Rakuten Golden Eagles~Turning it Around

April 1, 2011~Tomura gets the start in his debut

(1-4-1)
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(2-4)

Eagles SP. Tanaka
Buffaloes SP. Kaneko

Eagles 2, Buffaloes 2
W: NONE
L: NONE
S: NONE

Eagles Lineup:
1. Hijirisawa CF: 2-5
2. Matsui SS: 0-4, BB
3. Iwamura 3rd: 2-5, RBI
4. Yamasaki DH: 2-5
5. Kasuno 1st: 1-5, HR, RBI
6. Tomura RF: 1-4
-- Teppei: 0-1
7. Yokogawa LF: 1-5
8. Shima C: 1-4
9. Takasu 2nd: 1-4

Eagles Pitching:
Tanaka: 8 innings, 0 R, 1 H, 11 K's, 2.40 ERA
Rasner: 3 innings, 2 ER, 2 R, 4 H, 3 K's, 3.60 ERA
Mima: 1 inning, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 0.00 ERA

Buffaloes Lineup:
1. Sakaguchi CF: 0-4, BB
2. Ohbiki SS: 1-4, BB
3. Gotoh 2nd: 0-5
4. T-Okada DH: 1-5, HR, 2 RBI
5. Kitagawa 1st: 1-4, 2B, BB
6. Caraballo LF: 1-5
7. Baldiris 3rd: 0-5
8. Hidaka C: 2-4
9. Mariyama RF: 0-4

Buffaloes Pitching:
Kaneko: 6 innings, 1 ER, 1 R, 8 H, 2 K's, 6.75 ERA
Yoshino: 2 innings, 0 R, 1 H, 3 K's, 0.00 ERA
Hirano: 2 innings, 1 ER, 1 R, 1 H, 0 K's, 1.42 ERA
Kishida: 2 innings, 0 R, 1 H, 0 K's, 0.00 ERA

HR:
T-Okada (3)
Kasuno (1)

RBI:
T-Okada (10)
Kasuno (1)
Iwamura (2)

MVP(s):
NONE
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Tomura came out of the game, but should be back soon. He will not play in the next few games. Stinks to have your debut, then get injured.

April 2, 2011

(1-4-2)
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(2-4-1)

Eagles 1, Buffaloes 0
W: Iwakuma (1)
L: Terahara (2)
S: Koyama (1)

Notable Players:
Tomura surprisingly played today, and went 1-3, BB

MVP(s):
Tanaka~Pitched 8 innings without giving up a run
Kusano~Drove in the only run with a Sac Fly

April 3, 2011

(1-5-1)
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(3-4-1)

Eagles 8, Buffaloes 0
W: Isaka (2)
L: Nishimi (2)

MVP(s):
Tomura~Homered and got 3 RBI
Isaka~Complete game shutout

April 5, 2011

(4-4-1) 3rd Place
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(3-5-0) 5th Place

Eagles 4, Lions 9
W: Kishi (2)
L: Shiomi (2)

Notable Players:
Matsui~3-4, HR, 2 2B, RBI
Yokogawa~1-4, HR, RBI
Shima~1-4, 2B, 2 RBI

MVP(s):
Kishi~Pitched a complete game

April 6, 2011

Who will stay 3rd place, or even move up to 2nd place?
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(4-5-1) 3rd Place
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(4-5-1) 3rd Place

Eagles 2, Lions 6
W: Ishii (1)
L: Isaka (1)

Notable Players:
Yamasaki~1-4, HR, RBI
Matsui~1-4, 2B, RBI

MVP(s):
Fernandez~Drove in go-ahead run
Ishii~Got the win

April 14, 2011

(6-9-1) 5th Place
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(6-10-1) 6th Place

Eagles SP. T. Hoshi
Marines SP. Ono

Eagles 8, Marines 2
W: T. Hoshi (1)
L: Ono (2)

Eagles Lineup:
1. Hijirisawa CF: 2-4, RBI, BB, .254 AVG
2. Uchimura 2nd: 1-5, .261 AVG
3. Tomura LF: 2-5, 2B, .302 AVG
4. Yamasaki DH: 3-5, 4 RBI, HR, .259 AVG
5. Takasu 3rd: 3-5, 2B, RBI, .255 AVG
6. Teppei RF: 1-3, 2 BB, .226 AVG
7. Matsui SS: 0-4, BB, RBI, .275 AVG
8. Shima C: 1-4, BB, RBI, .215 AVG
9. Kusano 1st: 0-4, .125 AVG

