Daisuke Yamai and Yohei Oshima rejoined the team for workouts today.

Source: Sports Hochi 2/22/2013

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1st round draft pick Koji Fukutani hurt his right adductor muscle.  He (and 4th round draft pick Shota Sugiyama, right elbow injury on the 17th) will return to Nagoya on the 24th for an evaluation and rehab.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/22/2013, Sponichi 2/22/2013

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Okinawa police filed paperwork with the prosecutor's office on Matt Clark today -- in violation of the Stimulant Control Act, possession and use of a drug (amphetamine).

The police feel there was no intent to commit a crime since the drug was an ingredient in a doctor-prescribed medication (since he was a child) Clark was taking.  The prosecutor's office is not expected to prosecute him.

Clark received a new prescription on the 8th and was not at practices today because he was getting a follow-up at Ryuku University Hospital.  He will be back with the team on Saturday.

Source: Sponichi 2/22/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/22/2013

========== Practice Games ==========

Nexen (KBO) 6 - Yokohama Bay Stars 1 (called in the 6th inning due to rain)

• Hiroshi Kobayashi started the game and gave up two runs (one earned) on two hits over three innings of work.  He gave up a solo home run and topped out at 143km/h.
• The offense was limited to just one hit.
• Tony Blanco started at first and batted fourth.  He grounded out to short and struck out swinging in his two trips to the plate.  He also made a throwing error to home plate in the 3rd that led to two runs.

Source: Sponichi 2/22/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/22/2013, Sanspo 2/22/2013, Sponichi 2/23/2013

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KIA (KBO) 5 - Chunichi Dragons 4 (game was called after five innings due to rain)

• Yudai Ono started the game and gave up four runs on seven hits over four innings of work.  He allowed all four runs to score in the 1st on five hits and one HBP.
• Soma Yamauchi relieved Ono and gave up a run over an inning of work.
• Yohei Oshima started in center and batted first.  He went 1-for-2: singled to right in his first at bat and struck out looking in his second at bat.  He was replaced on defense in the 4th.
• Hector Luna was the starting DH and batted fourth.  He went 2-for-2: RBI single through the left side in the 1st inning and a single to center in the 4th.

Source: Sponichi 2/22/2013, Sponichi 2/22/2013, Sanspo 2/22/2013, Sponichi 2/23/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/23/2013

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LG (KBO) 2 - Chiba Lotte Marines 5 (game called after five innings due to rain)

• Takuya Furuya started the game and surrendered a run on three hits over four innings of work.  He struck out the four, six, and seven batters in the 4th.
• Shunichi Nemoto (batting second) and Shoitsu Omatsu (batting clean-up) hit solo homers in the 1st inning.
• Shoitsu Omatsu batted fourth and went 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/22/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/22/2013, Sponichi 2/22/2013, Sponichi 2/23/2013

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Kenichi Nakata joined Ichi-gun camp today.  He is scheduled to pitch in a practice game on Friday.

Nakata missed the Final Stage of the Climax Series last year because of inflammation in his right shoulder.

Source: Sponichi 2/21/2013

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Masahiro Yamamoto returned to workouts today after going to the hospital on Wednesday with gastroenteritis.  His schedule included some catch and light running.  He plans to return to a regular schedule on Friday.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/21/2013

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Yusuke Matsui also returned to practices today -- he missed workouts on Wednesday because he was sent to the hospital after developing a rash on his neck.

Source: Sponichi 2/21/2013

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Takuya Asao will not rejoin the team in Okinawa for spring camp and will instead head to Nagoya to have his right shoulder examined at a hospital.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/21/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/21/2013

Daisuke Yamai and Yohei Oshima returned to Okinawa today.  They both got the day off today.

