CS: Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 0 – Saitama Seibu Lions 8 (October 14, 2012)
by Gen on Oct.14, 2012 @ 4:00 am, under Game Summaries, NPB, Postseason
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks vs Saitama Seibu Lions @ Seibu Dome - 13:00
Announced Starters: Shota Takeda (SOF) 8-1, 1.07 - Takayuki Kishi (SEI) 11-12, 2.45
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Softbank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 9 | 1 |
Attendance: 33918 | Series tied, 1-1-0 | Time: 3:23
Softbank
Hitting (LOB: 9, DPs in: 7th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B) | Honda, Yuichi | 0-for-4 | 1: F8, 3: SO, 5: F8, 7: G1 |
| (CF-RF) | Hasegawa, Yuya | 1-for-3 | 1: 2B, 3: SO, 5: SO, 8: BB |
| (LF) | Uchikawa, Seiichi | 2-for-4 | 1: 1B, 3: G4, 6: 1B, 8: SO |
| (DH) | Pena, Wily Mo | 0-for-4 | 1: F6, 4: SO, 6: F7, 8: F4 |
| (3B) | Matsuda, Nobuhiro | 0-for-4 | 1: SO, 4: G4, 6: F8, 8: G6 |
| (1B) | Kokubo, Hiroki | 1-for-4 | 2: G6, 4: 1B, 6: SO, 9: F9 |
| (RF) | Tamura, Hitoshi | 2-for-3 | 2: 1B, 4: 1B, 7: E3 |
| PR-CF | Yanagita, Yuki | 1-for-1 | 7: (CS), 9: 1B |
| (SS) | Imamiya, Kenta | 0-for-3 | 2: F3, 4: SO, 7: SO |
| PH | Matsunaka, Nobuhiko | 0-for-1 | 9: G4 |
| (C) | Hosokawa, Toru | 0-for-1 | 2: SO |
| PH-C | Takaya, Hiroaki | 0-for-2 | 5: F9, 7: HBP, 9: SO |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Takeda, Shota, L | 21/3 | 66 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15.429 |
| Kanazawa, Takehito | 2/3 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27.000 |
| Fujioka, Yoshiaki | 2 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.500 |
| Yanase, Akihiro | 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Okajima, Hideki | 1 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Iwasaki, Sho | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 8 | 153 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
Seibu
Hitting (LOB: 5, DPs in: 4th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (2B-1B) | Asamura, Hideto | 1-for-4, 2 R | 1: G4, 3: BB, 4: 1B, 6: SO, 8: G6 |
| (CF) | Akiyama, Shogo | 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: S1, 3: 1B, 4: HBP, 6: SO |
| (SS) | Nakajima, Hiroyuki | 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: SO, 3: 2B, 4: S3, 6: SO |
| SS | Nagae, Kyohei | 0-for-0 | |
| (DH) | Nakamura, Takeya | 1-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI | 1: SO, 3: BB, 4: 1B, 7: SO |
| (1B) | Ortiz, Jose | 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 RBI | 2: BB, 3: 1B, 4: BB, 7: F4 |
| 2B | Onizaki, Yuji | 0-for-0 | |
| (LF) | German, Esteban | 0-for-4 | 2: G6 (BrO), 3: SO, 4: DP, 7: SO |
| LF | Hoshi, Hidekazu | 0-for-0 | |
| (RF) | Osaki, Yutaro | 1-for-3, 1 R, 2 RBI | 2: SO, 3: 2B (SB), 5: F8 |
| PH | Carter, Chris | 0-for-1 | 8: SO |
| RF | Kumashiro, Masato | 0-for-0 | |
| (C) | Sumitani, Ginjiro | 2-for-3, 1 R, 1 RBI | 3: BB (SB) (BrO), 3: 1B, 5: G4, 8: 1B |
| (3B) | Hara, Takuya | 1-for-3 | 3: S2, 3: 1B, 5: G4, 8: G4 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Kishi, Takayuki, W | 6 | 99 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Osada, Shuichiro | 1 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Williams, Randy | 0/3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Okamoto, Atsushi | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Wakui, Hideaki | 1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 9 | 154 | 36 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Scoring Plays
Softbank
None
Seibu
3rd inning: Sumitani walks; Hara hits a sac bunt, runner on second; runner advances to third on a passed ball; Asamura walks, runners on first and third; Akiyama hits an RBI infield single, runners on first and second; Nakajima hits an RBI double to right, runners on second and third; Nakamura walks, bases loaded; Kanazawa in for Takeda; Ortiz hits an RBI single to left, bases loaded; German strikes out swinging; Oshima hits a two-run double to left, runners on second and third; Sumitani hits an RBI single to right, runners on first and third; double-steal -- throw goes to second as Oshima crosses the plate, Sumitani safe at second; Hara hits a single to left and Sumitani is thrown out at home.
4th inning: Fujioka in for Kanazawa; Asamura hits a single to right; Akiyama gets hit by a pitch, runners on first and second; Nakajima hits a sac bunt, runners on second and third; Nakamura hits a n RBI single to center, runners on first and third; Ortiz walks, bases loaded; German hits into a 5-4-3 double play.
Runners in Scoring Position (only listing innings in which zero runs cross the plate)
Softbank: runners on first and third and one out in the top of the 1st; runners on first and second and two out in the top of the 4th; runner on second and two out in the top of the 9th.
Seibu: runner on third and one out in the bottom of the 1st.
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Notes
Game Hero: Takayuki Kishi, Hiroyuki Nakajima
Softbank: The Hawks suffered the franchise's fifth playoff/Climax Series shutout loss. ... Takeda took the loss. He became the first rookie out of high school to start a Climax Series game.
Seibu: This was the Lions fourth franchise playoff/Climax Series shutout. The win also stopped a four-game Climax Series losing streak. ... Kishi got the win. This was the first playoff/Climax Series victory of his career. ... The Lions sent eleven batters to the plate in the 3rd inning.
Awesome pitching matchup, this should be a great game.
Should have been a great duel between these two, but give most credit to the Lions and the rest to the home plate umpire, Honda. Inconsistent strike zone which heavily favors high pitches. Most of you will disagree with me by saying that Kishi and the Lions had no problem putting up 0′s, but you will be wrong. Both starters got nearly fucked in the early part of the game (Takeda did eventually due to great hitting and errors) because this guy is one of the worst umpire along with 栄村, who can’t seem be figure out the zone either.
Whatever, it was a lesson well learned for Takeda and I am sure he’ll bounce back like no other.
Both series just got really interesting! I personally would have went Settsu Otonari Takeda just to make it RLR, but who the hell am I to have an opinion. I really don’t know what to expect from the rest of this series. Gotta love October Baseball :)