Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 – Hanshin Tigers 4 (September 13, 2012)
by Gen on Sep.13, 2012 @ 4:02 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Tokyo Yakult Swallows vs Hanshin Tigers @ Koshien Stadium - 18:00
Announced Starters: Katsuki Akagawa (YAK) 6-7, 3.72 - Jason Standridge (HAN) 6-11, 2.65
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Yakult | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Hanshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 | 10 | 0 |
Attendance: 25521 | Hanshin leads series, 10-8-1 | Time: 3:24
Yakult
Hitting (LOB: 8, DPs in: 1st, 3rd, 4th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Takai, Yuhei | 4-for-4, 1 R | 1: 1B, 3: 2B, 5: 1B (CS), 8: 1B |
| (2B) | Tanaka, Hiroyasu | 1-for-2 | 1: 1B, 3: S2, 5: G1, 8: S1 |
| (RF) | Balentien, Wladimir | 1-for-4, 1 RBI | 1: DP, 3: 1B, 6: SO, 8: SO |
| (LF) | Milledge, Lastings | 0-for-2 | 1: BB, 3: DP, 6: G6, 8: BB |
| (1B) | Kawabata, Shingo | 1-for-4 | 1: G4, 4: G6, 6: 1B, 8: F7 |
| (3B) | Miyamoto, Shinya | 1-for-3 | 2: f3, 4: 1B, 6: G5, 9: BB |
| PR | Miwa, Masayoshi | 0-for-0 | 9: (SB) |
| (SS) | Morioka, Ryosuke | 1-for-4 | 2: G3, 4: 1B, 7: G6, 9: SO |
| (C) | Nakamura, Yuhei | 1-for-4 | 2: 1B, 4: DP, 7: F9, 9: F4 |
| (P) | Akagawa, Katsuki | 0-for-2 | 2: G4, 5: G6 |
| PH | Fukuchi, Kazuki | 0-for-1 | 7: G6 |
| P | Oshimoto, Takehiko | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Hidaka, Ryo | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Matsui, Kosuke | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Shoda, Itsuki | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Takeuchi, Shinichi | 0-for-1 | 9: G4 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Akagawa, Katsuki, L | 6 | 92 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.691 |
| Oshimoto, Takehiko | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.755 |
| Hidaka, Ryo | 0/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.504 |
| Matsui, Kosuke | 1/3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.635 |
| Shoda, Itsuki | 2/3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.821 |
| 8 | 128 | 35 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Hanshin
Hitting (LOB: 7, DPs in: 1st, 8th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Uemoto, Hiroki | 0-for-4 | 1: SO, 3: f3, 5: F7, 7: G1 |
| (CF) | Maeda, Yamato | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: 1B, 3: F8, 5: F4, 7: G6 |
| (SS) | Toritani, Takashi | 2-for-4, 1 R | 1: 1B (CS), 4: G3, 5: L5, 8: 1B |
| (3B) | Arai, Ryota | 2-for-3, 2 R | 1: SO, 4: 1B, 6: BB, 8: 1B |
| (LF) | Murton, Matt | 3-for-4 | 2: 1B, 4: SO, 6: 1B, 8: 1B |
| PR-LF | Fujikawa, Shunsuke | 0-for-0 | |
| (1B) | Arai, Takahiro | 1-for-4 | 2: F9, 4: 1B, 6: G6, 8: f3 |
| (RF) | Hirano, Keiichi | 0-for-2, 1 RBI | 2: SO, 4: BB, 6: G4 |
| PH | Kanemoto, Tomoaki | 0-for-0, 1 RBI | 8: BB |
| PR | Tagami, Kenichi | 0-for-0 | 8: (BrO) |
| C | Fujii, Akihito | 0-for-0 | |
| (C) | Komiyama, Shinji | 0-for-3 | 2: SO, 4: F4, 6: F9 |
| PH-RF | Asai, Ryo | 0-for-0, 1 RBI | 8: S8 |
| (P) | Standridge, Jason | 1-for-2 | 3: SO, 5: 1B |
| PH | Sekimoto, Kentaro | 0-for-1 | 7: SO |
| P | Kato, Kosuke | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Fukuhara, Shinobu | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Tsutsui, Kazuya | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Fujikawa, Kyuji | 0-for-0 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Standridge, Jason, W | 7 | 102 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.584 |
| Kato, Kosuke | 0/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.651 |
| Fukuhara, Shinobu, H | 2/3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.711 |
| Tsutsui, Kazuya, H | 1/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.522 |
| Fujikawa, Kyuji, S | 1 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.350 |
| 9 | 134 | 36 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Notes
Yakult: The Swallows two-game winning streak came to an end. ... Akagawa took the loss and dropped to 6-8 in twenty-four starts. He is also 0-3 in six starts since his last victory on August 3 (vs Chunichi). ... Yuhei recorded the first modasho / four-hit game of his career.
Hanshin: The Tigers stopped a two-game losing streak. ... Standridge stopped a personal two-game losing streak with his first victory in three starts since his last win on August 26 (vs Hiroshima). He is 7-11 in twenty-three starts. He also snapped a four-game losing streak at Koshien. ... Fujikawa recorded his twenty-third save. ... Murton recorded his ninth modasho of the year. ... Kanemoto entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the 8th and walked in a run. ... Standridge said he wanted to give Kanemoto the game ball during his hero interview. Source: Sanspo 9/13/2012

