BS1 came into this game late, so I'm starting from the bottom of the first. I'll fill in the plays before this and the lineups in a bit. Trying to do this in a slightly more "sokuhou" style and less of a liveblog this time.
As always, feel free to ping me on IM/email/comments. I'm also in the japanesebaseball.com Koshien chatroom today.
Honda 2b Kensuke 2b
Kawasaki ss Nioka dh
Ortiz lf Inaba rf
Kokubo 1b Shinji 1b
Tamura rf Itoi cf
Lee Bum-ho dh Koyano 3b
"Wall" Hasegawa cf NAKATA SHO OMG lf
Matsuda 3b Ohno c
Tanoue c Kaneko! ss
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Kenji Ohtonari Masaru Takeda
Top of the first (F 0, H 0)
Groundout to third, single to right, 6-4-3 double play. I didn't see it.
Bottom of the first (F 0, H 0)
Kensuke hits a pop fly to center. (empty, 1 out)
Nioka grounds out to short. (empty, 2 out)
Inaba singles to right! (1st, 2 out)
Shinji strikes out. (3 out)
Top of the second (F 0, H 0)
Kokubo grounds out to short. (empty, 1 out)
Tamura also grounds out to short. (empty, 2 out)
Lee strikes out swinging. (3 out)
Bottom of the second (F 0, H 0)
Itoi strikes out. (empty, 1 out)
Koyano hits a pop fly to right. (empty, 2 out)
Nakata strikes out. (3 out)
Top of the third (F 0, H 0)
Hasegawa grounds out to short. (empty, 1 out)
Matsuda fouls off a ton before striking out. (empty, 2 out)
Tanoue grounds out to short. (3 out)
Wow, this game is going really fast -- it's only 1:39pm. Second Koshien game hasn't even started yet.
Bottom of the third (F 1, H 0)
Ohno hits a pop fly to center. (empty, 1 out)
Kaneko HITS A HOME RUN INTO THE FIRST FEW ROWS OF THE LEFT-FIELD STANDS!!!!!! 1-0!!! (empty, 1 out)
Kensuke grounds to second, but it's deep and the play isn't in time!!! SAFE! (1st, 1 out)
Kensuke steals second during Nioka's at-bat when Tanoue drops the ball : (2nd, 1 out)
Nioka hits a sharp liner to 1st, which Kokubo dives for and runs back to the bag in time. Kensuke to third. (3rd, 2 out)
Inaba walks on four straight pitches!!! (1st and 3rd, 2 out)
Shinji... unfortunately, pops out foul and Tanoue makes the catch. (3 out)
Still, Kaneko!!! Hooray!!!
Top of the fourth (F 1, H 0)
Honda hits a low pop fly to center. (empty, 1 out)
Kawasaki grounds out to second. (empty, 2 out)
Ortiz grounds out to third. (3 out)
Bottom of the fourth (F 1, H 0)
Itoi golfs one up to center. (empty, 1 out)
Koyano singles to right!! (1st, 1 out)
Nakata hits a pop fly out to second. (1st, 2 out)
Ohno hits a pop fly to right. (3 out)
HEY OUENDAN, WHY DO WE NOT HAVE A SONG FOR OHNO? NO, REALLY?
Top of the fifth (F 1, H 0)
Kokubo lines out to third, GREAT grab by Koyano! (empty, 1 out)
Tamura hits a pop fly, caught by Kensuke. (empty, 2 out)
Lee hits a pop fly out to Inaba. (3 out)
(Lee first hit this one HUGE shot that fortunately was JUST foul. Whew.)
Bottom of the fifth (F 1, H 0)
Kaneko strikes out :( (empty, 1 out)
Kensuke hits a pop fly out to left. (empty, 2 out)
Nioka hits a foul and... it's caught. (3 out)
Top of the sixth (F 1, H 0)
Hasegawa grounds out to short. (empty, 1 out)
Matsuda grounds out to short too. (empty, 2 out)
Tanoue ALSO grounds out to short! (3 out)
Bottom of the sixth (F 1, H 0)
Inaba hits a pop fly out to right. (empty, 1 out)
Shinji hits a grounder to second and Honda makes a nice play on it. (empty, 2 out)
Itoi hits a foul fly caught by Matsuda. (3 out)
Is it REALLY already time for Izayuke Wakataka Gundan? 2:34pm...
Top of the seventh (F 1, H 1)
Honda ...bunts? to the pitcher and is out. (empty, 1 out)
Kawasaki grounds right to first, unassisted. (empty, 2 out)
Pitcher switch: Shintaro Ejiri replaces Masaru Takeda on the mound. Not really sure why as Masaru only threw 74 pitches, but...
Ortiz... singles to left on a full count after Ejiri throws like 3 pitches way the hell outside. Doh. (1st, 2 out)
Kokubo doubles to right and.... and... and Ortiz scores oh crap. 1-1.
Tamura grounds out to Kaneko. (3 out)
Sigh. Ejiri, you make me sad. :(
8 groundouts to Kaneko today, pretty crazy.
