Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 0 – Chunichi Dragons 1 (June 11, 2012)
by Gen on Jun.11, 2012 @ 12:07 pm, under Game Summaries, NPB
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters vs Chunichi Dragons @ Nagoya Dome - 18:00
Announced Starters: Kazuhito Tadano (HAM) 3-0, 2.03 - Shinji Iwata (CHU) 3-2, 4.15
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |
| Nippon Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1x | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Attendance: 26362 | Chunichi leads series, 2-0-2 | Time: 3:21
Nippon Ham
Hitting (LOB: 9, DPs in: 9th, 11st)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF) | Itoi, Yoshio | 1-for-5 | 1: SO, 3: L6, 6: 1B, 8: SO, 10: SO |
| (3B) | Koyano, Eiichi | 1-for-2 | 1: 1B, 3: G4 |
| SS | Iiyama, Yuji | 1-for-2 | 6: S1, 8: SO, 10: 1B |
| (2B) | Tanaka, Kensuke | 0-for-5 | 1: G5, 4: F8, 6: F8, 8: G1, 10: F9 |
| (LF) | Nakata, Sho | 1-for-4 | 1: SO, 4: F8, 6: BB, 9: F9, 11: 1B |
| (1B) | Inaba, Atsunori | 0-for-4 | 2: SO, 4: G4, 6: G6, 9: BB, 11: G3 |
| (CF) | Yang, Dai-Kang | 2-for-5 | 2: SO, 5: SO, 7: 2B (BrO), 9: 1B, 11: DP |
| (SS-3B) | Kato, Masayoshi | 0-for-2 | 2: G3, 5: G3, 7: S1, 9: BB |
| (C) | Tsuruoka, Shinya | 1-for-2 | 3: 2B, 5: BB, 7: G1 |
| PH | Sledge, Terrmel | 0-for-1 | 9: DP |
| C | Ono, Shota | 0-for-0 | |
| (P) | Tadano, Kazuhito | 0-for-2 | 3: G1, 5: G1 |
| PH | Hoffpauir, Micah | 0-for-1 | 7: F9 |
| P | Miyanishi, Naoki | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Moriuchi, Toshiharu | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Masui, Hirotoshi | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Iwadate, Manabu | 0-for-1 | 10: f9 |
| P | Takeda, Hisashi | 0-for-0 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Tadano, Kazuhito | 6 | 75 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.703 |
| Miyanishi, Naoki, H | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.753 |
| Moriuchi, Toshiharu, H | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.800 |
| Masui, Hirotoshi, H | 1 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.964 |
| Takeda, Hisashi, L | 11/3 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.063 |
| 101/3 | 144 | 41 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Chunichi
Hitting (LOB: 9, DPs in: 3rd)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Araki, Masahiro | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: G5, 4: G4, 6: S2, 8: SO, 11: 1B |
| (CF) | Oshima, Yohei | 1-for-3 | 1: G5, 4: SO, 6: 1B, 9: BB, 11: S3 |
| (LF) | Wada, Kazuhiro | 1-for-4 | 1: f3, 4: 1B (SB), 6: F4, 9: F9, 11: IBB |
| (1B) | Blanco, Tony | 1-for-3 | 2: SO, 4: BB, 6: G6, 9: BB, 11: 1B |
| (SS) | Ibata, Hirokazu | 1-for-5, 1 RBI | 2: F9, 4: G6, 7: F8, 9: SO, 11: 1B |
| (RF) | Hirata, Ryosuke | 0-for-3 | 2: G4, 5: SO, 7: SO |
| PH | Morino, Masahiko | 0-for-1 | 9: SO |
| RF | Fujii, Atsushi | 0-for-0 | |
| (3B) | Takahashi, Shuhei | 0-for-3 | 3: L6, 5: G6, 7: F6 |
| P | Yamai, Daisuke | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Sosa, Jorge | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Yamasaki, Takeshi | 0-for-1 | 10: F6 |
| P | Muto, Yuta | 0-for-0 | |
| (C) | Tanishige, Motonobu | 0-for-3 | 3: BB, 5: G6, 8: f2, 10: G4 |
| (P) | Iwata, Shinji | 1-for-2 | 3: DP, 6: 1B |
| 3B | Donoue, Naomichi | 0-for-2 | 8: SO, 10: G5 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Iwata, Shinji | 7 | 98 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.375 |
| Yamai, Daisuke, H | 2 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.636 |
| Sosa, Jorge, H | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Muto, Yuta, W | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.143 |
| 11 | 154 | 42 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Notes
Aichi Prefectural Governor Hideaki Omura threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Chunichi won the series, 2-0-2.
Nippon Ham: H. Takeda took the loss in relief and is 2-2 in sixteen games. ... The Fighters' two game winning streak (2-0-1) came to an end. They were also handed their first walk-off and fifth shutout losses of the year. ... Pinch-hitter Sledge hit into a 4-6-3 double play with the bases loaded and one out in the top of the 9th.
Chunichi: Muto got the win in relief and is 2-0 in five games. ... Ibata collected the fourth walk-off hit of his career. ... The Dragons are now 3-0-1 since their last loss on June 6 (vs Seibu). This was their fourteenth shutout and third walk-off victories of the year. Chunichi is now 8-0-3 at Nagoya Dome since a loss on May 16 (vs Lotte).

