Pro Yakyu Game of the Week: 6/20
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Re: Pro Yakyu Game of the Week: 6/20
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Jun 20, 2004 9:13 PM
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Happy Fathers' Day to you dads out there.
This night we don't have a Giants game, instead we went to Nagoya Dome of the Dragons hosting Yokohama. Enjoy the game.
TRANSCRIPT generated on: 2004/06/20 21:05
CHATROOM: Pro Yakyu Game of the Week/Yokohama BayStars vs. Chunichi Dragons
MODERATORS: westbaystars
17:25: westbaystars TO ALL - Welcome to the live play-by-play of this week's Game of the Week from Nagoya Dome.
17:25: westbaystars TO ALL - The Chunichi Dragons are hosting the Yokohama BayStars.
17:26: westbaystars TO ALL - I'll be back in a half hour or so for the play-by-play.
18:00: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:01: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of First
18:01: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:01: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi takes the mound for Chunichi this evening at Nagoya Dome.
18:04: westbaystars TO ALL - Ishii Takuro will lead off for Yokohama.
18:04: westbaystars TO ALL - The first pitch is inside and high, called ball one.
18:04: westbaystars TO ALL - And the game is underway at 6:04.
18:05: westbaystars TO ALL - A few pitches later, Ishii grounds to Araki at second base.
18:05: westbaystars TO ALL - The throw to first is in plenty of time, and we have the first out of the game.
18:05: westbaystars TO ALL - Taneda bats second this evening.
18:06: westbaystars TO ALL - And he rips Noguchi's first offering up the middle for a base hit.
18:06: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi just got his right leg out of the way of that.
18:07: westbaystars TO ALL - Suzuki-kun, having returned to the starting line-up this past week, grounds Noguchi's first offering to the right side.
18:07: westbaystars TO ALL - First baseman Watanabe makes a diving grab for it going toward second.
18:08: westbaystars TO ALL - Fields the ball, throws to second for one, but there's no relay back.
18:08: westbaystars TO ALL - Two outs, runner at first exchanged.
18:08: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Woods.
18:09: westbaystars TO ALL - Woods grounds to Ibata at second, the throw going to first, and the side is retired.
18:09: westbaystars TO ALL - The BayStars got a hit, but strand one.
18:09: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:09: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of First
18:09: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:10: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen starts on the mound for Yokohama this evening.
18:11: westbaystars TO ALL - The first batter he faces is Araki.
18:11: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen's first pitch is taken outside, ball one.
18:12: westbaystars TO ALL - Araki grounds a 2-2 pitch to the right side.
18:12: westbaystars TO ALL - Woods fields the ball, tosses to Mullen, too late!
18:13: westbaystars TO ALL - Araki beat out Mullen to the bag for a lead-off base hit.
18:14: westbaystars TO ALL - Despite a throw to first, and a long wait before his first pitch, Araki swipes second on the first delivery to the plate
18:15: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch to Ibata is lined to right for a clean base hit.
18:15: westbaystars TO ALL - Kinjyoh is at the ball and throwing before Araki has a chance to round third, where he holds.
18:15: westbaystars TO ALL - Runners at first and third, nobody out.
18:15: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Tatsunami.
18:16: westbaystars TO ALL - And Tatsunami quickly lines his first pitch over a jumping Woods at first.
18:17: westbaystars TO ALL - Base hit!
18:17: westbaystars TO ALL - Araki scores from third easilly.
18:17: westbaystars TO ALL - Ibata holds at second, not challenging Kinjyoh's arm.
18:17: westbaystars TO ALL - Runners at first and second, nobody out, a run in.
18:18: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up number four batting Fukudome.
18:20: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullan's full count offering is fouled off the left side.
18:20: westbaystars TO ALL - Fukudome watches the next pitch low, the bases are loaded with nobody out.
18:20: westbaystars TO ALL - Aikawa goes out to have a word with his pitcher.
18:21: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen shakes his head in the affirmative twice, the Aikawa returns to his spot behind the plate.
18:21: westbaystars TO ALL - Alex comes up next.
18:21: westbaystars TO ALL - Alex is 0 for 9 against Mullen so far.
18:22: westbaystars TO ALL - But Mullen throws three straight balls to him. This doesn't look good.
18:23: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen's fourth pitch is taken low for ball four.
18:23: westbaystars TO ALL - Ochidashi.
18:23: westbaystars TO ALL - The Dragons now lead 2-0, still with bases loaded and nobody out.
18:24: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings Kotani-pitching coach out to the mound with an interpreter.
18:24: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen doesn't look too sure of himself, but remains on the mound.
18:24: westbaystars TO ALL - Nakamura grounds Mullen's first offering to him just foul up the first base line.
18:24: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is taken for strike two. Finally.
18:25: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen goes right after him, Nakamura fouling off a pitch just slightly high, protecting the plate.
18:26: westbaystars TO ALL - After taking a ball low, Nakamura is called out on a pitch in the dirt by the first base umpire saying he swung.
18:26: westbaystars TO ALL - That's the first out of the inning.
18:26: westbaystars TO ALL - And it brings up Watanabe.
18:28: westbaystars TO ALL - And Mullen gets Watanabe to ground into a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.
18:28: westbaystars TO ALL - That saved him.
18:28: westbaystars TO ALL - But not before giving up two runs.
18:28: westbaystars TO ALL - At the end of one complete, the Dragons lead 2-0.
18:28: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:28: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Second
18:28: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:30: westbaystars TO ALL - Tamura leads off the second inning.
18:32: westbaystars TO ALL - Without swinging a single time, Tamura draws a walk on six pitches.
18:32: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Kinjyoh, batting .329.
18:34: westbaystars TO ALL - Kinjyoh goes down reaching for a pitch way outside, one out.
18:35: westbaystars TO ALL - Murata comes up next.
18:36: westbaystars TO ALL - He swings and lifts the ball high to left field.
18:36: westbaystars TO ALL - But not very deep.
18:36: westbaystars TO ALL - Nakamura comes in a few steps to take the ball in for out number two.
18:36: westbaystars TO ALL - Aikawa comes up next.
18:37: westbaystars TO ALL - Aikawa lifts the ball to center.
18:38: westbaystars TO ALL - But nothing that Alex can't get to, coming in several steps to catch the final out of the inning.
18:38: westbaystars TO ALL - The BayStars got their lead-off runner on, but nothing more.
18:38: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:38: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of Second
18:38: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:40: westbaystars TO ALL - Tanishige leads off the bottom of the second for the Dragons.
18:40: westbaystars TO ALL - I'm just glad that the former BayStar didn't come up with bases loaded, as Tanishige has killed the 'Stars ...
18:40: westbaystars TO ALL - ... with runners on.
18:42: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen sure does shake off a lot of Aikawa's signs as he brings the count to 2-2.
18:43: westbaystars TO ALL - Tanishige then grounds the ball easilly to Taneda at second, who throws to first for the first out.
18:43: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up opposing pitcher Noguchi.
18:44: westbaystars TO ALL - I seem to recall that Yokohama has given up the most hits to opposing pitchers of any other team so far this season.
18:44: westbaystars TO ALL - (But don't have the data available.)
18:44: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen doesn't follow such a pattern here, though, striking Noguchi out on three pitches.
18:44: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up the top of the order in Araki.
18:45: westbaystars TO ALL - Araki lifts Mullen's first offering foul on the right side.
18:45: westbaystars TO ALL - Aikawa runs up the line, Woods calls him off, and Woods takes the ball in for the final out.
18:45: westbaystars TO ALL - Three up, three down in the second for Chunichi.
18:45: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:45: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Third
18:45: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:46: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen leads off the third for Yokohama.
18:47: westbaystars TO ALL - He doesn't look like he's up there to swing on the first two pitches, the first just low, the second down the middle.
18:47: westbaystars TO ALL - He does swing and miss the second pitch after showing bunt.
18:48: westbaystars TO ALL - Then watches strike three to become the first out.
18:48: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings us to the top of the order in Ishii.
18:48: westbaystars TO ALL - Ishii lifts Noguchi's first offering to shallow center.
18:48: westbaystars TO ALL - Ibata, Arai, and Alex all converge, and Alex takes the ball in on a sprint.
18:49: westbaystars TO ALL - Two down.
18:49: westbaystars TO ALL - Taneda also swings at the first pitch.