Eagles Pitching:
T. Hoshi: 7 1/3 innings, 2 ER, 2 R, 5 H, 4 K's, 2.35 ERA
Speir: 1 2/3 innings, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K's, 3.00 ERA

Marines Lineup:
1. Okada CF: 2-4, .181 AVG
2. Ishimine RF: 1-3, BB, .222 AVG
3. Iguchi 2nd: 1-4, RBI, .233 AVG
4. Fukuura 1st: 1-4, RBI, .215 AVG
5. Imae 3rd: 1-4, .308 AVG
6. Satozaki: 0-4, .133 AVG
7. Ohmatsu DH: 0-4, .158 AVG
8. Nemoto SS: 0-4, .256 AVG
9. Kudoh LF: 0-4, .175 AVG

Marines Pitching:
Ono: 1 inning, 6 ER, 6 R, 7 H, 0 K's, 7.50 ERA
Kawagoe: 3 innings, 1 ER, 2 R, 2 H, 4 K's, 0.93 ERA
Yamamato: 1/3 innings, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K's, 2.84 ERA
Itoh: 1 1/3 innings, 0 R, 2 H, 1 K, 4.70 ERA
Carlos: 2 1/3 innings, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 4.50 ERA
Uchi: 1 inning, 0 R, 1 H, 0 K's, 0.00 ERA

HR:
Yamasaki (2)

RBI:
Yamasaki (5)
Hijirisawa (7)
Takasau (3)
Matsui ( 8 )
Shima (7)
Iguchi (10)
Fukuura (10)

MVP(s):
T. Hoshi~First NPB Win
Yamasaki~Great game on the offensive side

~T. Hoshi and Yamasaki

Today the Eagles came to play. In just the first inning, they got six runs. Yamasaki getting two of those RBI with a homer. T. Hoshi, who to
everyone's surprise was pitching today (Pitched day before giving up two runs in eight innings of work [Loss]), pitched a good 7 1/3 innings.
He had the shut-out going into the seventh, but gave up a couple hits, making in 8-2. Speir then came in for 1 2/3 innings of work, and shut
them down. 8-2 the final.

April 20, 2011

(14-8-0) 1st Place
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(9-12-1) 5th Place

Eagles SP. Isaka
Hawks SP. Yamada

Eagles 2, Hawks 3
W: Aoyama (1)
L: Ohba (1)

Eagles Lineup:
1. Hijirisawa CF: 1-5
2. Matsui SS: 1-4, BB
3. Iwamura 3rd: 1-5, 2 RBI
4. Yamasaki DH: 1-5
5. Kasuno 1st: 1-5
6. Tamura RF: 2-4
7. Yokogawa LF: 0-4
8. Shima C: 0-3, BB
9. Uchimura 2nd: 2-4

Eagles Pitching:
Isaka: 6 innings, 1 ER, 1 R, 4 H, K's, 7.43 ERA
Katayama: 1 inning, 1 ER, 1 R, 1 H, 1 K, 5.52 ERA
Mima: 1 inning, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 0.69 ERA
Aoyama: 3 innings, 1 ER, 1 R, 3 H, 1 K, 1.20 ERA

Hawks Lineup:
1. Kawasaki SS: 2-5, RBI
2. Honda 2nd: 1-5
3. Uchikawa LF: 1-5
4. Kokubo 1st: 0-4, BB
5. Matsunaka DH: 0-4, BB, RBI
6. Tamura RF: 1-6
7. Matsuda 3rd: 1-4, BB
8. Hasgawa CF: 1-3, 2 BB
9. Hosokawa C: 1-4, BB, RBI

Hawks Pitching:
Yamada: 8 innings, 2 ER, 2 R, 6 H, 1 K, 4.18 ERA
Kim: 2 innings, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K's, 1.69 ERA
Ohba: 2 innings, 0 R, 2 H, 1 K, 3.86 ERA

HR:
NONE

RBI:
Iwamura (5)
Hosokawa (15)
Matsunaka (12)
Kawasaki (14)

MVP:
Hosokawa~Go-Ahead RBI

~Hosokawa

This was basically a pitcher's duel. Both pitchers came to fight, and they put up a well fought fight. The Hawks struck first, and made it 1-0 in the first inning. It was off of a walk with the bases loaded.

The Hawks came around again in the seventh off of an RBI single by Kawasaki. No more damage was done that inning.

The Eagles finally came out to play in the 8th. First Shima walked to first on a bases on balls. With one out Hijirisara got a single to make it men on first and second. Kaz Matsui then got a hit to make the bases loaded, one out with Iwamura coming up. Iwamura started out not so great getting down 0-2 by fouling two off. Then he got back to playing baseball, and got the count to 2-2. Then he got one RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE, and smacked it through second and first making it 2-2 tie ball game.



