Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 10 – Orix Buffaloes 8 (August 19, 2012)
by Gen on Aug.19, 2012 @ 4:04 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks vs Orix Buffaloes @ Kyocera Dome - 13:00
Announced Starters: Shota Takeda (SOF) 3-0, 0.95 - Alessandro Maestri (ORI) 1-0, 1.42
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Softbank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 0 |
| Orix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 2 |
Attendance: 25752 | Softbank leads series, 11-5-2 | Time: 4:17
Softbank
Hitting (LOB: 9, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Honda, Yuichi | 1-for-6, 1 RBI | 1: G6, 3: G4, 4: 1B, 6: F7, 8: SO, 9: F7 |
| (3B-LF) | Akashi, Kenji | 1-for-3, 2 R | 1: BB, 3: F8, 4: SO, 6: BB, 9: 1B (SB) |
| (LF) | Uchikawa, Seiichi | 3-for-5, 2 RBI | 1: SO, 3: F7, 5: 1B, 6: 1B, 9: 1B |
| P | Fujioka, Yoshiaki | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Okajima, Hideki | 0-for-0 | |
| (DH) | Pena, Wily Mo | 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: 1B, 4: 1B, 5: F2, 6: G4, 9: BB |
| PR-DH-3B | Kaneko, Keisuke | 0-for-0, 1 R | |
| (RF) | Hasegawa, Yuya | 4-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI | 1: 1B, 4: 1B, 5: 1B, 7: G5, 9: HR |
| (1B) | Allen, Brandon | 1-for-5, 1 R | 1: G3, 4: SO, 5: G5, 7: SO, 9: 2B |
| (CF) | Yanagita, Yuki | 2-for-5, 2 R, 1 RBI | 2: G4, 4: 1B, 5: F7, 7: SO, 9: 2B |
| (SS) | Imamiya, Kenta | 2-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI | 2: F8, 4: f2, 6: 1B, 8: F7, 9: 2B |
| (C) | Takaya, Hiroaki | 1-for-2, 2 RBI | 2: G6, 4: 1B, 6: S1 |
| PH | Tamura, Hitoshi | 0-for-1 | 8: f2 |
| C | Yamazaki, Katsuki | 0-for-1 | 9: SO |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Takeda, Shota, W | 5 | 85 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.080 |
| Kanazawa, Takehito | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.375 |
| Yanase, Akihiro, H | 2/3 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.149 |
| Morifuku, Masahiko, H | 11/3 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.454 |
| Fujioka, Yoshiaki | 2/3 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.688 |
| Okajima, Hideki, S | 1/3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 9 | 170 | 44 | 41 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
Orix
Hitting (LOB: 9, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Kojima, Shuhei | 2-for-4, 2 R | 1: 1B, 2: SO, 5: F8, 7: 1B (SB) |
| CF | Nakamura, Issei | 1-for-1, 1 R | 9: 2B |
| (RF) | Kawabata, Takayoshi | 1-for-5 | 1: SO, 3: SO, 5: 1B, 7: G4, 9: G5 |
| (DH) | Scales, Bobby | 1-for-3, 1 R | 1: BB, 3: BB, 5: SO, 7: SO, 9: 1B |
| (1B) | Lee, Dae-Ho | 3-for-5, 3 RBI | 1: 2B, 3: F8, 6: F9, 7: 1B, 9: 1B |
| PR | Adachi, Ryoichi | 0-for-0, 1 R | |
| (LF) | Okada, Takahiro | 2-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI | 1: SO, 3: SO, 6: 1B, 7: G4, 9: 2B |
| (3B) | Baldiris, Aarom | 2-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI | 1: F8, 4: F7, 6: HR, 8: F9, 9: 1B |
| PR | Shimada, Takuya | 0-for-0 | |
| (2B) | Goto, Mitsutaka | 2-for-5, 1 RBI | 2: G6, 4: G1, 6: 1B, 8: SO, 9: 1B |
| (C) | Ito, Hikaru | 1-for-2 | 2: 2B, 4: f3, 6: S1 |
| PH | Takehara, Naotaka | 0-for-1 | 8: F9 |
| C | Saito, Toshio | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Takahashi, Shinji | 0-for-1 | 9: F7 |
| (SS) | Obiki, Keiji | 0-for-4 | 2: F9, 5: SO, 6: SO, 9: G6 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Maestri, Alessandro, L | 5 | 99 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2.382 |
| Katsuki, Ryota | 1 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.580 |
| Nakayama, Shinya | 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.682 |
| Hirano, Yoshihisa | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.518 |
| Kishida, Mamoru | 1/3 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2.625 |
| Furukawa, Shuichi | 2/3 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8.100 |
| 9 | 184 | 46 | 42 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
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Notes
HR: SOF: Hasegawa (2, one on, off Kishida). ORI: Baldiris (9, one on, off Kanazawa).
Softbank: The Hawks won their fifth straight. They have also won four in a row against the Buffaloes. ... Takeda got the win and is 4-0 in six starts. He is the first rookie pitcher out of high school to begin his Ichi-gun career 4-0 as a starter since Tsuneo Horiuchi in 1966.... Okajima saved his second game of the season. ... Uchikawa picked up his tenth modasho of the year (second in as many games and fifth in the month of August); Hasegawa his fourth modasho of the year and first four-hit game since April 18, 2009 (vs Lotte). ... Every player in the starting line-up collected at least one hit.
Orix: The Buffaloes are 0-5-1 since their last victory on August 12 (vs Lotte). ... Maestri took the loss and is 1-1 in two starts. ... Lee recorded his eleventh modasho of the year.