TOP OF THE 1ST | Hosho Reliables batting - Pitching for Sapporo Bears : RHP Arata Komatsu | Pitching: RHP Arata Komatsu | | Batting: SHB Sunao Morioka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Ball 3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 96.9 MPH) | Batting: RHB Bill Bloom | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 23F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 89M, EV 102.5 MPH) | Batting: RHB Yamahiko Hirata | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2LF 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 92.5 MPH) | Batting: RHB Jokichi Kono | 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 23, EV 80.6 MPH) | Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Hosho 0 - Sapporo 0 | BOTTOM OF THE 1ST | Sapporo Bears batting - Pitching for Hosho Reliables : LHP Shinki Kimura | Pitching: LHP Shinki Kimura | | Batting: LHB Tetsuya Tanaka | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2RF 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F 1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD, EV 95.6 MPH) | Batting: RHB Torai Yamamoto | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 6-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 103.8 MPH) | Batting: RHB Ukyo Ota | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 97.5 MPH) Torai Yamamoto to second | Batting: RHB Tadami Ishii | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging | Batting: RHB Milt Jenks | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out swinging | Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Hosho 0 - Sapporo 0 | TOP OF THE 2ND | Hosho Reliables batting - Pitching for Sapporo Bears : RHP Arata Komatsu | Batting: LHB Zeshin Abe | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging | Batting: LHB Masaki Yamaguchi | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 4M, EV 102.5 MPH) (infield hit) | Batting: RHB Tomohiko Hamano | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 5, EV 105.6 MPH) | Batting: RHB Kikaku Hamasaki | 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 89.4 MPH) | Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Hosho 0 - Sapporo 0 | BOTTOM OF THE 2ND | Sapporo Bears batting - Pitching for Hosho Reliables : LHP Shinki Kimura | Batting: RHB Naota Kodama | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Base on Balls | Batting: LHB Honoo Fujioka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Sac Bunt to 13S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3 Naota Kodama to second | Batting: RHB Kiyoemon Hayashida | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF 0-2: Strikes out swinging | Batting: LHB Arata Komatsu | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 96.9 MPH) Naota Kodama to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home Arata Komatsu to second | Batting: LHB Tetsuya Tanaka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMFF 2-2: Strikes out swinging | Bottom of the 2nd over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Hosho 0 - Sapporo 1 | TOP OF THE 3RD | Hosho Reliables batting - Pitching for Sapporo Bears : RHP Arata Komatsu | Batting: LHB Shinki Kimura | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 25FF 1-2: Strikes out swinging | Batting: SHB Sunao Morioka | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out swinging | Batting: RHB Bill Bloom | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89S, EV 91.3 MPH) | Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Hosho 0 - Sapporo 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 3RD | Sapporo Bears batting - Pitching for Hosho Reliables : LHP Shinki Kimura | Batting: RHB Torai Yamamoto | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 79.4 MPH) | Batting: RHB Ukyo Ota | 0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF 3-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first. | Batting: RHB Tadami Ishii | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5DF 1-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34, EV 83.8 MPH) | Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Hosho 0 - Sapporo 1 | TOP OF THE 4TH | Hosho Reliables batting - Pitching for Sapporo Bears : RHP Arata Komatsu | Batting: RHB Yamahiko Hirata | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 106.9 MPH) | Batting: RHB Jokichi Kono | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 3-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 96.3 MPH) | Batting: LHB Zeshin Abe | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F4 (Line Drive, 4D, EV 69.4 MPH) | Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Hosho 0 - Sapporo 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 4TH | Sapporo Bears batting - Pitching for Hosho Reliables : LHP Shinki Kimura | Batting: RHB Milt Jenks | 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 93.1 MPH) | Batting: RHB Naota Kodama | 0-0: Ground out 2-3 (Groundball, 2R, EV 70.6 MPH) | Batting: LHB Honoo Fujioka | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F 0-2: Strikes out looking | Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Hosho 0 - Sapporo 1 | TOP OF THE 5TH | Hosho Reliables batting - Pitching for Sapporo Bears : RHP Arata Komatsu | Batting: LHB Masaki Yamaguchi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Swinging Strike 3-2: Strikes out swinging | Batting: RHB Tomohiko Hamano | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 83.8 MPH) | Batting: RHB Kikaku Hamasaki | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 106.3 MPH) | Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Hosho 0 - Sapporo 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 5TH | Sapporo Bears batting - Pitching for Hosho Reliables : LHP Shinki Kimura | Batting: RHB Kiyoemon Hayashida | 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 13, EV 76.3 MPH) | Batting: LHB Arata Komatsu | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Called Strike 3-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 15S, EV 88.8 MPH) | Batting: LHB Tetsuya Tanaka | 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3, EV 79.4 MPH) | Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Hosho 0 - Sapporo 