Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1 – Chunichi Dragons 2 (August 9, 2012)
by Gen on Aug.09, 2012 @ 4:02 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Chunichi Dragons @ Nagoya Dome - 18:00
Announced Starters: Yusuke Nomura (HIR) 7-5, 1.57 - Enyelbert Soto (CHU) 0-0, 1.57
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Hiroshima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Chunichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Attendance: 27442 | Chunichi leads series, 11-4-2 | Time: 2:55
Hiroshima
Hitting (LOB: 4, DPs in: 2nd)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Akamatsu, Masato | 1-for-3 | 1: BB, 3: 1B (SB), 6: G6, 8: F8 |
| C | Shirahama, Yuta | 0-for-0 | |
| (2B-SS) | Kikuchi, Ryosuke | 1-for-3 | 1: S1, 3: f9, 6: 2B, 9: SO |
| (SS) | Soyogi, Eishin | 0-for-3 | 1: F8, 4: F9, 6: F8 |
| P | Yokoyama, Ryuji | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Imamura, Takeru | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Iwamoto, Takahiro | 0-for-1 | 9: G3 |
| (1B) | Eldred, Brad | 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: SO, 4: SO, 7: 1B, 9: HR |
| (3B) | Dobayashi, Shota | 1-for-4 | 2: 1B, 4: SO, 7: F7, 9: SO |
| (LF) | Mukae, Yuichiro | 0-for-3 | 2: DP, 5: F6, 7: SO |
| (RF) | Hirose, Jun | 0-for-3 | 2: F8, 5: SO, 7: SO |
| (C) | Kura, Yoshikazu | 0-for-2 | 3: G4, 5: F9 |
| PH-CF | Amaya, Soichiro | 0-for-1 | 8: SO |
| (P) | Nomura, Yusuke | 0-for-1 | 3: G4 |
| PH-2B | Higashide, Akihiro | 0-for-2 | 6: G6, 8: SO |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Nomura, Yusuke, L | 5 | 94 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.655 |
| Yokoyama, Ryuji | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Imamura, Takeru | 2 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.538 |
| 8 | 133 | 33 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Chunichi
Hitting (LOB: 7, DPs in: 8th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Oshima, Yohei | 0-for-2, 1 R | 1: G4, 3: BB, 5: BB, 7: SO |
| (2B) | Araki, Masahiro | 0-for-3 | 1: G6, 3: S1, 5: F3, 7: G5 |
| (LF) | Wada, Kazuhiro | 2-for-4, 1 RBI | 1: 1B, 3: SO, 5: 1B, 8: G5 |
| (1B) | Morino, Masahiko | 3-for-4, 1 RBI | 1: 1B, 3: SO, 5: 1B, 8: 1B |
| (SS) | Ibata, Hirokazu | 1-for-3 | 1: BB, 4: G3, 5: G4, 8: 1B |
| (C) | Tanishige, Motonobu | 0-for-4 | 1: G6, 4: SO, 6: F9, 8: DP |
| (RF) | Fujii, Atsushi | 0-for-3 | 2: G1, 4: F8, 6: SO |
| (3B) | Takahashi, Shuhei | 1-for-3, 1 R | 2: SO, 5: 1B, 6: SO |
| 3B | Donoue, Naomichi | 0-for-0 | |
| (P) | Soto, Enyelbert | 0-for-2 | 2: SO, 5: SO |
| P | Tajima, Shinji | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Donoue, Takehiro | 0-for-1 | 7: SO |
| P | Sosa, Jorge | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Yamai, Daisuke | 0-for-0 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Soto, Enyelbert, W | 50/3 | 76 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.337 |
| Tajima, Shinji, H | 2 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.365 |
| Sosa, Jorge, H | 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.196 |
| Yamai, Daisuke, S | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.450 |
| 9 | 129 | 32 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Notes
Chunichi invited eleven kids (and their caretakers) that moved to Nagoya from the Miyagi, Fukushima, or Ibaraki areas due to the Tohoku earthquake last March.
HR: HIR: Eldred (3, none on, off Yamai).
Hiroshima: The Carp lost their third game in a row. They have dropped their last four against the Dragons and are also 0-4-1 at Nagoya Dome this season. ... Nomura dropped his third consecutive start and is 7-6 in eighteen starts. ... Imamura has not allowed a run over his last twenty-seven consecutive appearances.
Chunichi: The Dragons won their fifth straight game. They are also 3-0-1 over their last four games at Nagoya Dome. ... Soto made his fourth start of the year and got the win. He is 1-0 in thirteen games. He also left the game in the middle of the 6th with discomfort in his left hamstring (it started acting up in the 4th). ... Tajima has not allowed a run over his last twenty consecutive outings. ... Yamai saved his fourth game of the year. ... Morino recorded his third modasho of the year.