Then the game went into extras. The pitchers were good getting the game into the 11th without giving up a single hit. Then in the top of the 11th Hosokawa got the go-ahead RBI making it 3-2 Hawks the final.

April 26, 2011

(13-12-0) 4th Place
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(11-15-1) 5th Place

Eagles SP. Shiomi
Lions SP. Hoashi

Eagles 3, Lions 4 (11 innings)
W: Hoashi (1)
L: Aoyama (3)

Eagles Lineup:
1. Hijirisawa CF: 1-5, 2B
2. Matsui SS: 1-4, BB, RBI
3. Iwamura 3rd: 1-5, 2B
4. Yamasaki DH: 4-5, HR, 2 RBI
5. Kasuno 1st: 0-5
6. Tamura RF: 2-3, BB
7. Yokogawa LF: 0-4
8. Shima C: 1-4
9. Uchimura 2nd: 2-4

Eagles Pitching:
Shiomi: 6 innings, 2 ER, 2 R, 5 H, 4 K's, 5.54 ERA
Speir: 1 2/3 innings, 1 ER, 1 R, 4 H, 1 K, 2.89 ERA
Aoyama: 2 1/3 innings, 1 ER, 1 R, 4 H, 1 K, 2.18 ERA

Lions Lineup:
1. Kataoka 2nd: 4-4, BB, 2 2B
2. Kuriyama CF: 0-2, 3 BB
3. H. Nakajima SS: 0-5
4. Nakamura 3rd: 2-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI
5. Fernandez DH: 2-5, 2B
6. Brown RF: 3-5
7. Asamura 1st: 2-5, RBI
8. Ginjuro C: 0-4
9. Akiyama LF: 0-3

Lions Pitching:
Haoshi: 11 innings, 3 ER, 3 R, 12 H, 2 K's, 3.71 ERA

HR:
Nakamura (18,19)
Yamasaki (3)

RBI:
Nakamura (35,36,37)
Asamura (11)
Yamasaki (8]
Matsui (12)

MVP(s):
Asamura~Go-ahead run

~Asamura

Welp it started off great for the Lions, scoring 2 in the 1st off of a Nakamura HR. The Eagles came back in the third scoring 2 off of two RBI hits by Yamasaki and Matsui. The Eagles struck again in the bottom of the 8th, scoring by a Yamasaki HR making it 3-2 Eagles. Speir just couldn't take the heat, and gave up the tying RBI to the Lions. The Lions then got a go-ahead hit up the middle in the 10th off of Aoyama to win it 4-3.

April in Review

This wasn't a very good month for the Golden Eagles. They finished the month 12-19-1 in 5th place. The Eagles have picked up two new players though, Tomura and Hoshi. The Eagles hope that they do well throughout the season, and make it to the playoffs.

Rakuten Golden Eagles

Nagai: 1.18 ERA, 4 W, 1 L, 0 S, 35 K's
Tanaka: 2.17 ERA, 1 W, 3 L, 0 S, 45 K's
Mima: 0.47 ERA, 0 W, 0 L, 0 S, 22 K's
Koyama: 2.08 ERA, 0 W, 0 L, 1 S, 8 K's
T. Hoshi: 2.76 ERA, 2 W, 2 L, 0 S, 23 K's
Aoyama: 3.00 ERA, 1 W, 4 L, 1 S, 14 K's
Rasner: 3.09 ERA, 0 W, 0 L, 6 S, 9 K's
Iwakuma: 3.18 ERA, 2 W, 2 L, 0 S, 23 K's
Katayama: 3.42 ERA, 1 W, 0 L, 0 S, 18 K's
Speir: 4.91 ERA, 1 W, 0 L, 0 S, 8 K's
Shiomi: 5.52 ERA, 0 W, 4 L, 0 S, 19 K's
Isaka: 8.22 ERA, 0 W, 1 L, 0 S, 9 K's
Arime: 11.5 ERA, 0 W, 0 L, 0 S, 0 K's
Jimenez: 29.4 ERA, 0 W, 2 L, 0 S, 1 K
Tamura: .277 AVG, 32 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 2 SB
Yamasaki: .252 AVG, 35 H, 4 2B, 0 3B, 4 HR, 12 RBI, 0 SB
Hijirisawa: .244 AVG, 43 H, 6 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 2 SB
Matsui: .240 AVG, 38 H, 5 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 2 SB
Shima: .232 AVG, 30 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 0 SB
Yokogawa: .202 AVG, 31 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR, 10 RBI, 1 SB
Iwamura: .196 AVG, 21 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 0 SB
Kasuno: .144 AVG, 19 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 0 SB
Teppei: .125 AVG, 2 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 2 SB
Nakashima: .143 AVG, 1 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Ruiz: .200 AVG, 1 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Uchimura: .267 AVG, 12 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Takasu: .245 AVG, 23 H, 6 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 8 RBI, 0 SB
Makida: .214 AVG, 3 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Pacific Standings
1. (19-10-2) -- GB
2. (20-11-0) 0.0 GB
3. (16-14-0) 3.5 GB
4. (13-17-2) 6.5 GB
5. (12-19-1) 8.0 GB
6. (10-19-1) 9.0 GB