Source: Sponichi 2/21/2013

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Nikkan Sports has posted the situational batting practice session from Wednesday (runner on second, one out, 1-1 count):

Kazuki Yoshimi (thirteen batters, thirty-two pitches, zero hits, three strikeouts, one HBP)

Masahiko Morino = F6.  Ryoji Nakata = F9.  Naomichi Donoue = Ks.  Kei Nomoto = G5.  3rd round draft pick Takeru Furumoto = G3. Tetsuya Tani = G5.  Ryosuke Hirata = F8.  Takeshi Yamasaki = Kl.  Victor Diaz = HBP.  Victor Diaz = E8.  Shuhei Takahashi = G3.  Motonobu Tanishige = G6.  Ryoji Nakata = Ks.

Hitoki Iwase (thirteen batters,  twenty-eight pitches, four hits, three strikeouts, zero walks)

Daisuke Tanaka = G5.  Kazuhiro Wada = L6.  3rd round draft pick Takeru Furumoto = 2B to left.  Hector Luna = G5.  Victor Diaz = Ks.  Matt Clark = Ks.  Takeshi Yamasaki = G6.  Nobumasa Fukuda = G6.  Matt Clark = 1B to right.  Kyohei Iwasaki = infield 1B.  Hector Luna = 1B to right.  Atsushi Fujii = Kl.  Kazuhiro Wada = G5.

Brad Bergesen (fourteen batters, forty-two pitches, zero hits, one strikeout, three walks)

Akihiro Maeda = Ks.  Nobumasa Fukuda = BB.  Masahiko Morino = BB.  Naomichi Donoue = G4.  Ryosuke Hirata = G4.  Kyohei Iwasaki = G5.  Shuhei Takahashi = G4.  Ryoji Nakata = G6.  Atsushi Fujii = F8.  Masato Matsui = F8.  Naomichi Donoue = G4.  Motonobu Tanishige = G4.  Masato Matsui = BB.  Kei Nomoto = G1.

Daniel Cabrera (nine batters, thirty-two pitches, one hit, three strikeouts, zero walks)

Kei NOmoto = G3.  3rd round draft pick Takeru Furumoto = G5.  Tetsuya Tani = E3.  Motonobu Tanishige = F4.  Takeshi Yamasaki = G4.  Kazuhiro Wada = Kl.  Masahiko Morino = Ks.  Nobumasa Fukuda = K2.  Ryosuke Hirata = 2B to left.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/21/2013

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Hitoki Iwase threw the knuckleball five to six times during situational batting practice today.  He told reporters he was curious to see how batters would react.

Source: Sports Hochi 2/20/2013

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Three players were sent to the hospital today: Masahiro Yamamoto for gastroenteritis, Masahiro Araki for the flu, and Yusuke Matsui for a rash he developed on his neck.

Yamamoto and Matsui might be able to return to practices on Thursday.  Araki will rest and rejoin the team as soon as he is feeling better.

Source: Sponichi 2/20/2013, Sanspo 2/20/2013

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Motonobu Tanishige worked with the Akihiro Maeda, Daisuke Tanaka, and Masato Matsui for about an hour on Tuesday.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013

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3rd round draft pick Takeru Furumoto was called up to Ichi-gun camp for workouts on Tuesday.  He was not able to do much in front of the coaches because of the weather and will likely get at least one more day.  And while Morimichi Takagi has not discussed it with other members of the staff, it seems he is open to keeping the rookie around, so long as he does well.

Source: Sponichi 2/20/2013

Furumoto is about ten kilograms overweight, mostly because he was out with an eye injury in August last year and could not do much training.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013

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Daisuke Yamai threw about forty pitches to a squatting catcher on flat ground on Tuesday.

Source: Sponichi 2/20/2013

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The Dragons announced that their farm team will play games against four amateur teams (Industrial League) next month.  All four games will be free.

