CS: Chunichi Dragons 5 – Yomiuri Giants 4 (October 19, 2012)
by Gen on Oct.19, 2012 @ 4:00 am, under Game Summaries, NPB, Postseason
Chunichi Dragons vs Yomiuri Giants @ Tokyo Dome - 18:00
Possible Starters: Shinji Iwata (CHU) 5-5, 2.74 - Hirokazu Sawamura (YOM) 10-10, 2.86
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | |
| Chunichi | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Attendance: 44744 | Chunichi leads series, 3-0-0 | Time: 3:41
Chunichi
Hitting (LOB: 11, DPs in: 2nd, 4th)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Oshima, Yohei | 1-for-6, 1 R | 1: L4, 3: 2B, 5: SO, 6: G6, 9: G6, 10: G3 |
| (2B) | Araki, Masahiro | 1-for-3 | 1: F4, 3: S1, 5: BB, 7: F7, 9: 1B |
| (SS) | Ibata, Hirokazu | 0-for-4, 1 RBI | 1: F9, 3: S9, 5: G4, 7: G5, 9: F8 |
| (LF) | Wada, Kazuhiro | 1-for-5, 1 R, 1 RBI | 2: G4, 3: F8, 6: HR, 7: F9, 9: SO |
| (1B) | Blanco, Tony | 2-for-3, 1 R | 2: 1B, 4: BB, 6: BB, 8: SO, 10: 1B |
| 3B | Donoue, Naomichi | 0-for-0 | |
| (RF) | Hirata, Ryosuke | 1-for-4, 2 R | 2: BB, 4: DP, 6: 1B, 8: SO, 10: G1 |
| (3B-1B) | Morino, Masahiko | 2-for-2 | 2: BB, 4: 1B, 6: S1, 8: BB, 10: 1B |
| (C) | Tanishige, Motonobu | 2-for-5, 2 RBI | 2: 1B, 4: G6, 6: F8, 8: 1B, 10: SO |
| (P) | Yamamoto, Masahiro | 0-for-2 | 2: DP, 5: SO |
| PH | Yamasaki, Takeshi | 0-for-0 | 6: BB |
| P | Tajima, Shinji | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Sosa, Jorge | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Matsui, Yusuke | 0-for-1 | 8: G5 |
| P | Kobayashi, Masato | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Muto, Yuta | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Donoue, Takehiro | 1-for-1, 1 RBI | 10: 1B |
| P | Iwase, Hitoki | 0-for-0 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Yamamoto, Masahiro | 5 | 72 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.600 |
| Tajima, Shinji | 1 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7.714 |
| Sosa, Jorge, H | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Kobayashi, Masato, H | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Muto, Yuta, W | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Iwase, Hitoki, S | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 10 | 150 | 40 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Yomiuri
Hitting (LOB: 6, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF-RF) | Chono, Hisayoshi | 1-for-4 | 1: BB, 2: G4, 5: F8, 7: 1B, 9: F6 |
| (LF) | Tani, Yoshitomo | 0-for-2 | 1: S2, 3: G5, 5: F9, 7: S1 |
| P | Yamaguchi, Tetsuya | 0-for-0 | |
| 2B | Furuki, Shigeyuki | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Yano, Kenji | 0-for-1 | 10: SO |
| (SS) | Sakamoto, Hayato | 0-for-5 | 1: F8, 3: SO, 6: SO, 7: F9, 10: G4 |
| (C) | Abe, Shinnosuke | 1-for-5, 1 R | 1: G3, 3: G4, 6: 1B, 8: G5, 10: G3 |
| (RF-LF) | Takahashi, Yoshinobu | 1-for-4, 1 R, 2 RBI | 2: SO, 4: G6, 6: HR, 8: G1 |
| (3B) | Murata, Shuichi | 1-for-2, 2 R, 1 RBI | 2: BB, 4: HR, 6: G6, 8: BB |
| (1B) | Bowker, John | 2-for-4 | 2: 1B, 4: G5, 6: 1B, 8: G4 |
| (2B) | Terauchi, Takayuki | 1-for-3, 1 RBI | 2: 1B, 4: SO, 6: G1 |
| PH | Fujimura, Daisuke | 0-for-1 | 9: F8 |
| P | Nishimura, Kentaro | 0-for-0 | |
| (P) | Miyaguni, Ryosuke | 0-for-0 | 2: S2 |
| PH | Nakai, Daisuke | 0-for-1 | 5: L6 |
| P | Fukuda, Satoshi | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Takagi, Kyosuke | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Mathieson, Scott | 0-for-0 | |
