CS: Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 0 – Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3 (October 18, 2012)
by Gen on Oct.18, 2012 @ 4:01 am, under Game Summaries, NPB, Postseason
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks vs Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters @ Sapporo Dome - 18:00
Announced Starters: Nagisa Arakaki (SOF) 6-5, 4.58 - Masaru Takeda (HAM) 11-7, 2.36
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Softbank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Nippon Ham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Attendance: 23610 | Nippon Ham leads series, 2-0-0 | Time: 3:17
Softbank
Hitting (LOB: 6, DPs in: 6th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (3B) | Matsuda, Nobuhiro | 1-for-4 | 1: F6, 3: G6, 6: 2B (BrO), 8: F9 |
| (2B) | Honda, Yuichi | 0-for-3 | 1: G4, 4: F9, 6: S1, 8: G6 |
| (LF) | Uchikawa, Seiichi | 1-for-3 | 1: 1B, 4: BB, 6: F8, 9: G5 |
| (DH) | Pena, Wily Mo | 2-for-4 | 1: G6, 4: 1B, 7: G6, 9: 1B |
| (RF) | Tamura, Hitoshi | 0-for-4 | 2: G1, 4: SO, 7: L6, 9: SO |
| (CF) | Hasegawa, Yuya | 1-for-4 | 2: F8, 4: G4, 7: 1B, 9: G3 |
| (1B) | Akashi, Kenji | 0-for-3 | 2: G4, 5: F9, 7: F4 |
| (SS) | Imamiya, Kenta | 0-for-2 | 3: F7, 5: SO |
| PH-C | Takaya, Hiroaki | 0-for-1 | 8: SO |
| (C) | Hosokawa, Toru | 0-for-2 | 3: L5, 5: F7 |
| PH | Matsunaka, Nobuhiko | 1-for-1 | 8: 1B |
| PR-SS | Kaneko, Keisuke | 0-for-0 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Arakaki, Nagisa, L | 3 | 59 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Iwasaki, Sho | 31/3 | 62 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.700 |
| Morifuku, Masahiko | 1/3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.000 |
| Yanase, Akihiro | 1/3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Kanazawa, Takehito | 1 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 8 | 145 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Nippon Ham
Hitting (LOB: 8, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Yang, Dai-Kang | 1-for-2 | 1: G4, 3: S1, 5: 2B, 7: S2 |
| (2B) | Nishikawa, Haruki | 0-for-3 | 1: G4, 3: G4, 5: G4 |
| PH | Sugiya, Kenshi | 0-for-1 | 7: F9 |
| SS | Iiyama, Yuji | 0-for-0 | |
| (RF) | Itoi, Yoshio | 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI | 1: 3B, 3: G4, 5: BB, 7: HR |
| (LF) | Nakata, Sho | 0-for-3 | 1: E7, 4: G1, 5: BB, 7: SO |
| (1B) | Inaba, Atsunori | 1-for-4 | 1: SO, 4: G3, 5: G3, 8: 1B |
| (3B) | Koyano, Eiichi | 0-for-2 | 2: G5, 4: BB, 6: SO, 8: S1 |
| (DH) | Hoffpauir, Micah | 0-for-3 | 2: SO, 4: BB, 6: G4, 8: G3 |
| (C) | Tsuruoka, Shinya | 0-for-4 | 2: F9, 4: f2, 6: G5, 8: G5 |
| (SS) | Kaneko, Makoto | 1-for-2 | 3: BB, 5: G6, 7: 1B |
| PR-2B | Nakashima, Takuya | 0-for-0, 1 R |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Takeda, Masaru, W | 6 | 81 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Ishii, Yuya, H | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Masui, Hirotoshi, H | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Takeda, Hisashi, S | 1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 9 | 126 | 33 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Scoring Plays
Softbank
None.
Nippon Ham
1st inning: Yoh grounds out to second; Nishikawa grounds out to second; Itoi hits a triple to center; Nakata reaches on a fielding E6, one run scores, runner on first; Inaba strikes out swinging.
7th inning: M. Kaneko hits a single to center and is replaced by pinch-runner T. Nakashima; Yoh hits a sac bunt, runner on second; Morifuku relieves Iwasaki; Sugiya, pinch-hitting for Nishikawa, flies out to right; Itoi hits a two-run home run to right; Yanase relieves Morifuku; Nakata strikes out swinging.
Runners in Scoring Position (only listing innings in which zero runs cross the plate)
Softbank: runners on first and second with one out in the top of the 4th; runner on third with one out in the top of the 6th.
Nippon Ham: runner on third with two out in the bottom of the 3rd; runners on first and third with two out in the bottom of the 4th; bases loaded with two out in the bottom of the 5th; runner on third with two out in the bottom of the 8th.
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Notes
Nippon Ham leads series, 3-0.
HR: HAM: Itoi (2, one on, off Morifuku).
Game Hero: Masaru Takeda, Yoshio Itoi.
Softbank: Arakaki took the loss.
Nippon Ham: M. Takeda got the win and H. Takeda the save. ... Yoh threw out Matsuda at home plate to end the top of the 6th. ... Itoi homered in his second straight game.
Simply put, Matsuda shouldn’t be batting 1st and Tamura shouldn’t be in the line up. Well certainly not at the 5th spot. Should really be Honda, Akashi/Immamiya, Uchikawa/Matsuda, Pena, Matsuda/Uchikawa, Hasegawa and the rest.