Schedule

Source: official announcement

========== Practice Games ==========

Nippon Ham Fighters 2 - Yakult Swallows 2

Nippon Ham

• Hiroshi Kisanuki started he game and gave up two runs on four hits and a walk over three innings of work.  Both runs scored after Kisanuki recorded two outs in the third inning.  He topped out at 144km/h.
• Dustin Molleken tossed a shutout inning in relief.  He hit 150+km/h on consecutive pitches.
• Yuya Taniguchi started in right and batted third.  He went 0-for-4 with an RBI.
• Michel Abreu was the starting DH and batted fourth.  He went 2-for-4.  He also played some first.

Yakult

• The offense recorded seven hits.
• Masanori Ishikawa started he game and did not allow any runs or hits over two innings of work.  He hit one batter.
• Orlando Roman relieved Ishikawa and gave up a run on two hits and one HBP over two innings of work.
• Tony Barnette tossed a perfect seventh.
• Kenichi Matsuoka pitched the last two innings and gave up a run on two hits and a walk.  He struck out one.
• Yuhei started in center and batted lead-off.  He went 2-for-4.
• Akinori Iwamura started at third and batted third.  He went 3-for-3 with a double.
• With runners on first and second and two out in the 3rd inning, Wladimir Balentien hit an RBI single to left off Hiroshi Kisanuki.

Source: official report (Nippon Ham), official report (Yakult), NIkkan Sports 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013, Sanspo 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/21/2013

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Hanshin Tigers 4 - Yomiuri Giants 2

Hanshin

• Tatsuya Kojima started the game and allowed a run over four innings of work.  With runners on first and second and one out in the 1st inning, he gave up an RBI single to Jose Lopez.
• Kazuo Ito tossed two shutout inning.
• Kazuya Takamiya and Masanori Fujihara each tossed an inning and did not allow any runs.
• Yamato started in center and batted second.  He hit an RBI single to left in the 2nd inning and a single to left in the 6th inning.
• Matt Murton started in left and batted fifth.  He went 1-for-2.  He was removed after four innings.
• Brooks Conrad was the starting DH and batted sixth.  He went 1-for-1 with two walks.
• Masashi Nohara started at third and batted seventh.  He went 2-for-4: RBI double to left in the 2nd and a single to right in the 3rd.

Yomiuri

• Ryuya Matsumoto started the game and gave up three runs on five hits and four walks.
• Fuminori Yokogawa hit a single to right in the 6th inning and a single to right in the 8th inning.

Source: Sponichi 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013, Sanspo 2/20/2013, Daily Sports 2/20/2013, Daily Sports 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/21/2013, Sanspo 2/21/2013, Sanspo 2/21/2013, Daily Sports 2/21/2013, Daily Sports 2/21/2013

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LG (KBO) 1 - Yokohama Bay Stars 9

• Kai-Wen Cheng started the game and tossed two shutout innings while allowing two hits (including one infield hit).
• Yoshitomo Tsutsugo started at third and batted clean-up.  He went 3-for-4 with three RBI.  He was a home run away from the cycle.  He hit a single to right in his second at bat, an RBI triple to center in his third at bat, and a two-run double to left in his fourth at bat.
• Masayuki Kuwahara also drove in three runs.

Source: Sponichi 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013, Daily Sports 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/21/2013, Sports Hochi 2/21/2013

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SK (KBO) vs Chunichi Dragons

• Cancelled

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013

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KIA (KBO) 3 - Rakuten Eagles 5

• Rakuten pitchers walked seven hitters.
• Yoshinao Kamata started the game and allowed one run on four hits over three innings of work.  He threw fifty pitches and struck out five.  With runners on first and second and two out in the 3rd inning, he gave up a bloop RBI single to left.  He topped out at 140km/h.
• Satoshi Nagai relieved Kamata and gave up two runs on two hits over three innings of work.  He threw forty-eight pitches and struck out three.  He issued a two-out walk in the 6th inning and then surrendered a home run.
• Darrell Rasner tossed a shutout inning in relief.
• Yusuke Kosai started at first and batted third.  He went 1-for-3 with two runs and two RBI.  With a runner on third and two out in the 3rd, he hit a home run to right.
• Andruw Jones was the starting DH and batted fourth.  He went 0-for-2: strikeout, strikeout, walk.
• Casey McGehee started at third and batted sixth.  He went 0-for-2: ground out to short, double play

