Chunichi Dragons 2 – Tokyo Yakult Swallows 9 (August 3, 2012)
by Gen on Aug.03, 2012 @ 4:00 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Chunichi Dragons vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows @ Jingu Stadium - 18:00
Announced Starters: Maximo Nelson (CHU) 0-0, 0.00 - Katsuki Akagawa (YAK) 5-5, 3.63
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Chunichi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Yakult | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 10 | 1 |
Attendance: 18885 | Yakult leads series, 9-4-2 | Time: 3:01
Chunichi
Hitting (LOB: 4, DPs in: 4th, 6th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Oshima, Yohei | 0-for-3, 1 R | 1: HBP, 2: G6, 5: G3, 8: F7 |
| (2B) | Araki, Masahiro | 1-for-4 | 1: G5, 3: G6, 6: 1B (CS), 8: F8 |
| (LF) | Wada, Kazuhiro | 0-for-4 | 1: F7, 3: F9, 6: SO, 8: F9 |
| LF | Nomoto, Kei | 0-for-0 | |
| (3B) | Morino, Masahiko | 1-for-4, 1 RBI | 1: 1B, 3: G3, 6: G4, 9: SO |
| (SS) | Ibata, Hirokazu | 1-for-2 | 1: BB, 4: 1B, 7: F8 |
| P | Muto, Yuta | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Takahashi, Akifumi | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Donoue, Takehiro | 0-for-1 | 9: SO |
| (RF) | Matsui, Yusuke | 0-for-4 | 1: L5, 4: L6, 7: F8, 9: G6 |
| (1B) | Yanagida, Shigeo | 1-for-3, 1 R | 2: G6, 4: DP, 7: 1B |
| (C) | Oda, Kohei | 1-for-1 | 2: 2B |
| PH-C | Tanaka, Daisuke | 1-for-2, 1 RBI | 5: G6, 7: 2B |
| (P) | Nelson, Maximo | 0-for-1 | 2: G1 |
| PH | Iwasaki, Tatsuro | 0-for-1 | 5: F8 |
| P | Oguma, Ryosuke | 0-for-0 | |
| PH-SS | Donoue, Naomichi | 0-for-1 | 7: G5 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Nelson, Maximo, L | 4 | 91 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10.800 |
| Oguma, Ryosuke | 2 | 50 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13.500 |
| Muto, Yuta | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.203 |
| Takahashi, Akifumi | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.000 |
| 8 | 164 | 43 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
Yakult
Hitting (LOB: 10, DPs in: 8th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (LF) | Milledge, Lastings | 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: BB, 2: F4, 4: 2B, 5: BB, 7: G6 |
| RF | Hiyane, Wataru | 0-for-0 | |
| (2B) | Tanaka, Hiroyasu | 0-for-3 | 1: S1, 3: G6, 4: BB, 5: SO, 7: E4 |
| (3B) | Kawabata, Shingo | 1-for-5, 2 RBI | 1: SO, 3: SO, 4: F9, 5: 1B, 7: G4 |
| 3B | Miwa, Masayoshi | 0-for-0 | |
| (1B) | Hatakeyama, Kazuhiro | 1-for-4, 2 RBI | 1: BB, 3: f9, 4: 2B, 5: f9, 8: F3 |
| (RF-LF) | Matsui, Jun | 1-for-4 | 1: G4, 4: SO, 4: G1, 6: 2B |
| PH-LF | Noguchi, Yoshiyuki | 0-for-0 | 8: BB |
| (SS) | Morioka, Ryosuke | 2-for-3, 3 R | 2: 2B, 4: 1B, 5: BB, 6: F7 |
| PH-SS | Yamada, Tetsuto | 1-for-1 | 8: 1B (BrO) |
| (CF) | Fukuchi, Kazuki | 2-for-4, 2 R, 1 RBI | 2: 2B, 4: 1B, 5: BB, 6: F6, 8: L3 |
| (C) | Aikawa, Ryoji | 1-for-3, 2 R, 3 RBI | 2: f3, 4: HR, 5: BB, 6: G6 |
| (P) | Akagawa, Katsuki | 0-for-3, 1 R | 2: SO, 4: BB, 5: L6, 7: SO |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Akagawa, Katsuki, W | 9 | 122 | 33 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.407 |
| 9 | 122 | 33 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
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Notes
HR: YAK: Aikawa (1, two on, off Nelson).
Chunichi: The Dragons' winning streak came to an end at three (3-0-2). They are also 0-5-1 at Jingu Stadium so far this year. ... Nelson made his first start of the year and took the loss. He is 0-1 in two games. Over his career, he is 0-5 in seven games (five starts) at Jingu Stadium. ... Morino extended his hitting streak to ten games.
Yakult: The Swallows won their second straight. They also picked up their fortieth win of the year. ... Akagawa got the win -- his first in five starts since June 22 (vs Yomiuri) -- and is 6-5 in eighteen starts. This was also his second complete game of the year. ... Aikawa's homer in the 4th was his first since September 19, 2011 (vs Yokohama).