Chunichi Dragons 2 – Hanshin Tigers 1 (July 11, 2012)
by Gen on Jul.11, 2012 @ 4:02 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Chunichi Dragons vs Hanshin Tigers @ Koshien Stadium - 18:00
Announced Starters: Yudai Ono (CHU) - Minoru Iwata (HAN) 5-7, 3.10
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Chunichi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Hanshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Attendance: 32413 | Chunichi leads series, 8-2-1 | Time: 3:37
Chunichi
Hitting (LOB: 9, DPs in: 1st, 2nd)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF) | Hirata, Ryosuke | 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: HR, 2: SO, 5: 1B, 7: G3, 9: SO |
| (CF) | Oshima, Yohei | 3-for-5, 1 R | 1: 1B, 3: G6, 5: 1B, 8: 1B, 9: F6 |
| (3B-1B) | Morino, Masahiko | 0-for-2 | 1: BB, 3: SO, 5: SO, 8: S1 |
| (LF) | Wada, Kazuhiro | 0-for-3 | 1: DP, 3: G5, 6: SO, 8: BB |
| 3B | Takahashi, Shuhei | 0-for-0 | |
| (SS) | Ibata, Hirokazu | 1-for-4, 1 RBI | 1: 2B, 4: G1, 6: SO, 8: G6 |
| (C) | Tanishige, Motonobu | 1-for-3 | 1: BB, 4: G5, 6: 1B, 8: f2 |
| (1B) | Yamasaki, Takeshi | 0-for-2 | 1: SO, 4: SO |
| 1B | Diaz, Victor | 0-for-1 | 6: F9, 9: BB |
| PR-LF | Fujii, Atsushi | 0-for-0 | |
| (2B) | Donoue, Naomichi | 1-for-3 | 2: 1B, 5: SO, 7: G4, 9: S1 |
| (P) | Ono, Yudai | 0-for-2 | 2: G5 (CS), 5: SO |
| P | Tajima, Shinji | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Tanaka, Daisuke | 0-for-1 | 7: SO |
| P | Sosa, Jorge | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Donoue, Takehiro | 0-for-0 | 9: BB |
| P | Iwase, Hitoki | 0-for-0 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Ono, Yudai, W | 51/3 | 97 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.688 |
| Tajima, Shinji, H | 2/3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.482 |
| Sosa, Jorge, H | 2 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Iwase, Hitoki, S | 1 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.604 |
| 9 | 146 | 36 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hanshin
Hitting (LOB: 8, DPs in: 6th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF-LF) | Murton, Matt | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: 1B, 2: G5, 5: F7, 7: SO |
| (2B) | Hirano, Keiichi | 0-for-3 | 1: BB, 3: F9, 5: f7, 8: F7 |
| (SS) | Toritani, Takashi | 1-for-4, 1 RBI | 1: G6, 3: 1B, 5: F7, 8: G3 |
| (1B) | Arai, Takahiro | 1-for-4 | 1: SO, 3: SO, 6: F7, 8: 1B |
| (LF) | Kanemoto, Tomoaki | 1-for-3 | 1: F9, 3: F4, 6: 1B |
| PR-RF | Shibata, Kohei | 0-for-0 | 8: BB |
| (3B) | Arai, Ryota | 1-for-4 | 2: G5, 4: F4, 6: 1B, 8: G6 |
| (CF) | Maeda, Yamato | 1-for-4 | 2: 1B, 4: F9, 6: DP, 9: G4 |
| (C) | Imanari, Ryota | 1-for-3 | 2: f7, 4: 1B, 7: G4 |
| PH | Asai, Ryo | 0-for-1 | 9: F3 |
| (P) | Iwata, Minoru | 1-for-2 | 2: 1B, 4: SO |
| PH | Brazell, Craig | 0-for-1 | 7: G4 |
| P | Tsutsui, Kazuya | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Watanabe, Ryo | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Kato, Kosuke | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Sekimoto, Kentaro | 0-for-0 | 9: BB |
| PR | Uemoto, Hiroki | 0-for-0 | 9: (CS) |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Iwata, Minoru, L | 7 | 122 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.059 |
| Tsutsui, Kazuya | 1/3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.897 |
| Watanabe, Ryo | 11/3 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.982 |
| Kato, Kosuke | 1/3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.900 |
| 9 | 154 | 38 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Notes
HR: CHU: Hirata (8, none on, off Iwata).
Chunichi: Ono made his first start of the year and picked up his first Ichi-gun win. ... Iwase saved his twenty-sixth game. ... Hirata hit a home run to lead-off the game for the first time in his career. ... Oshima recorded his sixth modasho of the year. ... The Dragons are the second team in the NPB to record forty wins.
Hanshin: Iwata lost his third straight start and is 5-8 over fourteen starts. He also picked up his fourth double-digit strikeout game. ... The game ended when pinch-runner Uemoto was caught trying to steal second with a 3-2 count against Murton in the bottom of the 9th.