Source: official announcement, Sponichi 2/20/2013, Sports Hochi 2/20/2013, Sports Hochi 2/20/2013, Nikkkan Sports 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013, Sports Hochi 2/21/2013

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Goyang (KBFL) - Hanshin Tigers (Ni-gun)

• 2nd round draft pick Fumiya Hojo started at short and batted sixth.  He went 0-for-4.

Source: Sanspo 2/21/2013

========== Intra-squad Games ==========

Orix Buffaloes

• Whites beat the Reds, 4-1.
• 1st round draft pick Takahiro Matsuba pitched an inning and gave up three runs on two hits.  He served up a home run to Aarom Baldiris to lead off the 6th inning, and then two outs later, with a runner on second, surrendered his second long ball of the inning to Masato Fukae.
• Mike Schultz (tryout) tossed a perfect inning in relief.
• Ikusei 2nd round draft pick Hiroki Nishikawa collected two hits and stole two bases.  He hit a single through the left side in his first at bat in the 2nd inning and stole second.  He tried to steal third and was thrown out.  He hit a single to right in the 5th and stole second.

Source: Sports Hochi 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013, Sponichi 2/21/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/21/2013, Sports Hochi 2/21/2013

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Softbank Hawks

• Reds blanked the Whites, 3-0.
• Ryota Igarashi tossed a shutout inning in relief and recorded two strikeouts.  He topped out at 142km/h.
• Bryan LaHair collected two hits: single to center in his first at bat, single to left in his second at bat.
• Yuki Yanagita started in center and batted fifth for the Whites.  He hit a double to right off Shintaro Ejiri in his second trip to the plate.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013, Sponichi 2/20/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/20/2013, Sponichi 2/20/2013, Sponichi 2/21/2013

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The Dragons made changes to their practice schedule today because of the rain.

Workouts started indoors with warm-ups.  After the rain stopped, pitchers played catch on the secondary field and outfielders took fielding practice on the main field.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/19/2013

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Masahiro Yamamoto, Kazuki Yoshimi, and Hitoki Iwase are scheduled to pitch situational batting practice on Wednesday.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/19/2013

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3rd round draft pick Takeru Furumoto worked out at Ichi-gun camp today.

Source: Sponichi 2/19/2013

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OF/base-running coach Yoshinori Ueda had a difficult time hitting fly balls to Ryosuke Hirata, Atsushi Fujii, and Furumoto during fielding practice today -- he kept hitting grounders or weak fly balls.

Source: Sports Hochi 2/19/2013

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Masahiko Morino may have to move to right if both Hector Luna and Matt Clark win everyday jobs -- Luna at third and Clark at first.

Morino has played 165 games in left, 80 in center, and 20 in right.  He last played right on July 25, 2008.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/19/2013

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Luna and Clark are scheduled to play in a practice game against KIA (KBO) on the 22nd.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/19/2013

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Ichi-gun and Ni-gun camp had the day off today.

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Hitoki Iwase fiddled with a knuckleball during his bullpen session on Sunday.  It was a pitch he used to throw before he turned pro.

Source: Sports Hochi 2/18/2013

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Takehiko Tsuji and Kento Yachi were demoted to Ni-gun on Sunday.  Ryuya Ogawa was called up.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/18/2013

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Yusuke Matsui is 7-for-14 with one home run and seven RBI over three pre-season games.

Source: Sponichi 2/18/2013

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The Dragons announced that they will play a Ni-gun game against the SK Wyverns (KBO) on the 22nd (Yomitan at 1:00pm).  The Ichi-gun team is slated to play the KIA Tigers on the same day (Chatan at 1:00pm).

