Hiroshima Carp vs Chunichi Dragons @ Nagoya Dome - 14:00

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Hiroshima	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
Chunichi	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1x	3	8	2

Attendance: 29400 | Chunichi leads series, 11-7-0 | Time: 3:46

Potential Starters: Ren Nakata (HIR) 0-1, 3.38 - Kenichi Nakata (CHU) 4-2, 3.52

Hiroshima

Hitting (LOB: 10, DP: 0)

Pos	Player Name	Performance	Results
(2B)	Higashide, Akihiro	2-for-4	1: G4, 2: 1B, 4: 1B, 6: G3, 9: S1
(SS)	Soyogi, Eishin	0-for-5	1: F9, 2: F9, 4: G5, 7: L4, 9: SO
(LF)	Shima, Shigenobu	1-for-5	1: 2B, 3: SO, 5: SO, 7: SO, 10: SO
(3B)	Kurihara, Kenta	0-for-4	1: G5, 3: BB, 5: F7, 7: SO, 10: E6
(RF)	Hirose, Jun	0-for-4	2: G6, 3: F9, 5: BB, 8: SO, 10: F8
(1B)	Iwamoto, Takahiro	1-for-5, 1 R	2: 1B, 3: SO, 5: SO, 8: SO, 10: G1
(C)	Ishihara, Yoshiyuki	0-for-3, 1 R	2: BB, 4: f3, 6: G4, 8: SO
(CF)	Akamatsu, Masato	1-for-4	2: G3, 4: 1B, 6: F8, 9: G5
(P)	Nakata, Ren	0-for-2	2: E3, 4: G1
PH	Ishii, Takuro	0-for-0	6: BB
P	Kishimoto, Hideki	0-for-0
P	Umetsu, Tomohiro	0-for-0
P	Oshima, Takayuki	0-for-0
PH	Amaya, Soichiro	1-for-1	9: 1B
P	Yokoyama, Ryuji	0-for-0

Pitching

Player Name	IP	NP	PA	AB	H	HR	SO	BB	HBP	SH	WP	BK	R	ER	ERA
Nakata, Ren	5	82	19	18	4	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	3.462
Kishimoto, Hideki, H	2	27	8	7	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.696
Umetsu, Tomohiro, H	1/3	9	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.815
Oshima, Takayuki, H	2/3	13	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.635
Yokoyama, Ryuji, L	1 1/3	34	7	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.620
	9 1/3	165	40	34	8	1	7	4	0	2	0	0	3	2

Chunichi

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

Pos	Player Name	Performance	Results
(SS)	Araki, Masahiro	3-for-5, 1 R	1: 1B, 3: 1B, 5: F8, 8: 1B (SB), 10: E5
(CF-RF)	Kuramoto, Hidenori	0-for-2	1: S1, 3: G4, 6: BB, 8: f2, 10: S1
(LF)	Wada, Kazuhiro	2-for-3, 1 R	1: F8, 4: 2B, 6: 1B, 8: BB, 10: IBB
(3B-1B)	Morino, Masahiko	1-for-5, 1 RBI	1: f2, 4: f5, 6: DP, 8: SO, 10: 1B
(C)	Tanishige, Motonobu	0-for-3	2: f9, 4: SO, 6: SO, 8: BB
(2B-3B)	Donoue, Naomichi	2-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI	2: SO, 4: HR, 7: 1B, 8: G4
(RF)	Donoue, Takehiro	0-for-3	2: SO, 4: SO, 7: G2
P	Shimizu, Akinobu	0-for-0
P	Takahashi, Akifumi	0-for-0
PH-CF	Oshima, Yohei	0-for-1	9: G4
(1B)	Arai, Ryota	0-for-4	3: G4, 5: f5, 7: G4, 9: F9
2B	Iwasaki, Tatsuro	0-for-0
(P)	Nakata, Kenichi	0-for-2	3: F7, 5: SO
PH-RF	Nomoto, Kei	0-for-2	7: G6, 9: G1
P	Asao, Takuya	0-for-0

Pitching

Player Name	IP	NP	PA	AB	H	HR	SO	BB	HBP	SH	WP	BK	R	ER	ERA
Nakata, Kenichi	7	118	31	27	5	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.197
Shimizu, Akinobu, H	1 1/3	17	4	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.127
Takahashi, Akifumi, H	2/3	8	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.862
Asao, Takuya, W	1	11	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.751
	10	154	42	37	6	0	11	4	0	1	0	0	2	0

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Recap

Scoring Summary

Top of the 2nd - 2 runs, 2 hits
K. Nakata on the mound for Chunichi
Hirose grounds out to short. Iwamoto hits a single to center. Ishihara walks, runners on first and second. Akamatsu grounds out to first, runners on second and third. Nakata reaches on fielding error (E3) and two runs score, runner on first. Higashide hits a single to right, runners on first and second. Soyogi flies out to right.

Bottom of the 4th - 2 runs, 2 hits
Nakata on the mound for Hiroshima
Wada hits a double to left. Morino fouls out to third. Tanishige strikes out swinging. N. Donoue hits a 2-run homer. T. Donoue strikes out swinging.

Bottom of the 10th - 1 run, 1 hit
Yokoyama on the mound for Hiroshima
Araki reaches on a fielding error (E5), runner on first. Hidenori hits a sac bunt, runner on second. Wada gets an intentional walk, runners on first and second. Morino hits a walk-off RBI single to left.

Missed Opportunities

Top of the 1st
Higashide grounds out to second. Soyogi flies out to right. Shima hits a double to left. Kurihara grounds out to third.

Bottom of the 1st
Araki hits a single to center and advances to second on a sac bunt by Hidenori. Wada flies out to center, runner on third. Morino fouls out to the catcher.

Top of the 4th
Ishihara fouls out to first. Akamatsu hits a single to center. Nakata grounds out to the pitcher, runner on first. Higashide hits a single to right, runners on first and third. Soyogi grounds out to third.

Bottom of the 6th
Hidenori walks. Wada hits a single to center, runners on first and second. Morino hits into a double play, runner on third. Tanishige strikes out swinging.

Bottom of the 7th
N. Donoue hits a single to left. T. Donoue fails to advance the runner on a sac bunt, runner on first. Arai grounds out to second, runner on second. Nomoto, pinch-hitting for K. Nakata, grounds out to short.

Bottom of the 8th
Araki hits a single to left. Hidenori fouls out on a sac bunt attempt. Araki steals second. Wada walks, runners on first and second.
Pitching change: Oshima in for Umetsu.
Morino strikes out swinging. Tanishige walks to load the bases. N. Donoue grounds out to second.

Top of the 9th
Akamatsu grounds out to third.
Pitching change: Takahashi in for Shimizu.
Amaya, pinch-hitting for Oshima, hits a single to right and advances to second on a sac bunt by Higashide. Soyogi strikes out swinging.

Notes

Chunichi swept the series, 3-0.

The Dragons won their 4th straight game and are now 57-49-2 (3rd place). ... The Carp dropped their 4th straight game and are now 39-62-2 (5th place).

Asao (CHU) picked up the win in relief and improved to 8-3. ... Yokoyama (HIR) took the loss and is now 1-1 on the year.

The Dragons recorded their 10th walk-off victory of the year.  It was also their second straight walk-off victory against the Carp.

Home runs
HIR: N. Donoue (4)