CS: Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 2 – Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3 (October 17, 2012)
by Gen on Oct.17, 2012 @ 4:01 am, under Game Summaries, NPB, Postseason
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks vs Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters @ Sapporo Dome - 18:00
Announced Starters: Yao-Hsun Yang (SOF) 2-3, 1.48 - Mitsuo Yoshikawa (HAM) 14-5, 1.71
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Softbank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Nippon Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Attendance: 31022 | Nippon Ham leads series, 1-0-0 | Time: 2:56
Softbank
Hitting (LOB: 4, DPs in: 1st, 4th, 6th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (3B) | Matsuda, Nobuhiro | 1-for-4 | 1: G5, 3: SO, 6: DP, 8: 1B |
| (2B) | Honda, Yuichi | 3-for-4, 1 R | 1: 1B (CS), 4: G4, 7: 1B, 8: 1B |
| (LF) | Uchikawa, Seiichi | 2-for-4 | 1: SO, 4: 1B, 7: 1B, 8: G4 |
| SS | Kaneko, Keisuke | 0-for-0 | |
| (DH) | Pena, Wily Mo | 0-for-4, 1 R | 2: SO, 4: DP, 7: G5 (SB), 9: f3 |
| (1B) | Kokubo, Hiroki | 0-for-3 | 2: SO, 5: G5, 7: SO |
| 1B | Akashi, Kenji | 0-for-1 | 9: F7 |
| (RF) | Tamura, Hitoshi | 1-for-4, 2 RBI | 2: F9, 5: F4, 7: 1B, 9: G6 |
| (CF-LF) | Hasegawa, Yuya | 0-for-3 | 3: SO, 5: SO, 7: SO |
| (SS) | Imamiya, Kenta | 0-for-2 | 3: F9, 6: SO |
| PH | Matsunaka, Nobuhiko | 0-for-1 | 8: F7 |
| C | Takaya, Hiroaki | 0-for-0 | |
| (C) | Hosokawa, Toru | 2-for-2 | 3: 1B, 6: 1B |
| PH-CF | Yanagita, Yuki | 0-for-1 | 8: G4 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Yang, Yao-Hsun | 61/3 | 73 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.842 |
| Fujioka, Yoshiaki, L | 0/3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * |
| Morifuku, Masahiko | 2/3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Yanase, Akihiro | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 8 | 101 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Nippon Ham
Hitting (LOB: 3, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Yang, Dai-Kang | 1-for-4, 1 R | 1: G5, 4: F8, 7: 1B, 8: G1 |
| (2B) | Sugiya, Kenshi | 0-for-2 | 1: G6, 4: f3, 7: S1 |
| 2B | Nakashima, Takuya | 0-for-0 | 8: BB |
| (RF) | Itoi, Yoshio | 1-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI | 1: SO, 4: SO, 7: HR, 8: F8 |
| (LF) | Nakata, Sho | 2-for-3, 1 R | 2: F4, 5: 1B (CS), 7: 1B |
| (1B) | Inaba, Atsunori | 0-for-3 | 2: G4, 5: SO, 7: F8 |
| (3B) | Koyano, Eiichi | 1-for-3 | 2: SO, 5: G6, 7: 1B |
| (DH) | Hoffpauir, Micah | 0-for-2 | 3: G4, 6: F9 |
| PH-DH | Nioka, Tomohiro | 1-for-1, 1 RBI | 7: 1B |
| PR-DH | Murata, Kazuya | 0-for-0 | |
| (C) | Tsuruoka, Shinya | 0-for-3 | 3: SO, 6: F7, 7: SO |
| (SS) | Kaneko, Makoto | 0-for-3 | 3: SO, 6: F4, 8: G4 |
| SS | Iiyama, Yuji | 0-for-0 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Yoshikawa, Mitsuo, W | 7 | 102 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.571 |
| Masui, Hirotoshi, H | 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Takeda, Hisashi, S | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 9 | 125 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Scoring Plays
Softbank
7th inning: Honda hits an infield single; Uchikawa hits a single to right, runners on first and second; Pen grounds out to third, runners on first and third; Kokubo strikes out swinging as Pena steals second, runners on second and third; Tamura hits a two-run single to center, runner on first; Hasegawa strikes out swinging.
Nippon Ham
7th inning: Yoh hits a single to center; Sugiya hits a sac bunt, runner on second; Itoi hits a two-run home run to right; Fujioka relieves Yang; Nakata hits an infield single; Morifuku relieves Fujioka; Inaba flies out to center; Koyano hits a single to left, runners on first and third; Nioka, pinch-hitting for Hoffpauir, hits an RBI single to right, runners on first and second; Murata enters the game as a pinch-runner for Nioka; Tsuruoka strikes out swinging.
Runners in Scoring Position (only listing innings in which zero runs cross the plate)
Softbank: runners on first and second with two out in the top of the 8th.
Nippon Ham: none.
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Notes
Nippon Ham leads series, 2-0.
HR: HAM: Itoi (1, one on, off Yang).
Game Hero: Yoshio Itoi, Tomohiro Nioka.
Softbank: Yang started the game and retired the first twelve batters in a row before giving up a single to Nakata in the 5th inning and carried a one-hitter through six innings before giving up two runs in the bottom of the 7th. ... Fujioka took the loss in relief. ... Honda collected a modasho.
Nippon Ham: Yoshikawa got the win and H. Takeda recorded a save. ... Itoi homered in a postseason game for the first time in his career.
Well I am fan of Yoshikawa, so I am glad he got the W. However, this would have been such a big win for the Hawks..
Funny, we were chatting on Twitter tonight that we just don’t trust Yoshikawa for some reason. He was pretty decent tonight, though.
If you don’t hang out on Twitter during the games, you should. There’s a lot of NPB chat going on.
Hey Steve, do you live in Japan or the US? If you live in the US, how are you watching these games? They’re way past my bedtime… Also, would you mind letting me know what forums or twitter accounts you use? I don’t get to watch many games, so I’d like to hear what you and other people who are able to religiously watch these games think. You just don’t get the full story from stats you know?
I’m in Japan, most of the time watching the game at the game (though not the games in Hokkaido!)
My twitter is @lovelovemarines – there’s a #NPB hashtag but not so heavily used, I think. There’s a fair number of English-speakers (Japanese and foreigners) posting during the games, but I suppose we aren’t using hashtags that much. During the regular season I post to #chibalotte a lot, and the main Fighters hashtag seems to be #lovefighters and the Hawks one is #sbhawks. No idea about the Central League’s tags.