NIPPON BASEBALL LEAGUE
CHUNICHI DRAGONS AT YOMIURI GIANTS
04/22/2044
 
NIPPON BASEBALL LEAGUE
CHUNICHI DRAGONS AT YOMIURI GIANTS
GAME ID: 9748 - FRIDAY, APRIL 22ND, 2044 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi Dragons (31-17) 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 3 0 11 12 0
Yomiuri Giants (23-25) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1
Dragons Win at Yomiuri, 11-4
Chunichi left fielder Katsuya Higa had a 3-RBI game, which helped his team beat the Yomiuri Giants, 11-4. The save went to Seinosuke Arita, his 1st this season. Chunichi is now 31-17, 3 games up in the Central Division.

Chunichi right fielder Tatsuyuki Okumura helped the Dragons go up, 8-4, in the top of the fifth inning. With the game tied, Okumura hit a grand slam home run off Yomiuri pitcher Jian Gang Muramoto.

"First place," said Dragons manager Tetsuo Kishita. "This is right where we want to be."
CHUNICHI BATTING LINESCORE YOMIURI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Kanitkar CF 5 1 2 1 1 1 3 .296 1 25
T. Okumura RF 5 1 1 4 1 0 6 .295 16 51
H. Narm 3B 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 .337 16 40
H. Kaneshiro 2B 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 .293 1 25
   a-M. Okamoto PH, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .280 2 20
C. Konda 1B 4 1 1 0 1 1 3 .309 7 28
M. Ishimaru DH 5 1 2 0 0 0 4 .359 3 13
T. Masuda C 5 1 0 1 0 1 6 .229 3 19
K. Higa LF 4 2 2 3 1 1 4 .242 6 24
S. Hsi SS 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .333 4 12
Totals 39 11 12 10 9 6 28      
a - M. Okamoto pinch hit for H. Kaneshiro in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Kaneshiro 2 (19, 5th Inning off J. Penney, 0 on, 0 outs; 8th Inning off P. Thorpe, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: K. Higa (2, 8th Inning off N. Long, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: H. Narm (16, 5th Inning off J. Penney, 0 on, 0 outs) T. Okumura (16, 5th Inning off J. Muramoto, 3 on, 2 outs) K. Higa (6, 4th Inning off J. Penney, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: R. Kanitkar 2 , H. Narm 4 , C. Konda , H. Kaneshiro 4 , T. Okumura 4 , S. Hsi , M. Ishimaru 2 , K. Higa 7
2-out RBI: R. Kanitkar , T. Okumura , K. Higa 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Konda , T. Okumura 2 , K. Higa
GIDP: T. Okumura
Hit by Pitch: S. Hsi
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Narm-Kaneshiro-Konda, Kaneshiro-Hsi-Konda)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Okinaka SS 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 .187 2 15
T. Ryu LF 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 .352 9 36
P. Seema CF 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 .201 1 17
K. Yano 1B 4 2 2 2 0 1 1 .288 15 43
S. Fukutomi 2B 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 .280 9 26
B. Ernalia 3B 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .229 5 27
I. Kuwahara DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .271 8 30
Z. Mah RF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .226 2 3
T. Takahashi C 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .143 0 2
Totals 32 4 7 4 4 11 11      
BATTING
Doubles: S. Fukutomi (7, 3rd Inning off K. Ford, 1 on, 1 out)
Triples: T. Okinaka (1, 1st Inning off K. Ford, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: K. Yano (15, 1st Inning off K. Ford, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Okinaka 4 , S. Fukutomi 2 , K. Yano 5 , Z. Mah 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Ryu , S. Fukutomi
GIDP: T. Okinaka , I. Kuwahara
Hit by Pitch: B. Ernalia
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: Z. Mah 2 (2) , B. Ernalia (2)

FIELDING
Errors: B. Ernalia (6)
Double Plays: 1 (Okinaka-Fukutomi-Yano)
CHUNICHI PITCHING LINESCORE YOMIURI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
K. Ford W (2-0) 6.0 7 4 4 4 4 1 103 58 2.76   
S. Arita SV (1) 3.0 0 0 0 0 7 0 44 28 4.50   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Ford 42
Batters Faced: K. Ford 28, S. Arita 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Ford 7-5, S. Arita 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: K. Ford 103-58, S. Arita 44-28
Hit Batsmen: K. Ford
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
J. Penney 4.0 6 3 2 4 3 2 74 43 8.31   
J. Muramoto L (0-1), BS (1) 0.2 3 5 0 1 0 1 30 19 0.00   
P. Thorpe 2.1 2 1 1 2 2 0 51 33 3.86   
Z. Henry 0.1 0 1 1 1 0 0 11 5 4.76   
N. Long 1.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 30 17 4.97   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Penney 39
Batters Faced: J. Penney 22, J. Muramoto 7, P. Thorpe 11, Z. Henry 2, N. Long 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Penney 3-5, J. Muramoto 0-2, P. Thorpe 2-3, Z. Henry 0-1, N. Long 1-3
Pitches - Strikes: J. Penney 74-43, J. Muramoto 30-19, P. Thorpe 51-33, Z. Henry 11-5, N. Long 30-17
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Muramoto 1-1 , Z. Henry 1-0 , N. Long 2-2
WP: P. Thorpe , N. Long
Hit Batsmen: J. Penney
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Katsuya Higa
Ballpark: Ballpark of Yamagata College
Start Time: 7:05 PM EST
Time: 3:58
Attendance: 26625
Special Notes: RP Zachery Henry was injured while pitching.
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