Saitama Seibu Lions 8 – Orix Buffaloes 2 (July 15, 2012)
by Gen on Jul.15, 2012 @ 4:04 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Saitama Seibu Lions vs Orix Buffaloes @ Hotto Motto Field Kobe - 13:00
Announced Starters: Kazuhisa Makita (SEI) 6-5, 2.55 - Satoshi Komatsu (ORI) 1-1, 2.53
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Seibu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| Orix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
Attendance: 14352 | Seibu leads series, 6-3-1 | Time: 3:31
Seibu
Hitting (LOB: 9, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (LF) | Kuriyama, Takumi | 1-for-5, 1 RBI | 1: G4, 2: SO, 4: G6, 5: 2B, 8: G1 |
| (2B) | Hara, Takuya | 1-for-4, 2 R | 1: E6, 3: 1B, 5: HBP, 5: G1, 8: SO |
| 2B | Onizaki, Yuji | 0-for-0 | |
| (SS) | Nakajima, Hiroyuki | 3-for-5, 2 R | 1: 1B, 3: F7, 5: 1B, 6: F9, 8: 1B |
| (DH) | Nakamura, Takeya | 0-for-4 | 1: G6, 3: BB, 5: F7, 6: F8, 8: SO |
| (3B) | German, Esteban | 2-for-4, 1 R, 3 RBI | 1: 1B, 3: f3, 5: 1B, 6: G6 |
| PH-3B | Nagae, Kyohei | 0-for-1 | 9: SO |
| (C) | Uemoto, Tatsuyuki | 0-for-1 | 1: F8, 3: BB |
| PH | Takayama, Hisashi | 1-for-1, 1 R | 5: 1B |
| C | Sumitani, Ginjiro | 0-for-2 | 7: f2, 9: G6 |
| (RF) | Osaki, Yutaro | 0-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI | 2: F7, 3: G4, 5: HBP, 7: F8 |
| RF | Kumashiro, Masato | 1-for-1 | 9: 1B |
| (1B) | Asamura, Hideto | 3-for-5, 1 R, 3 RBI | 2: 1B (SB), 4: F6, 5: 3B, 7: 1B, 9: G6 |
| (CF) | Akiyama, Shogo | 0-for-4 | 2: F6, 4: F8, 5: G3, 7: f3 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Makita, Kazuhisa, W | 5 | 89 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.423 |
| Kikuchi, Yusei, S | 4 | 60 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.755 |
| 9 | 149 | 36 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Orix
Hitting (LOB: 7, DPs in: 5th, 7th, 6th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF) | Scales, Bobby | 2-for-3 | 1: 2B, 3: SO, 5: BB, 7: 1B |
| (SS) | Obiki, Keiji | 0-for-4 | 1: G4, 3: SO, 5: G5, 7: DP |
| (3B) | Baldiris, Aarom | 0-for-2 | 1: BB, 3: F8, 5: HBP, 7: F8 |
| (1B) | Lee, Dae-Ho | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: SO, 4: 1B, 5: DP, 8: SO |
| 1B | Tsuji, Toshiya | 0-for-0 | |
| (LF) | Okada, Takahiro | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: F8, 4: E3, 6: 1B, 8: G6 |
| (DH) | Takehara, Naotaka | 0-for-3, 1 RBI | 2: SO, 4: S7, 6: DP, 8: G5 |
| (CF) | Yoshida, Shintaro | 1-for-2 | 2: 1B, 4: G5 |
| PH-CF | Kawabata, Takayoshi | 1-for-2 | 6: 1B, 9: F9 |
| (C) | Ito, Hikaru | 1-for-4, 1 RBI | 2: G2, 4: 1B, 6: L6, 9: G5 |
| (2B) | Shimada, Takuya | 1-for-4 | 2: F3, 4: F8, 7: 1B, 9: G6 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Komatsu, Satoshi, L | 41/3 | 92 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3.156 |
| Yoshino, Makoto | 0/3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.938 |
| Katsuki, Ryota | 22/3 | 37 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.454 |
| Kaida, Tomoyuki | 2 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.964 |
| 9 | 162 | 44 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
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Notes
Seibu: Makita got the win and is 7-5 in fifteen starts. He is also 4-0 in six starts since his last loss on June 3 (vs Yokohama). ... Kikuchi picked up his first career save in his second career relief appearance. ... Nakajima recorded his sixth modasho of the year (second of the month); Asamura his first of the season. ... The Lions won their third straight.
Orix: Komatsu made his third start of the year and took the loss. He is 1-2 in ten games (and 0-2 in his three starts). ... T-Okada extended his hitting streak to ten games. ... Shimada's hit in the 7th was the first of his Ichi-gun career. ... The Buffaloes dropped their second straight. They have also lost their last seven Sunday home games.