Yomiuri Giants 4 – Yokohama Bay Stars 1 (August 3, 2012)
by Gen on Aug.03, 2012 @ 4:01 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Yomiuri Giants vs Yokohama Bay Stars @ Yokohama Stadium - 18:00
Announced Starters: Tetsuya Utsumi (YOM) 9-6, 1.71 - Yuki Kuniyoshi (YOK) 1-6, 4.53
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Yokohama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Attendance: 22758 | Yomiuri leads series, 7-2-2 | Time: 3:38
Yomiuri
Hitting (LOB: 12, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF) | Chono, Hisayoshi | 2-for-4 | 1: 2B (CS), 3: BB, 5: 2B, 6: F8, 8: F9 |
| (CF-LF) | Matsumoto, Tetsuya | 1-for-1, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: BB, 3: S3, 5: S7, 7: BB (SB), 9: 1B (SB) |
| (SS) | Sakamoto, Hayato | 0-for-4 | 1: BB, 3: SO, 5: SO, 7: L4, 9: F9 |
| (C) | Abe, Shinnosuke | 1-for-5 | 1: G3, 3: SO, 5: F8, 7: 1B, 9: F8 |
| (3B) | Murata, Shuichi | 0-for-2 | 1: G4, 4: BB, 6: F7, 7: BB, 9: IBB |
| PR-2B | Fujimura, Daisuke | 0-for-0 | |
| (LF) | Takahashi, Yoshinobu | 0-for-4, 1 R | 2: F7, 4: SO, 6: E6, 7: SO |
| CF | Suzuki, Takahiro | 1-for-1, 1 RBI | 9: 1B (SB) |
| (1B) | Furuki, Shigeyuki | 2-for-4, 1 R | 2: 1B, 4: G6, 6: 1B (SB), 7: F7 |
| P | Yamaguchi, Tetsuya | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Tani, Yoshitomo | 0-for-1 | 9: G4 |
| P | Nishimura, Kentaro | 0-for-0 | |
| (2B-3B) | Terauchi, Takayuki | 0-for-4 | 2: L5, 4: G6, 6: f3, 8: L3 |
| (P) | Utsumi, Tetsuya | 1-for-2, 1 R, 2 RBI | 2: G5, 5: BB, 6: 1B |
| P | Tahara, Seiji | 0-for-0 | |
| 1B | Gonzalez, Edgar | 0-for-1 | 8: F7 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Utsumi, Tetsuya, W | 61/3 | 105 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.696 |
| Tahara, Seiji | 0/3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.675 |
| Yamaguchi, Tetsuya, H | 12/3 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.526 |
| Nishimura, Kentaro, S | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.662 |
| 9 | 143 | 36 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Yokohama
Hitting (LOB: 8, DPs in: 7th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Aranami, Sho | 1-for-4, 1 RBI | 1: F7, 3: G1, 5: G4, 7: 1B |
| (2B) | Uchimura, Kensuke | 1-for-4 | 1: SO, 3: G5, 6: 1B, 7: DP |
| (3B) | Nakamura, Norihiro | 1-for-4 | 1: G4, 4: 1B, 6: F8, 8: F7 |
| (LF) | Ramirez, Alex | 1-for-4 | 2: G5, 4: F3, 6: F4, 8: 1B |
| PR-LF | Shimamura, Ikki | 0-for-0 | |
| (1B) | Goto, Taketoshi | 2-for-4 | 2: 1B, 4: 1B, 6: F9, 8: f3 |
| (SS) | Watanabe, Naoto | 0-for-3, 1 R | 2: G6, 4: F9, 7: BB, 8: G3 |
| (RF) | Kinjo, Tatsuhiko | 1-for-3 | 2: 1B, 4: SO, 7: G6 |
| C | Tsuruoka, Kazunari | 0-for-1 | 9: F9 |
| (C) | Takajo, Shuto | 0-for-2 | 2: G2, 5: SO |
| PH-RF | Morimoto, Hichori | 1-for-2 | 7: 1B, 9: G1 |
| (P) | Kuniyoshi, Yuki | 0-for-2 | 3: SO, 5: G4 |
| PH | Koike, Masaaki | 0-for-0 | 7: BB |
| PR | Shimozono, Tatsuya | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Kaga, Shigeru | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Ohara, Shinji | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Ruiz, Randy | 0-for-1 | 9: F7 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Kuniyoshi, Yuki, L | 7 | 138 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4.116 |
| Kaga, Shigeru | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.034 |
| Ohara, Shinji | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.976 |
| 9 | 173 | 43 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
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Notes
Yomiuri: The Giants stopped two-game losing streak (0-2-1). ... Utsumi won his third straight start and is 10-6 in nineteen starts. ... Nishimura recorded his sixteenth save of the year.
Yokohama: The Bay Stars dropped their fourth straight against the Giants. ... Kuniyoshi took the loss andis 1-7 in ten starts. He is also 0-4 in five starts since his last victory on May 6 (vs Chunichi). ... Aranami extended his hitting streak to ten games.