League Leaders
ERA
1. Darvish 0.44
2. Naruse 0.63
3. Nagai 1.18

Wins
1. Darvish 7
2. Sugiuchi 5
3. Nagai 4

Strikeouts
1. Darvish 84
2. Sugiuchi 50
3. Tanaka 45

Saves
1. Falkenborg 8
2. Rasner 6
3. Kishida 5

AVG
1. Kawasaki .348
2. Kuriyama .345
3. Itoi .320

HR
1. Nakamura 21
2. Yokogawa 6
3. T-Okada 5

RBI
1. Nakamura 40
2. Nakajima 25
3. T-Okada 24

SB
1. Kawasaki 10
2. Nakajima 8
3. Itoi 7

May 1, 2011

(12-19-1) 5th Place
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(13-17-2) 4th Place

Eagles SP. T. Hoshi
Buffaloes SP. Figaro

Eagles 3, Buffaloes 5
W: Figaro (1)
L: Hoshi (3)
S: Kishida (6)

Eagles Lineup:
1. Hijirisawa CF: 1-4
2. Matsui SS: 0-4
3. Iwamura 3rd: 2-4, 2 2B, RBI
4. Yamasaki DH: 1-4
5. Kasuno 1st: 1-4, 2B, RBI
6. Tamura RF: 0-3, BB
7. Yokogawa LF: 1-4, 2B
8. Shima C: 0-3
9. Uchimura 2nd: 1-3, RBI

Eagles Pitching:
Hoshi: 5 innings, 4 ER, 4 R, 5 H, 4 K's, 3.41 ERA
Speir: 1/3 innings, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K's, 4.76 ERA
Aoyama: 2/3 innings, 1 R, 4 H, 1 K, 3.28 ERA
Mima: 2 2/3 innings, 0 R, 0 H, 3 K's, 0.42 ERA
Rasner: 1/3 innings, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 3.00 ERA

Buffaloes Lineup:
1. Sakaguchi CF: 2-5, RBI
2. Ohbiki SS: 3-4, 3 2B, RBI, BB
3. Gotoh 2nd: 1-3, 2 BB
4. T-Okada DH: 1-4, 2 RBI, 2B
5. Kitagawa 1st: 0-5
6. Caraballo LF: 1-4, RBI
7. Baldiris 3rd: 1-3
8. Hidaka C: 2-3
9. Mariyama RF: 0-3

Buffaloes Pitching:
Figaro: 8 1/3 innings, 3 ER, 3 R, 7 H, 2 K's, 6.94 ERA
Kishida: 2/3 innings, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K's, 3.18 ERA

HR:
NONE

RBI:
Iwamura
Kasuno
Uchimura
Sakaguchi
Ohbiki
T-Okada
Caraballo

MVP(s):
Ohbiki~Go-Ahead RBI
Figaro~Pitched a great game and got the win

~Ohbiki (Left) and Figaro (Right)

Today was a well fought game that went down to the wire. In the final inning, the Eagles scored 2 runs and got the bases loaded. Uchimura then hit a deep fly ball, and the man on third tried to score but got thrown down trying to tag.

May 10, 2011

(16-22-1) 5th Place
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(21-14-3) 2nd Place

Eagles: Shiomi
Fighters: Wolfe

Eagles 1, Fighters 0
W: Shiomi (2)
L: Wolfe (3)
S: Rasner (8]

Eagles:
1. Hijirisawa CF: 0-4
2. Matsui SS: 2-4
3. Iwamura 3rd: 0-4
4. Yamasaki DH: 1-3
5. Kasuno 1st: 0-3
6. Tamura RF: 1-2, 2B, BB
7. Yokogawa LF: 0-3
8. Shima C: 0-3
9. Uchimura 2nd: 1-3, RBI

