Yomiuri Giants 1 – Hanshin Tigers 2 (May 5, 2012)
by Gen on May.05, 2012 @ 4:01 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Yomiuri Giants vs Hanshin Tigers @ Koshien Stadium - 14:00
Announced Starters: Tetsuya Utsumi (YOM) 2-3, 1.96 - Minoru Iwata (HAN) 1-4, 4.45
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Hanshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Attendance: 46826 | Yomiuri leads series, 4-3-1 | Time: 3:04
Yomiuri
Hitting (LOB: 10, DPs in: 1st)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Chono, Hisayoshi | 1-for-4 | 1: SO, 4: 1B, 5: G4, 8: F9, 9: IBB |
| (2B) | Terauchi, Takayuki | 1-for-4 | 1: 1B, 4: SO, 6: SO, 8: BB, 9: SO |
| (SS) | Sakamoto, Hayato | 1-for-3 | 1: DP, 4: S5, 6: F4, 8: 1B |
| (3B) | Murata, Shuichi | 1-for-4 | 2: L5, 4: F8, 6: F4, 8: 1B |
| (RF) | Takahashi, Yoshinobu | 1-for-4 | 2: G4, 5: G1, 7: 1B (BrO), 8: F6 |
| (LF) | Tani, Yoshitomo | 2-for-4, 1 R | 2: F9, 5: 1B, 7: 1B, 8: F9 |
| P | Yamaguchi, Tetsuya | 0-for-0 | |
| (1B) | Bowker, John | 2-for-4 | 3: f5, 5: 1B, 7: G4, 9: 1B |
| PR | Suzuki, Takahiro | 0-for-0 | |
| (C) | Kato, Ken | 0-for-2 | 3: SO, 5: G6 |
| PH | Abe, Shinnosuke | 0-for-1 | 7: SO |
| C | Nakatani, Jin | 0-for-0 | 9: S1 |
| (P) | Utsumi, Tetsuya | 0-for-1 | 3: SO |
| PH | Kajimae, Ryuichi | 1-for-1, 1 RBI | 5: 1B |
| P | Takagi, Yasunari | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Kamei, Yoshiyuki | 0-for-1 | 7: G4 |
| P | Mathieson, Scott | 0-for-0 | |
| LF | Inzen, Tomoya | 0-for-1 | 9: f5 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Utsumi, Tetsuya, L | 4 | 62 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.213 |
| Takagi, Yasunari | 2 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Mathieson, Scott | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Yamaguchi, Tetsuya | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 8 | 108 | 31 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Hanshin
Hitting (LOB: 5, DPs in: 4th, 6th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (SS) | Toritani, Takashi | 2-for-4, 1 R | 1: 2B, 3: 1B, 5: L4, 7: F6 |
| (2B) | Hirano, Keiichi | 0-for-3 | 1: S3, 3: G4, 5: F9, 8: G3 |
| (RF) | Murton, Matt | 0-for-4, 1 RBI | 1: G6, 3: F6, 5: F8, 8: G1 |
| (LF) | Kanemoto, Tomoaki | 0-for-2 | 1: BB, 3: G5, 6: G3 |
| P | Tsutsui, Kazuya | 0-for-0 | |
| PH-3B | Sekimoto, Kentaro | 0-for-1 | 8: G4 |
| (3B-1B) | Arai, Takahiro | 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: SO, 4: HR, 6: 1B |
| (1B) | Brazell, Craig | 1-for-3 | 2: F6, 4: 1B, 6: DP |
| P | Fujikawa, Kyuji | 0-for-0 | |
| (CF-LF) | Fujikawa, Shunsuke | 0-for-3 | 2: G6, 4: G4 (BrO), 7: SO |
| (C) | Fujii, Akihito | 1-for-3 | 2: 2B, 4: L3, 7: G6 |
| (P) | Iwata, Minoru | 1-for-2 | 2: F6, 5: 1B |
| PH | Jojima, Kenji | 1-for-1 | 7: 1B |
| PR | Shibata, Kohei | 0-for-0 | 7: (SB) |
| P | Enokida, Daiki | 0-for-0 | |
| CF | Maeda, Yamato | 0-for-0 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Iwata, Minoru, W | 7 | 99 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.821 |
| Enokida, Daiki, H | 1/3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.317 |
| Tsutsui, Kazuya, H | 2/3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.771 |
| Fujikawa, Kyuji, S | 1 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.077 |
| 9 | 145 | 38 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Notes
Child actor Mana Ashida threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
HR: HAN: T. Arai (4, none on, off Utsumi).
YOM: Utsumi took the loss and dropped to 2-4 in six starts. ... Abe entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the 7th inning. It was his first game since April 30.
HAN: Iwata got the win and is now 2-4 in six starts. He also stopped a personal five-game losing streak against the Giants (going back to last year). ... Fujikawa recorded his seventh save. ... T. Arai's homer in the 4th was the Tigers' first Ichi-gun homer at Koshien this year. ... The Tigers stopped a five-game losing streak (0-5-2). The run in the 1st inning was their first run in nineteen innings.