That's all folks: Ryosuke Hirata hits a walk-off homer to give the Dragons a 1-0 win over the Marines on Sunday. KYODOAtsunori Inaba got his team on the scoreboard with a leadoff homer in the second inning and Nakata tacked on a RBI double in the sixth before adding another run-scoring double in the eighth, which also featured an RBI double by Yang Dai-kang."I was just focused on making a solid impact and moving runners along today. I am very happy with my performance," said Nakata. "It's important that I was able to do my job in the cleanup spot, but more than anything, I am just happy we won. I wasn't trying to swing wildly, just stay compact," he said.Pinch hitter Kazuya Murata extended the lead with an RBI infield single in the ninth.Takeda (4-5) yielded just three hits — all singles — struck out six and walked none before handing the game over to the bullpen to close out. Seth Greisinger (1-2) took the loss.Hawks 1, Carp 0At Mazda Stadium, Tadashi Settsu threw his first career shutout, striking out eight as Softbank sent struggling Hiroshima to a nine-game losing streak for the first time in 12 years.Settsu (5-2) allowed just four hits and retired the last 12 batters he faced after yielding a sixth-inning, leadoff single to Akihiro Higashide. Seiichi Uchikawa's RBI grounder off Giancarlo Alvarado (0-1) in the first was the sole run.Buffaloes 14, Tigers 3At Koshien Stadium, Takahiro Okada hit a three-run homer in a 3-for-6 outing and Orix broke out the bats in a 17-hit onslaught in a romp over Hanshin to win its fifth in a row.Swallows 13, Eagles 5At Jingu Stadium, Josh Whitesell, Wladimir Balentien and Ryohei Kawamoto each homered and Tokyo Yakult punched its opponent's lights out in a 10-run fourth inning in a rout of Tohoku Rakuten, which lost its third in a row to drop a season-worst 13 games below .500.Dragons 1, Marines 0At Nagoya Dome, Ryosuke Hirata hit a walk-off homer for the second day in a row, giving Chunichi a win over Chiba Lotte.Hirata, who hit a game-ending shot in Saturday's win over Seibu, connected to the stands in right off closer Yasuhiko Yabuta (0-2) with two outs in the final frame. Reliever Koji Mise (1-0) got the win.BayStars 5, Lions 4At Yokohama Stadium, Terrmel Sledge hit a three-run homer and Brett Harper had a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning as the BayStars pulled out of last place with a win over Seibu.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Nakata puts in solid shift as Fighters beat Giants
Masaru Takeda stymied batters over six shutout innings, Sho Nakata went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the cleanup spot and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters blanked the Yomiuri Giants 5-0 on Sunday afternoon.That's all folks: Ryosuke Hirata hits a walk-off homer to give the Dragons a 1-0 win over the Marines on Sunday. KYODOAtsunori Inaba got his team on the scoreboard with a leadoff homer in the second inning and Nakata tacked on a RBI double in the sixth before adding another run-scoring double in the eighth, which also featured an RBI double by Yang Dai-kang."I was just focused on making a solid impact and moving runners along today. I am very happy with my performance," said Nakata. "It's important that I was able to do my job in the cleanup spot, but more than anything, I am just happy we won. I wasn't trying to swing wildly, just stay compact," he said.Pinch hitter Kazuya Murata extended the lead with an RBI infield single in the ninth.Takeda (4-5) yielded just three hits — all singles — struck out six and walked none before handing the game over to the bullpen to close out. Seth Greisinger (1-2) took the loss.Hawks 1, Carp 0At Mazda Stadium, Tadashi Settsu threw his first career shutout, striking out eight as Softbank sent struggling Hiroshima to a nine-game losing streak for the first time in 12 years.Settsu (5-2) allowed just four hits and retired the last 12 batters he faced after yielding a sixth-inning, leadoff single to Akihiro Higashide. Seiichi Uchikawa's RBI grounder off Giancarlo Alvarado (0-1) in the first was the sole run.Buffaloes 14, Tigers 3At Koshien Stadium, Takahiro Okada hit a three-run homer in a 3-for-6 outing and Orix broke out the bats in a 17-hit onslaught in a romp over Hanshin to win its fifth in a row.Swallows 13, Eagles 5At Jingu Stadium, Josh Whitesell, Wladimir Balentien and Ryohei Kawamoto each homered and Tokyo Yakult punched its opponent's lights out in a 10-run fourth inning in a rout of Tohoku Rakuten, which lost its third in a row to drop a season-worst 13 games below .500.Dragons 1, Marines 0At Nagoya Dome, Ryosuke Hirata hit a walk-off homer for the second day in a row, giving Chunichi a win over Chiba Lotte.Hirata, who hit a game-ending shot in Saturday's win over Seibu, connected to the stands in right off closer Yasuhiko Yabuta (0-2) with two outs in the final frame. Reliever Koji Mise (1-0) got the win.BayStars 5, Lions 4At Yokohama Stadium, Terrmel Sledge hit a three-run homer and Brett Harper had a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning as the BayStars pulled out of last place with a win over Seibu.
That's all folks: Ryosuke Hirata hits a walk-off homer to give the Dragons a 1-0 win over the Marines on Sunday. KYODOAtsunori Inaba got his team on the scoreboard with a leadoff homer in the second inning and Nakata tacked on a RBI double in the sixth before adding another run-scoring double in the eighth, which also featured an RBI double by Yang Dai-kang."I was just focused on making a solid impact and moving runners along today. I am very happy with my performance," said Nakata. "It's important that I was able to do my job in the cleanup spot, but more than anything, I am just happy we won. I wasn't trying to swing wildly, just stay compact," he said.Pinch hitter Kazuya Murata extended the lead with an RBI infield single in the ninth.Takeda (4-5) yielded just three hits — all singles — struck out six and walked none before handing the game over to the bullpen to close out. Seth Greisinger (1-2) took the loss.Hawks 1, Carp 0At Mazda Stadium, Tadashi Settsu threw his first career shutout, striking out eight as Softbank sent struggling Hiroshima to a nine-game losing streak for the first time in 12 years.Settsu (5-2) allowed just four hits and retired the last 12 batters he faced after yielding a sixth-inning, leadoff single to Akihiro Higashide. Seiichi Uchikawa's RBI grounder off Giancarlo Alvarado (0-1) in the first was the sole run.Buffaloes 14, Tigers 3At Koshien Stadium, Takahiro Okada hit a three-run homer in a 3-for-6 outing and Orix broke out the bats in a 17-hit onslaught in a romp over Hanshin to win its fifth in a row.Swallows 13, Eagles 5At Jingu Stadium, Josh Whitesell, Wladimir Balentien and Ryohei Kawamoto each homered and Tokyo Yakult punched its opponent's lights out in a 10-run fourth inning in a rout of Tohoku Rakuten, which lost its third in a row to drop a season-worst 13 games below .500.Dragons 1, Marines 0At Nagoya Dome, Ryosuke Hirata hit a walk-off homer for the second day in a row, giving Chunichi a win over Chiba Lotte.Hirata, who hit a game-ending shot in Saturday's win over Seibu, connected to the stands in right off closer Yasuhiko Yabuta (0-2) with two outs in the final frame. Reliever Koji Mise (1-0) got the win.BayStars 5, Lions 4At Yokohama Stadium, Terrmel Sledge hit a three-run homer and Brett Harper had a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning as the BayStars pulled out of last place with a win over Seibu.
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