Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 – Yokohama Bay Stars 1 (September 6, 2012)
by Gen on Sep.06, 2012 @ 4:00 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Tokyo Yakult Swallows vs Yokohama Bay Stars @ Yokohama Stadium - 18:00
Announced Starters: Ryosuke Yagi (YAK) 0-0, 9.00 - Kentaro Takasaki (YOK) 5-9, 3.17
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0x | 3 | 9 | 1 | |
| Yokohama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Attendance: 6303 | Series tied, 9-9-1 | Time: 2:48
Yakult
Hitting (LOB: 8, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Takai, Yuhei | 2-for-3 | 1: SO, 3: 1B, 5: 2B, 7: S1 |
| (2B) | Morioka, Ryosuke | 0-for-4 | 1: SO, 3: G4, 5: G5, 7: SO |
| (RF) | Balentien, Wladimir | 4-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI | 1: 2B, 4: 2B (BrO), 6: 1B, 7: HR |
| (LF) | Milledge, Lastings | 1-for-4 | 1: SO, 4: E9, 6: f3, 7: 1B (SB) |
| (SS) | Kawabata, Shingo | 0-for-3 | 2: F9, 4: F5, 6: BB, 7: G4 |
| (3B) | Miyamoto, Shinya | 0-for-3 | 2: G3, 4: G6, 6: G1 |
| (1B) | Fujimoto, Atsushi | 1-for-3, 1 RBI | 2: G3, 4: G4, 6: 1B |
| P | Hidaka, Ryo | 0-for-0 | |
| (C) | Nakamura, Yuhei | 0-for-3 | 3: F9, 5: SO, 6: f4 (BrO) |
| (P) | Yagi, Ryosuke | 0-for-2 | 3: SO, 5: G5 |
| P | Matsui, Kosuke | 0-for-0 | |
| 1B | Takeuchi, Shinichi | 1-for-1, 1 R | 7: 2B |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Yagi, Ryosuke | 50/3 | 83 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.375 |
| Matsui, Kosuke | 2/3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.935 |
| Hidaka, Ryo, W | 11/3 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.456 |
| 7 | 109 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Yokohama
Hitting (LOB: 7, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Uchimura, Kensuke | 1-for-4 | 1: SO, 3: SO, 5: f3, 7: 2B |
| (CF) | Aranami, Sho | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: SO, 3: SO, 6: 1B, 7: F9 |
| (1B) | Nakamura, Norihiro | 0-for-2 | 1: G6, 4: BB, 6: E3 (BrO) |
| (LF) | Ramirez, Alex | 1-for-3, 1 RBI | 2: F8, 4: SO, 6: 1B |
| (RF) | Goto, Taketoshi | 0-for-2 | 2: G5, 4: F8 |
| PH-RF | Koike, Masaaki | 0-for-0 | 6: S2 |
| (SS) | Watanabe, Naoto | 0-for-2 | 2: HBP, 4: SO, 6: G5 |
| (3B) | Tsutsugo, Yoshitomo | 0-for-2 | 2: G1, 5: BB, 6: F8 |
| (C) | Tsuruoka, Kazunari | 0-for-2 | 3: BB, 5: F6, 7: f5 |
| (P) | Takasaki, Kentaro | 0-for-1 | 3: f2, 5: S2 |
| P | Shinohara, Takayuki | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Shimamura, Ikki | 0-for-1 | 7: F8 |
| P | Ohara, Shinji | 0-for-0 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Takasaki, Kentaro, L | 62/3 | 116 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.218 |
| Shinohara, Takayuki | 1/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.094 |
| 7 | 119 | 32 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Notes
The game was called after the start of the 8th inning.
HR: YAK: Balentien (27, one on, off Takasaki).
Yakult: The Swallows won their second straight game. ... Hidaka got the win in relief and is 2-2 in fifty-five games. ... Balentien collected his seventh modasho and second four-hit game of the summer.
Yokohama: The Bay Stars dropped their second game in row. They are the first team in either league to lost seventy games. ... Takasaki took the loss and is 5-10 in twenty starts. He is also 0-3 in five starts sine his last victory on August 2 (vs Hiroshima). ... Nakamura's hitting streak ended at twelve games.