| TOP OF THE 1ST | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Yoson Watanabe | | Pitching: RHP Yoson Watanabe | | | Batting: LHB Kiyoshi Kichida | 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: Strikes out looking | | Batting: RHB Shihi Suzuki | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78XD) | | Batting: LHB Joji Ishihara | 0-0: Ball Shihi Suzuki is caught stealing 3rd base 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM) | | Top of the 1st over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 0 - Yomiuri 0 | BOTTOM OF THE 1ST | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Shiki Oyama | | Pitching: RHP Shiki Oyama | | | Pinch Hitting: RHB Kuniaki Okuno | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89XD) | | Batting: LHB Masahiko Nakamura | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 8LD) Kuniaki Okuno scores | | Batting: SHB Jo Watanabe | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4D) Masahiko Nakamura to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw or cutoff | | Batting: RHB Hayato Maeda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: LHB Tokimasa Minami | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4MS) Jo Watanabe to second | | Batting: RHB Yoshihiro Kodama | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging | | Bottom of the 1st over - 2 run(s), 3 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 0 - Yomiuri 2 | TOP OF THE 2ND | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Yoson Watanabe | | Now at SS: Shogo Murata | | | Batting: LHB Kazu Gato | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 6MD) | | Batting: RHB Tamasaburo Yamasaki | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD) Kazu Gato to second | | Batting: RHB Ichiro Iwata | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball Wild Pitch! Kazu Gato to third Tamasaburo Yamasaki to second 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D) Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw | | Batting: RHB Yoshifusa Shimizu | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6M) Tamasaburo Yamasaki to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, no throw or cutoff | | Batting: SHB Naohiro Hasegawa | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89D) | | Batting: RHB Shoichi Amano | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 8LXD), Distance : 438 ft | | Batting: LHB Kiyoshi Kichida | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 2L) | | Top of the 2nd over - 4 run(s), 4 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 4 - Yomiuri 2 | BOTTOM OF THE 2ND | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Shiki Oyama | | Batting: RHB Kei Kobayashi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RS) | | Batting: RHB Tadahisa Tanabe | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D) | | Batting: RHB Yoshihisa Chikafuji | 0-0: Ball 1-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Line Drive, 7LD), Distance : 361 ft | | Batting: RHB Shogo Murata | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: LHB Masahiko Nakamura | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: SHB Jo Watanabe | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: TRIPLE (Line Drive, 89M) Masahiko Nakamura scores | | Pitching: RHP Tadashi Heida | | | Batting: RHB Hayato Maeda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM) Jo Watanabe scores | | Batting: LHB Tokimasa Minami | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Yoshihiro Kodama | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Base on Balls Hayato Maeda to third Tokimasa Minami to second | | Batting: RHB Kei Kobayashi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F Balk! Hayato Maeda scores Tokimasa Minami to third Yoshihiro Kodama to second 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out looking | | Bottom of the 2nd over - 5 run(s), 4 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 4 - Yomiuri 7 | TOP OF THE 3RD | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Yoson Watanabe | | Batting: RHB Shihi Suzuki | 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD) | | Batting: LHB Joji Ishihara | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Fly out, F7 (Popup, 8LS) | | Batting: LHB Kazu Gato | 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6) | | Top of the 3rd over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 4 - Yomiuri 7 | BOTTOM OF THE 3RD | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Tadashi Heida | | Batting: RHB Tadahisa Tanabe | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Yoshihisa Chikafuji | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D) | | Batting: RHB Shogo Murata | 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: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4M) Tadahisa Tanabe to second | | Pitching: RHP Tsurayaki Kouno | | | Batting: SHB Jo Watanabe | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S) | | Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 2 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 4 - Yomiuri 7 | TOP OF THE 4TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Yoson Watanabe | | Batting: RHB Tamasaburo Yamasaki | 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13) | | Batting: RHB Ichiro Iwata | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 7S) | | Batting: RHB Yoshifusa Shimizu | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball Wild Pitch! Ichiro Iwata to second 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD) Runner from 2nd tags up, OUT at 3rd | | Top of the 4th