| TOP OF THE 1ST | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Shiki Oyama | | Pitching: RHP Shiki Oyama | | | Batting: LHB Toyokuni Kiyomizu | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S) | | Batting: RHB Hayato Maeda | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out looking | | Batting: LHB Masahiko Nakamura | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Top of the 1st over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 0 - Tokyo Yakult 0 | BOTTOM OF THE 1ST | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Hiroji Kishita | | Pitching: RHP Hiroji Kishita | | | Batting: LHB Kiyoshi Kichida | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD) | | Batting: RHB Shihi Suzuki | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6) | | Batting: LHB Kazu Gato | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out looking | | Bottom of the 1st over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 0 - Tokyo Yakult 0 | TOP OF THE 2ND | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Shiki Oyama | | Batting: SHB Jo Watanabe | 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 78S) | | Batting: LHB Tokimasa Minami | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 5D) Jo Watanabe to second | | Batting: RHB Kuniaki Okuno | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Tadahisa Tanabe | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 89M) Jo Watanabe to third Tokimasa Minami to second Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw or cutoff | | Batting: RHB Roku Sakamoto | 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D) - runner OUT being hit by batted ball. Tadahisa Tanabe to second | | Batting: RHB Yoshihisa Chikafuji | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out looking | | Top of the 2nd over - 1 run(s), 4 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 1 - Tokyo Yakult 0 | BOTTOM OF THE 2ND | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Hiroji Kishita | | Batting: RHB Ichiro Iwata | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Tamasaburo Yamasaki | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: SHB Naohiro Hasegawa | 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Line Drive, 78D), Distance : 441 ft | | Batting: RHB Masafumi Ogasahara | 0-0: Hit by Pitch | | Pitching: LHP Sadao Sakaguchi | | | Pinch Runner at 1st Taro Yokota: | | | Batting: RHB Yoshifusa Shimizu | 0-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6) Taro Yokota to second | | Batting: RHB Shoichi Amano | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MD) | | Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run(s), 1 hit(s), 1 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 1 - Tokyo Yakult 1 | TOP OF THE 3RD | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Shiki Oyama | | Now in CF: Taro Yokota | | | Batting: LHB Toyokuni Kiyomizu | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Hayato Maeda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S) Toyokuni Kiyomizu to second | | Batting: LHB Masahiko Nakamura | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D) Toyokuni Kiyomizu to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw or cutoff | | Batting: SHB Jo Watanabe | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM) | | Batting: LHB Tokimasa Minami | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD) Masahiko Nakamura to second Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, no throw or cutoff | | Batting: RHB Kuniaki Okuno | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball Wild Pitch! Masahiko Nakamura scores Tokimasa Minami to second 1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6D) | | Top of the 3rd over - 2 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 3 - Tokyo Yakult 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 3RD | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : LHP Sadao Sakaguchi | | Batting: LHB Kiyoshi Kichida | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Shihi Suzuki | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls Kiyoshi Kichida to second | | Batting: LHB Kazu Gato | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Grounds into double play, U4-3 (Groundball, 4) Kiyoshi Kichida to third | | Batting: RHB Ichiro Iwata | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 3 - Tokyo Yakult 1 | TOP OF THE 4TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Shiki Oyama | | Batting: RHB Tadahisa Tanabe | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD) | | Batting: RHB Roku Sakamoto | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Yoshihisa Chikafuji | Pickoff Throw to First - Out! 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6M) | | Batting: LHB Toyokuni Kiyomizu | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S) Yoshihisa Chikafuji to second | | Batting: RHB Hayato Maeda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Base on Balls Yoshihisa Chikafuji to third Toyokuni Kiyomizu to second | | Batting: LHB Masahiko Nakamura | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Fly out, F8 (Popup, 6MD) | | Top of the 4th over - 0 run(s), 3 hit(s), 0 error(s), 3 left on base; Yomiuri 3 - Tokyo Yakult 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 4TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : LHP Sadao Sakaguchi | | Pitching: RHP Takeru Nishiyama | | | Batting: RHB Tamasaburo Yamasaki | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4) | | Batting: SHB Naohiro Hasegawa | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Taro Yokota | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Base on Balls Naohiro Hasegawa to second | | Batting: RHB Yoshifusa Shimizu | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 5) | | Bottom of the 4th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 3 - Tokyo Yakult 1 | TOP OF THE 5TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Shiki Oyama | | Batting: SHB Jo Watanabe | 0-0: Hit by Pitch | | Pitching: RHP Tadashi Heida | | | Batting: LHB Tokimasa Minami | 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 2L) (infield hit) Jo Watanabe to second | | Batting: RHB Kuniaki Okuno | 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6M) Jo Watanabe to third Tokimasa Minami to second | | Batting: RHB Tadahisa Tanabe | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Roku Sakamoto | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D) Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw | | Batting: RHB Yoshihisa Chikafuji | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out swinging | | Top of the 5th over - 1 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 4 - Tokyo Yakult 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 5TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Takeru Nishiyama | | Batting: RHB Shoichi Amano | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: LHB Kiyoshi Kichida | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD), Distance : 412 ft | | Batting: RHB Shihi Suzuki | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: LHB Kazu Gato | 0-0: Ball 1-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD), Distance : 358 ft | | Batting: RHB Ichiro Iwata | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LS) | | Batting: RHB Tamasaburo Yamasaki | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Strikes out looking | | Bottom of the 5th over - 3 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 4 - Tokyo Yakult 4 | TOP OF THE 6TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Tadashi Heida | | Batting: LHB Toyokuni Kiyomizu | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6) | | Batting: RHB Hayato Maeda | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 9LM) | | Batting: LHB Masahiko Nakamura | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Grounds into double play, U6-3 (Groundball, 6M) | | Top of the 6th over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 4 - Tokyo Yakult 4 | BOTTOM OF THE 6TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Takeru Nishiyama | | Pitching: RHP Hoshi Takano | | | Batting: SHB Naohiro Hasegawa | 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6M) | | Batting: RHB Taro Yokota | 0-0: Called Strike Naohiro Hasegawa steals 2nd base 0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LSF) | | Batting: RHB Yoshifusa Shimizu | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 23) Naohiro Hasegawa to third | | Batting: RHB Shoichi Amano | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball Wild Pitch! Naohiro Hasegawa scores 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: LHB Kiyoshi Kichida | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls Shoichi Amano to second | | Batting: RHB Shihi Suzuki | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Strikes out swinging | | Bottom of the 6th over - 1 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 4 - Tokyo Yakult 5 | TOP OF THE 7TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Tadashi Heida | | Pitching: RHP Makoto Nakashima | | | Batting: SHB Jo Watanabe | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: LHB Tokimasa Minami | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RM) Jo Watanabe to second | | Pinch Hitting: LHB Hiroshi Saito | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 5S) Jo Watanabe scores Tokimasa Minami to third | | Pinch Hitting: LHB Ichizo Yamada | 0-0: Intentional Walk | | Batting: RHB Roku Sakamoto | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Yoshihisa Chikafuji | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 56) | | Top of the 7th over - 1 run(s), 1 hit(s), 1 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 5 - Tokyo Yakult 5 | BOTTOM OF THE 7TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Hoshi Takano | | Pitching: RHP Kenzaburo Yamamoto | | | Now at 1B: Hiroshi Saito | | | Now in RF: Ichizo Yamada | | | Batting: LHB Kazu Gato | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9M) | | Batting: RHB Ichiro Iwata | 0-0: Hit by Pitch | | Pinch Hitting: RHB Jo Nakagawa | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball Ichiro Iwata steals 2nd base 2-0: Intentional Walk | | Pinch Hitting: LHB Ietsuna Watanabe | 0-0: Called Strike Jo Nakagawa is caught stealing 2nd base 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls | | Pinch Hitting: LHB Ryutaro Yoshino | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4) | | Bottom of the 7th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 5 - Tokyo Yakult 5 | TOP OF THE 8TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Makoto Nakashima | | Pitching: RHP Tsurayaki Kouno | | | Now at 2B: Ieyasu Ito | | | Now in LF: Ryutaro Yoshino | | | Batting: LHB Toyokuni Kiyomizu | 0-0: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 8RS) | | Now at 3B: Kikugoro Sekiguchi | | | Batting: RHB Hayato Maeda | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: LHB Masahiko Nakamura | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: SHB Jo Watanabe | 0-0: Ball Masahiko Nakamura steals 2nd base 1-0: Intentional Walk | | Batting: LHB Tokimasa Minami | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Base on Balls Toyokuni Kiyomizu scores Masahiko Nakamura to third Jo Watanabe to second | | Batting: LHB Hiroshi Saito | 0-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 7S) Masahiko Nakamura scores Jo Watanabe to third Tokimasa Minami to second Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw or cutoff | | Pitching: RHP Yoshiaga Taguchi | | | Batting: LHB Ichizo Yamada | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Roku Sakamoto | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34D) | | Top of the 8th over - 3 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 8 - Tokyo Yakult 5 | BOTTOM OF THE 8TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Kenzaburo Yamamoto | | Pitching: RHP Hirohisa Aniya | | | Now at C: Mitsuzuka Yokoyama | | | Batting: RHB Yoshifusa Shimizu | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD) | | Batting: RHB Shoichi Amano | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6) | | Batting: LHB Kiyoshi Kichida | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 89XD), Distance : 415 ft | | Batting: RHB Shihi Suzuki | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89D) | | Batting: LHB Kazu Gato | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4) | | Bottom of the 8th over - 1 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 8 - Tokyo Yakult 6 | TOP OF THE 9TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Yoshiaga Taguchi | | Batting: RHB Mitsuzuka Yokoyama | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4) | | Batting: LHB Toyokuni Kiyomizu | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S) | | Batting: RHB Hayato Maeda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Base on Balls | | Batting: LHB Masahiko Nakamura | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6D) Hayato Maeda to second | | Batting: SHB Jo Watanabe | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Top of the 9th over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 8 - Tokyo Yakult 6 | BOTTOM OF THE 9TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Hirohisa Aniya | | Pitching: RHP Tsuginori Makino | | | Batting: RHB Ichiro Iwata | 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LS) | | Batting: RHB Ieyasu Ito | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Kikugoro Sekiguchi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: DOUBLE (Groundball, 5L) | | Batting: LHB Ryutaro Yoshino | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Swinging Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Yoshifusa Shimizu | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7M) | | Bottom of the 9th over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 8 - Tokyo Yakult 6 | |