18:49: westbaystars TO ALL - Tatsunami comes over and takes the ball in in the large foul territory in front of the third base dugout.
18:49: westbaystars TO ALL - The 'Stars go down in order for the first time this evening as well.
18:50: westbaystars TO ALL - Looks like both pitchers have settled in.
18:50: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:50: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of Third
18:50: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:51: westbaystars TO ALL - Number two batting Ibata leads off the Dragons' half of the third.
18:52: westbaystars TO ALL - He grounds a two ball pitch through the right side of the infield for a base hit.
18:52: westbaystars TO ALL - Ibata is two for two.
18:53: westbaystars TO ALL - Tatsunami comes up next, with a throw to first, first.
18:53: westbaystars TO ALL - Tatsunami's base hit in the first drove in the first run of the game.
18:53: westbaystars TO ALL - He grounds the ball into the hole between third and short, but Ishii gets it!
18:54: westbaystars TO ALL - Ishii turns, and with his momentum going toward the line, throws to second for one.
18:55: westbaystars TO ALL - And the ball is there in time for Taneda to turn and fire to first and double up Tatsunami.
18:55: westbaystars TO ALL - Incredible double play!
18:55: westbaystars TO ALL - Fukudome wastes no time with his at bat, driving the ball off the top of the wall in right-center.
18:56: westbaystars TO ALL - By the time the ball gets back to the infield, Fukudome has slid into third with a two-out double.
18:56: westbaystars TO ALL - Ochiai-kantoku comes out to argue that the ball hit the other side of the fense, but he isn't going to get anywhere ...
18:56: westbaystars TO ALL - ... with the arguement.
18:57: westbaystars TO ALL - The replay shows the ball off the bar at the top of the fense.
18:57: westbaystars TO ALL - Alex steps in with Fukudome at third.
18:58: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen gets two quick strikes on Alex, then throws the ball over Aikawa's head!
18:58: westbaystars TO ALL - The bound off the backstop comes right back to him, and Fukudome wisely holds at third.
18:59: westbaystars TO ALL - After fouling a pitch off the left side, Alex grounds out to Ishii at short to end the inning.
18:59: westbaystars TO ALL - A fantastic double play by Ishii kept the Dragons in check that inning.
19:00: westbaystars TO ALL - Still, the Dragons lead 2-0 at the end of three complete.
19:00: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:00: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Fourth
19:00: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:01: westbaystars TO ALL - *** Hanshin leads the Giants 4-0 in the top of the third at Tokyo Dome
19:02: westbaystars TO ALL - Suzuki leads off the fourth inning grounding the ball weakly to Araki at second.
19:02: westbaystars TO ALL - He can't beat it out, and is out number one.
19:02: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up number four batting Woods.
19:04: westbaystars TO ALL - He lines the ball just left of the second base bag, past a laterally jumping Ibata and into center field.
19:04: westbaystars TO ALL - The ball isn't fielded cleanly by Alex in center, but it doesn't get far enough away from him for Woods to take second.
19:05: westbaystars TO ALL - Runner at first, one out, Tamura coming to the plate.
19:06: westbaystars TO ALL - Tamura grounds the ball up the middle. Noguchi reaches out and snow-cones the ball.
19:06: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi turns and throws to second for one, the relay to first is in time, double play!
19:06: westbaystars TO ALL - Yokohama got a base runner, but he was erased with the inning ending double play.
19:07: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:07: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of Fourth
19:07: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:08: westbaystars TO ALL - Mallen has thrown 55 pitches to this point, and really settled down after the first inning.
19:08: westbaystars TO ALL - Nakamura fouls out to Aikawa behind home plate for one quick out.
19:09: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Watanabe.
19:09: westbaystars TO ALL - He lifts the ball to left, but not too deep.
19:09: westbaystars TO ALL - Suzuki comes over and in to play the ball, and we have two quick outs.
19:09: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Tanishige.
19:10: westbaystars TO ALL - While Tanishige has terrorized the BayStars since going to the Dragons, he's 0 for 7 against Mullan.
19:10: westbaystars TO ALL - [That is, Mullen.]
19:10: westbaystars TO ALL - Make that 0 for 8 as he grounds out to Ishii at short to end the inning.
19:10: westbaystars TO ALL - That was a fast one.
19:11: westbaystars TO ALL - Still, Chunichi continues their 2-0 lead at the end of four innings.
19:11: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:11: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Fifth
19:11: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:13: westbaystars TO ALL - Kinjyoh leads off the fifth for Yokohama.
19:13: westbaystars TO ALL - Kinjyoh lines the ball stright up the middle, on one bound to Alex in center.
19:13: westbaystars TO ALL - Lead-off base runner is on.
19:14: westbaystars TO ALL - That'll bring up Murata.
19:16: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi's paces falls to a craw, and we have a 2-2 count.
19:17: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is fouled back, still 2-2.
19:17: westbaystars TO ALL - Is Noguchi so worried about Kinjyoh at first?
19:18: westbaystars TO ALL - A foul and a one bounder to the plate brings the count full.
19:18: westbaystars TO ALL - After so may BayStar batters hitting the first pitch, Murata seems out to make Noguchi work a bit.
19:19: westbaystars TO ALL - With Kinjyoh running, Murata fouls the ball off over the first base dugout.
19:19: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi's 10th offering to Murata is also fouled off.
19:19: westbaystars TO ALL - How far can we go?
19:20: westbaystars TO ALL - Another foul with Kinjyoh running.
19:20: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi's 12th pitch, foul off the right side and into the stands.
19:21: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi's 13th offering, swung on and missed, strike three.
19:21: westbaystars TO ALL - And with Kinjyoh running, Tanishige's throw to second is on the money! K get two.
19:22: westbaystars TO ALL - We now have two outs and nobody on for Aikawa.
19:23: westbaystars TO ALL - But Aikawa strikes out swing on four pitches, and the BayStars are down, three up, three down, although not ...
19:23: westbaystars TO ALL - ... necessarilly in order.
19:23: westbaystars TO ALL - That was the most Noguchi has had to work this evening, although it was only to Murata.
19:24: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:24: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of Fifth
19:24: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:24: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi will lead off the Dragons' half of the fifth inning.
19:24: westbaystars TO ALL - He's 2 for 16 on the year.
19:26: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi swung the bat fairly well, but grounded out to Mullen in the end for the first out of the inning.
19:26: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Araki who singled and later scored in the first inning, the first of three consecutive hits.
19:28: westbaystars TO ALL - After a number of foul balls, Araki hits the ball to straight away center.
19:29: westbaystars TO ALL - But right at Tamura who comes in a couple of steps to make the second out of the inning.
19:29: westbaystars TO ALL - Ibata follows with a fly ball right at Kinjyoh in right, and the Dragons are down in order yet again.
19:30: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen has really settled in very well.
19:30: westbaystars TO ALL - If only he could erase that two run first inning, which accouns for the current score:
19:30: westbaystars TO ALL - Dragons 2 - 0 BayStars.
19:30: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:30: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Sixth
19:30: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:31: westbaystars TO ALL - *** Lotte defeated Daiei 6-5, breaking Daiei's 11 game winning streak.
19:31: westbaystars TO ALL - *** Hanshin continues to lead the Giants 4-0 in the top of the fifth.
19:32: westbaystars TO ALL - *** Hiroshima defeated Yakult 1-0 this afternoon.
19:33: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen leads off the sixth inning.
19:34: westbaystars TO ALL - And he goes down on strikes for the first out.
19:34: westbaystars TO ALL - To the top of the order in Ishii Takuro.
19:35: westbaystars TO ALL - And Ishii works the count full.
19:36: westbaystars TO ALL - After a foul ball, Ishii takes ball four high. We have a base runner.
19:37: westbaystars TO ALL - That'll bring up Taneda.
19:38: westbaystars TO ALL - This time up he flies out to right for out number two.
19:38: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi didn't take nearly as much time between pitches with Ishii on first as he did with Kinjyoh there.
19:38: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Suzuki.
19:39: westbaystars TO ALL - He's looking like he's lost a bit of weight while he was out of the line-up.
19:39: MHStevie TO ALL - *whew* Finally got here...
19:40: westbaystars TO ALL - Welcome.
19:40: westbaystars TO ALL - Suzuki swings and misses a pitch way low for the final out of the inning.
