Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 – Hanshin Tigers 2 (July 15, 2012)
by Gen on Jul.15, 2012 @ 4:02 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Tokyo Yakult Swallows vs Hanshin Tigers @ Koshien Stadium - 18:00
Announced Starters: Kyohei Muranaka (YAK) 4-3, 4.05 - Atsushi Nomi (HAN) 5-6, 3.24
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Yakult | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Hanshin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Attendance: 45019 | Hanshin leads series, 5-4-1 | Time: 3:18
Yakult
Hitting (LOB: 12, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Milledge, Lastings | 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: HR, 2: BB, 4: F6, 6: BB, 8: F8 |
| (2B) | Tanaka, Hiroyasu | 2-for-5, 2 RBI | 1: G4, 2: 1B, 5: G4, 6: 1B, 8: SO |
| (SS) | Kawabata, Shingo | 1-for-5 | 1: 1B, 2: F4, 5: F7, 6: G4, 9: G1 |
| 3B | Miwa, Masayoshi | 0-for-0 | |
| (1B) | Hatakeyama, Kazuhiro | 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: F8, 3: HR, 5: 1B, 7: F7, 9: SO |
| (RF) | Miyade, Ryuji | 0-for-2 | 1: SO, 3: F5 |
| PH-RF | Matsui, Jun | 2-for-3 | 5: G3, 7: 3B, 9: 1B |
| (3B) | Miyamoto, Shinya | 1-for-4, 1 R | 2: F8, 3: F8, 6: G6, 7: 1B |
| 3B-SS | Morioka, Ryosuke | 1-for-1 | 9: 1B |
| (LF) | Noguchi, Yoshiyuki | 0-for-2 | 2: SO, 3: G4 |
| PH-LF | Fukuchi, Kazuki | 3-for-3, 1 R | 6: 1B, 7: 1B (BrO), 9: 1B |
| (C) | Nakamura, Yuhei | 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | 2: BB, 4: F8, 6: F9, 7: 1B, 9: SO |
| (P) | Muranaka, Kyohei | 1-for-3 | 2: 1B, 4: SO, 6: BB, 8: SO |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Muranaka, Kyohei, W | 9 | 125 | 35 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.806 |
| 9 | 125 | 35 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Hanshin
Hitting (LOB: 6, DPs in: 3rd, 5th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF) | Murton, Matt | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: 1B, 2: G4, 5: DP, 8: G5 |
| (CF) | Maeda, Yamato | 1-for-3, 1 R | 1: 1B, 3: BB, 5: G4, 8: F4 |
| (SS) | Toritani, Takashi | 0-for-2 | 1: BB, 3: DP, 6: F8, 8: BB |
| (1B) | Arai, Takahiro | 0-for-3, 1 RBI | 1: S9, 3: L6, 6: G6, 8: SO |
| (LF) | Kanemoto, Tomoaki | 1-for-3, 1 RBI | 1: S9, 4: L3, 6: 1B, 9: SO |
| (3B) | Arai, Ryota | 1-for-4 | 1: G6, 4: 2B, 6: G4, 9: G5 |
| (2B) | Hirano, Keiichi | 1-for-4 | 2: F8, 4: G3, 7: G5, 9: 2B |
| (C) | Imanari, Ryota | 1-for-3 | 2: 1B, 4: F6, 7: SO |
| PH | Sekimoto, Kentaro | 0-for-1 | 9: G1 |
| (P) | Nomi, Atsushi | 0-for-1 | 2: G1 |
| P | Tsuru, Naoto | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Asai, Ryo | 1-for-1 | 5: 1B |
| P | Watanabe, Ryo | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Kato, Kosuke | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Uemoto, Hiroki | 0-for-1 | 7: SO |
| P | Kojima, Tatsuya | 0-for-0 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Nomi, Atsushi, L | 3 | 62 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.408 |
| Tsuru, Naoto | 2 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.588 |
| Watanabe, Ryo | 2/3 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.189 |
| Kato, Kosuke | 11/3 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.588 |
| Kojima, Tatsuya | 2 | 45 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.375 |
| 9 | 172 | 44 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Notes
HR: YAK: Milledge (11, none on, off Nomi), Hatakeyama (7, none on, off Nomi).
Yakult: Muranaka got the win and is 5-3 in fourteen games (twelve starts). He recorded his first complete game of the year (third of his career). He also snapped a seven-game losing streak (ten starts) against the Tigers and a five-game losing streak (six starts) at Koshien. ... Fukuchi notched his first modasho of the year. ... Hatakeyama homered in his second straight game. ... Milledge homered to lead-off the game for the first time in his NPB career.
Hanshin: Nomi lost his second straight start and is 5-7 in sixteen starts. ... The Tigers' two-game winning streak came to an end. They are also the second quickest to forty losses in the CL.