WBC: Japan 4 – Chinese Taipei 3 (March 8, 2013)
by Gen on Mar.09, 2013 @ 12:34 am, under WBC
Japan vs Chinese Taipei at Tokyo Dome - 19:00
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
Attendance: 43,527 | Time: 4:37
Japan
Hitting
| Pos | Uni | Player | AVG | AB | R | H | RBI | SO | BB/HBP | SH | SB | E | HR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| (DH) | 61 | Kakunaka, Katsuya | .000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | F9 | G6 | G4 | |||||||
| PH/DH | 34 | Chono, Hisayoshi | .167 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ks | F8 | ||||||||
| (2B/1B) | 3 | Ibata, Hirokazu | .667 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1B (8) | G5 | BB | 1B (8) | 1B (8) | |||||
| (RF) | 24 | Uchikawa, Seiichi | .417 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1B (7) | F4 | G5 | 1B (9) | Fo9 | |||||
| (C) | 10 | Abe, Shinnosuke | .083 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | G5 | Kl | G3 | 1B (9) | ||||||
| PR | 46 | Honda, Yuichi | .--- | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| C | 2 | Aikawa, Ryoji | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1B (9) | |||||||||
| PR/3B | 5 | Matsuda, Nobuhiro | .300 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| (CF) | 9 | Itoi, Yoshio | .286 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | G3 | 2B (9) | F7 | G1 | BB | |||||
| (SS) | 6 | Sakamoto, Hayato | .188 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | F8 | 1B (6) | F8 | 1B (7) | SH5 | |||||
| (LF) | 13 | Nakata, Sho | .364 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | G5 | G6 | G4 | F9 | SF7 | |||||
| (1B) | 41 | Inaba, Atsunori | .286 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1B (8) | 1B (4) | 1B (7) | G3 | F7 | |||||
| C | 27 | Sumitani, Ginjiro | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| (3B/2B) | 1 | Toritani, Takashi | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | SH1 | SH1 | G4 | BB | ||||||
| (P) | 14 | Nomi, Atsushi | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| P | 50 | Settsu, Tadashi | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| P | 17 | Tanaka, Masahiro | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| P | 47 | Yamaguchi, Tetsuya | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| P | 15 | Sawamura, Hirokazu | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| P | 35 | Makita, Kazuhisa | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| P | 18 | Sugiuchi, Toshiya | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| .256 | 37 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Pitching
| Uni | Player | ERA | IP | BF | NP | H | HR | SO | BB/HBP | R | ER | |
| 14 | Nomi, Atsushi | 2.45 | 2 2/3 | 14 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 50 | Settsu, Tadashi | 3.38 | 2 1/3 | 9 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 | Tanaka, Masahiro | 3.00 | 2 0/3 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 47 | Yamaguchi, Tetsuya | 10.80 | 0 2/3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Sawamura, Hirokazu | 3.86 | 0 1/3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ○ | 35 | Makita, Kazuhisa | 0.00 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S | 18 | Sugiuchi, Toshiya | 3.00 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chinese Taipei
Hitting
| Pos | Uni | Player | AVG | AB | R | H | RBI | SO | BB/HBP | SH | SB | E | HR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| (LF) | 1 | Dai-Kang Yoh | .250 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ks | SH2 | F7 | G4 | F1 | |||||
| (CF) | 24 | Che-Hsuan Lin | .267 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fo3 | BB | 2B (9) | Ks | SH1 | |||||
| (1B) | 23 | Cheng-Min Peng | .308 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | F3 | HBP | 1B (8) | 1B (8) | IBB | |||||
| (SS) | 31 | Chih-Sheng Lin | .267 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | F3 | Fo3 | F4 | 2B (7) | Ks | |||||
| (DH) | 16 | Szu-Chi Chou | .250 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ks | BB | Kl | 1B (8) | ||||||
| PR/DH | 59 | Cheng-Wei Chang | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | F8 | |||||||||
| (C) | 11 | Hung-Yu Lin | .375 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1B (7) | Ks | Ks | |||||||
| C | 34 | Chih-Kang Kao | .300 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | G6 | 1B (9) | ||||||||
| (RF) | 66 | Chien-Ming Chang | .455 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1B (6) | Ks | Ks | F6 | 1B (9) | |||||
| (3B) | 13 | Yung-Chi Chen | .125 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | F8 | Ks | F9 | G5 | DP (6) | |||||
| (2B) | 21 | Yen-Wen Kuo | .333 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B (8) | G3 | Ks | |||||||
| 2B | 8 | Chiang-Ho Chen | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| PH | 9 | Yi-Chuan Lin | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1B (8) | |||||||||
| PR/2B | 98 | Han Lin | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| (P) | 40 | Chien-Ming Wang | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| P | 18 | Wei-Lun Pan | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| P | 51 | Hung-Chih Kuo | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| P | 41 | Ching-Ming Wang | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| P | 99 | Hung-Wen Chen | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| P | 63 | Yi-Hao Lin | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| P | 91 | Yao-Hsun Yang | .--- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| .278 | 38 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Pitching
| Uni | Player | ERA | IP | BF | NP | H | HR | SO | BB/HBP | R | ER | |
| 40 | Chien-Ming Wang | 0.00 | 6 | 24 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Wei-Lun Pan | 0.00 | 0 2/3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 51 | Hung-Chih Kuo | 13.50 | 0 1/3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 41 | Ching-Ming Wang | 0.00 | 0 2/3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ● | 99 | Hung-Wen Chen | 5.40 | 1 1/3 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 63 | Yi-Hao Lin | 0.00 | 0 2/3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 91 | Yao-Hsun Yang | 2.25 | 0 1/3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Notes
Game Hero: Sho Nakata.
General: TV Asahi broadcast, guest commentators: Kimiyasu Kudo, Atsuya Furuta.
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HUGE win! Love it!
Fantastic game – the best i’ve seen in international competition
One strike away from defeat in the 9th japan came back to tie it and then win it in the 10th
Amazing
A great comeback. Samurai Japan is alive and kicking.
Ibata was a last second fill in, yet he has bailed Samurai Japan out TWICE in 4 games.
On the other hand, Tanaka was the supposed ace and he’s been shelled. Anytime he throws a fastball, the fastball gets drilled. His fork is working well, but without a decent fastball, I would be very reluctant to pitch him.
Personally, Wakui seems like a good candidate to take Tanaka’s spot in the rotation/bullpen.