Saitama Seibu Lions 9 – Orix Buffaloes 3 (August 15, 2012)
by Gen on Aug.15, 2012 @ 4:04 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Saitama Seibu Lions vs Orix Buffaloes @ Kyocera Dome - 18:00
Announced Starters: Yusei Kikuchi (SEI) 1-0, 2.48 - Kei Igawa (ORI) 2-4, 3.43
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Seibu | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 1 |
| Orix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
Attendance: 14142 | Seibu leads series, 9-4-2 | Time: 3:18
Seibu
Hitting (LOB: 3, DPs in: 4th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (LF) | Kuriyama, Takumi | 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI | 1: 1B, 2: SO, 4: 1B, 6: F8, 9: G4 |
| (CF) | Akiyama, Shogo | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: 1B, 3: SO, 4: S3, 6: SO, 9: G4 |
| (SS) | Nakajima, Hiroyuki | 2-for-3, 2 R, 3 RBI | 1: BB, 3: HR, 4: 1B, 7: F9 |
| SS | Nagae, Kyohei | 0-for-1 | 9: G5 |
| (1B) | Nakamura, Takeya | 0-for-4 | 1: f3, 3: F8, 4: DP, 7: F7 |
| (3B) | German, Esteban | 1-for-4, 3 RBI | 1: 3B, 3: F9, 5: G5, 7: G3 |
| 3B | Onizaki, Yuji | 0-for-0 | |
| (DH) | Ortiz, Jose | 2-for-3, 1 R | 1: G6, 4: BB, 5: 1B, 8: 2B |
| PR-DH | Hoshi, Hidekazu | 0-for-0 | |
| (2B) | Asamura, Hideto | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: G4, 4: 1B, 5: SO, 8: F7 |
| (C) | Sumitani, Ginjiro | 1-for-3, 1 R | 2: SO, 4: BB, 5: G4, 8: 1B (BrO) |
| (RF) | Kumashiro, Masato | 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | 2: SO, 4: 1B, 6: F9, 8: G5 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Kikuchi, Yusei, W | 62/3 | 125 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2.523 |
| Togame, Ken | 11/3 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.423 |
| Miyata, Kazuki | 1/3 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Okamoto, Atsushi | 2/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.542 |
| 9 | 176 | 43 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Orix
Hitting (LOB: 13, DPs in: 9th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF) | Scales, Bobby | 2-for-4, 1 R | 1: BB, 2: 1B, 4: 2B, 6: SO, 8: F8 |
| (CF) | Kawabata, Takayoshi | 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: S1, 2: G6, 4: 1B, 7: 2B, 8: SO |
| (2B) | Goto, Mitsutaka | 1-for-4, 1 RBI | 1: L4, 2: SO, 4: F6, 7: 2B, 9: BB |
| (1B) | Lee, Dae-Ho | 1-for-5 | 1: 1B, 3: F7, 5: F8, 7: SO, 9: SO |
| (LF) | Okada, Takahiro | 0-for-4 | 1: E3, 3: SO, 5: SO, 7: SO, 9: BB |
| (3B) | Baldiris, Aarom | 3-for-3 | 1: 1B, 3: 1B, 5: 1B, 7: BB, 9: HBP |
| (DH) | Takahashi, Shinji | 1-for-5 | 1: G6, 3: SO, 5: F9, 7: 1B, 9: DP |
| (C) | Saito, Toshio | 1-for-3, 1 R | 2: 1B, 4: SO, 6: G6 |
| PH | Takehara, Naotaka | 0-for-1 | 7: F4 |
| C | Ito, Hikaru | 0-for-0 | |
| (SS) | Shimada, Takuya | 0-for-3 | 2: S1, 4: G6, 6: F9, 8: F7 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Igawa, Kei, L | 30/3 | 71 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4.720 |
| Furukawa, Shuichi | 3 | 38 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.438 |
| Katsuki, Ryota | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.290 |
| Kaida, Tomoyuki | 2 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.130 |
| 9 | 138 | 39 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
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Notes
HR: SEI: Nakajima (12, none on, off Igawa).
Seibu: The Lions won their third straight. They have also won their last two against the Buffaloes. ... Kikuchi got the win and is 2-0 in six games (five starts). ... Nakamura celebrated his twenty-ninth birthday today.
Orix: The Buffaloes dropped their second straight. ... Igawa lost his second start in a row and is now 2-5 in nine starts. ... Baldiris picked up his fifth modasho of the year.