Eagles Pitching:
Shiomi: 8 IP, 32 PA, 88 NP, 7 H, 6 K's, 0 R, 3.64
Rasner: IP, 3 PA, 5 NP, 1 H, 0 R, 3.21

Fighters:
1. Yoh: 2-3, BB
2. Sugiya: 0-4
3. Itoi: 1-4
4. Nakata: 0-4
5. Inaba: 0-4
6. Koyano: 2-4
7. Nioka: 0-4
8. Tsuruoka: 0-4
9. Ilyama: 3-3

Fighters Pitching:
Wolfe: 7 IP, 23 PA, 59 NP, 4 H, 2 K's, BB, R, ER, 1.46
Masui: 2 IP, 7 PA, 16 NP, H, K, 0 R, 3.86

HR:
NONE

RBI:
Uchimura (2)

MVP(s):
Shiomi~Got the win
Uchimura~Go-Ahead RBI
~Uchimura
~Shiomi

I don't know if the Eagles fans like pitching duels, but they sure do get a lot of them. Shiomi pitched a great eight innings, and Rasner came in to get the save. The only spark of offense came in the fifth inning. Uchimura got an RBI single up the middle.

May 17, 2011

(18-26-1) 5th Place
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(17-24-3) 5th Place

Eagles: Iwakuma
Giants: Sawamura

Eagles 0, Giants 8
W: Sawamura (4)
L: Iwakuma (4)

Eagles:
1. Hijirisawa CF: 0-4
2. Matsui SS: 1-4, 2B
3. Iwamura 3rd: 2-4, 2B
4. Yamasaki DH: 0-4
5. Kasuno 1st: 1-3
6. Tamura RF: 1-3
7. Nakamura LF: 0-3
8. Shima C: 0-3
9. Takasu 2nd: 0-3

Eagles Pitching:
Iwakuma: 5 IP, 24 PA, 86 NP, 7 H, 5 K's, 2 BB, 4 R, 4 ER, HR, 4.15
Koyama: 2 IP, 6 PA, 18 NP, 2 K's, 0 R, 2.25
Mima: 0 IP, 3 PA, 9 NP, 2 H, BB, 3 R, 3 ER, 1.33
Katayama: 2 IP, 11 PA, 37 NP, 2 H, K, 2 BB, R, ER, 2.81

Giants:
1. Fujimura: 2-5
2. Kamei: 1-2, 3 BB
3. Abe: 4-5, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
4. Chono: 0-3, 2 BB
5. Sakamoto: 1-4, BB
6. Ramirez: 1-5, RBI
7. Takahashi: 2-5, RBI
8. Ogasawara: 0-4, BB, RBI
9. Ohmura: 0-4

Giants Pitching:
Sawamura: 9 IP, 31 PA, 90 NP, 5 H, 6 K's, 0 R, 2.63

HR:
Abe (10)

RBI:
Abe (20,21,22,23)
Ramirez (16)
Takahashi (9)
Ogasawara (14)

MVP(s):
Abe~Got go-ahead homer in the 3rd
Sawamura~Complete game victory
~Abe
~Sawamura

And the Eagles lose again...Nothin' good to say about this game.

May 25, 2011

(25-25-1) 4th Place
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(19-31-1) 5th Place

Eagles: Hoshi
Bay Stars: Miura

Eagles 2, Bay Stars 4
W: Miura (4)
L: Hoshi (6)
S: Yamaguchi (18)

Eagles:
1. Hijirisawa CF: 2-4, 2B, 3B
2. Matsui SS: 2-3, SF, 2 RBI
3. Tamura RF: 1-4
4. Ruiz 1st: 1-4, 2B
5. Yokogawa LF: 1-4
6. Kusano 3rd: 1-4
7. Shima C: 0-4
8. Uchimura 2nd: 0-3
9. Hoshi P: 0-2
-- Teppei: 0-1

Eagles Pitching:
Hoshi: 7 IP, 31 PA, 104 NP, 6 H, 7 K's, 2 BB, 3 R, 2 ER, HR, 3.44
Mima: IP, 6 PA, 23 NP, H, 2 K's, 2 BB, R, ER, 1.45

Bay Stars:
1. Ishikawa SS: 2-5, HR, RBI
2. Watanabe 2nd: 2-4
3. Sledge LF: 0-4
4. Murata 3rd: 0-4
5. Harper 1st: 0-3, BB
6. Kinjoh RF: 1-2, RBI, 2 BB
7. Morimoto CF: 0-4
8. Nilnuma C: 0-3, BB
9. Miura P: 1-3, RBI
-- Nomura: 1-1, 2B, RBI