19:40: westbaystars TO ALL - We got a base runner, but failed to move him beyond first base yet again.
19:40: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:40: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of Sixth
19:40: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:41: westbaystars TO ALL - So far, Chunichi scored two runs in the first inning off of Mullan (still in the game).
19:41: westbaystars TO ALL - Three consecutive hits then two bases on balls did it.
19:42: westbaystars TO ALL - He got out of the bases loaded, no out jam with a strike out (of Watanabe) followed by a double play.
19:42: westbaystars TO ALL - Number three batter Tatsunami leads off the bottom of the sixth for Chunichi.
19:43: westbaystars TO ALL - And he sends the ball back up the middle and inter center field for a base hit.
19:43: westbaystars TO ALL - That's Chunichi's sixth hit of the night.
19:43: westbaystars TO ALL - After the first inning, Mullen has been near perfect.
19:43: MHStevie TO ALL - A rare treat... a non-Giants Sunday night game... =)
19:44: westbaystars TO ALL - Double plays have erased everyone but Fukudome's triple his last at bat.
19:44: westbaystars TO ALL - Yea, thought I'd take advantage of it.
19:44: westbaystars TO ALL - And speaking of Fukudome, he's up right now.
19:45: westbaystars TO ALL - And speaking of double plays, Fukudome grounds the ball back to Mullen, who throws to second for one, the relay to ...
19:45: westbaystars TO ALL - ... first is in time, double play.
19:45: westbaystars TO ALL - Dragons' lead-off base runner is erased once again.
19:45: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Alex.
19:47: westbaystars TO ALL - Alex grounds the ball back up between Mullen's legs.
19:47: westbaystars TO ALL - But Taneda comes over and fields the ball near the second base bag.
19:47: westbaystars TO ALL - He throws to first, and the side is retired in order yet again.
19:47: westbaystars TO ALL - That's been how the game has pretty much gone on both sides since the second inning.
19:48: westbaystars TO ALL - At the end of six complete, Chunichi continues to lead 2-0.
19:48: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:48: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Seventh
19:48: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:48: MHStevie TO ALL - Hanshin's now up 5-0, scoring one in the top of the 5th...
19:48: MHStevie TO ALL - Hiyama doubling to score Akahoshi from third...
19:48: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi has pitched 81 pitches so far this game.
19:48: westbaystars TO ALL - Thanks for the update.
19:49: westbaystars TO ALL - Woods leads off the 'Stars' Lucky Seven.
19:49: MHStevie TO ALL - Keeping an eye on the other game through Yahoo! Sports...
19:50: westbaystars TO ALL - They still haven't updated on this broadcast.
19:50: westbaystars TO ALL - Woods lines the ball left of center.
19:50: westbaystars TO ALL - Alex comes over toward left, and makes the catch.
19:50: westbaystars TO ALL - One out.
19:50: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Tamura, who swings and misses at the first pitch, totally fooled.
19:51: westbaystars TO ALL - Tamura is hitless in his last 14 at bats.
19:51: westbaystars TO ALL - So he's due, right?
19:52: westbaystars TO ALL - That's what my Dad used to always say with struggling players.
19:52: westbaystars TO ALL - Speaking of whom, happy Fathers Day to any Dads out there.
19:52: MHStevie TO ALL - Yeah, I hear that on baseball broadcasts here too... =)
19:52: MHStevie TO ALL - Yes, Happy Fathers' Day!
19:52: westbaystars TO ALL - Tamura goes down swinging at a high pitch, so he remains due.
19:53: MHStevie TO ALL - Greetings, habs!
19:53: westbaystars TO ALL - That'll bring up Kinjyoh.
19:53: westbaystars TO ALL - I think the game review is still visible at the top.
19:54: westbaystars TO ALL - Kinjyoh goes fishing at a pitch in the dirt, and the side is retired.
19:55: westbaystars TO ALL - The BayStars are retired in order yet again.
19:55: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:55: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of Seventh
19:55: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:55: habs TO ALL - Greetings and happy fathers day.
19:56: westbaystars TO ALL - Thank you. And the kids are calling to be tucked in.
19:56: westbaystars TO ALL - I'll be right back.
19:57: MHStevie TO ALL - In other news, habs, Hanshin's leading Yomiuri 5-0 in the bottom of the 5th...
19:57: westbaystars TO ALL - Back in time for the 2-2 pitch to Nakamura.
19:58: westbaystars TO ALL - He grounds the ball to Taneda at second, and becomes the first out of the Dragons' Lucky Seven.
19:58: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Watanabe, who started the Dragons' downfall in the first.
19:59: westbaystars TO ALL - He's swinging at the first pitch, grounding to Murata at third.
19:59: westbaystars TO ALL - The throw is off-line, but Woods plays it with his right foot on the back and standing outside the line on the home ...
19:59: westbaystars TO ALL - ... plate side.
19:59: westbaystars TO ALL - Two quick outs.
20:00: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Tanishige, who hasn't had runners on in any at bat this evening, thus hasn't hit.
20:00: westbaystars TO ALL - At least, that's my hypothisis, after seeing him kill the BayStars over the past few years with runners on.
20:01: westbaystars TO ALL - He grounds out to Murata a third, who throws the ball to the same spot as last time.
20:01: westbaystars TO ALL - The Dragons go down in order yet again.
20:01: westbaystars TO ALL - This is getting pretty repetitive.
20:02: westbaystars TO ALL - Yet, at the end of seven complete, the Dragons continue to lead 2-0.
20:02: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
20:02: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Eighth
20:02: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
20:02: habs TO ALL - Any news on pete?
20:03: westbaystars TO ALL - Murata leads off the eighth for Yokohama.
20:03: westbaystars TO ALL - I hadn't seen any mention of him lately, sorry.
20:04: westbaystars TO ALL - Murata grounds Noguchi's first offering just inside the third base line and off the glove of a diving Tatsunami.
20:04: westbaystars TO ALL - The ball continues on into the left field corner.
20:04: westbaystars TO ALL - And before it's brought back in, Murata becomes the first BayStar to reach second base this evening.
20:06: westbaystars TO ALL - Yamashita-kantoku comes out to ask about Noguchi's first pitch to Odajima, pinch hitting for Aikawa.
20:07: westbaystars TO ALL - He thought the ball was a bit low to be called strike one, but didn't say exactly as much.
20:08: westbaystars TO ALL - First base umpire says that Odajima held up on the 2-2 pitch to bring the count full.
20:08: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is swung on and missed, strike out!
20:08: westbaystars TO ALL - That's Noguchi's 100th pitch of the evening.
20:08: westbaystars TO ALL - And that brings Ochiai-kantoku out of the Chunichi dugout.
20:09: westbaystars TO ALL - He says what he wants, Noguchi agrees with him, and Ochiai heads back to the first base side dugout.
20:09: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up pinch hitter Koike for Mullen.
20:10: westbaystars TO ALL - This is the BayStars' first chance with a runner in scoring position, Yamashita-kantoku is trying to make the most of it
20:10: westbaystars TO ALL - But Koike goes down swinging on three pitches, two outs.
20:11: westbaystars TO ALL - Runner still at second.
20:11: westbaystars TO ALL - Back to the top of the order in Ishii Takuro.
20:12: westbaystars TO ALL - He's dropped to .298, 0 for 2 and a walk this evening.
20:13: westbaystars TO ALL - Ishii takes four pitches, the last two for strikes. 2-2.
20:13: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is low and away, full count.
20:14: westbaystars TO ALL - The sixth pitch to Ishii is taking high and tight, ball four.
20:14: westbaystars TO ALL - That puts runners at first and second with two outs.
20:14: westbaystars TO ALL - Taneda comes up.
20:15: westbaystars TO ALL - Taneda has been swinging at first pitches all night (1 for 3), but takes this one in the dirt.
20:15: westbaystars TO ALL - The second pitch is handcuffed to Ibata at short, and the side is retired.
20:15: westbaystars TO ALL - The BayStars got a runner to second with nobody out, but no further.
20:16: westbaystars TO ALL - With one at bat left to go, they continue to trail 0-2.
20:16: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
20:16: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of Eighth
20:16: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
20:16: habs TO ALL - How come baystars didn't bunt the runner to third?