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/17/2013

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Kazuki Yoshimi is preparing himself under the assumption that he will be the opening day starter.

Source: Sponichi 2/17/2013

========== Practice Games ==========

Yokohama Bay Stars 8 - Nippon Ham Fighters 9

Yokohama

• 2nd round draft pick Kazuki Mishima started the game and tossed two shutout innings.  He did not allow a hit, walked two (both came in the 1st), struck out one, and topped out at 149km/h.
• 5th round draft pick Tateki Abe allowed the tying run to score in the 6th inning.  He gave up six runs over two innings of work.
• 3rd round draft pick Shoichi Ino gave up the go-ahead run in the 8th inning.
• 4th round draft pick Daichi Akahori started in left and batted fifth.  He went 2-for-4 with an HBP and one RBI: solo homer off Yodai Enoshita in the 4th inning, reached base on an HBP in the 6th inning, and hit a single to left in the 8th.  In the 8th inning, he came around to score from first base on a double to right by Masayuki Kuwahara.
• Takehiro Ishikawa started a short and batted first.  He collected three hits and walked once.
• Shuto Takajo threw out two base-stealers in the 1st inning.  With the bases loaded and two out in the 1st, Takajo hit a two-run single to left.

Nippon Ham

• Masaru Nakamura started the game and allowed five runs (four earned) on nine hits over three innings of work.  He gave up four runs in the 1st inning, including a home run to lead-off hitter Takehiro Ishikawa.
• Michel Abreu (tryout) went 2-for-4 with an RBI: a home run off 5th round draft pick Tateki Abe in the 6th inning and a double to center in the 7th inning.
• Atsushi Kita started at first and batted sixth.  He was taken out of the game after he hurt his left shoulder will diving for the ball on defense.

Source: Daily Sports 2/16/2013, Sponichi 2/16/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013. Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Sponichi 2/16/2013, Daily Sports 2/16/2013, Daily Sports 2/16/2013, Sanspo 2/16/2013, Sponichi 2/17/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/17/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/17/2013, Daily Sports 2/17/2013

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Hanshin Tigers 15 - Chunichi Dragons 11

Hanshin

• The offense scored fifteen runs on twenty-three hits.  Every position player in the starting line-up collected at least one hit.
• Daiki Enokida started the game and gave up three runs on five hits over two innings of work.  He gave up one in the 1st inning, then with runners on second and third and no out in the 2nd, he surrendered a home run to Daisuke Tanaka.  He topped out at 138km/h.
• Jason Standridge followed Daiki Enokida and gave up a run (unearned) on four hits over two innings of work.  He topped out at 147km/h.
• Kazuo Ito entered the game in the 7th and gave up a three-run home run to Yusuke Matsui.  He also gave up a two-run home run to Naomichi Donoue in the 8th.  He ultimately allowed seven runs on seven hits over 1.2 innings of work.
• Hayata Ito started in right and batted third.  He collected four hits and five RBI, including a two-out double to left-center off Yudai Kawai in his first at bat in the 1st inning and a three-run home run to right off Takehiko Tsuji in his second at bat in the 4th.  He was a triple away from the cycle.  Ito also shifted to left partway through the game.
• Hiroki Uemoto had two hits and three RBI.  He hit a two-run double in the 3rd inning.
• Brooks Conrad was the starting DH and batted fifth.  He tied the game at three with a home run off Takehiko Tsuji to lead off the 4th inning.
• Shinji Komiyama was the starting catcher and went 3-for-3: single to left in the 3rd, single to right in the 4th, single to left in the 5th.
• Takeshi Hidaka entered the game as a pinch-hitter for Brooks Conrad in the 5th inning and hit a solo home to right.
• Ryota Arai started at third and batted clean-up.  He went 3-for-6 with two RBI.
• Masashi Nohara had three hits.
• Yamato threw out a runner at home plate from center in the 8th inning.  He collected two hits.
• 4th round draft pick Shinya Azuhata entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the 7th inning and hit a single to right.  He later came around to score.
• Shunsuke failed to lay down a bunt in the 4th with runners on first and second and no out.