Bay Stars Pitching:
Miura: 6 IP, 21 PA, 46 NP, 4 H, 2 K's, R, ER, 3.14
Ohhara: 2 IP, 10 PA, 24 NP, 4 H, K, R, ER, 5.64
Yamaguchi: IP, 3 PA, 4 NP, 0 R, 2.33

HR:
Ishikawa (2)

RBI:
Ishikawa (16)
Kinjoh (17)
Miura (1)
Nomura (13)
Matsui (13,14)

MVP(s):
Ishikawa~Drove in go-ahead RBI
~Ishikawa

The Eagles struck first in the first inning, off back-to-back doubles by Hijirisawa and Matsui to make it one to nothing. The Bay Stars took the lead in the fourth inning off of two RBI hits by Ishikawa and Kinjoh. In the sixth inning, pitcher, Miura, hit a single over the second baseman for an RBI. That would not have happened, but third baseman Kusano got an error.To start the bottom of the eighth inning, Hijirisawa hit a LONG triple off the top of the center field wall. Matsui then hit a SAC fly to bring him in. The final run came in the top of the ninth, by Nomura, a pinch hit double came out of it. 4-2 Bay stars was the final.

Nice to see this is back!

Yes, between the Greats and the Eagles I am having a blast! Too bad by fun is going to end tuesday when I go back to school...

May in Review

I didn't think that the Eagles could do any worse than last month, but they did exactly that. They finished the month going 8-15-1 remaining in 5th Place. That added on to their total record which is 20-34-2. That would make the team's winning percentage .370. T. Hoshi who we thought would be dominating by now, is doing OK, but doesn't get run support. That explains his seven losses with a 3.45 ERA (which is a good ERA). Tomura is doing OK. He leads the team in batting average which is NOT good, because his batting average is only .273. That explains how bad this team really is...

Rakuten Golden Eagles
Nagai: 1.68 ERA, 4 W, 3 L, 53 K's
Tanaka: 2.94 ERA, 2 W, 5 L, 68 K's
T. Hoshi: 3.45 ERA, 3 W, 7 L, 59 K's
Mima: 1.57 ERA, 0 W, 0 L, 34 K's
Koyama: 1.82 ERA, 0 W, 1 L, 1 S, 20 K's
Katayama: 2.39 ERA, 1 W, 0 L, 0 S, 25 K's
Aoyama: 2.97 ERA, 3 W, 4 L, 1 S, 22 K's
Rasner: 3.21 ERA, 0 W, 0 L, 8 S, 9 K's
Shiomi: 3.64 ERA, 2 W, 4 L, 0 S, 29 K's
Iwakuma: 3.80 ERA, 2 W, 4 L, 0 S, 46 K's
Isaka: 4.97 ERA, 1 W, 3 L, 0 S, 26 K's
Spier: 5.73 ERA, 2 W, 1 L, 0 S, 17 K's
Tamura: .273 AVG, 50 H, 11 2B, 0 3B, 5 HR, 17 RBI
Hijirisawa: .264 AVG, 58 H, 13 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 16 RBI
Yamasaki: .259 AVG, 50 H, 5 2B, 0 3B, 7 HR, 21 RBI
Matsui: .238 AVG, 49 H, 7 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 15 RBI
Shima: .242 AVG, 47 H, 4 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 20 RBI
Yokogawa: .202 AVG, 38 H, 5 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 19 RBI
Iwamura: .201 AVG, 36 H, 7 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 10 RBI
Kasuno: .158 AVG, 31 H, 5 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI
Teppei: .167 AVG, 4 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Nakashima: .143 AVG, 1 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Ruiz: .154 AVG, 2 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI
Uchimura: .271 AVG, 23 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 7 RBI
Takasu: .234 AVG, 36 H, 8 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 11 RBI
Makida: .214 AVG, 3 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI

Pacific Standings
1. (31-22-0) -- GB
2. (31-23-1) 0.5 GB
3. (29-22-3) 1.0 GB
4. (24-26-4) 5.5 GB
5. (20-34-2) 11.5 GB
6. (16-35-1) 14.0 GB
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I will only do league leaders every other month

June 1, 2011

(20-34-2) 5th Place
@
(30-19-6) 1st Place

Eagles: Tanaka
Carp: Bullington

Eagles 3, Carp 1
W: Tanaka (3)
L: Bullington (3)
S: Rasner (9)

Eagles:
1. Hijirisawa CF: 0-4
2. Matsui SS: 1-3, BB
3. Iwamura 3rd: 1-4
4. Yamasaki DH: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI
5. Kasuno 1st: 2-4, RBI
6. Tamura RF: 1-4
7. Yokogawa LF: 1-3
8. Shima C: 0-2, BB
9. Takasu 2nd: 0-2, Sac