20:17: MHStevie TO ALL - Yomiuri scored in the bottom of the 6th, but that was it... still behind 5-1 to Hanshin.
20:18: MHStevie TO ALL - Rhodes singled to bring Motoki home from 2nd...
20:18: westbaystars TO ALL - Yamada Hiroshi comes in to pitch for Yokohama.
20:19: westbaystars TO ALL - The first "batter" he'll face is opposing pitcher Noguchi, staying in the game.
20:19: westbaystars TO ALL - And Noguchi goes down swinging at a ball way outside for the first out.
20:19: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings us to the top of the order in Araki.
20:20: westbaystars TO ALL - I think that Yamashita-kantoku was more concerned with getting two runs than just one.
20:20: westbaystars TO ALL - Instead, he gone none, huh?
20:21: westbaystars TO ALL - Yamada goes full count to Araki.
20:21: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is grounded right at Ishii at short.
20:21: westbaystars TO ALL - The throw to first is in plenty of time for the second out of the inning.
20:22: habs TO ALL - I think he should have put a little pressure on with the bunt.
20:22: westbaystars TO ALL - Ibata comes up next.
20:23: westbaystars TO ALL - And the count goes full again.
20:24: westbaystars TO ALL - The next play is grounded up the middle.
20:24: westbaystars TO ALL - Taneda back hands the ball on a dash directed behind the second base bag.
20:24: westbaystars TO ALL - He fires the ball to first, and gets the speedy Ibata!
20:25: westbaystars TO ALL - Woods held his foot on first with the long, high stretch toward right.
20:25: westbaystars TO ALL - Great play by both fielders.
20:25: westbaystars TO ALL - That retires the side in order yet again.
20:25: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
20:25: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Ninth
20:25: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
20:26: westbaystars TO ALL - Number three batting Suzuki comes up first in this, Yokohama's last stand.
20:27: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi is still on the mound for Chunichi, looking for the complete game shutout.
20:27: westbaystars TO ALL - Suzuki helps the cause by fouling out just behind the third base bag to Tatsunami.
20:27: westbaystars TO ALL - One quick out.
20:27: westbaystars TO ALL - That'll bring up T. Woods.
20:27: westbaystars TO ALL - Who takes strike one on the inside corner.
20:28: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is grounded to Araki at second.
20:28: westbaystars TO ALL - And easy throw to first, and the BayStars are down to their last out.
20:28: westbaystars TO ALL - Tamura stands in, and takes ball one.
20:29: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is lifted high behind the plate.
20:29: westbaystars TO ALL - Tanishige runs back, but the ball clears the back net, foul.
20:30: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi nods, sets, throws in the dirt at Tamura's right foot (right handed batter), ball two.
20:30: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is swung on and missed, 2-2.
20:30: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi's 2-2 pitch is in the dirt, taken. Full count.
20:30: westbaystars TO ALL - The crowd starts the "ato ikkyu" (one more pitch) chant.
20:31: westbaystars TO ALL - And Tamura fouls the next pitch to the left side.
20:31: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi nods, sets, throws, Tamura swings and misses, strike three!
20:31: westbaystars TO ALL - The ball game is over.
20:31: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi gets the complete game shut-out.
20:32: habs TO ALL - Quick game today.
20:32: MHStevie TO ALL - Nice game for him...
20:32: westbaystars TO ALL - The two runs given up by Mullen in the first proved to be too many.
20:32: westbaystars TO ALL - Yea, just under 2 1/2 hours, as the game started at 6:04.
20:33: westbaystars TO ALL - ***
20:33: westbaystars TO ALL - Final
20:33: westbaystars TO ALL - Yokohama BayStars 0 - 2 Chunichi Dragons
20:33: westbaystars TO ALL - ***
20:35: westbaystars TO ALL - In his Hero Interview, Noguchi says that Ochiai, in the eighth, came out and basically told him that the game is his.
20:35: MHStevie TO ALL - That did seem fast...
20:35: westbaystars TO ALL - And he went on to get his first shut-out in three years.
20:36: westbaystars TO ALL - Both starters pitched very well (first inning excluded for Mullen).
20:36: westbaystars TO ALL - When the starters can carry the game, the game tends to go fast.
20:36: westbaystars TO ALL - It's middle relief that seem to take forever to throw the ball.
20:37: MHStevie TO ALL - Hanshin tacked on two more runs, leading now 7-1 in the bottom of the 7th...
20:37: habs TO ALL - Thats for sure.
20:38: MHStevie TO ALL - So "ato ikkyu" means "one more pitch"...
20:38: MHStevie TO ALL - Does "ato hitori" mean "one more batter"?
20:38: westbaystars TO ALL - Yep.
20:38: habs TO ALL - I don't like over here when the manager brings in a relief pitcher for one batter.
20:39: MHStevie TO ALL - I heard both phrases in my NPB videogame...
20:39: westbaystars TO ALL - Ato = "after" in general, "one more" in this case.
20:39: westbaystars TO ALL - Ikkyu is the kanji "one" and "ball."
20:39: MHStevie TO ALL - habs: I agree... that kind of matching up pitchers to specific batters grinds the game to a halt...
20:40: westbaystars TO ALL - Hitori is the kanji "one" and "person" to mean "single person"?
20:42: habs TO ALL - Westbaystar are some of the fields in Japan smaller than MLB parks?
20:43: westbaystars TO ALL - This has been brought up a number of times.
20:43: westbaystars TO ALL - The main difference is the shape of stadiums, more than the dimensions.
20:43: MHStevie TO ALL - west: That makes sense... thanks for the info!
20:45: westbaystars TO ALL - Japanese parks are all semetrical.
20:45: westbaystars TO ALL - Most are now 100 meters down the lines, 120 meters to straight away center.
20:46: westbaystars TO ALL - They don't list the power-alleys' lengths, but from what others have said, the power alleys are shallower.
20:47: westbaystars TO ALL - Here's the thread that best explains:
20:47: westbaystars TO ALL - http://www.japanesebaseball.com/forum/thread.jsp?forum=1&thread=659
20:48: MHStevie TO ALL - So that means straight-away center is only a shade over 360 ft.?
20:50: habs TO ALL - Are two teams folding over in Japan?
20:52: westbaystars TO ALL - If you say so. I don't have a meter/feet conversion handy.
20:52: westbaystars TO ALL - Kintetsu and Orix appear to be merging. There's still a great deal of speculation on if another two teams will ...
20:52: westbaystars TO ALL - ... merge or not.
20:53: westbaystars TO ALL - http://www.japanbaseballdaily.com/merger.html has all the latest details.
20:54: MHStevie TO ALL - I've been hearing that too... perhaps going to a 10-team, 2-division format?
20:55: westbaystars TO ALL - That's the main speculation.
20:56: westbaystars TO ALL - Although Lotte's president has stated that five teams in the Pacific League can work.
20:56: westbaystars TO ALL - That's interesting, considering how the Pacific League owners have been clamoring for years for inter-league play.
20:57: westbaystars TO ALL - Lotte's owner's son, who is the respresentative for the team, said that the Pacific League could
20:57: westbaystars TO ALL - add teams from Korea and/or Taiwan.
20:58: westbaystars TO ALL - This is a proposal I've been putting forward for a few years, now.
20:58: MHStevie TO ALL - Yeah, I'd be most intrigued by the possibility of inter-league play...
20:58: westbaystars TO ALL - It was nice to see someone with influence say it.
20:58: MHStevie TO ALL - That would be interesting too... sort of a pan-Asian league?
20:59: MHStevie TO ALL - Is there a pitcher for Hanshin named Moreru, or something like that?
21:00: westbaystars TO ALL - See here for more of what I've proposed: http://www.japanesebaseball.com/forum/thread.jsp?forum=17&thread=3088
21:01: westbaystars TO ALL - Ramon Morel: http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=1816
21:03: westbaystars TO ALL - I'm afraid that that's it for the night.
21:03: MHStevie TO ALL - Ah, thanks... I hadn't seen his name before, but he's relieving for Igawa now...
21:04: westbaystars TO ALL - As always, it's a pleasure. Even when the 'Stars don't win.
21:04: MHStevie TO ALL - All right... thanks again, Westbay-san! Great job as always...
21:04: westbaystars TO ALL - Take care, all. Transcript will be posted shortly.
21:04: habs TO ALL - Again you did a great job.
