NS: Yomiuri Giants 0 – Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 1 (October 31, 2012)
by Gen on Oct.31, 2012 @ 4:00 am, under Game Summaries, NPB, Postseason
Yomiuri Giants vs Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters @ Sapporo Dome - 18:30
Possible Starters: Ryosuke Miyaguni (YOM) 6-2, 1.86 - Masaru Nakamura (HAM) 2-2, 1.79
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E | |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Nippon Ham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1x | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Attendance: 40433 | Series tied, 2-2-0 | Time: 4:15
Yomiuri
Hitting (LOB: 9, DPs in: 3rd)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (RF) | Chono, Hisayoshi | 2-for-5 | 1: 1B, 3: DP, 6: 1B, 8: F9, 10: G6 |
| (CF) | Matsumoto, Tetsuya | 0-for-3 | 1: S1, 3: SO, 6: S1, 8: L6, 10: G4 |
| (SS) | Sakamoto, Hayato | 1-for-5 | 1: 1B, 4: F6, 6: F7, 9: F9, 10: F8 |
| (DH) | Takahashi, Yoshinobu | 1-for-4 | 1: F6, 4: F8, 6: SO, 9: 1B |
| PR-DH-2B | Fujimura, Daisuke | 0-for-1 | 11: SO |
| (3B) | Murata, Shuichi | 1-for-5 | 1: f3, 4: F9, 7: G6, 9: 1B, 11: G6 |
| (1B) | Ogasawara, Michihiro | 0-for-5 | 2: G3, 5: F8, 7: F9, 9: f5, 11: F7 |
| (LF) | Yano, Kenji | 1-for-4 | 2: F9, 5: 1B, 7: F4, 9: BB, 12: SO |
| (2B) | Furuki, Shigeyuki | 0-for-2 | 2: G3, 5: F6 |
| PH-2B | Terauchi, Takayuki | 0-for-0 | 8: BB |
| PH | Ishii, Yoshihito | 0-for-1 | 9: F7 |
| P | Yamaguchi, Tetsuya | 0-for-0 | |
| P | Takagi, Kyosuke | 0-for-0 | |
| PH | Tani, Yoshitomo | 0-for-1 | 12: SO |
| P | Nishimura, Kentaro | 0-for-0 | |
| (C) | Sanematsu, Kazunari | 1-for-3 | 3: 1B, 5: SO, 8: S2, 10: BB, 12: SO |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Miyaguni, Ryosuke | 7 | 100 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Fukuda, Satoshi, H | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Yamaguchi, Tetsuya, H | 2 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Takagi, Kyosuke, H | 1 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Nishimura, Kentaro, L | 1/3 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27.000 |
| 111/3 | 184 | 45 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Nippon Ham
Hitting (LOB: 10, DP: 0)
| Pos | Player Name | Performance | Results |
| (CF) | Yang, Dai-Kang | 1-for-5 | 1: G6, 4: SO, 6: F7, 8: 2B, 10: SO |
| (2B) | Imanami, Takahiro | 1-for-5 | 1: SO, 4: 1B, 6: F7, 8: F8, 10: G6 |
| (RF) | Itoi, Yoshio | 1-for-5 | 1: G4, 4: G4, 6: 2B, 9: G4, 11: G4 |
| (LF) | Nakata, Sho | 1-for-4 | 2: 1B (CS), 4: BB, 6: G6, 9: SO, 11: SO |
| (DH) | Inaba, Atsunori | 1-for-4 | 2: F6, 4: BB, 7: F9, 9: 2B, 11: SO |
| (3B-1B) | Koyano, Eiichi | 2-for-5 | 2: F7, 4: f3, 7: SO, 9: 1B, 12: 1B |
| (1B) | Hoffpauir, Micah | 0-for-3 | 3: f2, 5: SO, 7: F9 |
| PH | Nioka, Tomohiro | 0-for-0 | 9: IBB |
| PR-SS | Nakashima, Takuya | 0-for-1, 1 R | 12: G1 |
| (C) | Tsuruoka, Shinya | 0-for-3 | 3: G4, 5: G5, 8: F8 |
| PH | Sugiya, Kenshi | 0-for-1 | 9: G4 |
| C | Ono, Shota | 0-for-0 | 12: S1 |
| (SS) | Kaneko, Makoto | 0-for-2 | 3: G6, 5: G6 |
| PH | Nishikawa, Haruki | 0-for-1 | 8: G3 |
| SS-3B | Iiyama, Yuji | 1-for-2, 1 RBI | 10: L4, 12: 2B |
Pitching
| Player Name | IP | NP | PA | AB | H | HR | SO | BB | HBP | SH | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Nakamura, Masaru | 7 | 77 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Ishii, Yuya, H | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Takeda, Hisashi, H | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Masui, Hirotoshi, H | 2 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.250 |
| Miyanishi, Naoki, W | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.000 |
| 12 | 149 | 45 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Scoring Plays
Yomiuri
None.
Nippon Ham
12th inning: Nishimura relieves K. Takagi; Koyano hits a single to right; Nakashima fails to advance the runner on a sac bunt, runner on first; Ono hits a sac bunt and reaches on a catching E4 at first, runners on first and second; Iiyama hits a walk-off double to left-center.
Runners in Scoring Position (only listing innings in which zero runs cross the plate)
Yomiuri: runners on first and third with one out in the top of the 1st; runner on second with one out in the top of the 6th; runner on second with one out in the top of the 8th; bases loaded with two out in the top of the 9th.
Nippon Ham: bases loaded with two out in the bottom of the 4th; runner on second with two out in the bottom of the 6th; runner on second with two out in the bottom of the 8th; bases loaded with two out in the bottom of the 9th.
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Notes
Takuro Fujii, Olympic silver medalist in swimming, threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Series tied, 2-2.
HR: None.
Game Hero: Yuji Iiyama
Yomiuri: Nishimura took the loss in relief. ... Chono extended his post-season hitting streak to ten games.
Nippon Ham: Miyanishi got the win in relief. ... Koyano has hit safely in all four Nippon Series games. He has also collected at least two hits in each of his last three Nippon Series games.
Okay, the Giants have been in this situation before, in the Climax series, so now they need to just win two… come on, Giants!
We’ve been worst; Ken. It’s a 2-2 tie and if Giants can win this game, they’ll need just one more at home. If they loss, still they would have the last two games at Tokyo Dome. Go, Giants!