Yomiuri Giants 2 – Hanshin Tigers 0 (July 16, 2012)
by Gen on Jul.16, 2012 @ 4:01 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Yomiuri Giants vs Hanshin Tigers @ Koshien Stadium - 18:00
Announced Starters: Tetsuya Utsumi (YOM) 7-6, 1.78 - Jason Standridge (HAN) 5-4, 2.02
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Attendance: 47006 | Yomiuri leads series, 9-3-1 | Time: 2:46
Yomiuri
Hitting (LOB: 6, DPs in: 4th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF-RF) | Chono, Hisayoshi | 1-for-4 | 1: G1, 3: G4, 5: 1B, 8: F9 |
| (2B) | Furuki, Shigeyuki | 0-for-4 | 1: SO, 3: G4, 5: SO, 8: F8 |
| (SS) | Sakamoto, Hayato | 2-for-4 | 1: 1B, 3: f3, 6: SO, 8: 1B |
| (3B) | Murata, Shuichi | 1-for-4 | 1: F4, 4: 1B (CS), 6: L6, 8: G1 |
| (C) | Abe, Shinnosuke | 0-for-4 | 2: F7, 4: SO, 6: G4, 9: G6 |
| (RF) | Takahashi, Yoshinobu | 2-for-2, 1 R | 2: 1B, 4: 1B |
| PH-LF | Yano, Kenji | 1-for-2 | 7: SO, 9: 1B |
| P | Mathieson, Scott | 0-for-0 | |
| (1B) | Gonzalez, Edgar | 1-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI | 2: HR, 4: SO, 7: F9, 9: F4 |
| (LF) | Bowker, John | 0-for-2 | 2: SO, 5: f2, 7: BB |
| PR-CF-LF | Matsumoto, Tetsuya | 0-for-1 | 9: G4 |
| (P) | Utsumi, Tetsuya | 0-for-3 | 2: G1, 5: SO, 7: SO |
| P | Yamaguchi, Tetsuya | 0-for-0 | |
| CF | Suzuki, Takahiro | 0-for-0 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Utsumi, Tetsuya, W | 72/3 | 116 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.658 |
| Yamaguchi, Tetsuya, H | 1/3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.400 |
| Mathieson, Scott, S | 1 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.846 |
| 9 | 142 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hanshin
Hitting (LOB: 6, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF) | Murton, Matt | 0-for-3 | 1: SO, 3: G5, 6: BB, 8: F9 |
| (CF) | Maeda, Yamato | 1-for-3 | 1: SO, 4: 1B, 6: SO |
| PH | Brazell, Craig | 0-for-0 | 8: HBP |
| PR | Shibata, Kohei | 0-for-0 | |
| C | Komiyama, Shinji | 0-for-0 | |
| (SS) | Toritani, Takashi | 1-for-4 | 1: G1, 4: F7, 6: 1B, 8: G4 |
| (1B) | Arai, Takahiro | 1-for-4 | 2: 2B, 4: F8, 6: F9, 9: SO |
| (LF) | Kanemoto, Tomoaki | 0-for-4 | 2: SO, 4: F8, 7: F8, 9: SO |
| (3B) | Arai, Ryota | 0-for-4 | 2: G4, 5: F8, 7: G1, 9: f2 |
| (2B) | Hirano, Keiichi | 0-for-3 | 2: SO, 5: G6, 7: G1 |
| (C) | Imanari, Ryota | 0-for-2 | 3: G4, 5: F8 |
| PH | Sekimoto, Kentaro | 0-for-1 | 8: G6 |
| P | Tsutsui, Kazuya | 0-for-0 | |
| (P) | Standridge, Jason | 0-for-1 | 3: SO |
| PH | Uemoto, Hiroki | 0-for-1 | 6: F8 |
| P | Kato, Kosuke | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Fukuhara, Shinobu | 0-for-0 | |
| PH-CF | Asai, Ryo | 1-for-1 | 8: 1B |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Standridge, Jason, L | 6 | 101 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.093 |
| Kato, Kosuke | 1 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.459 |
| Fukuhara, Shinobu | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.890 |
| Tsutsui, Kazuya | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.780 |
| 9 | 138 | 35 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Notes
Takenori Emoto and Isao Harimoto participated in the ceremonial first pitch -- Emoto threw the ball while Harimoto stood in the batter's box.
HR: YOM: Edgar (3, one on, off Standridge).
Yomiuri: Utsumi got the win and is 8-6 in seventeen games. ... Mathieson saved his ninth game. ... The Giants won their fifth in a row against the Tigers and recorded their eleventh shutout victory of the year (twice against Hanshin).
Hanshin: Standridge took the loss and is 5-5 over fifteen starts. ... The Tigers lost their second straight. They also suffered their tenth shutout loss of the season.