This night we don't have a Giants game, instead we went to Nagoya Dome of the Dragons hosting Yokohama. Enjoy the game.
TRANSCRIPT generated on: 2004/06/20 21:05
CHATROOM: Pro Yakyu Game of the Week/Yokohama BayStars vs. Chunichi Dragons
MODERATORS: westbaystars
17:25: westbaystars TO ALL - Welcome to the live play-by-play of this week's Game of the Week from Nagoya Dome.
17:25: westbaystars TO ALL - The Chunichi Dragons are hosting the Yokohama BayStars.
17:26: westbaystars TO ALL - I'll be back in a half hour or so for the play-by-play.
18:00: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:01: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of First
18:01: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:01: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi takes the mound for Chunichi this evening at Nagoya Dome.
18:04: westbaystars TO ALL - Ishii Takuro will lead off for Yokohama.
18:04: westbaystars TO ALL - The first pitch is inside and high, called ball one.
18:04: westbaystars TO ALL - And the game is underway at 6:04.
18:05: westbaystars TO ALL - A few pitches later, Ishii grounds to Araki at second base.
18:05: westbaystars TO ALL - The throw to first is in plenty of time, and we have the first out of the game.
18:05: westbaystars TO ALL - Taneda bats second this evening.
18:06: westbaystars TO ALL - And he rips Noguchi's first offering up the middle for a base hit.
18:06: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi just got his right leg out of the way of that.
18:07: westbaystars TO ALL - Suzuki-kun, having returned to the starting line-up this past week, grounds Noguchi's first offering to the right side.
18:07: westbaystars TO ALL - First baseman Watanabe makes a diving grab for it going toward second.
18:08: westbaystars TO ALL - Fields the ball, throws to second for one, but there's no relay back.
18:08: westbaystars TO ALL - Two outs, runner at first exchanged.
18:08: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Woods.
18:09: westbaystars TO ALL - Woods grounds to Ibata at second, the throw going to first, and the side is retired.
18:09: westbaystars TO ALL - The BayStars got a hit, but strand one.
18:09: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:09: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of First
18:09: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:10: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen starts on the mound for Yokohama this evening.
18:11: westbaystars TO ALL - The first batter he faces is Araki.
18:11: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen's first pitch is taken outside, ball one.
18:12: westbaystars TO ALL - Araki grounds a 2-2 pitch to the right side.
18:12: westbaystars TO ALL - Woods fields the ball, tosses to Mullen, too late!
18:13: westbaystars TO ALL - Araki beat out Mullen to the bag for a lead-off base hit.
18:14: westbaystars TO ALL - Despite a throw to first, and a long wait before his first pitch, Araki swipes second on the first delivery to the plate
18:15: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch to Ibata is lined to right for a clean base hit.
18:15: westbaystars TO ALL - Kinjyoh is at the ball and throwing before Araki has a chance to round third, where he holds.
18:15: westbaystars TO ALL - Runners at first and third, nobody out.
18:15: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Tatsunami.
18:16: westbaystars TO ALL - And Tatsunami quickly lines his first pitch over a jumping Woods at first.
18:17: westbaystars TO ALL - Base hit!
18:17: westbaystars TO ALL - Araki scores from third easilly.
18:17: westbaystars TO ALL - Ibata holds at second, not challenging Kinjyoh's arm.
18:17: westbaystars TO ALL - Runners at first and second, nobody out, a run in.
18:18: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up number four batting Fukudome.
18:20: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullan's full count offering is fouled off the left side.
18:20: westbaystars TO ALL - Fukudome watches the next pitch low, the bases are loaded with nobody out.
18:20: westbaystars TO ALL - Aikawa goes out to have a word with his pitcher.
18:21: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen shakes his head in the affirmative twice, the Aikawa returns to his spot behind the plate.
18:21: westbaystars TO ALL - Alex comes up next.
18:21: westbaystars TO ALL - Alex is 0 for 9 against Mullen so far.
18:22: westbaystars TO ALL - But Mullen throws three straight balls to him. This doesn't look good.
18:23: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen's fourth pitch is taken low for ball four.
18:23: westbaystars TO ALL - Ochidashi.
18:23: westbaystars TO ALL - The Dragons now lead 2-0, still with bases loaded and nobody out.
18:24: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings Kotani-pitching coach out to the mound with an interpreter.
18:24: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen doesn't look too sure of himself, but remains on the mound.
18:24: westbaystars TO ALL - Nakamura grounds Mullen's first offering to him just foul up the first base line.
18:24: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is taken for strike two. Finally.
18:25: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen goes right after him, Nakamura fouling off a pitch just slightly high, protecting the plate.
18:26: westbaystars TO ALL - After taking a ball low, Nakamura is called out on a pitch in the dirt by the first base umpire saying he swung.
18:26: westbaystars TO ALL - That's the first out of the inning.
18:26: westbaystars TO ALL - And it brings up Watanabe.
18:28: westbaystars TO ALL - And Mullen gets Watanabe to ground into a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.
18:28: westbaystars TO ALL - That saved him.
18:28: westbaystars TO ALL - But not before giving up two runs.
18:28: westbaystars TO ALL - At the end of one complete, the Dragons lead 2-0.
18:28: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:28: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Second
18:28: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:30: westbaystars TO ALL - Tamura leads off the second inning.
18:32: westbaystars TO ALL - Without swinging a single time, Tamura draws a walk on six pitches.
18:32: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Kinjyoh, batting .329.
18:34: westbaystars TO ALL - Kinjyoh goes down reaching for a pitch way outside, one out.
18:35: westbaystars TO ALL - Murata comes up next.
18:36: westbaystars TO ALL - He swings and lifts the ball high to left field.
18:36: westbaystars TO ALL - But not very deep.
18:36: westbaystars TO ALL - Nakamura comes in a few steps to take the ball in for out number two.
18:36: westbaystars TO ALL - Aikawa comes up next.
18:37: westbaystars TO ALL - Aikawa lifts the ball to center.
18:38: westbaystars TO ALL - But nothing that Alex can't get to, coming in several steps to catch the final out of the inning.
18:38: westbaystars TO ALL - The BayStars got their lead-off runner on, but nothing more.
18:38: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:38: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of Second
18:38: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:40: westbaystars TO ALL - Tanishige leads off the bottom of the second for the Dragons.
18:40: westbaystars TO ALL - I'm just glad that the former BayStar didn't come up with bases loaded, as Tanishige has killed the 'Stars ...
18:40: westbaystars TO ALL - ... with runners on.
18:42: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen sure does shake off a lot of Aikawa's signs as he brings the count to 2-2.
18:43: westbaystars TO ALL - Tanishige then grounds the ball easilly to Taneda at second, who throws to first for the first out.
18:43: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up opposing pitcher Noguchi.
18:44: westbaystars TO ALL - I seem to recall that Yokohama has given up the most hits to opposing pitchers of any other team so far this season.
18:44: westbaystars TO ALL - (But don't have the data available.)
18:44: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen doesn't follow such a pattern here, though, striking Noguchi out on three pitches.
18:44: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up the top of the order in Araki.
18:45: westbaystars TO ALL - Araki lifts Mullen's first offering foul on the right side.
18:45: westbaystars TO ALL - Aikawa runs up the line, Woods calls him off, and Woods takes the ball in for the final out.
18:45: westbaystars TO ALL - Three up, three down in the second for Chunichi.
18:45: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:45: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Third
18:45: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:46: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen leads off the third for Yokohama.
18:47: westbaystars TO ALL - He doesn't look like he's up there to swing on the first two pitches, the first just low, the second down the middle.
18:47: westbaystars TO ALL - He does swing and miss the second pitch after showing bunt.
18:48: westbaystars TO ALL - Then watches strike three to become the first out.
18:48: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings us to the top of the order in Ishii.
18:48: westbaystars TO ALL - Ishii lifts Noguchi's first offering to shallow center.
18:48: westbaystars TO ALL - Ibata, Arai, and Alex all converge, and Alex takes the ball in on a sprint.
18:49: westbaystars TO ALL - Two down.
18:49: westbaystars TO ALL - Taneda also swings at the first pitch.
18:49: westbaystars TO ALL - Tatsunami comes over and takes the ball in in the large foul territory in front of the third base dugout.
18:49: westbaystars TO ALL - The 'Stars go down in order for the first time this evening as well.