| PH-CF | Matsumoto, Tetsuya | 0-for-2 | 7: SO, 9: G6 |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Miyaguni, Ryosuke | 5 | 72 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5.400 |
| Fukuda, Satoshi | 0/3 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.000 |
| Takagi, Kyosuke | 1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Mathieson, Scott, H | 1 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Yamaguchi, Tetsuya, H | 2 | 38 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.000 |
| Nishimura, Kentaro, L | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.000 |
| 10 | 176 | 46 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Scoring Plays
Chunichi
2nd inning: Wada grounds out to second; Blanco hits a single to left; Hirata walks, runners on first and second; Morino walks, bases loaded; Tanishige hits a two-run single to, runners on first and second; M. Yamamoto hits into a double play.
3rd inning: Oshima hits a double to right; Araki hits a sac bunt, runner on third; Ibata hits a sac fly to right; Wada flies out to center.
6th inning: Fukuda relieves Miyaguni; Wada hits a solo home run to left-center; Blanco walks; Hirata hits a single to right, runners on first and second; K. Takagi relieves Fukuda; Morino hits a sac bunt, runners on second and third; Tanishige flies out to center; Yamasaki, pinch-hitting for M. Yamamoto, walks, bases loaded; Oshima grounds out to short.
10th inning: Nishimura relieves Yamaguchi; Furuki takes over at second; Blanco hits an infield single; Hirata fails to advance runner on sac bunt, runner on first; Morino hits a single to left, runners on first and third; Tanishige fails on three squeeze attempts; T. Donoue, pinch-hitting for Muto, hits an RBI single to center, runners on first and second; Oshima grounds out to first.
Yomiuri
2nd inning: Y. Takahashi strikes out swinging; Murata walks; Bowker hits a single to right, runners on first and third; Terauchi hits an RBI single to right, runners on first and second; Miyaguni hits a sac bunt, runners on second and third; Chono grounds out to second.
4th inning: Y. Takahashi grounds out to short; Murata hits a solo homer to right; Bowker grounds out to third; Terauchi strikes out swinging.
6th inning: Tajima relieves M. Yamamoto; Sakamoto strikes out swinging; Abe hits a single to left; Y. Takahashi hits a two-run home run to right-center; Murata grounds out to short; Bowker hits a single to left; Terauchi grounds out to the pitcher.
Runners in Scoring Position (only listing innings in which zero runs cross the plate)
Chunichi: runners on first and second with two out in the top of the 8th.
Yomiuri: runner on third with two out in the bottom of the 1st; runner on second with two outs in the bottom of the 7th.
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Notes
Chunichi leads series, 3-1.
This was the second CL Climax Series game that went into extra innings. The other was Game 3 of the Second Stage (now Final Stage) of the 2008 Climax Series. That game ended in a 5-5 tie after twelve innings.
HR: CHU: Wada (1, none on, off Fukuda). YOM: Murata (1, none on, M. Yamamoto), Y. Takahashi (1, one on, off Tajima).
Game Hero: Takehiro Donoue.
Chunichi: Muto got the win in relief and Iwase the save. ... Tanshige has now driven in at least one run in each of the three Final Stage games.
Yomiuri: Nishimura took the loss in relief. ... Murata's home run in the 4th inning was his first Climax Series hit in ten trips to the plate.
I expect the Yomiuri Giants to react tonight. Dragons’ pitching had beeen tough already.