajiri and Rivera shut out the Dragons. Kawajiri won 6 games
now but 4 of them are against the Dragons. As for the batters,
PH Powell got the game-winning 2-run homerun in bottom of the
7th when runner was on second with one out]
At Yokohama
Carp | 0 0 0 2 5 0 2 1 0 |10
-----------+-----------------------+--
BayStars | 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 0 X |13
WP: Awano (3W)
Sv: Sasaki (23S)
LP: Yamauchi (1W 4L)
HR: C Etoh 13, Etoh 14, Etoh 15, Nomura 6
YB Saeki 2, Saeki 3, Shindoh 10, Ishii,T. 1
[What a high scoring game! But it was Sasaki who closed the game,
and now he has broke the Japanese record of consecutive-save-point
streak: He got a save point in 22 games in a row. Etoh of the Carp
got three homers in his second, third and 4th act bat, and drove
8 runs in, but the Carp lost. Actually the Bay Stars scored 8 runs
on bases empty with two outs. The Bay Stars line-up is called
"Machine gun line-up" because they don't have long hits, but tonight,
after they scored one run, they got three homeruns: Saeki got
a 3-run shot to tie the game, Shindoh a 2-run shot to go ahead and
Ishii a 2-run shot to decide the game]
At Jingu
Giants | 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 6
-----------+-----------------------+--
Swallows | 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 X | 8
WP: Yamamoto (3W)
LP: Iriki (1W 3L 3S)
HR: G Kiyohara 12
S Ikeyama 11, Ikeyama 12
[Ishii started for the Swallows, but he was too bad in the first
inning. He gave up 4 walks, 2 of which was on bases loaded.
But Satioh, who started for the Giants, was not so good that
he gave up a grand-slam against Ikeyama. Ikeyama also got
the game-winning 2-run shot off Iriki in bottom of the 7th,
just after the Giants tied the game with a 2-run shot of Kiyohara]
At Fukui
Lions | 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 | 5
-----------+-------------------------------+--
Marines | 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 5
Pitchers: L Mori-Taninaka-Ishii-Sugiyama-Denny-Hashimoto
M Yabuta-Takekiyo-Fujita
(Tie game)
[The Marines couldn't win again, but not lost :-) They scored
5 runs with 6 hits in the 5th inning, but Yabuta allowed to
tie the game in the 8th inning. Fujita, who appeared in top
of the 9th inning and pitched for 3.1 innings, didn't allow
any go-ahead run, and the Marines managed to tie the game]
At Fukuoka Dome
BlueWave | 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 3
-----------+-----------------------+--
Hawks | 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 X | 7
WP: Shinohara (2W 2L)
LP: Sugimoto,Y. (7L 1S)
HR: BW Fujii 11
[The Blue Wave relievers allowed 4 runs with an error.
Whereas Hawk relivers Shinohara, Okamoto and Yoshida
pitched well after Nishimura was ejected in the 6th inning.
Now the Hawks stopped the losing streak at 6]
At Osaka Dome
Fighters | 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 | 5
-----------+-----------------------+--
Buffaloes | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
WP: Imazeki (3W 3L)
LP: Koike (5W 3L)
[Koike started for the Buffaloes but he had bad control
in early innings. He gave up 4 walks in two innings.
Imazeki pitched a shutout game without any walks nor
hit batmen]