August 15th, 2012
Tokyo Swallows 2
Hiroshima Carp 5
Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLWWL
(Irritating Slogan Park Hiroshima)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Hiroshima | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| W: Nomura (8-6); L: Shichijo (1-2) | ||||||||||||
Yesterday’s glimmer of hope failed to spark anything greater, with the Birds putting up a display of some fuglitude tonight.
Tokyo | Hiroshima |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iihara (RF) | 1 | Maru (RF) |
| 2 | Ueda (CF) | 2 | Kikuchi (2B) |
| 3 | Milledge (LF) | 3 | Soyogi (SS) |
| 4 | Hatakeyama (1B) | 4 | Eldred (1B) |
| 5 | Kawabata (3B) | 5 | Dobayashi (3B) |
| 6 | Tanaka (2B) | 6 | Amaya (CF) |
| 7 | Morioka (SS) | 7 | Mukae (LF) |
| 8 | Nakamura (C) | 8 | Ishihara (C) |
| 9 | Shichijo (P) | 9 | Nomura (P) |
| RP | Matsui, Masubuchi, Abe | RP | Mickolio |
One of those nights. We know them well.
Young Shichijo had a rough night, lasting only two innings, during which he threw 46 pitches, gave up six hits, one of which was a home run, a walk, and four runs.
In the first, with an out and Kikuchi and Soyogi on the corners, Eldred hit an RBI double. Dobayashi then brought Soyogi in with a sac fly. 2-0 Hiroshima.
In the second, with one out, Ishihara singled, moved to second on a Nomura sac bunt, and scored on a Maru round-tripper to center. 4-0 Hiroshima.
In the sixth, Masubuchi took the mound and walked Mukae, who moved to second on an Ishihara sac-bunt. Masubuchi managed to strike out Nomura, then gave up an RBI double to Maru. Tanaka then bobbled a Kikuchi grounder, putting men on the corners and Masubuchi in danger.
No more runs, thankfully. 5-0 Hiroshima.
The Swallows didn’t respond until Milledge hit a solo home run to left in the seventh. 5-1 Hiroshima.
Milledge hit again in the ninth and was driven in by Kawabata, but it wasn’t enought o change the 5-1 Hiroshima, Final.
Roman takes on Otake as the Swallows play another one in the Hiroshima rail yard tomorrow night.
