Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 5 – Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4 (June 27, 2012)
by Gen on Jun.27, 2012 @ 4:03 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles vs Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters @ Tokyo Dome - 18:00
Announced Starters: Manabu Mima (RAK) 4-2, 3.24 - Kazuhito Tadano (HAM) 4-0, 2.09
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Rakuten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| Nippon Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Attendance: 27633 | Rakuten leads series, 4-3-1 | Time: 3:02
Rakuten
Hitting (LOB: 8, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Hijirisawa, Ryo | 1-for-5, 1 R | 1: E4, 3: SO, 4: SO, 7: 1B, 8: F8 |
| (3B) | Akaminai, Ginji | 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: 1B, 3: SO, 5: HR, 7: S1 |
| 3B | Iwamura, Akinori | 0-for-1 | 9: F8 |
| (SS) | Matsui, Kazuo | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: SO, 3: 1B (SB), 5: F8, 7: BB, 9: G3 |
| (1B) | Fernandez, Jose | 1-for-4 | 1: F9, 3: BB, 5: 1B (SB) (BrO), 7: G3, 9: F8 |
| (LF) | Nakamura, Masato | 0-for-3 | 1: F9, 3: F7, 5: G3 |
| RF | Makida, Akihisa | 1-for-1, 2 RBI | 7: 2B |
| (DH) | Masuda, Shintaro | 2-for-4, 1 R | 2: F8, 4: 1B, 6: 1B, 7: G3 |
| (RF-LF) | Tsuchiya, Teppei | 2-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI | 2: F9, 4: HR, 6: S1, 8: 1B |
| (C) | Okajima, Takero | 1-for-4 | 2: 1B, 4: G4, 6: F7, 8: G3 |
| (2B) | Fujita, Kazuya | 0-for-4 | 2: G5, 4: F7, 6: G6, 8: G1 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Mima, Manabu, W | 61/3 | 111 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3.195 |
| Katayama, Hiroshi, H | 2/3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.767 |
| Rasner, Darrell, H | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.909 |
| Aoyama, Koji, S | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.784 |
| 9 | 147 | 37 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Nippon Ham
Hitting (LOB: 6, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF) | Itoi, Yoshio | 2-for-4 | 1: 1B, 3: BB, 5: G4, 7: 1B, 9: G5 |
| (3B) | Sugiya, Kenshi | 0-for-3 | 1: S1, 3: G4, 5: SO, 7: f3 |
| C | Ono, Shota | 0-for-0 | |
| (2B) | Tanaka, Kensuke | 2-for-4 | 1: 1B, 3: F7, 6: 1B, 7: F7 |
| (LF) | Nakata, Sho | 1-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI | 1: F8, 4: E5, 6: F8, 8: HR |
| (1B) | Hoffpauir, Micah | 1-for-4 | 1: G4, 4: 1B, 6: F8, 8: G4 |
| (CF) | Yang, Dai-Kang | 0-for-3 | 2: F9, 4: S1, 6: F7, 8: G6 |
| (DH) | Nioka, Tomohiro | 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI | 2: F9, 4: S8, 7: 1B, 8: G6 |
| (C) | Tsuruoka, Shinya | 0-for-2 | 2: SO, 4: L1 |
| PH-3B | Nishikawa, Haruki | 1-for-2, 1 R, 2 RBI | 7: HR, 9: F4 |
| (SS) | Iiyama, Yuji | 0-for-3 | 3: G5, 5: F8, 7: G6 |
| PH | Kato, Masayoshi | 0-for-1 | 9: F9 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Tadano, Kazuhito, L | 5 | 81 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2.438 |
| Inui, Masahiro | 11/3 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.909 |
| Tanimoto, Keisuke | 2/3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.316 |
| Wakatake, Ryuji | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Moriuchi, Toshiharu | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.467 |
| 9 | 128 | 40 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
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Notes
HR: RAK: Teppei (1, one on, off Tadano), Ginji (1, none on, off Tadano). HAM: Nishikawa (1, one on, off Mima), Nakata (9, none on, off Rasner).
Rakuten: Mima got the win and is 5-2 in nine games (eight starts). ... Aoyama recorded his twelfth save of the season. ... Ginji's homer in the 5th was the first of his career. ... The Eagles are 4-0-1 since their last loss on June 20 (vs Yokohama).
Nippon Ham: Tadano suffered his first loss of the season and is 4-1 in eight starts. He is also 0-5 in his last seven games against Rakuten. ... Nishikawa's homer in the 7th was the first of his career. ... Tanaka notched the 1,000th hit of his career in the 6th inning of Mima. ... The Fighters lost their second straight.