18:50: westbaystars TO ALL - Looks like both pitchers have settled in.
18:50: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:50: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of Third
18:50: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
18:51: westbaystars TO ALL - Number two batting Ibata leads off the Dragons' half of the third.
18:52: westbaystars TO ALL - He grounds a two ball pitch through the right side of the infield for a base hit.
18:52: westbaystars TO ALL - Ibata is two for two.
18:53: westbaystars TO ALL - Tatsunami comes up next, with a throw to first, first.
18:53: westbaystars TO ALL - Tatsunami's base hit in the first drove in the first run of the game.
18:53: westbaystars TO ALL - He grounds the ball into the hole between third and short, but Ishii gets it!
18:54: westbaystars TO ALL - Ishii turns, and with his momentum going toward the line, throws to second for one.
18:55: westbaystars TO ALL - And the ball is there in time for Taneda to turn and fire to first and double up Tatsunami.
18:55: westbaystars TO ALL - Incredible double play!
18:55: westbaystars TO ALL - Fukudome wastes no time with his at bat, driving the ball off the top of the wall in right-center.
18:56: westbaystars TO ALL - By the time the ball gets back to the infield, Fukudome has slid into third with a two-out double.
18:56: westbaystars TO ALL - Ochiai-kantoku comes out to argue that the ball hit the other side of the fense, but he isn't going to get anywhere ...
18:56: westbaystars TO ALL - ... with the arguement.
18:57: westbaystars TO ALL - The replay shows the ball off the bar at the top of the fense.
18:57: westbaystars TO ALL - Alex steps in with Fukudome at third.
18:58: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen gets two quick strikes on Alex, then throws the ball over Aikawa's head!
18:58: westbaystars TO ALL - The bound off the backstop comes right back to him, and Fukudome wisely holds at third.
18:59: westbaystars TO ALL - After fouling a pitch off the left side, Alex grounds out to Ishii at short to end the inning.
18:59: westbaystars TO ALL - A fantastic double play by Ishii kept the Dragons in check that inning.
19:00: westbaystars TO ALL - Still, the Dragons lead 2-0 at the end of three complete.
19:00: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:00: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Fourth
19:00: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:01: westbaystars TO ALL - *** Hanshin leads the Giants 4-0 in the top of the third at Tokyo Dome
19:02: westbaystars TO ALL - Suzuki leads off the fourth inning grounding the ball weakly to Araki at second.
19:02: westbaystars TO ALL - He can't beat it out, and is out number one.
19:02: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up number four batting Woods.
19:04: westbaystars TO ALL - He lines the ball just left of the second base bag, past a laterally jumping Ibata and into center field.
19:04: westbaystars TO ALL - The ball isn't fielded cleanly by Alex in center, but it doesn't get far enough away from him for Woods to take second.
19:05: westbaystars TO ALL - Runner at first, one out, Tamura coming to the plate.
19:06: westbaystars TO ALL - Tamura grounds the ball up the middle. Noguchi reaches out and snow-cones the ball.
19:06: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi turns and throws to second for one, the relay to first is in time, double play!
19:06: westbaystars TO ALL - Yokohama got a base runner, but he was erased with the inning ending double play.
19:07: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:07: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of Fourth
19:07: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:08: westbaystars TO ALL - Mallen has thrown 55 pitches to this point, and really settled down after the first inning.
19:08: westbaystars TO ALL - Nakamura fouls out to Aikawa behind home plate for one quick out.
19:09: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Watanabe.
19:09: westbaystars TO ALL - He lifts the ball to left, but not too deep.
19:09: westbaystars TO ALL - Suzuki comes over and in to play the ball, and we have two quick outs.
19:09: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Tanishige.
19:10: westbaystars TO ALL - While Tanishige has terrorized the BayStars since going to the Dragons, he's 0 for 7 against Mullan.
19:10: westbaystars TO ALL - [That is, Mullen.]
19:10: westbaystars TO ALL - Make that 0 for 8 as he grounds out to Ishii at short to end the inning.
19:10: westbaystars TO ALL - That was a fast one.
19:11: westbaystars TO ALL - Still, Chunichi continues their 2-0 lead at the end of four innings.
19:11: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:11: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Fifth
19:11: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:13: westbaystars TO ALL - Kinjyoh leads off the fifth for Yokohama.
19:13: westbaystars TO ALL - Kinjyoh lines the ball stright up the middle, on one bound to Alex in center.
19:13: westbaystars TO ALL - Lead-off base runner is on.
19:14: westbaystars TO ALL - That'll bring up Murata.
19:16: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi's paces falls to a craw, and we have a 2-2 count.
19:17: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is fouled back, still 2-2.
19:17: westbaystars TO ALL - Is Noguchi so worried about Kinjyoh at first?
19:18: westbaystars TO ALL - A foul and a one bounder to the plate brings the count full.
19:18: westbaystars TO ALL - After so may BayStar batters hitting the first pitch, Murata seems out to make Noguchi work a bit.
19:19: westbaystars TO ALL - With Kinjyoh running, Murata fouls the ball off over the first base dugout.
19:19: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi's 10th offering to Murata is also fouled off.
19:19: westbaystars TO ALL - How far can we go?
19:20: westbaystars TO ALL - Another foul with Kinjyoh running.
19:20: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi's 12th pitch, foul off the right side and into the stands.
19:21: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi's 13th offering, swung on and missed, strike three.
19:21: westbaystars TO ALL - And with Kinjyoh running, Tanishige's throw to second is on the money! K get two.
19:22: westbaystars TO ALL - We now have two outs and nobody on for Aikawa.
19:23: westbaystars TO ALL - But Aikawa strikes out swing on four pitches, and the BayStars are down, three up, three down, although not ...
19:23: westbaystars TO ALL - ... necessarilly in order.
19:23: westbaystars TO ALL - That was the most Noguchi has had to work this evening, although it was only to Murata.
19:24: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:24: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of Fifth
19:24: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:24: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi will lead off the Dragons' half of the fifth inning.
19:24: westbaystars TO ALL - He's 2 for 16 on the year.
19:26: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi swung the bat fairly well, but grounded out to Mullen in the end for the first out of the inning.
19:26: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Araki who singled and later scored in the first inning, the first of three consecutive hits.
19:28: westbaystars TO ALL - After a number of foul balls, Araki hits the ball to straight away center.
19:29: westbaystars TO ALL - But right at Tamura who comes in a couple of steps to make the second out of the inning.
19:29: westbaystars TO ALL - Ibata follows with a fly ball right at Kinjyoh in right, and the Dragons are down in order yet again.
19:30: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen has really settled in very well.
19:30: westbaystars TO ALL - If only he could erase that two run first inning, which accouns for the current score:
19:30: westbaystars TO ALL - Dragons 2 - 0 BayStars.
19:30: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:30: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Sixth
19:30: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:31: westbaystars TO ALL - *** Lotte defeated Daiei 6-5, breaking Daiei's 11 game winning streak.
19:31: westbaystars TO ALL - *** Hanshin continues to lead the Giants 4-0 in the top of the fifth.
19:32: westbaystars TO ALL - *** Hiroshima defeated Yakult 1-0 this afternoon.
19:33: westbaystars TO ALL - Mullen leads off the sixth inning.
19:34: westbaystars TO ALL - And he goes down on strikes for the first out.
19:34: westbaystars TO ALL - To the top of the order in Ishii Takuro.
19:35: westbaystars TO ALL - And Ishii works the count full.
19:36: westbaystars TO ALL - After a foul ball, Ishii takes ball four high. We have a base runner.
19:37: westbaystars TO ALL - That'll bring up Taneda.
19:38: westbaystars TO ALL - This time up he flies out to right for out number two.
19:38: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi didn't take nearly as much time between pitches with Ishii on first as he did with Kinjyoh there.
19:38: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Suzuki.
19:39: westbaystars TO ALL - He's looking like he's lost a bit of weight while he was out of the line-up.
19:39: MHStevie TO ALL - *whew* Finally got here...
19:40: westbaystars TO ALL - Welcome.
19:40: westbaystars TO ALL - Suzuki swings and misses a pitch way low for the final out of the inning.
19:40: westbaystars TO ALL - We got a base runner, but failed to move him beyond first base yet again.
