Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 0 – vs Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 7 (August 3, 2012)
by Gen on Aug.03, 2012 @ 4:03 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles vs Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters @ Sapporo Dome - 18:00
Announced Starters: Wataru Karashima (RAK) 3-2, 0.86 - Brian Wolfe (HAM) 5-7, 2.60
| 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 |
| Nippon Ham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 | 13 | 0 |
Attendance: 31770 | Series tied, 6-6-1 | Time: 3:00
Rakuten
Hitting (LOB: 5, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Hijirisawa, Ryo | 1-for-4 | 1: SO, 4: G6, 6: F7, 8: 1B |
| (2B) | Akaminai, Ginji | 0-for-4 | 1: G3, 4: SO, 6: G3, 8: SO |
| (SS) | Matsui, Kazuo | 0-for-3 | 1: SO, 4: G5, 7: SO |
| SS | Fujita, Kazuya | 0-for-1 | 9: G6 |
| (1B-3B) | Masuda, Shintaro | 0-for-3 | 2: F5, 5: G5, 7: BB, 9: f5 |
| (DH) | Harper, Brett | 1-for-3 | 2: SO, 5: BB, 7: 1B, 9: G4 |
| (3B) | Iwamura, Akinori | 0-for-2 | 2: G6, 5: G4 |
| 1B | Garcia, Luis | 0-for-1 | 7: F8 |
| (LF) | Tsuchiya, Teppei | 0-for-3 | 3: G3, 5: G4, 7: SO |
| (RF) | Makida, Akihisa | 0-for-3 | 3: G4, 6: G1, 8: F3 |
| (C) | Shima, Motohiro | 1-for-2 | 3: 1B (CS), 6: BB, 8: SO |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Karashima, Wataru, L | 5 | 98 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.532 |
| Kato, Daisuke | 2 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.115 |
| Satake, Kenta | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15.750 |
| 8 | 145 | 36 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Nippon Ham
Hitting (LOB: 5, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Tanaka, Kensuke | 2-for-4 | 1: L4, 3: 1B (CS), 5: 1B (SB), 7: G4 |
| SS | Iiyama, Yuji | 0-for-0 | |
| (LF) | Sugiya, Kenshi | 0-for-3 | 1: G6, 3: F8, 5: S3, 7: SO |
| (RF) | Itoi, Yoshio | 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI | 1: SO, 4: HR, 5: F6, 8: HR |
| (1B) | Nakata, Sho | 3-for-4, 3 R, 1 RBI | 2: 1B, 4: 1B, 5: SO, 8: HR |
| (DH) | Inaba, Atsunori | 2-for-3 | 2: 2B, 4: SO, 6: 2B |
| PH-DH | Ugumori, Atsushi | 0-for-1 | 8: F9 |
| (CF) | Yang, Dai-Kang | 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI | 2: G6, 4: 2B, 6: F7, 8: 1B |
| (3B) | Koyano, Eiichi | 2-for-4, 1 RBI | 2: G1, 4: 2B, 6: G6, 8: 1B |
| (C) | Ono, Shota | 0-for-4, 1 RBI | 2: f3, 4: F7, 6: F9, 8: G5 |
| (SS) | Kaneko, Makoto | 0-for-3 | 3: F7, 4: G6, 7: SO |
| SS-2B | Nakashima, Takuya | 0-for-1 | 8: F9 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Wolfe, Brian, W | 61/3 | 87 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.429 |
| Moriuchi, Toshiharu, H | 11/3 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.008 |
| Miyanishi, Naoki | 1/3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.512 |
| Molleken, Dustin | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 9 | 118 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Notes
HR: HAM: Itoi 2 (4, none on, off Karashima; none on, off Satake), Nakata (12, none on, off Satake).
Rakuten: The Eagles are 0-7-1 since their last victory on July 17 (vs Lotte). They have also lost their last three at Sapporo Dome. They were shutout for the ninth time this season (second time in as many games). ... Karashima lost his second straight start and is 3-3 in seven starts.
Nippon Ham: The Fighters recorded their tenth shutout victory of the year. They are also 4-0-2 over their last six games at Sapporo Dome. ... Wolfe snapped a personal three-game losing streak and recorded his first victory in five starts since his last victory on June 24 (vs Softbank). He is now 6-7 in seventeen starts. ... Nakata recorded his fifth modasho of the season. ... This was Itoi's third two-homer game of his career, first since June 3, 2011 (vs Yakult). ... Inaba celebrated his fortieth birthday.