Nippon Ham Fighters vs Seibu Lions @ Seibu Dome - 14:00

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nippon Ham	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	8	12	0
Seibu	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	2

Attendance: 26793 | Seibu leads series, 3-2-0 | Time: 3:18

Yu Darvish (HAM) 2-1, 1.74 - Ming-Chieh Hsu (SEI) 1-1, 3.86

Nippon Ham

Hitting (LOB: 5, DP: 0)

Pos	Player Name	Performance	Results
(2B)	Tanaka, Kensuke	0-for-4	1: F6, 3: F7, 5: F6, 7: L3, 9: S3
(SS)	Iiyama, Yuji	3-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI	1: G6, 4: SO, 5: 1B, 7: 1B, 9: 1B
(RF)	Inaba, Atsunori	2-for-4, 1 R, 4 RBI	1: F7, 4: 1B, 5: HR, 7: G4
PH	Takahashi, Shinji	0-for-1	9: F7
RF	Konta, Toshimasa	0-for-0
(DH)	Nioka, Tomohiro	1-for-5, 1 R	2: 2B, 4: G1, 5: L1, 7: SO, 9: F9
(CF)	Itoi, Yoshio	1-for-2, 1 R	2: S1, 4: G3, 6: BB, 8: 1B
CF	Morimoto, Hichori	0-for-0
(3B)	Koyano, Eiichi	0-for-2, 1 RBI	2: S9, 5: G4, 6: S1, 8: DP
(LF)	Yang, Dai-Kang	2-for-4, 1 R	2: F3, 5: 1B, 6: SO, 8: 2B
(C)	Tsuruoka, Shinya	2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI	3: G5, 5: 1B, 6: 1B, 8: F9
(1B)	Takaguchi, Takayuki	1-for-4, 2 R	3: L6, 5: E3, 6: F4, 9: 2B

Pitching

Player Name	IP	NP	PA	AB	H	HR	SO	BB	HBP	SH	WP	BK	R	ER	ERA
Darvish, Yu, W	7	148	31	25	6	0	10	5	0	0	1	0	5	5	2.605
Tateyama, Yoshinori, H	1	20	4	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.038
Wolfe, Brian, S	1	9	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.000
	9	177	38	32	7	0	13	5	0	0	1	0	5	5

Seibu

Hitting (LOB: 6, DP: 0)

Pos	Player Name	Performance	Results
(2B)	Kataoka, Yasuyuki	2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI	1: F8, 2: BB, 4: 1B (CS), 7: 1B, 9: SO
(SS)	Hara, Takuya	0-for-2, 1 RBI	1: BB, 2: S9, 4: SO, 7: G6
PH	Goto, Taketoshi	0-for-1	9: F8
(CF)	Kuriyama, Takumi	0-for-3	1: F7, 2: BB, 5: F8, 7: G6
(3B)	Nakamura, Takeya	1-for-4, 2 RBI	1: SO, 2: 1B, 5: SO, 7: SO
(DH)	Brown, Dee	0-for-4	2: G6, 2: F8, 5: SO, 8: SO
(RF)	Takayama, Hisashi	1-for-4, 1 R	2: 2B, 3: SO, 6: SO, 8: F9
(1B)	Ishii, Yoshihito	2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI	2: 1B, 3: G3, 6: BB, 8: 1B
(LF)	Sato, Takahiko	1-for-4, 1 R	2: 1B, 3: SO, 6: SO, 8: SO
LF	Sato, Tomoaki	0-for-0
(C)	Uemoto, Tatsuyuki	0-for-3, 1 R	2: BB, 4: G4, 6: SO, 9: F8

Pitching

Player Name	IP	NP	PA	AB	H	HR	SO	BB	HBP	SH	WP	BK	R	ER	ERA
Hsu, Ming-Chieh, L	5	80	22	20	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	3.316
Osada, Shuichiro	1	31	5	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	4.154
Yamamoto, Jun	1/3	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.450
Nogami, Ryoma	2	36	9	8	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3.375
Hoshino, Tomoki	2/3	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
	9	159	40	35	12	1	3	1	0	3	0	0	8	3

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Recap

Scoring Summary

Top of the 2nd - 1 run, 1 hit
Hsu on the mound for Seibu
Nioka leads off the inning with a double and advances to third on a sac bunt by Itoi.  Koyano hits a sac fly to right.  Yang (Yoh) flies out to first.

Bottom of the 2nd - 5 runs, 4 hits
Darvish on the mound for Nippon Ham
Brown ground out to short.  Takayama hits a double.  Y. Ishii hits an RBI single to center.  G.G. Sato hits a single to left, runners on first and second.  Uemoto walks, bases loaded.  Kataoka walks and forces a run home.  Hara hits a sac fly, runners on first and third.  Kuriyama walks to load the bases.  Nakamura hits a 2-run single to center, runners on first and third.  Brown flies out to center.

Top of the 5th - 5 runs, 4 hits
Hsu on the mound for Seibu
Koyano grounds out to second.  Yang (Yoh) hits an infield single.  Tsuruoka hits a single to right, runners on first and third.  Takaguchi reaches on a throwing error (E3), a runner scores, runners on first and second.  Tanaka flies out to short.  Iiyama hits a single to center, bases loaded.  Inaba hits a grand slam.  Nioka grounds out to the pitcher.

Top of the 6th - 1 run, 1 hit
Osada on the mound for Seibu
Itoit walks and advances to second on a sac bunt by Koyano.  Yang (Yoh) strikes out.  Tsuruoka hits an RBI single to left and advances to second on a throwing error (E7).  Takaguchi flies out to second.

Top of the 9th - 1 run, 2 his
Nogami on the mound for Seibu
Takaguchi hits a double to right and advances to third on a sac bunt by Tanaka.  Iiyama hits an RBI single to left, runner on first.
Pitching change: Hoshino in for Nogami.
Takahashi, pinch-hitting for Inaba, flies out to left.  Nioka flies out to right.

Missed Opportunities

Top of the 4th
Iiyama strikes out.  Inaba hits a single to right.  Nioka grounds out to the pitcher, runner on second.  Itoi ground out to first.

Bottom of the 7th
Kataoka hits a single to right.  Hara grounds out to short, runner on first.  Kuriyama grounds out to short, runner on second.  A wild pitch allows Hara to advance to third.  Nakamura strikes out.

Top of the 8th
Itoit hits an infield single.  Koyano grounds into a double play.  Yang (Yoh) hits a double to left.  Tsuruoka flies out to right.

Notes

The Fighters snap a 4-game losing streak. ... The Lions' 4-game winning streak comes to an end. ... Darvish (HAM) may not have pitched well, but he did record his 5th consecutive double-digit strikeout game to start the season.  Darvish now needs just one more game to tie Hideo Nomo's start of 6 consecutive double-digit strikeout games to start the 1991 season. ... The last time Inaba (HAM) hit a grand slam was back in 5/31/2001 (vs Yomiuri Giants) when he was with the Swallows, making today's grand slam his first in a Fighters' uniform.

Randy Johnson was at the game and tossed a ceremonial first pitch.  Hisanobu Watanabe was the catcher.  Mai Asada threw out the first pitch of the game.