September 12th, 2012
Tokyo Swallows 1
Hanshin Tigers 4
Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LDWWL
(Koshien)
The Swallows miss a bunch of opportunities, and the Tigers managed to capitalize on a few opportunities to deny the Birds a sweep at Koshien.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swallows | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Tigers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| W: Standridge (7-11); L: Akagawa (6-8); S: Fujikawa (23) | ||||||||||||
Swallows | Tigers |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuhei (Takai) (CF) | 1 | Hiroki Uemoto (2B) |
| 2 | Hiroyasu Tanaka (2B) | 2 | Yamato (Maeda) (CF) |
| 3 | Wladimir Balentien (RF) | 3 | Takashi Toritani (SS) |
| 4 | Lastings Milledge (LF) | 4 | Ryota Arai (3B) |
| 5 | Shingo Kawabata (1B) | 5 | Matt Murton (LF) |
| 6 | Shinya Miyamoto (3B) | 6 | Takahiro Arai (1B) |
| 7 | Ryosuke Morioka (SS) | 7 | Keiichi Hirano (RF) |
| 8 | Yuhei Nakamura (C) | 8 | Shinji Komiyama (C) |
| 9 | Katsuki Akagawa (P) | 9 | Jason Standridge (P) |
The scoring began in the bottom of the first as the Tigers got men on the corners with back-to-back singles with 1 out. While Akagawa managed to get Arai to strikeout swinging, but the Tigers attempted a double steal. Nakamura nailed Toritani at second, but Yamato touched home prior to the out call at second to give the Tigers a run. 1-0 Tigers The double steal situation would not have been in order had Kawabata not dropped a potential foul out earlier in the at bat.
The Swallows tied the game in the third after Yuhei led off the inning with a double. Tanaka bunted the runner to third, and Coco singled him home to tie the game. 1-1 All
Both teams had multiple runners and scoring situations but Akagawa and Standridge didn’t break. Akagawa finally gave up the go-ahead run in the sixth inning. Arai the younger and Murton opened the inning with back-to-back singles. Arai the elder and Hirano both grounded out but advanced Arai each time, allowing him to score the go ahead run. 2-1 Tigers Akagawa’s night ended after the inning.
The Tigers cemented their win in the eighth inning. The Tigers opened the inning with back-to-back-to-back singles. One ground out later, the Tigers sent up the soon to be retired Kanemoto. Kanemoto got an RBI by drawing a walk, and Asai followed with a sac fly to extend the score. 4-1 Tigers
Akagawa pitched a decent game but didn’t get the run support tonight.
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