19:40: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:40: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of Sixth
19:40: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:41: westbaystars TO ALL - So far, Chunichi scored two runs in the first inning off of Mullan (still in the game).
19:41: westbaystars TO ALL - Three consecutive hits then two bases on balls did it.
19:42: westbaystars TO ALL - He got out of the bases loaded, no out jam with a strike out (of Watanabe) followed by a double play.
19:42: westbaystars TO ALL - Number three batter Tatsunami leads off the bottom of the sixth for Chunichi.
19:43: westbaystars TO ALL - And he sends the ball back up the middle and inter center field for a base hit.
19:43: westbaystars TO ALL - That's Chunichi's sixth hit of the night.
19:43: westbaystars TO ALL - After the first inning, Mullen has been near perfect.
19:43: MHStevie TO ALL - A rare treat... a non-Giants Sunday night game... =)
19:44: westbaystars TO ALL - Double plays have erased everyone but Fukudome's triple his last at bat.
19:44: westbaystars TO ALL - Yea, thought I'd take advantage of it.
19:44: westbaystars TO ALL - And speaking of Fukudome, he's up right now.
19:45: westbaystars TO ALL - And speaking of double plays, Fukudome grounds the ball back to Mullen, who throws to second for one, the relay to ...
19:45: westbaystars TO ALL - ... first is in time, double play.
19:45: westbaystars TO ALL - Dragons' lead-off base runner is erased once again.
19:45: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Alex.
19:47: westbaystars TO ALL - Alex grounds the ball back up between Mullen's legs.
19:47: westbaystars TO ALL - But Taneda comes over and fields the ball near the second base bag.
19:47: westbaystars TO ALL - He throws to first, and the side is retired in order yet again.
19:47: westbaystars TO ALL - That's been how the game has pretty much gone on both sides since the second inning.
19:48: westbaystars TO ALL - At the end of six complete, Chunichi continues to lead 2-0.
19:48: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:48: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Seventh
19:48: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:48: MHStevie TO ALL - Hanshin's now up 5-0, scoring one in the top of the 5th...
19:48: MHStevie TO ALL - Hiyama doubling to score Akahoshi from third...
19:48: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi has pitched 81 pitches so far this game.
19:48: westbaystars TO ALL - Thanks for the update.
19:49: westbaystars TO ALL - Woods leads off the 'Stars' Lucky Seven.
19:49: MHStevie TO ALL - Keeping an eye on the other game through Yahoo! Sports...
19:50: westbaystars TO ALL - They still haven't updated on this broadcast.
19:50: westbaystars TO ALL - Woods lines the ball left of center.
19:50: westbaystars TO ALL - Alex comes over toward left, and makes the catch.
19:50: westbaystars TO ALL - One out.
19:50: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Tamura, who swings and misses at the first pitch, totally fooled.
19:51: westbaystars TO ALL - Tamura is hitless in his last 14 at bats.
19:51: westbaystars TO ALL - So he's due, right?
19:52: westbaystars TO ALL - That's what my Dad used to always say with struggling players.
19:52: westbaystars TO ALL - Speaking of whom, happy Fathers Day to any Dads out there.
19:52: MHStevie TO ALL - Yeah, I hear that on baseball broadcasts here too... =)
19:52: MHStevie TO ALL - Yes, Happy Fathers' Day!
19:52: westbaystars TO ALL - Tamura goes down swinging at a high pitch, so he remains due.
19:53: MHStevie TO ALL - Greetings, habs!
19:53: westbaystars TO ALL - That'll bring up Kinjyoh.
19:53: westbaystars TO ALL - I think the game review is still visible at the top.
19:54: westbaystars TO ALL - Kinjyoh goes fishing at a pitch in the dirt, and the side is retired.
19:55: westbaystars TO ALL - The BayStars are retired in order yet again.
19:55: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:55: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of Seventh
19:55: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
19:55: habs TO ALL - Greetings and happy fathers day.
19:56: westbaystars TO ALL - Thank you. And the kids are calling to be tucked in.
19:56: westbaystars TO ALL - I'll be right back.
19:57: MHStevie TO ALL - In other news, habs, Hanshin's leading Yomiuri 5-0 in the bottom of the 5th...
19:57: westbaystars TO ALL - Back in time for the 2-2 pitch to Nakamura.
19:58: westbaystars TO ALL - He grounds the ball to Taneda at second, and becomes the first out of the Dragons' Lucky Seven.
19:58: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Watanabe, who started the Dragons' downfall in the first.
19:59: westbaystars TO ALL - He's swinging at the first pitch, grounding to Murata at third.
19:59: westbaystars TO ALL - The throw is off-line, but Woods plays it with his right foot on the back and standing outside the line on the home ...
19:59: westbaystars TO ALL - ... plate side.
19:59: westbaystars TO ALL - Two quick outs.
20:00: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up Tanishige, who hasn't had runners on in any at bat this evening, thus hasn't hit.
20:00: westbaystars TO ALL - At least, that's my hypothisis, after seeing him kill the BayStars over the past few years with runners on.
20:01: westbaystars TO ALL - He grounds out to Murata a third, who throws the ball to the same spot as last time.
20:01: westbaystars TO ALL - The Dragons go down in order yet again.
20:01: westbaystars TO ALL - This is getting pretty repetitive.
20:02: westbaystars TO ALL - Yet, at the end of seven complete, the Dragons continue to lead 2-0.
20:02: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
20:02: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Eighth
20:02: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
20:02: habs TO ALL - Any news on pete?
20:03: westbaystars TO ALL - Murata leads off the eighth for Yokohama.
20:03: westbaystars TO ALL - I hadn't seen any mention of him lately, sorry.
20:04: westbaystars TO ALL - Murata grounds Noguchi's first offering just inside the third base line and off the glove of a diving Tatsunami.
20:04: westbaystars TO ALL - The ball continues on into the left field corner.
20:04: westbaystars TO ALL - And before it's brought back in, Murata becomes the first BayStar to reach second base this evening.
20:06: westbaystars TO ALL - Yamashita-kantoku comes out to ask about Noguchi's first pitch to Odajima, pinch hitting for Aikawa.
20:07: westbaystars TO ALL - He thought the ball was a bit low to be called strike one, but didn't say exactly as much.
20:08: westbaystars TO ALL - First base umpire says that Odajima held up on the 2-2 pitch to bring the count full.
20:08: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is swung on and missed, strike out!
20:08: westbaystars TO ALL - That's Noguchi's 100th pitch of the evening.
20:08: westbaystars TO ALL - And that brings Ochiai-kantoku out of the Chunichi dugout.
20:09: westbaystars TO ALL - He says what he wants, Noguchi agrees with him, and Ochiai heads back to the first base side dugout.
20:09: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings up pinch hitter Koike for Mullen.
20:10: westbaystars TO ALL - This is the BayStars' first chance with a runner in scoring position, Yamashita-kantoku is trying to make the most of it
20:10: westbaystars TO ALL - But Koike goes down swinging on three pitches, two outs.
20:11: westbaystars TO ALL - Runner still at second.
20:11: westbaystars TO ALL - Back to the top of the order in Ishii Takuro.
20:12: westbaystars TO ALL - He's dropped to .298, 0 for 2 and a walk this evening.
20:13: westbaystars TO ALL - Ishii takes four pitches, the last two for strikes. 2-2.
20:13: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is low and away, full count.
20:14: westbaystars TO ALL - The sixth pitch to Ishii is taking high and tight, ball four.
20:14: westbaystars TO ALL - That puts runners at first and second with two outs.
20:14: westbaystars TO ALL - Taneda comes up.
20:15: westbaystars TO ALL - Taneda has been swinging at first pitches all night (1 for 3), but takes this one in the dirt.
20:15: westbaystars TO ALL - The second pitch is handcuffed to Ibata at short, and the side is retired.
20:15: westbaystars TO ALL - The BayStars got a runner to second with nobody out, but no further.
20:16: westbaystars TO ALL - With one at bat left to go, they continue to trail 0-2.
20:16: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
20:16: westbaystars TO ALL - Bottom of Eighth
20:16: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
20:16: habs TO ALL - How come baystars didn't bunt the runner to third?
20:17: MHStevie TO ALL - Yomiuri scored in the bottom of the 6th, but that was it... still behind 5-1 to Hanshin.
20:18: MHStevie TO ALL - Rhodes singled to bring Motoki home from 2nd...
