CS: Saitama Seibu Lions 5 – Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2 (October 29, 2011)
by Gen on Oct.29, 2011 @ 4:00 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Saitama Seibu Lions vs Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters @ Sapporo Dome - 14:00
Potential Starters: Hideaki Wakui (SEI) 9-12, 2.93 - Yu Darvish (HAM) 18-6, 1.44
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Nippon Ham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Attendance: 42063 | Seibu leads series, 1-0-0 | Time: 3:55
Seibu
Hitting (LOB: 7, DPs in: 7th, 8th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (LF) | Kuriyama, Takumi | 0-for-5 | 1: G5, 4: F8, 6: G1, 8: DP, 10: G3 |
| (2B) | Hara, Takuya | 0-for-3 | 1: G5, 4: G6, 6: SO |
| PH | Uemoto, Tatsuyuki | 0-for-1 | 9: SO |
| 2B | Abe, Masahiro | 0-for-0 | 11: BB |
| PR-RF | Saito, Shogo | 0-for-0, 1 R | |
| (SS) | Nakajima, Hiroyuki | 2-for-4, 3 R | 1: G5, 4: SO, 7: 2B, 9: BB, 11: 2B |
| (3B) | Nakamura, Takeya | 0-for-4, 1 R | 2: SO, 5: G5, 7: f3, 9: SO, 11: IBB |
| (DH) | Fernandez, Jose | 4-for-5, 3 RBI | 2: SO, 5: 1B, 7: 1B (CS), 9: 1B, 11: 1B |
| (1B) | Asamura, Hideto | 1-for-5, 1 RBI | 2: F8, 5: F8, 7: SO, 9: 1B, 11: F4 |
| (RF) | Osaki, Yutaro | 1-for-4 | 3: G3, 5: 1B, 8: SO, 9: G4 |
| PH | Hirao, Hiroshi | 0-for-0 | 11: BB |
| 2B | Onizaki, Yuji | 0-for-0 | |
| (C) | Sumitani, Ginjiro | 0-for-1 | 3: G1 |
| PH | Sakata, Ryo | 0-for-1 | 5: SO |
| C | Hoshi, Takanori | 1-for-2, 1 RBI | 8: 1B, 10: F8, 11: S8 |
| (CF) | Akiyama, Shogo | 0-for-4 | 3: SO, 6: G3, 8: BB, 10: G6, 11: F9 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Wakui, Hideaki | 5 0/3 | 85 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.600 |
| Graman, Alex | 1/3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Okamoto, Atsushi | 1 2/3 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Hsu, Ming-Chieh | 2 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Makita, Kazuhisa, W | 2 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 11 | 158 | 42 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Nippon Ham
Hitting (LOB: 7, DPs in: 1st, 5th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Tanaka, Kensuke | 0-for-4, 1 R | 1: BB, 3: F8, 5: DP, 7: F7, 10: F6 |
| C | Tsuruoka, Shinya | 0-for-0 | |
| (RF) | Yang, Dai-Kang | 0-for-5 | 1: SO, 3: G4, 5: SO, 8: G6, 10: G4 |
| (CF) | Itoi, Yoshio | 2-for-3, 1 R | 1: 1B, 3: G3, 6: 1B (BrO) |
| CF | Sugiya, Kenshi | 0-for-0 | 8: BB |
| PH | Hoffpauir, Micah | 0-for-1 | 11: G3 |
| (3B) | Koyano, Eiichi | 3-for-5, 1 RBI | 1: 1B, 4: 1B, 6: 1B, 8: L4, 11: G5 |
| (1B) | Inaba, Atsunori | 1-for-4, 1 RBI | 1: 1B, 4: G4, 6: G6, 8: G4, 11: BB |
| (LF) | Nakata, Sho | 0-for-4 | 1: DP, 4: BB, 6: G2, 9: F6, 11: F8 |
| (DH) | Scales, Bobby | 0-for-4 | 2: F9, 4: G6, 6: SO, 9: G3 |
| (SS) | Kaneko, Makoto | 0-for-3 | 2: SO, 4: G5, 7: G6 |
| PH | Kato, Masayoshi | 0-for-1 | 9: F8 |
| SS | Iiyama, Yuji | 0-for-0 | |
| (C) | Ono, Shota | 0-for-3 | 2: G4, 5: E5, 7: G6 |
| PH-2B | Imanami, Takahiro | 0-for-1 | 10: G5 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Darvish, Yu | 7 | 101 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.286 |
| Masui, Hirotoshi, H | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Takeda, Hisashi | 1 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.000 |
| Ishii, Yuya, H | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Sakakibara, Ryo, L | 1/3 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 81.000 |
| Hayashi, Masanori | 2/3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 11 | 178 | 45 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Recap
Scoring Summary
Bottom of the 1st - 2 runs, 3 hits
Wakui on the mound for Seibu
Tanaka walks. Yang (Yoh) strikes out swinging. Itoi hits a single to left, runners on first and second. Koyano hits an RBI single to center, runners on first and second. Inaba hits an RBI single to right, runners on first and second. Nakata hits into a 1-4-3 double play.