1 | TOP OF THE 6TH | Hosho Reliables batting - Pitching for Sapporo Bears : RHP Arata Komatsu | Batting: LHB Shinki Kimura | 0-0: Ball 1-0: DOUBLE (Flyball, 7LM, EV 107.5 MPH) | Batting: SHB Sunao Morioka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 81.9 MPH) | Batting: RHB Bill Bloom | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF 3-2: Strikes out swinging | Batting: RHB Yamahiko Hirata | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3SF, EV 85.6 MPH) | Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Hosho 0 - Sapporo 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 6TH | Sapporo Bears batting - Pitching for Hosho Reliables : LHP Shinki Kimura | Batting: RHB Torai Yamamoto | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 3SF 1-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34, EV 98.8 MPH) | Batting: RHB Ukyo Ota | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Base on Balls | Batting: RHB Tadami Ishii | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls Ukyo Ota to second | Batting: RHB Milt Jenks | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F 0-2: Strikes out looking | Batting: RHB Naota Kodama | 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Line Drive, 3L, EV 66.3 MPH) | Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Hosho 0 - Sapporo 1 | TOP OF THE 7TH | Hosho Reliables batting - Pitching for Sapporo Bears : RHP Arata Komatsu | Batting: RHB Jokichi Kono | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 91.9 MPH) | Batting: LHB Zeshin Abe | 0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6M, EV 107.5 MPH) Jokichi Kono to second | Batting: LHB Masaki Yamaguchi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 34, EV 85.0 MPH) Jokichi Kono to third Zeshin Abe to second | DELAY | Rain delay of 30 minutes in the 7th inning. | Batting: RHB Tomohiko Hamano | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF 1-2: Ball 2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 108.8 MPH) Jokichi Kono scores Zeshin Abe to third Masaki Yamaguchi to second Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home | Pitching: RHP Kazou Nakamoto | | Batting: RHB Kikaku Hamasaki | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 13S, EV 85.0 MPH) | Pinch Hitting: RHB Hank Dunham | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging | Batting: SHB Sunao Morioka | 0-0: DOUBLE (Groundball, 3L, EV 100.6 MPH) Masaki Yamaguchi scores Tomohiko Hamano to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to trailing runner, SAFE at third! | Batting: RHB Bill Bloom | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Ball 3-0: Base on Balls | Batting: RHB Yamahiko Hirata | 0-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6, EV 63.8 MPH) | Top of the 7th over - 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Hosho 4 - Sapporo 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 7TH | Sapporo Bears batting - Pitching for Hosho Reliables : LHP Shinki Kimura | Pitching: RHP Zenichiro Tsuji | | Now at 1B: Senichi Kawakami | | Batting: LHB Honoo Fujioka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 99.4 MPH) | Batting: RHB Kiyoemon Hayashida | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF 1-1: Ball 2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 86.9 MPH) | Pinch Hitting: LHB Ryunosuke Onishi | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6MS, EV 79.4 MPH) | Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Hosho 4 - Sapporo 1 | TOP OF THE 8TH | Hosho Reliables batting - Pitching for Sapporo Bears : RHP Kazou Nakamoto | Pitching: LHP Washi Shibata | | Batting: RHB Jokichi Kono | 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RD, EV 91.3 MPH) | Batting: LHB Zeshin Abe | 0-0: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 71.9 MPH) | Batting: LHB Masaki Yamaguchi | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 81.3 MPH) | Batting: RHB Tomohiko Hamano | 0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4MS, EV 75.6 MPH) | Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Hosho 4 - Sapporo 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 8TH | Sapporo Bears batting - Pitching for Hosho Reliables : RHP Zenichiro Tsuji | Batting: LHB Tetsuya Tanaka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78D, EV 108.1 MPH) | Batting: RHB Torai Yamamoto | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out swinging | Batting: RHB Ukyo Ota | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 96.3 MPH) | Batting: RHB Tadami Ishii | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF 2-1: Ball 3-1: Called Strike 3-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 15, EV 71.9 MPH) | Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Hosho 4 - Sapporo 1 | TOP OF THE 9TH | Hosho Reliables batting - Pitching for Sapporo Bears : LHP Washi Shibata | Batting: RHB Kikaku Hamasaki | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 110.6 MPH) | Batting: RHB Senichi Kawakami | 0-0: Fly out, F6 (Popup, 6M, EV 61.3 MPH) | Batting: SHB Sunao Morioka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F 1-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89XD, EV 107.5 MPH) | Pinch Hitting: RHB Yasunori Smith | 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 107.5 MPH) Sunao Morioka to third | Batting: RHB Yamahiko Hirata | 0-0: Ball Wild Pitch! Sunao Morioka scores Yasunori Smith to second 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5SF 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out looking | Top of the 9th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Hosho 5 - Sapporo 1 | BOTTOM OF THE 9TH | Sapporo Bears batting - Pitching for Hosho Reliables : RHP Zenichiro Tsuji | Pitching: RHP Michito Yanagi | | Batting: RHB Milt Jenks | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Strikes out swinging | Batting: RHB Naota Kodama | 0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 105.6 MPH) | Batting: LHB Honoo Fujioka | 0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Strikes out swinging Naota Kodama is caught stealing 2nd base 2-6 Batter strikes out. | Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Hosho 5 - Sapporo 1 | |