over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 4 - Yomiuri 7 | BOTTOM OF THE 4TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Tsurayaki Kouno | | Batting: RHB Hayato Maeda | 0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D) | | Batting: LHB Tokimasa Minami | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 8LS) Hayato Maeda to third | | Batting: RHB Yoshihiro Kodama | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78XD) Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw | | Batting: RHB Kei Kobayashi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Tadahisa Tanabe | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 3) | | Bottom of the 4th over - 1 run(s), 2 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 4 - Yomiuri 8 | TOP OF THE 5TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Yoson Watanabe | | Batting: SHB Naohiro Hasegawa | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 5) | | Batting: RHB Shoichi Amano | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D), Distance : 396 ft | | Pitching: RHP Hoshi Takano | | | Batting: LHB Kiyoshi Kichida | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LS) | | Batting: RHB Shihi Suzuki | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD) (infield hit) Kiyoshi Kichida to third | | Batting: LHB Joji Ishihara | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: LHB Kazu Gato | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball Shihi Suzuki steals 2nd base 3-2: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD), Distance : 343 ft | | Batting: RHB Tamasaburo Yamasaki | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Strikes out looking | | Batting: RHB Ichiro Iwata | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Base on Balls | | Batting: RHB Yoshifusa Shimizu | 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 | | Top of the 5th over - 5 run(s), 5 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 9 - Yomiuri 8 | BOTTOM OF THE 5TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Tsurayaki Kouno | | Batting: RHB Yoshihisa Chikafuji | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34) | | Batting: RHB Shogo Murata | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7M) | | Batting: LHB Masahiko Nakamura | 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7M) | | Bottom of the 5th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 9 - Yomiuri 8 | TOP OF THE 6TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Hoshi Takano | | Pitching: RHP Kenzaburo Yamamoto | | | Batting: SHB Naohiro Hasegawa | 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D) | | Batting: RHB Shoichi Amano | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-1: Ball 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Base on Balls | | Batting: LHB Kiyoshi Kichida | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D) | | Batting: RHB Shihi Suzuki | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM) | | Top of the 6th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 9 - Yomiuri 8 | BOTTOM OF THE 6TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Tsurayaki Kouno | | Batting: SHB Jo Watanabe | 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4) | | Batting: RHB Hayato Maeda | 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD) | | Batting: LHB Tokimasa Minami | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3) | | Bottom of the 6th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 9 - Yomiuri 8 | TOP OF THE 7TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : RHP Kenzaburo Yamamoto | | Pitching: RHP Shigenobu Gato | | | Batting: LHB Joji Ishihara | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3) | | Batting: LHB Kazu Gato | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 2LF) | | Batting: RHB Tamasaburo Yamasaki | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6M) | | Batting: RHB Ichiro Iwata | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out looking | | Top of the 7th over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 1 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 9 - Yomiuri 8 | BOTTOM OF THE 7TH TOP OF THE 8TH BOTTOM OF THE 8TH | Yomiuri Giants batting - Pitching for Tokyo Yakult Swallows : RHP Sotatsu Suzuki | | Pitching: RHP Ken'ichi Yoshida | | | Now in LF: Masafumi Ogasahara | | | Batting: RHB Hayato Maeda | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 2R) | | Batting: LHB Tokimasa Minami | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LD) | | Batting: RHB Yoshihiro Kodama | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4) | | Bottom of the 8th over - 0 run(s), 0 hit(s), 0 error(s), 0 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 9 - Yomiuri 10 | TOP OF THE 9TH | Tokyo Yakult Swallows batting - Pitching for Yomiuri Giants : LHP Sadao Sakaguchi | | Pitching: RHP Takeru Nishiyama | | | Batting: LHB Joji Ishihara | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Base on Balls | | Batting: LHB Kazu Gato | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging | | Batting: RHB Tamasaburo Yamasaki | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Strikes out looking | | Batting: RHB Ichiro Iwata | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Base on Balls Joji Ishihara to second | | Pinch Hitting: LHB Ietsuna Watanabe | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS) Joji Ishihara to third Ichiro Iwata to second | | Pinch Hitting: RHB Jo Nakagawa | 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LM) | | Top of the 9th over - 0 run(s), 1 hit(s), 0 error(s), 3 left on base; Tokyo Yakult 9 - Yomiuri 10 | |