Saitama Seibu Lions 4 – Chiba Lotte Marines 5 (August 9, 2012)
by Gen on Aug.09, 2012 @ 4:04 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Saitama Seibu Lions vs Chiba Lotte Marines @ QVC Marine Field - 18:15
Announced Starters: Kazuhisa Makita (SEI) 8-5, 2.36 - Tomohisa Otani (LOT) 1-5, 2.82
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Seibu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Lotte | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Attendance: 12469 | Lotte leads series, 8-5-2 | Time: 3:13
Seibu
Hitting (LOB: 7, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (LF) | Kuriyama, Takumi | 0-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: BB, 3: F9, 5: F8, 7: G4, 9: G4 |
| (CF) | Akiyama, Shogo | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: F9, 3: SO, 5: 1B, 7: F7 |
| PH | Nakamura, Takeya | 0-for-1 | 9: SO |
| (3B) | German, Esteban | 1-for-3 | 1: BB, 3: F9, 5: 1B, 7: G4 |
| (SS) | Nakajima, Hiroyuki | 2-for-3, 2 RBI | 1: S8, 4: 2B, 5: 1B, 8: F6 |
| (DH) | Carter, Chris | 1-for-4 | 1: F6, 4: 1B, 5: G3, 8: SO |
| (2B) | Asamura, Hideto | 0-for-4 | 2: f3, 4: F9, 6: G6, 8: G6 |
| (1B) | Ortiz, Jose | 3-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | 2: HR, 4: f9, 6: 1B, 9: 1B |
| PR | Onizaki, Yuji | 0-for-0, 1 R | |
| (RF) | Hoshi, Hidekazu | 0-for-3 | 2: F8, 4: SO, 6: F4 |
| PH | Osaki, Yutaro | 1-for-1 | 9: 1B |
| PR | Kumashiro, Masato | 0-for-0 | |
| (C) | Sumitani, Ginjiro | 0-for-3 | 2: SO, 5: SO, 6: f9, 9: S1 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Makita, Kazuhisa, L | 51/3 | 92 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.620 |
| Miyata, Kazuki | 12/3 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Tanaka, Yasuhiro | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 8 | 137 | 35 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Lotte
Hitting (LOB: 6, DPs in: 1st)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Okada, Yoshifumi | 1-for-3, 1 R | 1: G4, 3: 1B, 4: S1, 6: f7 |
| (SS) | Suzuki, Daichi | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: 1B, 3: G2, 4: G4, 6: F4 |
| (2B) | Iguchi, Tadahito | 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: DP, 3: 1B, 4: F7, 7: SO |
| (DH) | Whitesell, Josh | 1-for-3, 1 R | 2: 1B, 3: BB, 5: SO, 7: SO |
| (RF) | Kakunaka, Katsuya | 1-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI | 2: F7, 3: 2B, 5: L3, 7: SO |
| (LF) | Omura, Saburo | 1-for-4, 1 RBI | 2: F9, 3: 1B, 5: G5, 8: F8 |
| 1B | Heiuchi, Hisao | 0-for-0 | |
| (1B) | Fukuura, Kazuya | 2-for-4, 1 RBI | 2: 1B, 3: G3, 6: 1B, 8: F8 |
| LF | Hayasaka, Keisuke | 0-for-0 | |
| (3B) | Imae, Toshiaki | 0-for-3 | 2: G6, 3: G5, 6: S1, 8: SO |
| (C) | Kanazawa, Takeshi | 2-for-2 | 3: 1B, 4: 2B, 6: BB |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Otani, Tomohisa, W | 5 | 92 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.081 |
| Minami, Masaki, H | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Nakago, Taiki, H | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.160 |
| Masuda, Naoya, H | 1 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.204 |
| Yabuta, Yasuhiko, S | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.024 |
| 9 | 153 | 38 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Notes
HR: SEI: Ortiz (1, none on, off Otani).
Seibu: Makita took the loss and is 8-6 in eighteen games. His personal five-game winning streak came to an end with his first loss in nine starts since his last loss on June 3 (vs Yokohama). ... Ortiz collected his first modasho of the year. The home run in the 2nd was his first since August 14, 2011 (vs Nippon Ham).
Lotte: The Marines stopped a three-game losing streak (0-3-1) against the Seibu Lions. ... Otani made his second start of the year and won. He is 2-5 in thirty-one games. He also stopped a three-game losing streak with his first victory in eleven games (two starts) since his last win on July 7 (vs Orix). ... Yabuta saved his eighteenth game of the year. ... Whitesell extended his hitting streak to twelve games.

