Yomiuri Giants 0 – Hiroshima Toyo Carp 4 (September 26, 2012)
by Gen on Sep.26, 2012 @ 4:02 am, under Game Summaries, NPB
Yomiuri Giants vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp @ Mazda Stadium - 18:00
Announced Starters: Hirokazu Sawamura (YOM) 9-9, 2.73 - Keisuke Imai (HIR) 2-8, 3.04
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Hiroshima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | 4 | 12 | 2 |
Attendance: 17581 | Yomiuri leads series, 15-7-1 | Time: 2:59
Yomiuri
Hitting (LOB: 4, DPs in: 4th, 7th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF) | Chono, Hisayoshi | 0-for-4 | 1: G4, 3: SO, 6: G6, 8: G3 |
| P | Takagi, Yasunari | 0-for-0 | |
| (CF) | Matsumoto, Tetsuya | 0-for-2 | 1: F7, 4: G4 |
| PH-2B-3B | Furuki, Shigeyuki | 0-for-1 | 6: BB, 9: SO |
| (SS) | Sakamoto, Hayato | 1-for-4 | 1: L4, 4: 1B, 6: G6, 9: SO |
| (C) | Abe, Shinnosuke | 1-for-3 | 2: E5, 4: DP, 7: 1B |
| PR-2B | Fujimura, Daisuke | 0-for-1 | 9: F8 |
| (LF) | Kamei, Yoshiyuki | 0-for-2 | 2: G6, 5: SO, 7: S1 |
| (3B) | Murata, Shuichi | 0-for-3 | 2: F9, 5: G6, 7: E6 |
| C | Sanematsu, Kazunari | 0-for-0 | |
| (1B-CF) | Ota, Taishi | 0-for-3 | 2: F7, 5: G5, 7: DP |
| (2B-1B) | Nakai, Daisuke | 0-for-2 | 3: SO, 6: BB, 8: F9 |
| (P) | Sawamura, Hirokazu | 0-for-1 | 3: F4, 6: S2 |
| P | Nomaguchi, Takahiko | 0-for-0 | |
| PH-RF | Yano, Kenji | 0-for-1 | 8: SO |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Sawamura, Hirokazu, L | 62/3 | 122 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2.839 |
| Nomaguchi, Takahiko | 1/3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Takagi, Yasunari | 1 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.488 |
| 8 | 145 | 37 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Hiroshima
Hitting (LOB: 9, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Abe, Tomohiro | 2-for-3 | 1: 1B, 3: 1B (SB), 5: SO, 7: S1 |
| P | Imamura, Takeru | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Hirose, Jun | 0-for-1 | 8: F8 |
| P | Mickolio, Kam | 0-for-0 | |
| (CF) | Akamatsu, Masato | 0-for-2 | 1: S1, 3: F3, 5: G1 |
| PH | Maeda, Tomonori | 1-for-1, 1 RBI | 7: 2B |
| PR-LF | Nakahigashi, Naoki | 0-for-0, 1 R | |
| (SS) | Soyogi, Eishin | 0-for-4 | 1: G1, 3: SO, 5: SO, 7: F8 |
| (1B) | Eldred, Brad | 3-for-4, 2 R, 3 RBI | 1: F7, 4: 1B, 6: HR, 7: HR |
| (RF) | Maru, Yoshihiro | 1-for-4 | 2: G3, 4: 2B, 6: F7, 7: G4 |
| (3B) | Dobayashi, Shota | 1-for-3 | 2: 1B, 4: SO, 6: SO |
| 3B | Kimura, Shogo | 0-for-1 | 8: G1 |
| (LF-CF) | Amaya, Soichiro | 2-for-4 | 2: f5, 4: SO, 6: 1B, 8: 1B |
| (C) | Kura, Yoshikazu | 0-for-3 | 2: SO, 4: BB, 6: SO, 8: SO |
| (P) | Imai, Keisuke | 0-for-2 | 3: G1, 4: SO |
| PH-2B | Higashide, Akihiro | 2-for-2, 1 R | 7: 1B, 8: 1B |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Imai, Keisuke, W | 7 | 113 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.800 |
| Imamura, Takeru | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.033 |
| Mickolio, Kam | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.893 |
| 9 | 139 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Notes
HR: HIR: Eldred 2 (11, none on, off Sawamura; two on off Sawamura).
Yomiuri: The Giants' two-game winning streak came to an end. They also recorded their thirteenth shutout loss of the year. ... Sawamura made his first start since September 4 and took the loss. He is 9-10 in twenty-five starts. He is also 0-2 in four starts since his last victory on August 14 (vs Chunichi). ... Abe extended his hitting streak to fourteen games. He has also reached base safely in forty-two straight games. He took a pitched ball off his left wrist in the bottom of the 6th and was replaced by a pinch-runner in the top of the 7th as a precaution.
Hiroshima: The Carp stopped an eight-game losing streak. They also snapped a six-game losing streak at Mazda Stadium and a ten-game (0-10-1) losing streak against the Giants. This was their twentieth shutout victory of the season. ... Imai got the win and is 3-8 in twenty-three starts. His stopped a personal three-game losing streak with his first win in four starts since his last victory on September 1 (vs Hanshin). Coming into the game, he was 0-5 in eight games (five starts) at Mazda Stadium this year. This was the first Mazda Stadium victory of his career. ... Eldred picked up his third modasho of the year. ... Dobayashi has so far committed twenty-nine errors at third base this year.