Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2 – Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 1 (June 26, 2012)
by Gen on Jun.26, 2012 @ 4:03 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles vs Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters @ Tokyo Dome - 18:00
Announced Starters: Takashi Kawai (RAK) 1-0, 1.93 - Masaru Takeda (HAM) 4-3, 1.81
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Rakuten | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Nippon Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Attendance: 14995 | Series tied, 3-3-1 | Time: 2:53
Rakuten
Hitting (LOB: 7, DPs in: 4th, 5th, 8th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Hijirisawa, Ryo | 1-for-3, 1 R | 1: 1B, 2: S3, 5: F6, 7: G6 |
| (3B) | Akaminai, Ginji | 1-for-3 | 1: F9, 2: BB, 5: 1B, 7: G3 |
| (SS) | Matsui, Kazuo | 2-for-4 | 1: G4, 2: f2, 5: 1B, 8: 1B |
| (1B) | Fernandez, Jose | 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: 1B, 3: F8, 5: DP, 8: DP |
| (LF) | Nakashima, Toshiya | 2-for-4 | 1: 1B, 3: G6, 6: 2B, 8: f2 |
| LF | Tsuchiya, Teppei | 0-for-0 | |
| (DH) | Masuda, Shintaro | 1-for-3, 1 RBI | 1: 1B, 3: SO, 6: F4, 9: HBP |
| (RF) | Makida, Akihisa | 0-for-4 | 1: F4, 4: SO, 6: SO, 9: SO |
| (C) | Okajima, Takero | 2-for-4 | 2: 1B, 4: 1B, 6: G3, 9: SO |
| (2B) | Fujita, Kazuya | 0-for-4 | 2: G6, 4: DP, 7: G4, 9: SO |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Kawai, Takashi, W | 52/3 | 95 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.831 |
| Koyama, Shinichiro, H | 11/3 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.132 |
| Rasner, Darrell, H | 1 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.610 |
| Aoyama, Koji, S | 1 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.872 |
| 9 | 147 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Nippon Ham
Hitting (LOB: 3, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF) | Itoi, Yoshio | 0-for-4 | 1: SO, 3: G4, 6: G3, 8: F7 |
| (3B) | Koyano, Eiichi | 0-for-0 | 1: HBP |
| 3B | Sugiya, Kenshi | 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI | 3: G6, 6: HR, 9: G4 |
| (2B) | Tanaka, Kensuke | 0-for-3 | 1: G4, 4: BB, 6: G6, 9: G4 |
| (LF) | Nakata, Sho | 0-for-3 | 1: BB, 4: G9, 6: SO, 9: F4 |
| (1B) | Hoffpauir, Micah | 0-for-3 | 1: SO, 4: F8, 7: SO |
| (CF) | Yang, Dai-Kang | 0-for-3 | 2: G5, 4: F9, 7: f3 |
| (DH) | Nioka, Tomohiro | 0-for-3 | 2: G6, 5: G6, 7: G4 |
| (SS) | Kaneko, Makoto | 0-for-1 | 2: F8 |
| SS | Iiyama, Yuji | 0-for-1 | 5: G6 |
| PH | Nishikawa, Haruki | 0-for-1 | 8: F7 |
| C | Tsuruoka, Shinya | 0-for-0 | |
| (C) | Ono, Shota | 0-for-2 | 3: SO, 5: G6 |
| PH | Kato, Masayoshi | 0-for-1 | 8: SO |
| SS | Nakashima, Takuya | 0-for-0 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Takeda, Masaru, L | 70/3 | 88 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.872 |
| Moriuchi, Toshiharu | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.517 |
| Miyanishi, Naoki | 1 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.517 |
| 9 | 116 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Notes
HR: HAM: Sugiya: (1, none on, off Kawai).
Rakuten: Kawai made his third start of the year and won. He is now 2-0 in six games. ... Aoyama recorded his eleventh save of the year. ... Okajima made the Ichi-gun starting line-up for the first time in his career. He also collected the first hit of his Ichi-gun career in the 2nd inning. ... The Eagles are 3-0-1 since their last loss on June 20 (vs Yokohama). They also stopped an eight-game losing streak at Tokyo Dome.
Nippon Ham: M. Takeda took the loss and is 4-4 in thirteen games. He is also 0-4 in eight starts since his last victory on April 29 (vs Rakuten). ... Sugiya recorded the first homer of his Ichi-gun career in the 6th inning. ... Koyano and Kaneko both suffered injuries and left the game early.