20:18: westbaystars TO ALL - Yamada Hiroshi comes in to pitch for Yokohama.
20:19: westbaystars TO ALL - The first "batter" he'll face is opposing pitcher Noguchi, staying in the game.
20:19: westbaystars TO ALL - And Noguchi goes down swinging at a ball way outside for the first out.
20:19: westbaystars TO ALL - That brings us to the top of the order in Araki.
20:20: westbaystars TO ALL - I think that Yamashita-kantoku was more concerned with getting two runs than just one.
20:20: westbaystars TO ALL - Instead, he gone none, huh?
20:21: westbaystars TO ALL - Yamada goes full count to Araki.
20:21: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is grounded right at Ishii at short.
20:21: westbaystars TO ALL - The throw to first is in plenty of time for the second out of the inning.
20:22: habs TO ALL - I think he should have put a little pressure on with the bunt.
20:22: westbaystars TO ALL - Ibata comes up next.
20:23: westbaystars TO ALL - And the count goes full again.
20:24: westbaystars TO ALL - The next play is grounded up the middle.
20:24: westbaystars TO ALL - Taneda back hands the ball on a dash directed behind the second base bag.
20:24: westbaystars TO ALL - He fires the ball to first, and gets the speedy Ibata!
20:25: westbaystars TO ALL - Woods held his foot on first with the long, high stretch toward right.
20:25: westbaystars TO ALL - Great play by both fielders.
20:25: westbaystars TO ALL - That retires the side in order yet again.
20:25: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
20:25: westbaystars TO ALL - Top of Ninth
20:25: westbaystars TO ALL - ---
20:26: westbaystars TO ALL - Number three batting Suzuki comes up first in this, Yokohama's last stand.
20:27: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi is still on the mound for Chunichi, looking for the complete game shutout.
20:27: westbaystars TO ALL - Suzuki helps the cause by fouling out just behind the third base bag to Tatsunami.
20:27: westbaystars TO ALL - One quick out.
20:27: westbaystars TO ALL - That'll bring up T. Woods.
20:27: westbaystars TO ALL - Who takes strike one on the inside corner.
20:28: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is grounded to Araki at second.
20:28: westbaystars TO ALL - And easy throw to first, and the BayStars are down to their last out.
20:28: westbaystars TO ALL - Tamura stands in, and takes ball one.
20:29: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is lifted high behind the plate.
20:29: westbaystars TO ALL - Tanishige runs back, but the ball clears the back net, foul.
20:30: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi nods, sets, throws in the dirt at Tamura's right foot (right handed batter), ball two.
20:30: westbaystars TO ALL - The next pitch is swung on and missed, 2-2.
20:30: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi's 2-2 pitch is in the dirt, taken. Full count.
20:30: westbaystars TO ALL - The crowd starts the "ato ikkyu" (one more pitch) chant.
20:31: westbaystars TO ALL - And Tamura fouls the next pitch to the left side.
20:31: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi nods, sets, throws, Tamura swings and misses, strike three!
20:31: westbaystars TO ALL - The ball game is over.
20:31: westbaystars TO ALL - Noguchi gets the complete game shut-out.
20:32: habs TO ALL - Quick game today.
20:32: MHStevie TO ALL - Nice game for him...
20:32: westbaystars TO ALL - The two runs given up by Mullen in the first proved to be too many.
20:32: westbaystars TO ALL - Yea, just under 2 1/2 hours, as the game started at 6:04.
20:33: westbaystars TO ALL - ***
20:33: westbaystars TO ALL - Final
20:33: westbaystars TO ALL - Yokohama BayStars 0 - 2 Chunichi Dragons
20:33: westbaystars TO ALL - ***
20:35: westbaystars TO ALL - In his Hero Interview, Noguchi says that Ochiai, in the eighth, came out and basically told him that the game is his.
20:35: MHStevie TO ALL - That did seem fast...
20:35: westbaystars TO ALL - And he went on to get his first shut-out in three years.
20:36: westbaystars TO ALL - Both starters pitched very well (first inning excluded for Mullen).
20:36: westbaystars TO ALL - When the starters can carry the game, the game tends to go fast.
20:36: westbaystars TO ALL - It's middle relief that seem to take forever to throw the ball.
20:37: MHStevie TO ALL - Hanshin tacked on two more runs, leading now 7-1 in the bottom of the 7th...
20:37: habs TO ALL - Thats for sure.
20:38: MHStevie TO ALL - So "ato ikkyu" means "one more pitch"...
20:38: MHStevie TO ALL - Does "ato hitori" mean "one more batter"?
20:38: westbaystars TO ALL - Yep.
20:38: habs TO ALL - I don't like over here when the manager brings in a relief pitcher for one batter.
20:39: MHStevie TO ALL - I heard both phrases in my NPB videogame...
20:39: westbaystars TO ALL - Ato = "after" in general, "one more" in this case.
20:39: westbaystars TO ALL - Ikkyu is the kanji "one" and "ball."
20:39: MHStevie TO ALL - habs: I agree... that kind of matching up pitchers to specific batters grinds the game to a halt...
20:40: westbaystars TO ALL - Hitori is the kanji "one" and "person" to mean "single person"?
20:42: habs TO ALL - Westbaystar are some of the fields in Japan smaller than MLB parks?
20:43: westbaystars TO ALL - This has been brought up a number of times.
20:43: westbaystars TO ALL - The main difference is the shape of stadiums, more than the dimensions.
20:43: MHStevie TO ALL - west: That makes sense... thanks for the info!
20:45: westbaystars TO ALL - Japanese parks are all semetrical.
20:45: westbaystars TO ALL - Most are now 100 meters down the lines, 120 meters to straight away center.
20:46: westbaystars TO ALL - They don't list the power-alleys' lengths, but from what others have said, the power alleys are shallower.
20:47: westbaystars TO ALL - Here's the thread that best explains:
20:47: westbaystars TO ALL - http://www.japanesebaseball.com/forum/thread.jsp?forum=1&thread=659
20:48: MHStevie TO ALL - So that means straight-away center is only a shade over 360 ft.?
20:50: habs TO ALL - Are two teams folding over in Japan?
20:52: westbaystars TO ALL - If you say so. I don't have a meter/feet conversion handy.
20:52: westbaystars TO ALL - Kintetsu and Orix appear to be merging. There's still a great deal of speculation on if another two teams will ...
20:52: westbaystars TO ALL - ... merge or not.
20:53: westbaystars TO ALL - http://www.japanbaseballdaily.com/merger.html has all the latest details.
20:54: MHStevie TO ALL - I've been hearing that too... perhaps going to a 10-team, 2-division format?
20:55: westbaystars TO ALL - That's the main speculation.
20:56: westbaystars TO ALL - Although Lotte's president has stated that five teams in the Pacific League can work.
20:56: westbaystars TO ALL - That's interesting, considering how the Pacific League owners have been clamoring for years for inter-league play.
20:57: westbaystars TO ALL - Lotte's owner's son, who is the respresentative for the team, said that the Pacific League could
20:57: westbaystars TO ALL - add teams from Korea and/or Taiwan.
20:58: westbaystars TO ALL - This is a proposal I've been putting forward for a few years, now.
20:58: MHStevie TO ALL - Yeah, I'd be most intrigued by the possibility of inter-league play...
20:58: westbaystars TO ALL - It was nice to see someone with influence say it.
20:58: MHStevie TO ALL - That would be interesting too... sort of a pan-Asian league?
20:59: MHStevie TO ALL - Is there a pitcher for Hanshin named Moreru, or something like that?
21:00: westbaystars TO ALL - See here for more of what I've proposed: http://www.japanesebaseball.com/forum/thread.jsp?forum=17&thread=3088
21:01: westbaystars TO ALL - Ramon Morel: http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=1816
21:03: westbaystars TO ALL - I'm afraid that that's it for the night.
21:03: MHStevie TO ALL - Ah, thanks... I hadn't seen his name before, but he's relieving for Igawa now...
21:04: westbaystars TO ALL - As always, it's a pleasure. Even when the 'Stars don't win.
21:04: MHStevie TO ALL - All right... thanks again, Westbay-san! Great job as always...
21:04: westbaystars TO ALL - Take care, all. Transcript will be posted shortly.
21:04: habs TO ALL - Again you did a great job.
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