Eagles Pitching:
Tanaka: 8 IP, 30 PA, 83 NP, 5 H, 4 K's, R, ER, 2.75
Rasner: IP, 3 PA, 11 NP, 0 H, K, 0 R, 3.00

Carp:
1. Akamatsu: 0-4
2. Higashide: 2-4, 2B
3. Hirose: 1-4, RBI
4. Kurihara: 0-4
5. Maru: 1-4
6. Soyogi: 0-4
7. Ishihara: 0-3
8. Ishii: 1-3
9. Amaya: 0-3

Carp Pitching:
Bullington: 8 2/3 IP, 31 PA, 88 NP, 7 H, 6 K's, 2 BB, 3 R, 3 ER, HR, 1.71
Kishimoto: 1/3 IP, 2 PA, 2 NP, H, 0 R, 2.19

HR:
Yamasaki (8]

RBI:
Yamasaki (22,23)
Kasuno (6)
Hirose (21)

MVP(s):
Yamasaki~Go-ahead RBI in the eighth inning
Tanaka~Got the win
~Tanaka
~Yamasaki

Eagles struck first in this one, by getting a homer from Yamasaki in the fourth inning. The Carp tied it though in the sixth getting an RBI single from Hirose. The Eagles got the bases loaded in the eighth, and took advantage. two RBI singles from Yamasaki and Kasuno. Rasner then came in for the save, and shut them down, 3-1 the final.

June 9, 2011

(29-32-1) 4th Place
@
(25-35-2) 5th Place

Eagles: Nagai
Bay Stars: Suda

Eagles 4, Bay Stars 1
W: Nagai (5)
L: Suda (4)
S: Rasner (12)

Eagles:
1. Hijirisawa CF: 1-4
2. Uchimura SS: 0-4
3. Iwamura 3rd: 1-4, 2B
4. Yamasaki DH: 2-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI
5. Kasuno 1st: 0-4
6. Tamura RF: 1-2, HR, 2 RBI, BB
7. Yokogawa LF: 0-3
8. Shima C: 0-3
9. Takasu 2nd: 2-3

Eagles Pitching:
Nagai: 8 IP, 32 PA, 95 NP, 7 H, 5 K's, BB, R, ER, 1.62
Rasner: IP, 3 PA, 10 NP, K, 0 R, 2.45

Bay Stars:
1. Ishikawa SS: 1-4
2. Watanabe 2nd: 1-4
3. Sledge LF: 0-4
4. Murata 3rd: 1-4, RBI
5. Harper 1st: 0-4
6. Kinjoh RF: 1-4
7. Morimoto CF: 0-4
8. Nilnuma C: 1-3, BB
9. Miura P: 2-3

Bay Stars Pitching:
Suda: 5 IP, 22 PA, 86 NP, 6 H, 7 K's, BB, 4 R, 4 ER, HR, 5.06
Shinohara: IP, 3 PA, 10 NP, K, 0 R, 2.15
Ohhara: 2 IP, 7 PA, 13 NP, H, 0 R, 5.04

HR:
Tomura (7)

RBI:
Yamasaki (32,33)
Tomura (21,22)
Murata (28)

MVP(s):
Nagai~Got the win
Yamasaki~Drove in go-ahead RBI
~Nagai
~Yamasaki

The Eagles are on a hot streak right now, going 5-1-1, in their last few games. Lets hope they can keep it up.

June 24, 2011

(36-28-2) 3rd Place
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(30-37-2) 5th Place

Eagles: Nagai
Lions: Wakui

Eagles 3, Lions 4
W: Wakui (6)
L: Nagai (5)

Eagles:
1. Hijirisawa CF: 2-4, RBI
2. Matsui SS: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
3. Iwamura 3rd: 1-4
4. Yamasaki DH: 0-4
5. Kasuno 1st: 1-3, 2B
6. Tamura RF: 1-3
7. Yokogawa LF: 0-3
8. Shima C: 0-3
9. Uchimura 2nd: 1-3, 2B

Eagles Pitching:
Nagai: 9 IP, 32 PA, 106 NP, 7 H, 6 K's, BB, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 HR, 2.12

Lions:
1. Kataoka 2nd: 2-3, 3B, BB
2. Kuriyama CF: 0-3, BB
3. H. Nakajima SS: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
4. Nakamura 3rd: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI
5. Fernandez DH: 0-4
6. Brown RF: 0-3
7. Asamura 1st: 2-3
8. Ginjuro C: 1-3
9. Akiyama LF: 0-3