Top of the 7th - 1 run, 2 hits
Darvish on the mound for Nippon Ham
Nakajima hits a double to right. Nakamura fouls out to first. Fernandez hits an RBI single to right, runner on first. Asamura strikes out swinging as Fernandez gets caught trying to steal second.
Top of the 9th - 1 run, 2 hits
H. Takeda on the mound for Nippon Ham
Uemoto, pinch-hitting for Hara, strikes out swinging. Nakajima walks. Nakamura strikes out swinging. Fernandez hits a single to left, runners on first and second. Asamura hits an RBI single to right, runners on first and third. Osaki grounds out to second.
Top of the 11th - 3 runs, 2 hits
Sakakibara on the mound for Nippon Ham
Defensive changes: Tsuruoka is the new catcher; Imanami takes over at second.
Abe walks and is replaced by pinch-runner Saito. Nakajima hits a double to right, runners on second and third. Nakamura gets an intentional walks, bases loaded. Fernandez hits a 2-run single to center and advances to second on a throwing error (E8), runners on second and third. Asamura flies out to second.
Pitching change: Hayashi in for Sakakibara.
Hirao, pinch-hitting for Osaki, walks, bases loaded. T. Hoshi hits a sac fly to center, runners on first and third. Akiyama flies out to right.
Missed Opportunities
Bottom of the 4th
Wakui on the mound for Seibu
Koyano hits a single to left. Inaba grounds out to second, runner on second. Nakata walks, runners on first and second. Scales grounds out to short, runners on first and third. Kaneko grounds out to third.
Top of the 5th
Darvish on the mound for Nippon Ham
Nakamura grounds out to third. Fernandez hits a single to right. Asamura flies out to center. Osaki hits a single to center, runners on first and third. Sakata, pinch-hitting for Ginjiro, strikes out swinging.
Bottom of the 6th
Wakui on the mound for Seibu
Itoi hits a single to right. Koyano hits a single to right, runners on first and third.
Pitching change: Graman in for Wakui.
Inaba hits a grounder to short and Itoi gets thrown out running the bases, runners on first and second.
Pitching change: A. Okamoto in for Graman.
Nakata grounds out to the catcher, runners on second and third. Scales strikes out looking.
Top of the 8th
Masui on the mound for Nippon Ham
Defensive changes: Sugiya takes over in center.
Osaki strikes out swinging. T. Hoshi hits a single to right. Akiyama walks, runners on first and second. Kuriyama hits into a 6-3 double play.
Notes
Seibu leads the series, 1-0. ... The 11 pitchers used in the game ties a Climax Series high.
Hero Interview: Fernandez
Seibu: Makita got the win in relief and is now 1-0. He is the first rookie to record a victory since Tomoya Yagi (HAM) in 2006.
Nippon Ham: Sakakibara took the loss in relief and is now 0-1. ... Darvish topped out at 155km/h. He now also has 48 postseason strikeouts.