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Central League Standings
As of end of play on May 11, 2008
Team
Games
Wins
Losses
Ties
Win%
GB
Home
Road
vs. HAN
vs. CHU
vs. YOM
vs. YAK
vs. HIR
vs. YOK
Hanshin
36
24
11
1
.686
--
11-4
13-7(1)
***
5-2(1)
6-3
3-3
4-1
6-2
Chunichi
37
21
13
3
.618
2.5
12-6(3)
9-7
2-5(1)
***
5-4
4-2
6-1(2)
4-1
Giants
38
18
19
1
.486
7.0
11-10
7-9(1)
3-6
4-5
***
5-4
2-4
4-0(1)
Yakult
34
16
18
0
.471
7.5
7-10
9-8
3-3
2-4
4-5
***
2-3
5-3
Hiroshima
34
14
18
2
.438
8.5
9-8
5-10(2)
1-4
1-6(2)
4-2
3-2
***
5-4
Yokohama
35
10
24
1
.294
13.5
5-10(1)
5-14
2-6
1-4
0-4(1)
3-5
4-5
***
Pacific League Standings
As of end of play on May 11, 2008
Team
Games
Wins
Losses
Ties
Win%
GB
Home
Road
vs. SEI
vs. NIP
vs. SFT
vs. RAK
vs. LOT
vs. ORX
Seibu
40
26
13
1
.667
--
17-5(1)
9-8
***
5-2(1)
5-4
4-0
4-4
8-3
Nippon Ham
42
21
20
1
.512
6.0
13-7
8-13(1)
2-5(1)
***
5-3
5-6
5-4
4-2
Softbank
42
21
21
0
.500
6.5
13-8
8-13
4-5
3-5
***
5-3
4-5
5-3
Rakuten
40
20
20
0
.500
6.5
14-3
6-17
0-4
6-5
3-5
***
5-3
6-3
Lotte
42
19
23
0
.452
8.5
12-10
7-13
4-4
4-5
5-4
3-5
***
3-5
Orix
42
16
26
0
.381
11.5
10-11
6-15
3-8
2-4
3-5
3-6
5-3
***
Inter-League Standings
Inter-League opens May 20.
Standings are translated from the Official NPB BIS site .
External News Sources
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Ramirez clutch as Giants win The second time Alex Ramirez got the pitch he was looking for, he got the job done.http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20080511TDY21304.htm ]Ramirez clubs game-winning hit Alex Ramirez didn't get to do his home run dance against the Chunichi Dragons, so he gave Yomiuri Giants fans something to dance about instead.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sb20080511j1.html ]Elephants rally in eighth inning to defeat Whales Wang Jin-yong's infield single with the bases loaded capped a two-run rally in the bottom of the eighth as the Brother Elephants turned a 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 win over the Chinatrust Whales at the Hsinchu Municipal Baseball Stadium on Friday night.http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2008/05/11/2003411584 ]May 10: Lions 7 - Bears 6 In a showdown between the top two teams in the league, the Lions offense would spoil the starting debut of Bears starter Chih-Chia Chang. Chang allowed 7 runs (all earned) on 8 hits in 2.2 IP (2K's, 1BB) to take the L.http://taiwanbaseball.blogspot.com/2008/05/tseng-demoted.html#2 ]May 10: Elephants 2 - Whales 0 Elephants SP Yu-Cheng Liao won his 5th game of the year in dominating fashion against the Whales. Liao, now 5-1, threw 8 shutout innings, allowing only 5 hits, while K'ing 10 and walking 2.http://taiwanbaseball.blogspot.com/2008/05/tseng-demoted.html#1 ]May 11: Tigers 3, BayStars 1 Takahiro Arai drove in two runs and Minoru Iwata threw five effective innings as Central League leader Hanshin held off cellar dweller Yokohama.http://www.japanball.com/news.phtml?id=12119#4 ]May 11: Marines 6, Eagles 1 At Chiba Marine Stadium, Shoitsu Omatsu went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Naoyuki Shimizu pitched his fourth complete game of the season as Lotte beat Rakuten to end a five-game losing streak.http://www.japanball.com/news.phtml?id=12119#3 ]May 11: Fighters 4, Hawks 3 Hichori Morimoto hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning as Nippon Ham edged Softbank to snap a five-game losing streak and move back into second