| TOP OF THE 1ST | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Chunichi Dragons : LHP Kenzo Tamura | | Pitching: LHP Kenzo Tamura | | | Batting: RHB Kenshin Toiguchi | 0-0: Bunt for hit - play at first, batter OUT! 5-3 | | Batting: RHB Shunso Meshizuka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out looking | | Batting: RHB Shunsho Matsuo | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging | | Top of the 1st over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 0 - Chunichi 0 | BOTTOM OF THE 1ST | Chunichi Dragons batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : LHP Isei Okada | | Pitching: LHP Isei Okada | | | Pinch Hitting: RHB Yataro Gato | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56D) | | Batting: RHB Ryuzaburo Tanaka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S) Yataro Gato to second | | Batting: RHB Shun Asano | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4) Yataro Gato to third | | Batting: RHB Yoshifumi Yamamoto | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Ryosei Okada | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4) | | Bottom of the 1st over - 0 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 0 - Chunichi 0 | TOP OF THE 2ND | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Chunichi Dragons : LHP Kenzo Tamura | | Now at 3B: Yataro Gato | | | Batting: RHB Misao Kokawa | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Konosuke Watanabe | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Swinging Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Junnosuke Matsuura | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF) | | Top of the 2nd over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 0 - Chunichi 0 | BOTTOM OF THE 2ND | Chunichi Dragons batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : LHP Isei Okada | | Batting: RHB Yasujiro Tanaka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: TRIPLE (Flyball, 8LXD) | | Batting: RHB Junnosuke Taniguchi | 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4M) | | Batting: RHB Kiyohira Sugimoto | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD) Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw | | Batting: SHB Takuro Matsuo | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56) | | Batting: RHB Yataro Gato | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Called Strike Takuro Matsuo is caught stealing 2nd base | | Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 0 - Chunichi 1 | TOP OF THE 3RD | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Chunichi Dragons : LHP Kenzo Tamura | | Batting: RHB Shigetaka Yamaguchi | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out looking | | Batting: RHB Tomiji Samurakami | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD) | | Batting: RHB Shinichi Yufune | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Swinging Strike 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls Tomiji Samurakami to second | | Batting: RHB Kenshin Toiguchi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6) | | Top of the 3rd over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 0 - Chunichi 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 3RD | Chunichi Dragons batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : LHP Isei Okada | | Batting: RHB Yataro Gato | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4M) | | Batting: RHB Ryuzaburo Tanaka | 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7M) | | Batting: RHB Shun Asano | 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D) Yataro Gato to second | | Batting: RHB Yoshifumi Yamamoto | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 4) | | Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 0 - Chunichi 1 | TOP OF THE 4TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Chunichi Dragons : LHP Kenzo Tamura | | Batting: RHB Shunso Meshizuka | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M) | | Batting: RHB Shunsho Matsuo | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Misao Kokawa | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 7LD) | | Batting: RHB Konosuke Watanabe | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Junnosuke Matsuura | 0-0: Ball 1-0: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 89D) Misao Kokawa scores Konosuke Watanabe scores | | Batting: RHB Shigetaka Yamaguchi | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Top of the 4th over - 2 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 2 - Chunichi 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 4TH | Chunichi Dragons batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : LHP Isei Okada | | Batting: RHB Ryosei Okada | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M) | | Batting: RHB Yasujiro Tanaka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9D) | | Batting: RHB Junnosuke Taniguchi | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 34) | | Bottom of the 4th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 2 - Chunichi 1 | TOP OF THE 5TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Chunichi Dragons : LHP Kenzo Tamura | | Batting: RHB Tomiji Samurakami | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LS) | | Batting: RHB Shinichi Yufune | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D) | | Batting: RHB Kenshin Toiguchi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6) | | Batting: RHB Shunso Meshizuka | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out swinging | | Top of the 5th over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 2 - Chunichi 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 5TH | Chunichi Dragons batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : LHP Isei Okada | | Batting: RHB Kiyohira Sugimoto | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out looking | | Batting: SHB Takuro Matsuo | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6) | | Batting: RHB Yataro Gato | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 23) | | Bottom of the 5th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 2 - Chunichi 1 | TOP OF THE 6TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Chunichi Dragons : LHP Kenzo Tamura | | Batting: RHB Shunsho Matsuo | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89XD) | | Batting: RHB Misao Kokawa | 0-0: Intentional Walk | | Batting: RHB Konosuke Watanabe | 0-0: Ball Shunsho Matsuo is caught stealing 3rd base 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LS) | | Pitching: RHP Michinaga Nakano | | | Batting: RHB Junnosuke Matsuura | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6) | | Top of the 6th over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 2 - Chunichi 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 6TH | Chunichi Dragons batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : LHP Isei Okada | | Batting: RHB Ryuzaburo Tanaka | 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M) | | Batting: RHB Shun Asano | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Yoshifumi Yamamoto | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out looking | | Bottom of the 6th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 2 - Chunichi 1 | TOP OF THE 7TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Chunichi Dragons : RHP Michinaga Nakano | | Batting: RHB Shigetaka Yamaguchi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Tomiji Samurakami | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD) Shigetaka Yamaguchi to second Shigetaka Yamaguchi to third | | Batting: RHB Shinichi Yufune | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Strikes out looking | | Batting: RHB Kenshin Toiguchi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 3-6 (Groundball, 34) Shigetaka Yamaguchi scores | | Batting: RHB Shunso Meshizuka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 15S) | | Top of the 7th over - 1 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 3 - Chunichi 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 7TH | Chunichi Dragons batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : LHP Isei Okada | | Batting: RHB Ryosei Okada | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Strikes out looking | | Batting: RHB Yasujiro Tanaka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Ball Single, Error in OF, E9, batter to second base | | Pitching: RHP Kiyonobu Ikarashi | | | Batting: RHB Junnosuke Taniguchi | 0-0: Called Strike Yasujiro Tanaka steals 3rd base 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out looking | | Batting: RHB Kiyohira Sugimoto | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Bottom of the 7th over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 1 error(s), 1 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 3 - Chunichi 1 | TOP OF THE 8TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Chunichi Dragons : RHP Michinaga Nakano | | Pitching: RHP Tsuginori Sasaki | | | Batting: RHB Shunsho Matsuo | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Misao Kokawa | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Base on Balls Shunsho Matsuo to second | | Batting: RHB Konosuke Watanabe | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Base on Balls Shunsho Matsuo to third Misao Kokawa to second | | Pinch Hitting: LHB Kansuke Nakada | 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7M) Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw | | Batting: RHB Shigetaka Yamaguchi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 7LS) Misao Kokawa to third Konosuke Watanabe to second Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw or cutoff | | Pitching: RHP Yoshiki Tashima | | | Batting: RHB Tomiji Samurakami | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6M) | | Top of the 8th over - 2 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 5 - Chunichi 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 8TH | Chunichi Dragons batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Kiyonobu Ikarashi | | Now at SS: Horiuchi Ogawa | | | Batting: SHB Takuro Matsuo | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 5D) | | Pitching: LHP Tetsu Samurakami | | | Batting: RHB Yataro Gato | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 25) | | Batting: RHB Ryuzaburo Tanaka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Fly out, F9 (Popup, 4D) | | Bottom of the 8th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 5 - Chunichi 1 | TOP OF THE 9TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Chunichi Dragons : RHP Yoshiki Tashima | | Batting: RHB Shinichi Yufune | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9D) | | Batting: RHB Kenshin Toiguchi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Shunso Meshizuka | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 5L) Kenshin Toiguchi to second | | Batting: RHB Shunsho Matsuo | 0-0: Fielders Choice at 3rd, U5 (Groundball, 5L) Shunso Meshizuka to second | | Batting: RHB Misao Kokawa | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6M) | | Top of the 9th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 1 error(s), 2 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 5 - Chunichi 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 9TH | Chunichi Dragons batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : LHP Tetsu Samurakami | | Batting: RHB Shun Asano | 0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 9LM) | | Batting: RHB Yoshifumi Yamamoto | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Grounds into double play, 4-6-3 (Groundball, 34) | | Batting: RHB Ryosei Okada | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging | | Bottom of the 9th over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 5 - Chunichi 1 | |