| TOP OF THE 1ST | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : LHP Takanobu Tanaka | | Pitching: LHP Takanobu Tanaka | | | Batting: LHB Toyokuni Kiyomizu | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out looking | | Batting: RHB Yoshihisa Chikafuji | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Ieyoshi Yoshida | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Yoshihiro Kodama | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L) | | Top of the 1st over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 0 - Hanshin 0 | BOTTOM OF THE 1ST | Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Ichiro Nishimura | | Pitching: RHP Ichiro Nishimura | | | Batting: RHB Norio Kono | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Koki Ageda | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD) Norio Kono to second | | Batting: LHB Hiroaki Hirayama | 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 6M) Norio Kono to third | | Batting: LHB Shimpei Kamimura | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D) Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw | | Batting: RHB Satoshi Kuhabara | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Bottom of the 1st over - 1 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 0 - Hanshin 1 | TOP OF THE 2ND | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : LHP Takanobu Tanaka | | Batting: LHB Masahiko Nakamura | 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4) | | Batting: RHB Kuniaki Okuno | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Kei Kobayashi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS) | | Top of the 2nd over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 0 - Hanshin 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 2ND | Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Ichiro Nishimura | | Batting: RHB Tetsuo Chikuda | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Sadao Koizumi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD) | | Batting: LHB Naozane Hayashi | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D) | | Batting: RHB Sosa Higashi | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 0 - Hanshin 1 | TOP OF THE 3RD | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : LHP Takanobu Tanaka | | Batting: RHB Roku Sakamoto | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LS) | | Batting: RHB Kenji Kogawa | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball Wild Pitch! Roku Sakamoto to second 2-2: Strikes out looking | | Batting: LHB Toyokuni Kiyomizu | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89XD) Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd, no throw | | Batting: RHB Yoshihisa Chikafuji | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78XD) | | Top of the 3rd over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 0 - Hanshin 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 3RD | Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Ichiro Nishimura | | Batting: RHB Norio Kono | 0-0: Ball 1-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D), Distance : 377 ft | | Batting: RHB Koki Ageda | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: LHB Hiroaki Hirayama | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: LHB Shimpei Kamimura | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Satoshi Kuhabara | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Swinging Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M) | | Bottom of the 3rd over - 1 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 0 - Hanshin 2 | TOP OF THE 4TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : LHP Takanobu Tanaka | | Batting: RHB Ieyoshi Yoshida | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Yoshihiro Kodama | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D), Distance : 391 ft | | Batting: LHB Masahiko Nakamura | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 15) | | Batting: RHB Kuniaki Okuno | 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6) | | Top of the 4th over - 1 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 1 - Hanshin 2 | BOTTOM OF THE 4TH | Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Ichiro Nishimura | | Batting: RHB Tetsuo Chikuda | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Sadao Koizumi | 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13) | | Batting: LHB Naozane Hayashi | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3) | | Bottom of the 4th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 1 - Hanshin 2 | TOP OF THE 5TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : LHP Takanobu Tanaka | | Batting: RHB Kei Kobayashi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5) | | Batting: RHB Roku Sakamoto | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4) | | Batting: RHB Kenji Kogawa | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6) | | Top of the 5th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 1 - Hanshin 2 | BOTTOM OF THE 5TH | Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Ichiro Nishimura | | Batting: RHB Sosa Higashi | 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6M) | | Batting: RHB Norio Kono | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 2LF) | | Batting: RHB Koki Ageda | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: LHB Hiroaki Hirayama | 0-0: Ball Koki Ageda steals 2nd base 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging | | Bottom of the 5th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Yomiuri 1 - Hanshin 2 | TOP OF THE 6TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : LHP Takanobu Tanaka | | Batting: LHB Toyokuni Kiyomizu | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3S) | | Batting: RHB Yoshihisa Chikafuji | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4M) | | Batting: RHB Ieyoshi Yoshida | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out looking | | Top of the 6th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 1 - Hanshin 2 | BOTTOM OF THE 6TH | Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Ichiro Nishimura | | Batting: LHB Shimpei Kamimura | 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4) | | Batting: RHB Satoshi Kuhabara | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7M) | | Batting: RHB Tetsuo Chikuda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Bottom of the 6th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 1 - Hanshin 2 | TOP OF THE 7TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : LHP Takanobu Tanaka | | Batting: RHB Yoshihiro Kodama | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6) | | Batting: LHB Masahiko Nakamura | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Kuniaki Okuno | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging | | Pitching: RHP Shusui Yamada | | | Pinch Hitting: SHB Jo Watanabe | 0-0: Called Strike Masahiko Nakamura is caught stealing 2nd base | | Top of the 7th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 1 - Hanshin 2 | BOTTOM OF THE 7TH | Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Ichiro Nishimura | | Now in RF: Jo Watanabe | | | Batting: RHB Sadao Koizumi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56) | | Batting: LHB Naozane Hayashi | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34) | | Batting: RHB Sosa Higashi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls | | Pitching: RHP Hoshi Takano | | | Pinch Hitting: RHB Jim Unknown | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: TRIPLE (Flyball, 9LD) Sosa Higashi scores | | Batting: RHB Koki Ageda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: LHB Hiroaki Hirayama | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Bottom of the 7th over - 1 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 1 - Hanshin 3 | TOP OF THE 8TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : RHP Shusui Yamada | | Now at 1B: Shigemori Yamaguchi | | | Now at SS: Narihira Takahashi | | | Now in RF: Jim Unknown | | | Batting: SHB Jo Watanabe | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4MD) | | Batting: RHB Roku Sakamoto | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out looking | | Batting: RHB Kenji Kogawa | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out swinging | | Top of the 8th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 1 - Hanshin 3 | BOTTOM OF THE 8TH | Hanshin Tigers batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Hoshi Takano | | Batting: LHB Shimpei Kamimura | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first. | | Batting: RHB Satoshi Kuhabara | 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD) | | Batting: LHB Shigemori Yamaguchi | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MD) | | Bottom of the 8th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Yomiuri 1 - Hanshin 3 | TOP OF THE 9TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Hanshin Tigers : RHP Shusui Yamada | | Pitching: RHP Mitsunari Fujita | | | Batting: LHB Toyokuni Kiyomizu | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Hit by Pitch | | Pinch Hitting: LHB Hiroshi Saito | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD) Runner from 1st tags up, SAFE at 2nd | | Batting: RHB Ieyoshi Yoshida | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Base on Balls | | Pinch Hitting: LHB Tokimasa Minami | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4M) Toyokuni Kiyomizu to third Ieyoshi Yoshida to second | | Batting: LHB Masahiko Nakamura | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9LD) Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw | | Pinch Runner at 2nd Shogo Murata: | | | Batting: RHB Kuniaki Okuno | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Strikes out swinging | | Top of the 9th over - 1 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Yomiuri 2 - Hanshin 3 | |