Chunichi

• The offense scored eleven runs on nineteen hits.
• Takehiko Tsuji gave up eight runs on nine hits.
• Kento Yachi allowed five runs on ten hits.
• Shuhei Takahashi started at third and batted third.  He went 5-for-5 with an RBI: single to center, single to left, single to left, single to left, single to center.

Source: Daily Sports 2/16/2013, Daily Sports 2/16/2013, Daily Sports 2/16/2013, Daily Sports 2/16/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Sanspo 2/16/2013, Sponichi 2/17/2013, Sponichi 2/17/2013, Sponichi 2/17/2013, Sponichi 2/17/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/17/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/17/2013, Sports Hochi 2/17/2013, Daily Sports 2/17/2013, Sanspo 2/17/2013, Sanspo 2/17/2013, Sanspo 2/17/2013, Sanspo 2/17/2013, Sanspo 2/17/2013, Sanspo 2/17/2013, Sanspo 2/17/2013, Sanspo 2/17/2013

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Hanwha (KBO) vs Chunichi Dragons (carried over from Friday)

• Ryuya Ogawa started the game and tossed four shutout innings and allowed just one hit.

Source: official report

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KIA (KBO) 5 - Yakult Swallows 9

• Katsuki Akagawa started the game and gave up two runs on three hits and three walks over three innings of work.  He struck out three.
• Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi relieved Akagawa and gave up three runs on four hits over two innings.  He struck out two.
• Kentaro Kyuko did not allow any hits or runs over two innings of work, but did walk two.
• Taiyo Fujita tossed two shutout innings.  He allowed two hits and struck out one.
• The offense banged out twelve hits.
• Down 5-0, the Swallows sent eleven batters to the plate in the 5th inning and scored seven runs.
• Yuhei Nakamura was the starting catcher and batted eighth.  He went 2-for-3 with two RBI: two doubles in the 5th inning -- he led off the inning with a double to left and later in the same inning, he hit a two-run double to left.
• Akinori Iwamura entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the 5th and hit a single to left.
• Yasushi Iihara went 3-for-3 (all doubles) with four RBI.
• Yuhei went 2-for-3 with one RBI.

Source: official report, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Sponichi 2/16/2013, Sports Hochi 2/16/2013, Sanspo 2/16/2013, Sponichi 2/17/2013

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Doosan (KBO) 2 - Seibu Lions 2

• Brian Sikorski started the game and tossed two shutout innings while allowing two hits and two walks.  He also topped out at 143km/h.
• Toshihiro Iwao followed Sikorski and gave up a run over three innings of work.
• Tatsuya Oishi tossed a scoreless 9th.
• With runners on first and second with no out in the 6th inning, Ryan Spilborghs cleared the bases with a triple to right-center.
• Shogo Akiyama collected two hits.
• 3rd round draft pick Yuji Kaneko started at third and went 2-for-3: single to right in the 3rd and a single to left in he 6th.  He also made a bad throw to second while trying to turn a double play in the 7th inning.

Source: official report, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Sponichi 2/16/2013, Sponichi 2/17/2013, Daily Sports 2/17/2013

