Yomiuri Giants 1 – Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 (April 20, 2012)
by Gen on Apr.20, 2012 @ 4:00 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Yomiuri Giants vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows @ Jingu Stadium - 18:00
Announced Starters: Tetsuya Utsumi (YOM) 1-2, 2.49 - Kyohei Muranaka (YAK) 1-0, 2.25
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Yakult | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Attendance: 16352 | Yakult leads series, 3-1-0 | Time: 2:47
Yomiuri
Hitting (LOB: 7, DPs in: 1st, 7th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (SS) | Sakamoto, Hayato | 1-for-3, 1 R | 1: 1B, 2: G5, 5: F7, 8: BB |
| (RF) | Tani, Yoshitomo | 0-for-1 | 1: S1, 3: G4 |
| PH-RF | Kamei, Yoshiyuki | 0-for-2 | 5: L4, 8: SO |
| (CF) | Chono, Hisayoshi | 0-for-2 | 1: BB, 3: SO, 6: BB, 8: F7 |
| (C) | Abe, Shinnosuke | 1-for-3 | 1: BB (BrO), 3: G4, 6: G1, 8: 1B |
| (3B) | Murata, Shuichi | 2-for-4, 1 RBI | 1: 1B, 4: 1B, 6: SO, 8: F4 |
| (1B) | Ogasawara, Michihiro | 0-for-4 | 1: F4, 4: G6, 6: G4, 9: SO |
| (LF) | Kajimae, Ryuichi | 0-for-3 | 2: F6, 4: F5, 7: G5 |
| PH | Bowker, John | 0-for-1 | 9: SO |
| (2B) | Terauchi, Takayuki | 2-for-3 | 2: 1B, 4: SO, 7: 1B |
| PH | Takahashi, Yoshinobu | 0-for-1 | 9: SO |
| (P) | Utsumi, Tetsuya | 0-for-2 | 2: S1, 5: SO, 7: DP |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Utsumi, Tetsuya, L | 8 | 120 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.427 |
| 8 | 120 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Yakult
Hitting (LOB: 5, DPs in: 5th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Tanaka, Hiroyasu | 0-for-3 | 1: L6, 3: SO, 5: BB, 7: F7 |
| (CF) | Ueda, Tsuyoshi | 0-for-4 | 1: G4, 3: G1, 5: DP, 8: L4 |
| (LF) | Milledge, Lastings | 2-for-4 | 1: G6, 4: G5, 6: 1B, 8: 2B (BrO) |
| (RF) | Balentien, Wladimir | 2-for-3, 2 R, 1 RBI | 2: 1B, 4: HR, 6: F9, 8: BB |
| PR | Hiyane, Wataru | 0-for-0 | 8: (CS) |
| P | Barnette, Tony | 0-for-0 | |
| (SS) | Kawabata, Shingo | 0-for-3 | 2: f2, 4: G5, 6: G1 |
| (3B) | Miyamoto, Shinya | 2-for-3 | 2: 1B, 4: 1B (BrO), 6: F7 |
| (1B) | Hatakeyama, Kazuhiro | 2-for-2, 1 RBI | 2: 1B (BrO), 4: BB, 7: 1B |
| (C) | Nakamura, Yuhei | 1-for-2 | 2: L4, 4: 1B, 7: S1 |
| (P) | Muranaka, Kyohei | 0-for-3 | 3: L6, 5: G4, 7: SO |
| RF | Iihara, Yasushi | 0-for-0 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Muranaka, Kyohei, W | 8 | 114 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.929 |
| Barnette, Tony, S | 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 9 | 130 | 35 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Notes
HR: YAK: Balentien (3, none on, off Utsumi).
Yomiuri: Utsumi suffered his fourth complete game loss of his career. ... Murata extended his hitting streak to ten games. ... Tani left the game early with pain in his right leg. ... The Giants dropped their third straight game.
Yakult: Hatakeyama swapped spots with Balentien in the line-up. ... Hatakeyama's hit in the 2nd inning was his first hit in twenty-three trips to the plate. ... Miyamoto collected two hits and is now ten away from 2,000. ... Barnette recorded his sixth save of the season.