Bottom of the seventh (F 1, H 1)
Koyano hits a pop fly out to center. (empty, 1 out)
Nakata strikes out swinging. (empty, 2 out)
Ohno singles to left!!!! (1st, 2 out)
Kaneko grounds out. Doh. (3 out)
Top of the eighth (F 1, H 1)
HOORAY! YOSHINORI TATEYAMA TAKES THE MOUND FOR THE FIGHTERS! I WILL NOW PUT A TOWEL OVER MY HEAD.
Lee walks. (1st, no out)
Pinch-runner - Kenji Akashi replaces Bum-Ho Lee at first.
Hasegawa comes up bunting and is successful eventually, Tateyama making the play. (2nd, 1 out)
Matsuda strikes out. (2nd, 2 out)
Tanoue strikes out too! (3 out)
Thank you, Tateyama :)
(Uh, why is the stadium organ playing "Do the Hustle"?)
Bottom of the eighth (F 1, H 1)
Kensuke hits a pop fly out to left. (empty, 1 out)
Nioka doubles into the gap in left-center!!!! (2nd, 1 out)
Pinch-runner - Toshimasa Konta replaces Tomohiro Nioka at 2nd.
Pitching change: Tadashi Settsu replaces Kenji Ohtonari on the mound.
"Kita no kuni kara" chance music for Inaba. Let's see what he can do with it...
Inaba strikes out :( (2nd, 2 out)
Shinji grounds out to the mound. (3 out)
Grr. This is what I get for saying the game is fast. Koshien's second game finished, Hanasaki won 4-0. Next up is Nichidai-san...
Top of the ninth (F 1, H 1)
Pitching change: Naoki Miyanishi replaces Tateyama on the mound.
Honda strikes out. (empty, 1 out)
Kawasaki also strikes out! (empty, 2 out)
Ortiz hits the ball to center and OMG ITOI ITOI ITOI AMAZING BUCKET CATCH!!!!! (3 out)
Come on Fighters -- let's end this game!
Bottom of the ninth (F 1, H 1)
Player changes: Ryuma Kidokoro takes over in center and Hasegawa moves to left. Settsu is still pitching.
Itoi grounds out to second. (empty, 1 out)
Koyano walks on four straight pitches. (1st, 1 out)
Nakata gets up to a full count and walks on a pitch that nearly hits him in the head. (1st and 2nd, 1 out)
Pinch-runner: Kazuya Murata runs at 1st for Sho Nakata.
Tsuboi pinch-hits for Ohno... and gets hit in the leg! Runners advance! (Bases loaded, 1 out)
Kaneko ... oh the suspense. Gets up to 2-0, then a few fouls later is 2-2, then a waaaay outside pitch for 3-2... come on!
....
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4-2-3 DOUBLE PLAY. Inning over.
Oh geez. This SUCKS.
Top of the tenth (F 1, H 1)
Player changes: Murata in left, Tsuruoka catching, and Brian Wolfe is going to pitch.
Kokubo hits a long fly ball to Itoi. (empty, 1 out)
Tamura hits a fly ball to right. (empty, 2 out)
Akashi grounds out to short. (3 out)
Brian Wolfe hit 151 km/h and they got excited about it.
Also I am amused that Hitoshi Tamura changed his name spelling so now it's the same as Toshihisa Nishi's last name (仁志).
Bottom of the tenth (F 1, H 1)
Brian Falkenborg takes over pitching for Tadashi Settsu.
Kensuke strikes out. (empty, 1 out)
Konta singles to right!! (1st, 1 out)
Konta steals second during Inaba's at-bat. (2nd, 1 out)
Inaba hits a pop fly out to left. (2nd, 2 out)
Shinji strikes out. (3 out)
Top of the eleventh (F 1, H 2)
Pitching change: Hisashi Takeda takes over for Brian Wolfe.
Hasegawa hits a pop fly out to Itoi. (empty, 1 out)
Matsuda hits a home run to straightaway centerfield, it goes "thunk" in the aisle between Fighters fans and bounces back onto the field. Argh, 2-0
Tanoue grounds out to second. (empty, 2 out)
Honda grounds out too. Whatever.
Bottom of the eleventh (F 1, H 2)
Uh, Mahara is in for the Hawks.
Itoi grounds out to second. (1 out)
Koyano hits a pop fly to center. (2 out)
Murata groundout to second, game over.
Screw this, I'm going to watch Koshien for a bit. No, that means I'm not watching the hero interview or anything else.
3 comments:
Hey Deanna, Good to see you back. Keep me on track since Ive gotta work today. We should just be patient and wait for Ohtonari to get himself into a jam. Hope we wont see another Hail Mary by Nakata. Shinichi
heh -- that sucks that you're at work on a holiday weekend!
so far Masaru and Ohtonari are both doing pretty well -- you're right, hopefully Ohtonari will fall first...
Ejiri then Tateyama... Well now we know the rest. Great move kantoku. Here comes Settsu sama and Mahara to close the game.
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