========== Intra-squad Games ==========

Yomiuri Giants

• Whites beat the Reds, 4-3.
• 1st round draft pick Tomoyuki Sugano started the game for the Reds and tossed two shutout innings while allowing one hit and one walk.  He threw forty pitches (nine in the 1st and thirty-one in the 2nd) and topped out at 145km/h.  He retired the side in order in the 1st inning.  He got into some trouble in the second by putting runners on first and second -- he gave up a single to Jose Lopez and walked Ken Kato -- but managed to get out unscathed.
• Ryosuke Miyaguni started for the Whites and tossed two shutout innings.  He faced nine batters, gave up a hit, walked one, and struck out one.  He topped out at 147km/h.
• Kyosuke Takagi threw three shutout innings while allowing three hits.  He also struck out two.
• Manny Acosta gave up two runs on one hit over one inning of work for the Whites.
• Jose Lopez started at second and batted clean-up for the Whites.  He collected a single to left in the 2nd and hit a two-out RBI double in the 8th.  He also committed an error in the 2nd inning.
• Shigeyuki Furuki went 2-for-3 for the Whites.  He struck out in his first at bat in the 2nd inning.
• With a runner on first and two out in the 2nd inning, Fuminori Yokogawa hit a home run off Manny Acosta.
• Ken Kato managed to work out a twelve-pitch walk against Tomoyuki Sugano.

Source: Daily Sports 2/16/2013, Sponichi 2/16/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Sanspo 2/16/2013, Sponichi 2/17/2013, Sponichi 2/17/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/17/2013, Daily Sports 2/17/2013

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Orix Buffaloes

• Reds blanked the Whites, 1-0.
• Takahiro Mahara started for the Reds and tossed a shutout inning.  He allowed a walk and topped out at 147km/h.
• Mike Schultz (tryout) tossed a shutout inning in relief.  He topped out at 144km/h.
• Masafumi Hirai tossed a perfect inning in relief.

Source: Sports Hochi 2/16/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Sponichi 2/16/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/17/2013, Sports Hochi 2/17/2013

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Chiba Lotte Marines

• Whites beat the Reds, 3-0.
• Kazunari Abe gave up a run on two hits over two innings of work.  He also issued three walks/HBPs.
• 4th round draft pick Shohei Kato started in center and batted lead-off for the Reds.  He went 2-for-4: batting from the right side, single to center off Yuta Kimura in the 1st inning; batting from the left side, a single to center off Taiki Nakago in the 3rd inning.  On defense, he threw out Shota Ishime at home plate in the 4th inning.
• Yoshifumi Okada started in right and batted lead-off for the Whites.  He hit a single to center in the 5th and was thrown out trying to steal a base.

Source: official report, Sponichi 2/16/2013, Sponichi 2/16/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/17/2013, Sports Hochi 2/17/2013

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Softbank Hawks

• The Whites beat the Reds, 5-2 (six innings).
• Hayato Terahara, Ryota Igarashi, Shogo Yamamoto, and Shitaro Ejiri for the Whites.
• Hayato Terahara started for the Whites and tossed two shutout inning.  He threw seventeen pitches, topped out at 145km/h and faced six batters.
• Ryota Igarashi tossed a shutout inning relief while allowing two hits and a walk.  Base-runners also stole two bases while he was on the mound.  He threw twenty-eight pitches.
• Kodai Senga started the game for the Reds and tossed two shutout innings.  He topped out at 150km/h and fanned Bryan LaHair and Atsushi Fukumoto.
• Yuya Hasegawa batted third for the Whites and collected two hits.
• Ryuma Kidokoro stole two bases for the Reds.
• Nobuhiko Matsunaka drove in two runs for the Reds in the top of the 6th.

Source: official report, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Nikkan Sports 2/16/2013, Sponichi 2/16/2013, Sponichi 2/16/2013, Sports Hochi 2/17/2013

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Workouts ended early today because of the rain.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/15/2013

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Shinji Tajima was schedule to pitch batting practice today, but ended up tossing a bullpen session because of the rain.

Source: Sponichi 2/15/2013

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Daniel Cabrera resumed throwing activities today with a bullpen session.  He plans to toss batting practice during the next block of camp.

Source: Sports Hochi 2/15/2013

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Atsushi Fujii and Kei Nomoto were called up to Ichi-camp today.  They will take over the roster spots left open after the departure of Samurai Japan candidates.

Source: Sponichi 2/15/2013

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Wrestler Saori Yoshida will throw out the ceremonial first pitch on March 29 (vs Yokohama at Nagoya Dome).