place in the PL standings.http://www.japanball.com/news.phtml?id=12119#2 ]May 11: Hoashi blanks Orix as Seibu wins 6th straight Kazuyuki Hoashi threw his second consecutive shutout and Hiroyuki Nakajima hit a two-run homer Sunday as the Seibu Lions routed the Orix Buffaloes 9-0 for their sixth straight victory.http://www.japanball.com/news.phtml?id=12119 ]May 10: Giants 5, Dragons 4 Alex Ramirez came through with a tiebreaking RBI single off Chen Wei-yin (2-2) with two out in the eighth inning, helping Yomiuri to a win over Chunichi after squandering a four-run lead at Tokyo Dome.http://www.japanball.com/news.phtml?id=12114 ]The Zen of Bobby V On Tuesday ESPN2 will air The Zen of Bobby V, a documentary made by a group of NYU students about the day to day life of manager Bobby Valentine.http://eastwindupchronicle.com/the-zen-of-bobby-v/ ]Decisions, Decisions One of the major differences I noticed between Fighters fans in Sapporo and Fighters fans in Tokyo is that Sapporo fans tend to really get decked out in unique ways to support the team.http://marinerds.blogspot.com/2008/05/decisions-decisions.html ]Dragons ride Wada, Nori to victory The third time was no charm for Tetsuya Utsumi as a pair of Dragons veterans drove in three runs apiece to beat the young Giants southpaw for the third time this season.http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20080510TDY24304.htm ]Kamei, Sakamoto capitalize when given chance to shine with Giants While the Yomiuri Giants' All-Stars have gotten off to a slow start this season, two unheralded players have stolen the spotlight.http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sb20080510n1.html ]Resilient Bulls fend off Bears rally to snap losing streak The Sinon Bulls bent but would not break as they held off a tough rally by the La New Bears in the bottom of the ninth to win it 7-6 at the Kaohsiung County Baseball Stadium on Thursday night.http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2008/05/10/2003411489 ]May 9: T-Rex 12 - Bulls 3 T-Rex LF Chuan-Chia Wang earned game MVP honors after his 3-4, triple, 2 RBI night at the plate.http://taiwanbaseball.blogspot.com/2008/05/che-hsuan-lin-on-rise.html#2 ]May 9: Elephants 2 - Whales 1 Despite being held to only 3 hits as a team, the Whales would score 2 runs in the bottom of the eighth to erase a 1-0 deficit. Elephants 1B Chin-Yong Wang collected game MVP honors after driving in the GW run, he was 1-2 with a RBI.http://taiwanbaseball.blogspot.com/2008/05/che-hsuan-lin-on-rise.html ]May 10: Sugiuchi mows down Nippon Ham in shutout Left-hander Toshiya Sugiuchi pitched a four-hitter for his first shutout of the season as the Softbank Hawks defeated the Nippon Ham Fighters 1-0 on Saturday.http://www.japanball.com/news.phtml?id=12112 ]Nori's four-ply wallop sinks Giants Kazuhiro Wada and Norihiro Nakamura provided the big blows in a four-run fifth inning Friday night at Tokyo Dome as the Chunichi Dragons won their third straight game, topping the Yomiuri Giants 7-4.http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200805100042.html ]LIMA LIVES! 7 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 4 K...WIN! It's been a tumultuous few weeks for fans of Limatime. First, the reports of his demise by several Korean sports outlets spawned a outpouring of sadness from all corners of the globe.http://eastwindupchronicle.com/limatime-lives-7-ip-2-h-1-bb-4-k-w/ ]
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