Nippon Ham Fighters vs Softbank Hawks @ Yahoo Dome - 13:00

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nippon Ham	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	11	0
Softbank	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	10	0

Attendance: 26231 | Series tied, 3-3-0 | Time: 3:14

Masaru Takeda (HAM) 0-1, 3.06 - Kenji Otonari (SOF) 1-1, 1.89

Nippon Ham

Hitting (LOB: 9, DPs in: 6th)

Pos	Player Name	Performance	Results
(CF)	Itoi, Yoshio	1-for-4	1: SO, 3: SO, 5: G3, 7: S5, 9: 1B (SB)
(RF-LF)	Yang, Dai-Kang	1-for-4, 2 R	1: SO, 3: 2B, 5: BB (SB), 7: G6, 9: SO
(2B)	Tanaka, Kensuke	2-for-3, 1 R, 3 RBI	1: F8, 3: 3B, 5: HR, 7: BB, 9: IBB
(1B)	Takahashi, Shinji	0-for-4	2: G6, 3: BB, 5: F4, 7: G6, 9: G6
(3B)	Koyano, Eiichi	0-for-4	2: G5, 3: G5, 6: G4, 8: F8
(SS)	Nioka, Tomohiro	2-for-3, 1 R	2: 2B, 4: F4, 6: 1B, 8: BB
(DH)	Ugumori, Atsushi	2-for-3, 1 RBI	2: 1B, 4: 1B (BrO), 6: SO
PH-DH	Tsuboi, Tomochika	1-for-1	8: 1B
(LF)	Nakata, Sho	1-for-3	2: 1B, 4: F8, 6: F8
RF	Konta, Toshimasa	0-for-1	8: DP
(C)	Ono, Shota	1-for-4	3: F4, 5: F9, 7: 1B, 9: SO

Pitching

Player Name	IP	NP	PA	AB	H	HR	SO	BB	HBP	SH	WP	BK	R	ER	ERA
Takeda, Masaru, W	5	68	20	19	6	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2.779
Kida, Masao, H	1	18	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.931
Takeda, Hisashi	1/3	10	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.750
Miyanishi, Naoki, H	2/3	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Tateyama, Yoshinori, H	1	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.421
Wolfe, Brian, S	1	11	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.857
	9	123	35	34	10	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	1

Softbank

Hitting (LOB: 7, DPs in: 5th)

Pos	Player Name	Performance	Results
(SS)	Kawasaki, Munenori	1-for-4, 1 RBI	1: G3, 3: G5, 5: 1B, 7: G3
(2B)	Honda, Yuichi	0-for-3	1: G6, 3: G6, 5: DP
PH-2B	Morimoto, Satoru	0-for-1	8: L3
(LF)	Ortiz, Jose	1-for-4	1: SO, 4: 1B, 6: G5, 8: G3
(1B)	Kokubo, Hiroki	2-for-4	2: 1B, 4: G6, 6: 1B, 8: G5
(RF)	Tamura, Hitoshi	2-for-4	2: F6, 4: F6, 6: 1B, 9: 1B
(CF)	Hasegawa, Yuya	1-for-4	2: F8, 4: 1B, 6: DP, 9: G1
(DH)	Lee, Bum-Ho	2-for-4	2: 1B, 4: SO, 7: 1B, 9: F8
(3B)	Matsuda, Nobuhiro	1-for-4, 1 R	2: SO, 5: 1B, 7: SO, 9: F9
(C)	Yamazaki, Katsuki	0-for-1	3: SO, 5: S5
PH	Matsunaka, Nobuhiko	0-for-1	7: F7
C	Tanoue, Hidenori	0-for-0

Pitching

Player Name	IP	NP	PA	AB	H	HR	SO	BB	HBP	SH	WP	BK	R	ER	ERA
Otonari, Kenji, L	5	105	22	20	7	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	3.000
Mizuta, Akio	2	32	9	7	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.000
Settsu, Tadashi	1	15	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.531
Katto, Keisuke	1	24	5	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.143
	9	176	40	34	11	1	6	5	0	1	0	0	4	4

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Recap

Scoring Summary

Top of the 2nd - 1 run, 3 hits
Otonari on the mound for Softbank.
Takahashi grounds out to short.  Koyano grounds out to second.  Nioka hits a double left.  Ugumori hits an RBI single to center, runner on first.  Nakata hits a single to right, runners on first and second.  Ugumori picked off second for the final out of the inning.

Top of the 3rd - 1 run, 2 hits
Otonari on the mound for Softbank.
Ono flies out to second.  Itoi strikes out looking.  Yang (Yoh) hits a double to center.  Tanaka hits an RBI triple.  Takahashi walks, runners on first and third.  Koyano grounds out to third.

Top of the 5th - 2 runs, 1 hit
Otonari on the mound for Softbank.
Ono flies out to right.  Itoit grounds out to first.  Yang (Yoh) walks and steals second.  Tanaka hits a 2-run home run.  Takahashi flies out to second.

Bottom of the 5th - 1 run, 2 hits
Takeda on the mound for Softbank.
Matsuda hits a single to center and advances to second on a sac bunt by Yamazaki.  Kawasaki hits an RBI single to center.  Honda grounds into a double play.

Missed Opportunities

Bottom of the 2nd
Kokubo hits a single to right.  Tamura ground out to short.  Hasegawa flies out to center.  Lee hits a single to left, runners on first and second.  Matsuda strikes out.

Bottom of the 4th
Ortiz hits a single to left.  Kokubo grounds out to short, runner on first.  Tamura flies out to short.  Hasegawa hits a single to left, runners on first and second.  Lee strikes out.

Bottom of the 6th
Ortiz grounds out to third.  Kokubo hits a single to left.  Tamura hits a single to left, runners on first and second.  Hasegawa grounds into a double play.

Top of the 7th
Ono hits a single to left and advances to second on a sac bunt by Itoi.  Yang (Yoh) grounds out to short.  Tanaka walks, runners on first and second.  Takahashi grounds out to short.

Top of the 8th
Koyano flies out to center.  Nioka walks.  Tsuboi, pinch-hitting for Ugumori, hits a single to left, runners on first and second.  Konta grounds into a double play.

Top of the 9th
Ono strikes out.  Itoi hits a single to left and steals second.  Yang (Yoh) strikes out.  Tanaka gets an intentional walk, runners on first and second.  Takahashi grounds out to short.

Notes

All 10 hits the Hawks recorded were singles. ... The Hawks have lost two games in a row for the first time in April. ... The Fighters won two consecutive games for the first this year.