Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 0 – Orix Buffaloes 1 (July 26, 2012)
by Gen on Jul.26, 2012 @ 4:04 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles vs Orix Buffaloes @ Kyocera Dome - 18:00
Announced Starters: Wataru Karashima (RAK) 3-1, 0.77 - Kei Igawa (ORI) 1-3, 3.46
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Rakuten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Orix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Attendance: 12622 | Rakuten leads series, 7-5-1 | Time: 2:43
Rakuten
Hitting (LOB: 6, DPs in: 3rd)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Hijirisawa, Ryo | 0-for-2 | 1: BB, 3: SO, 6: BB (BrO), 8: F7 |
| (2B) | Akaminai, Ginji | 1-for-2 | 1: S1, 4: 1B, 6: BB, 8: G6 |
| (SS) | Matsui, Kazuo | 1-for-2 | 1: F6, 4: BB, 6: S1, 9: 1B |
| (3B) | Masuda, Shintaro | 0-for-4 | 1: SO, 4: f2, 6: G4, 9: G4 |
| PR | Nishimura, Wataru | 0-for-0 | |
| (DH) | Garcia, Luis | 0-for-4 | 2: F3, 4: SO, 6: G5, 9: SO |
| (LF) | Nakashima, Toshiya | 0-for-3 | 2: F9, 4: F4, 7: G4 |
| LF | Tsuchiya, Teppei | 0-for-1 | 9: f5 |
| (1B) | Fernandez, Jose | 0-for-3 | 2: G6, 5: F9, 7: G6 |
| (RF) | Makida, Akihisa | 1-for-3 | 3: 1B (CS), 5: f3, 7: F8 |
| (C) | Shima, Motohiro | 0-for-2 | 3: SO, 5: BB (CS), 8: L4 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Karashima, Wataru, L | 7 | 103 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.857 |
| Heuser, Jim | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.682 |
| 8 | 112 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Orix
Hitting (LOB: 7, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF) | Scales, Bobby | 1-for-4 | 1: G4, 3: F9, 5: 1B, 7: G4 |
| CF | Goto, Shunta | 0-for-0 | |
| (SS) | Obiki, Keiji | 0-for-2 | 1: BB, 3: SO, 5: S1, 7: L4 |
| (2B) | Goto, Mitsutaka | 1-for-3 | 1: HBP, 3: 1B, 5: F8, 8: F7 |
| (1B) | Lee, Dae-Ho | 0-for-3 | 1: BB, 3: G1, 5: G5, 8: G6 |
| LF | Nakamura, Issei | 0-for-0 | |
| (LF-1B) | Okada, Takahiro | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: F6, 4: 2B, 6: G3, 8: F8 |
| (3B) | Baldiris, Aarom | 2-for-3 | 1: G5, 4: 1B, 6: 1B |
| (DH) | Takehara, Naotaka | 0-for-2, 1 RBI | 2: F7, 4: S8, 6: G5 |
| (C) | Saito, Toshio | 0-for-3 | 2: SO, 4: f2, 6: G6 |
| (CF-RF) | Kawabata, Takayoshi | 0-for-3 | 2: F6, 4: G5, 7: SO |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Igawa, Kei, W | 7 | 88 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.727 |
| Hirano, Yoshihisa, H | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.613 |
| Kishida, Mamoru, S | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.368 |
| 9 | 112 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Notes
Rakuten: The Eagles dropped their third straight. They also suffered their seventh shutout loss of the year. Rakuten now has forty losses on the year. ... Karashima took the loss and is 3-2 in six starts. His personal two-game winning streak also came to an end.
Orix: The Buffaloes won their second in a row. They also recorded their sixth shutout victory of the season. ... Igawa got the win and is 2-3 in six starts. ... Kishida saved his sixteenth game.