Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3 – Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 4 (May 5, 2012)
by Gen on May.05, 2012 @ 4:04 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles vs Fukuoka Softbank Hawks @ Yahoo Dome - 13:00
Announced Starters: Kenji Tomura (RAK) 2-1, 3.00 - Tadashi Settsu (SOF) 4-0, 1.46
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Rakuten | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Softbank | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 9 | 2 |
Attendance: 37877 | Rakuten leads series, 4-3-0 | Time: 3:02
Rakuten
Hitting (LOB: 6, DPs in: 4th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Hijirisawa, Ryo | 0-for-3 | 1: SO, 3: G5, 6: BB, 8: E3 (BrO) |
| (3B) | Akaminai, Ginji | 2-for-3, 1 R | 1: 2B, 3: SO, 6: S1, 8: 2B |
| (LF) | Tsuchiya, Teppei | 0-for-4, 1 R | 1: SO, 4: SO, 6: f2, 8: G5 |
| (DH) | Garcia, Luis | 2-for-4, 2 RBI | 1: SO, 4: 1B, 6: SO, 8: 2B |
| PR-DH | Shimauchi, Hiroaki | 0-for-0 | |
| (RF) | Makida, Akihisa | 0-for-4 | 2: F8, 4: DP, 7: G4, 8: F9 |
| (1B) | Yokogawa, Fuminori | 0-for-4 | 2: L6, 5: SO, 7: SO, 9: G3 |
| (SS) | Matsui, Kazuo | 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | 2: HR, 5: SO, 7: E5 (SB), 9: 1B |
| (C) | Shima, Motohiro | 0-for-4 | 2: SO, 5: G4, 7: G4, 9: G4 |
| PR | Abe, Toshihito | 0-for-0 | |
| (2B) | Uchimura, Kensuke | 1-for-3 | 3: G1, 6: 1B (SB), 8: G4 |
| PH | Fernandez, Jose | 0-for-1 | 9: SO |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Tomura, Kenji, L | 51/3 | 92 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3.759 |
| Katayama, Hiroshi | 1/3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.821 |
| Kato, Daisuke | 11/3 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.700 |
| Koyama, Shinichiro | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 8 | 129 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Softbank
Hitting (LOB: 5, DPs in: 7th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Akashi, Kenji | 2-for-3 | 1: 1B, 3: BB, 5: 1B (SB), 7: SO |
| (SS) | Imamiya, Kenta | 1-for-3 | 1: S5, 3: SO, 5: SO, 7: 1B |
| (RF-LF) | Uchikawa, Seiichi | 1-for-4, 1 RBI | 1: G4, 3: 1B, 6: G1, 7: DP |
| RF | Fukuda, Shuhei | 0-for-0 | |
| (DH) | Pena, Wily Mo | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: SO, 3: SO, 6: 1B, 8: SO |
| (3B) | Matsuda, Nobuhiro | 1-for-3, 1 R | 2: G1, 4: F7, 6: 1B, 8: BB (CS) |
| (1B) | Kokubo, Hiroki | 1-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI | 2: G5, 4: F8, 6: 2B, 8: SO |
| 1B | Nakazawa, Tadaatsu | 0-for-0 | |
| (LF) | Matsunaka, Nobuhiko | 0-for-3 | 2: SO, 4: F7, 6: G4 |
| CF | Kidokoro, Ryuma | 0-for-0 | |
| (CF-RF-LF) | Egawa, Tomoaki | 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI | 3: 1B (SB), 5: G5, 6: 1B |
| (C) | Hosokawa, Toru | 0-for-3 | 3: F2, 5: SO, 6: SO |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Settsu, Tadashi, W | 72/3 | 115 | 31 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.410 |
| Morifuku, Masahiko, H | 1/3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Falkenborg, Brian, S | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.769 |
| 9 | 130 | 36 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
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Notes
Asahi beer girl Hiromi Sakai threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Yu Takahashi held a mini concernt before the start of the game; singer Fumiya Fujii made an appearance after the game and sang the Hawks' team song.
HR: RAK: Matsui (3, none on, off Settsu).
Softbank: Settsu recorded his third double-digit strikeout game of his career. He is also 8-0 since his last loss on September 11, 2011 (span of eleven starts). Settsu is now 5-0 in six starts this season. ... Falkenborg saved his twelfth game of the year. ... Kokubo went 1-for-4 and is now ten hits away from 2,000.