Nippon Ham Fighters 5 – Seibu Lions 0 (September 9, 2010)
by Gen on Sep.09, 2010 @ 4:03 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Nippon Ham Fighters vs Seibu Lions @ Seibu Dome - 18:00
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Nippon Ham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Attendance: 19858 | Nippon Ham leads series, 13-10-0 | Time: 2:55
Potential Starters: Brian Wolfe (HAM) 2-3, 3.70 - Masamitsu Hirano (SEI) 3-3, 4.47
Nippon Ham
Hitting (LOB: 5, DPs in: 2nd)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Tanaka, Kensuke | 1-for-5 | 1: SO, 3: SO, 5: 1B, 7: F6, 9: F5 |
| (LF) | Morimoto, Hichori | 0-for-2, 1 R | 1: BB, 3: F8, 5: G5, 8: BB (SB) |
| (DH) | Inaba, Atsunori | 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI | 1: 2B, 4: 1B, 6: HR, 8: SO |
| (3B) | Koyano, Eiichi | 2-for-3, 2 R, 3 RBI | 1: F4, 4: HR, 6: HR, 8: BB |
| (CF) | Itoi, Yoshio | 0-for-4 | 1: SO, 4: SO, 6: f5, 8: G3 |
| (1B) | Nakata, Sho | 0-for-3 | 2: G5, 4: F6, 6: F9 |
| RF | Yang, Dai-Kang | 0-for-1 | 8: SO |
| (RF) | Sato, Kenji | 1-for-3 | 2: 1B, 4: G3, 6: F8 |
| SS | Iiyama, Yuji | 0-for-1 | 9: SO |
| (C) | Ono, Shota | 0-for-4 | 2: DP, 5: G6, 7: F5, 9: G1 |
| (SS-1B) | Takaguchi, Takayuki | 0-for-3 | 3: F8, 5: L5, 7: SO, 9: BB |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Wolfe, Brian, W | 7 | 88 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.166 |
| Tateyama, Yoshinori | 1 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.077 |
| Takeda, Hisashi | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.514 |
| 9 | 121 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seibu
Hitting (LOB: 8, DPs in: 7th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Kataoka, Yasuyuki | 0-for-4 | 1: G6, 3: L6, 5: f2, 8: F7 |
| (CF) | Kuriyama, Takumi | 0-for-3 | 1: G6, 3: HBP, 6: G5, 8: F9 |
| (SS) | Nakajima, Hiroyuki | 1-for-3 | 1: BB, 3: G6, 6: G4, 8: 1B |
| (1B) | Fernandez, Jose | 1-for-4 | 1: G5, 4: G5, 6: 1B, 8: F9 |
| (DH) | Nakamura, Takeya | 1-for-4 | 2: 2B, 4: SO, 6: G2, 9: SO |
| (LF) | Sakata, Ryo | 0-for-3 | 2: F7, 4: SO, 7: F6, 9: BB |
| (RF) | Takayama, Hisashi | 1-for-3 | 2: F8, 5: 1B, 7: BB, 9: F8 |
| (C) | Uemoto, Tatsuyuki | 0-for-3 | 2: G4, 5: F7, 7: BB, 9: G1 |
| (3B) | Hara, Takuya | 0-for-2 | 3: G1, 5: F9 |
| PH-3B | Asamura, Hideto | 0-for-1 | 7: DP |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Hirano, Masamitsu, L | 7 | 115 | 28 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4.702 |
| Hoshino, Tomoki | 1 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.100 |
| Doi, Yoshihiro | 1 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.313 |
| 9 | 160 | 37 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Recap
Scoring Summary
Top of the 1st - 1 run, 1 hit
Hirano on the mound for Seibu
Tanaka strikes out looking. Morimoto walks. Inaba hits an RBI double to right, runner on second. Koyano flies out to second. Itoi strikes out looking.
Top of the 4th - 2 runs, 2 hits
Hirano on the mound for Seibu
Inaba hits a single to right. Koyano hits a 2-run homer. Itoi strikes out swinging. Nakata flies out to short. Sato grounds out to first.
Top of the 6th - 2 run, 2 hits
Hirano on the mound for Seibu
Inaba hits a solo homer. Koyano hits a solo homer. Itoi fouls out to third. Nakata flies out to right. Sato flies out to center.
Missed Opportunities
Bottom of the 2nd
Nakamura hits a double to left. Sakata flies out to left. Takayama flies out to center, runner on third. Uemoto grounds out to second.
Bottom of the 7th
Sakata flies out to short. Takayama walks. Uemoto walks, runners on first and second. Asamura, pinch-hitting for Hara, grounds into a double play.
Top of the 8th
Morimoto walks. Inaba strikes out looking as Morimoto steals second. Koyano walks, runners on first and second. Itoi grounds out to first, runners on first and third. Yang (Yoh) strikes out swinging.
Notes
Seibu took the series, 2-1.
The Fighters stopped a 3-game slide and are now 64-62-3 (5th place). ... The Lions' 3-game winning streak came to an end. They are now 72-58-1 (1st place).
Wolfe (HAM) made his second start of the season and recorded his second straight victory. Including his appearances in relief and his two start, Wolf has not lost a game since 4/20 (vs Orix), a span of 29 games. Wolfe evened his record out to 3-3 on the year. ... Hirano (SEI) took the loss and dropped to 3-4. He also suffered his first loss to the Fighters this season and is now 1-1 in 3 starts against them.
The Lions were shutout for the 8th time this season, first since 7/20.
Home runs
HAM: Koyano (14, 15), Inaba (16)
