Climax Series News and Notes: October 14, 2012 [2]
by Gen on Oct.14, 2012 @ 11:51 pm, under NPB
Softbank Hawks
Wily Mo Pena is now 0-for-8 with four strikeouts in two Climax Series games. When reporters asked Koji Akiyama what he thought of Pena's performances, he said it looked like he was sleeping. Source: Sanspo 10/14/2012
Nippon Ham Fighters
Hisashi Takeda and Naoki Miyanishi tossed bullpen sessions at Kamagaya today. Source: Nikkan Sports 10/14/2012
Chunichi Dragons
Motonobu Tanishige is now hitless in his last fifty-three post-season trips to the plate.
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Morimichi Takagi could end up making major changes to the batting order for Game 3. Source: Sponichi 10/14/2012
Yomiuri Giants
The Giants will begin workouts for the Final Stage of the Climax Series at Tokyo Dome on Monday. Source: Sponichi 10/14/2012
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Starters Tetsuya Utsumi, Toshiya Sugiuchi, Dennis Houlton, Yuki Koyama, and Ryosuke Miyaguni worked out at Giants Stadium today. Source: Nikkan Sports 10/14/2012
I think Takagi had his best lineup out there, they did fine in Game 1. It was unfortunate that Tanishige came up in their two best scoring opportunities in Game 2, he battled hard in both at bats but came up short. It’s hard to pinch hit for your veteran catcher but it probably should have been done.