Hiroshima Toyo Carp 4 – Tokyo Yakult Swallows 8 (May 4, 2012)
by Gen on May.04, 2012 @ 4:19 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows @ Jingu Stadium - 15:00
Announced Starters: Yuya Fukui (HIR) 1-1, 3.68 - Katsuki Akagawa (YAK) 2-1, 1.32
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Hiroshima | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Yakult | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 14 | 0 |
Attendance: 33866 | Yakult leads series, 5-1-0 | Time: 3:02
Hiroshima
Hitting (LOB: 5, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (SS) | Soyogi, Eishin | 0-for-3 | 1: BB, 3: F7, 4: F9, 7: F9 |
| (2B) | Kokubo, Tetsuya | 1-for-3 | 1: S1, 3: 1B, 4: G4, 7: F9 |
| (CF) | Hirose, Jun | 0-for-4, 1 R | 1: F4, 3: G5, 5: G5, 8: L6 |
| (LF) | Stavinoha, Nick | 1-for-3, 1 R, 3 RBI | 1: BB, 3: HR, 5: F6, 8: f2 |
| (RF-C) | Aizawa, Tsubasa | 2-for-4 | 1: SO, 3: 1B, 5: G4, 8: 1B |
| (1B) | Matsuyama, Ryuhei | 1-for-4 | 2: F7, 3: F7, 6: 1B, 8: F8 |
| (3B) | Dobayashi, Shota | 1-for-4, 1 R | 2: G3, 4: 3B, 6: F9, 9: G5 |
| (C) | Kura, Yoshikazu | 0-for-2 | 2: G5, 4: G6 |
| PH | Ishii, Takuro | 0-for-1 | 6: G4 (BrO) |
| P | Nakata, Ren | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Kimura, Shogo | 0-for-1 | 9: L1 |
| (P) | Fukui, Yuya | 1-for-1, 1 R | 3: 1B |
| PH | Maru, Yoshihiro | 1-for-1, 1 RBI | 4: 1B |
| P | Imai, Keisuke | 0-for-0 | |
| PH-RF | Amaya, Soichiro | 0-for-2 | 7: L4, 9: G4 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Fukui, Yuya, L | 3 | 69 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5.400 |
| Imai, Keisuke | 2 | 40 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.500 |
| Nakata, Ren | 3 | 45 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.800 |
| 8 | 154 | 40 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
Yakult
Hitting (LOB: 8, DPs in: 7th, 8th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Tanaka, Hiroyasu | 1-for-4, 2 RBI | 1: F8, 2: S9, 3: G5, 5: 1B, 7: F9 |
| (CF) | Ueda, Tsuyoshi | 1-for-2, 1 RBI | 1: F8, 2: 2B |
| PH-CF | Fukuchi, Kazuki | 1-for-2, 1 R | 4: 1B, 5: F8, 8: BB |
| (LF) | Milledge, Lastings | 1-for-5 | 1: F9, 2: G6, 4: 1B, 5: f2, 8: DP |
| (RF) | Balentien, Wladimir | 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI | 2: HR, 3: HR, 4: f3, 6: 2B, 8: SO |
| (SS) | Kawabata, Shingo | 1-for-3, 2 R | 2: BB, 3: 2B, 4: G6, 6: f5 |
| (3B) | Miyamoto, Shinya | 1-for-3, 1 R | 2: 1B, 3: BB, 4: SO, 6: G4 |
| (1B) | Hatakeyama, Kazuhiro | 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI | 2: 1B, 3: F9, 5: 2B, 6: F9 |
| (C) | Nakamura, Yuhei | 3-for-3, 1 RBI | 2: BB, 3: 1B, 5: 1B, 7: 1B (CS) |
| (P) | Akagawa, Katsuki | 0-for-1 | 2: F8, 3: S3 |
| P | Masubuchi, Tatsuyoshi | 0-for-1 | 5: SO |
| P | Hirai, Ryo | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Fujimoto, Atsushi | 0-for-1 | 7: SO |
| P | Oshimoto, Takehiko | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Barnette, Tony | 0-for-0 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Akagawa, Katsuki | 4 | 66 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2.132 |
| Masubuchi, Tatsuyoshi, W | 2 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.571 |
| Hirai, Ryo | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Oshimoto, Takehiko | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.543 |
| Barnette, Tony | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 9 | 114 | 36 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Notes
Tickets to the game were sold out by 12:40pm.
HR: HIR: Stavinoha (4, two on, off Akagawa). YAK: Balentien 2 (11, none on, off Fukui; none on off Fukui).
Yakult: Miyamoto collected his 2,000th career hit in his first at bat in the 2nd inning. He is the fourth Swallow to achieve the milestone. ... Ueda banged his right shoulder against the wall while making a play in the top of the 4th and was removed from the game in the bottom of the inning. ... The Swallows are 6-0-1 over their last seven games at Jingu Stadium.