Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 5 – Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 1 (August 24, 2012)
by Gen on Aug.24, 2012 @ 4:03 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles @ Kleenex Stadium - 18:00
Announced Starters: Mitsuo Yoshikawa (HAM) 10-4, 1.91 - Wataru Karashima (RAK) 4-4, 2.15
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Nippon Ham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Rakuten | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Attendance: 20341 | Nippon Ham leads series, 9-8-2 | Time: 2:48
Nippon Ham
Hitting (LOB: 4, DPs in: 7th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Tanaka, Kensuke | 1-for-3, 1 R | 1: 1B, 2: f5, 5: G3, 8: S1 |
| (3B) | Koyano, Eiichi | 0-for-3 | 1: S2, 2: F7, 5: G4, 8: SO |
| (RF) | Itoi, Yoshio | 1-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: G4, 3: G3, 6: SO, 8: 1B |
| (LF) | Nakata, Sho | 3-for-4, 1 R, 3 RBI | 1: 1B, 3: G6, 6: 2B (BrO), 8: HR |
| (1B) | Inaba, Atsunori | 1-for-4 | 1: G3, 3: SO, 6: SO, 8: 1B |
| (CF) | Yang, Dai-Kang | 2-for-4, 1 R | 2: 2B, 4: G4, 7: 1B, 8: F9 |
| (DH) | Hoffpauir, Micah | 0-for-3 | 2: SO, 4: SO, 7: SO |
| PH-DH | Sugiya, Kenshi | 0-for-1 | 9: f3 |
| (C) | Tsuruoka, Shinya | 1-for-4, 1 RBI | 2: 1B, 4: F9, 7: DP, 9: SO |
| (SS) | Kaneko, Makoto | 2-for-3 | 2: 1B, 5: G6, 8: 1B |
| PR-SS | Nakashima, Takuya | 0-for-1, 1 R | 9: F6 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Yoshikawa, Mitsuo, W | 9 | 113 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.846 |
| 9 | 113 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Rakuten
Hitting (LOB: 2, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (SS) | Matsui, Kazuo | 1-for-4 | 1: L6, 3: G5, 6: F5, 9: 1B |
| (2B) | Akaminai, Ginji | 0-for-4 | 1: G6, 4: G4, 6: G4, 9: F8 |
| (3B) | Masuda, Shintaro | 0-for-4 | 1: SO, 4: SO, 7: F7, 9: F7 |
| (1B) | Fernandez, Jose | 0-for-3 | 2: SO, 4: G6, 7: SO |
| (DH) | Nakashima, Toshiya | 0-for-2 | 2: G5, 5: SO |
| PH-DH | Kusano, Daisuke | 0-for-1 | 7: SO |
| (RF) | Makida, Akihisa | 0-for-3 | 2: G4, 5: G6, 8: SO |
| (LF) | Tsuchiya, Teppei | 0-for-3 | 3: F2, 5: SO, 8: G1 |
| (C) | Shima, Motohiro | 0-for-3 | 3: G3, 6: SO, 8: F9 |
| (CF) | Shimauchi, Hiroaki | 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI | 3: HR, 6: 1B, 9: F7 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Karashima, Wataru, L | 72/3 | 121 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.578 |
| Muto, Yoshitaka | 1/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.077 |
| Katayama, Hiroshi | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.304 |
| 9 | 131 | 36 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Notes
HR: HAM: Nakata (16, one on, off Karashima). RAK: Shimauchi (1, none on, off Yoshikawa).
Nippon Ham: The Fighters won their second game in a row. ... Yoshikawa won his fourth straight start and improved to 11-4 in twenty starts. This was his second complete game of the year (third of his career). He topped out at 152km/h. ... Nakata collected his seventh modasho of the year (second in his last three games).
Rakuten: The Eagles' two-game winning streak came to an end. ... Karashima lost his second straight start and is 4-5 in ten starts. ... Shimauchi's homer in the 3rd was the first of his career.