Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 5 – Orix Buffaloes 0 (August 17, 2012)
by Gen on Aug.17, 2012 @ 4:05 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks vs Orix Buffaloes @ Kyocera Dome - 18:00
Announced Starters: Yao-Hsun Yang (SOF) 0-0, 0.00 - Nobuyoshi Yamada (ORI)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Softbank | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Orix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Attendance: 17671 | Softbank leads series, 9-5-2 | Time: 2:47
Softbank
Hitting (LOB: 7, DPs in: 4th, 5th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Honda, Yuichi | 1-for-4 | 1: G5, 3: F8, 5: S5, 6: 1B, 9: G6 |
| (SS) | Imamiya, Kenta | 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: SO, 3: G5, 5: 2B, 7: G6, 9: 1B |
| (LF) | Uchikawa, Seiichi | 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: G5, 4: 1B, 5: 2B, 7: G4, 9: G5 |
| (DH) | Pena, Wily Mo | 4-for-4, 2 R, 3 RBI | 2: HR, 4: HR, 5: 1B, 7: 2B |
| (RF) | Tamura, Hitoshi | 0-for-4 | 2: G6, 4: F7, 5: DP, 7: G5 |
| (1B) | Allen, Brandon | 0-for-3 | 2: SO, 4: BB, 6: SO, 8: SO |
| (CF) | Yanagita, Yuki | 1-for-3 | 2: SO, 4: 1B, 6: HBP (BrO), 8: SO |
| (3B) | Lee, Tu-Hsuan | 0-for-2 | 3: BB, 4: DP, 6: BB, 8: G4 |
| 3B | Kaneko, Keisuke | 0-for-0 | |
| (C) | Hosokawa, Toru | 0-for-2, 1 R | 3: S1, 5: BB, 6: SO, 9: SO |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Yang, Yao-Hsun, W | 9 | 103 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 9 | 103 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Orix
Hitting (LOB: 2, DPs in: 6th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF) | Scales, Bobby | 2-for-4 | 1: 1B (BrO), 3: SO, 6: 1B, 9: F6 |
| (CF) | Kawabata, Takayoshi | 0-for-3 | 1: S1, 3: SO, 6: DP, 9: SO |
| (3B) | Baldiris, Aarom | 0-for-3 | 1: G6, 4: SO, 7: G6 |
| (1B) | Lee, Dae-Ho | 0-for-3 | 1: SO, 4: G6, 7: F8 |
| (LF) | Okada, Takahiro | 0-for-3 | 2: G3, 4: G6, 7: SO |
| (DH) | Takahashi, Shinji | 0-for-3 | 2: G5, 5: G5, 8: F4 |
| (2B) | Goto, Mitsutaka | 0-for-3 | 2: SO, 5: F4, 8: F8 |
| (C) | Saito, Toshio | 0-for-3 | 3: G3, 5: SO, 8: G6 |
| (SS) | Obiki, Keiji | 1-for-3 | 3: 1B (SB), 6: SO, 9: SO |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Yamada, Nobuyoshi, L | 41/3 | 74 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8.308 |
| Katsuki, Ryota | 2/3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.459 |
| Furukawa, Shuichi | 2 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.105 |
| Nakayama, Shinya | 2 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.775 |
| 9 | 145 | 39 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Notes
HR: SOF: Pena 2 (17, none on, off Yamada; one on, off Yamada).
Softbank: Softbank won their third straight. This was also their fifteen shutout victory of the year. ... Yang got the win and is 1-0 in three games (two starts) this year. This was the first shutout of his Ichi-gun career. ... Pena recorded his seventh modasho (fourth this month) and second four-hit game of the year (his first came on April 19 vs Orix). This was also his third two-homer game of the season (second when the home runs came in back-to-back at bats).
Orix: The Buffaloes are 0-3-1 since their last victory on August 12 (vs Lotte). They suffered their eighth shutout loss of the season. ... Yamada made his first start since September 5, 2010 and recorded the first decision -- a loss -- of his Ichi-gun career (two games).