Lions Pitching:
Wakui: 9 IP, 31 PA, 51 NP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER

HR:
Matsui (5)
Nakamura (31)
Nakajima (12)

RBI:
Hijirisawa (26)
Matsui (20,21)
Nakamura (65,66)
Nakajima (53,54)

MVP(s):
Nakajima~Go-ahead homer in the eighth
Wakui~Complete game win, throwing a total of 51 pitches
~Nakajima
~Wakui

June 29, 2011

(33-38-2) 5th Place
@
(42-28-2) 1st Place

Eagles: Iwakuma
Hawks: Sugiuchi

Eagles 10, Hawks 8
W: Mima (2)
L: Yoshikawa (2)
S: Rasner (18)

Eagles:
1. Hijirisawa CF: 3-5, RBI
2. Matsui SS: 0-4, BB, RBI
3. Iwamura 3rd: 2-4, 2 RBI, 2B, BB
4. Yamasaki DH: 2-5
5. Kasuno 1st: 1-4, BB
6. Tamura RF: 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI
7. Yokogawa LF: 2-4, 2B, RBI, BB
8. Shima C: 2-4, 2B, RBI
9. Uchimura 2nd: 1-4, RBI

Eagles Pitching:
Hoshi: 4 2/3 IP, 21 AP, 60 NP, 5 H, 2 K's, BB, 5 R, 5 ER, 3.43
Koyama: 1 1/3 IP, 8 AP, 21 NP, 2 H, K, BB, 2 R, ER, 1.76
Mima: 2 IP, 8 AP, 22 NP, H, K, BB, 0 R, 1.32
Rasner: IP, 5 AP, 14 NP, 2 H, K, R, ER, 2.22

Hawks:
1. Kawasaki SS: 2-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI
2. Honda 2nd: 1-4, 2B, RBI, BB
3. Uchikawa LF: 0-4, BB
4. Kokubo 1st: 2-5, 2B, HR, RBI
5. Matsunaka DH: 3-5, 3 RBI
6. Tamura RF: 1-4, BB
7. Matsuda 3rd: 0-4
8. Hasgawa CF: 1-4
9. Hosokawa C: 0-4

Hawks Pitching:
Sugiuchi: 4 1/3 IP, 28 AP, 105 NP, 11 H, 5 K's, 4 BB, 7 R, 7 ER, 3.48
Yoshikawa: 2 1/3 IP, 10 AP, 30 NP, 3 H, 2 K's, 3 R, 3 ER, 2.67
Kanazawa: 1 1/3 IP, 5 AP, 10 NP, H, 0 R, 1.76

HR:
Kokubo (3)

RBI:
Hijirisawa (30)
Matsui (22)
Iwamura (14,15)
Tomura (30,31,32)
Yokogawa (24)
Shima (27)
Uchimura (14)
Kawasaki (30,31)
Honda (27)
Kokubo (24)
Matsunaka (25,26,27)

MVP(s):
Shima~Go-ahead RBI in the seventh inning
~Shima

This game was the exact opposite of what Eagles are used to. They are used to pitcher duels, can't buy runs, etc. Today they got a scoring show. There were people scoring every time you opened your eyes from blinking. The Eagles struck first scoring 4 in the first inning. They scored again in the third to make it five to nothing. The Hawks started to swing their bats in the fifth inning scoring six to make it six to five Hawks. In the bottom of that inning the Eagles put on two, to make it seven to six them. In the seventh the Hawks tied it off of a homer by Kokubo. In the bottom of the inning, the Eagles scored three to make it 10-7 Eagles. Rasner came in to get the save, and gave up another run, but still got the save. 10-8 the final.

June in Review

This month was FANTASTIC. It looks like the Eagles have finally came to play some baseball. They have reamained in fifth place, but that is only because of their two terrible months...*coughAprilandMaycough*. Their record for the month was 14-4-0. Amazing! Their overall record is still under .500, but they are getting there. It is now 34-38-2. That is a .472 winning percentage. Lets hope they can get above .500, and maybe get to 4th place in July.

Rakuten Golden Eagles

Nagai: 2.12 ERA, 5 W, 5 L, 0 S, 66 K's
Tanaka: 2.31 ERA, 6 W, 5 L, 0 S, 108 K's
Hoshi: 3.43 ERA, 5 W, 7 L, 0 S, 88 K's
Mima: 1.32 ERA, 2 W, 0 L, 0 S, 40 K's
Koyama: 1.76 ERA, 0 W, 1 L, 1 S, 24 K's
Rasner: 2.22 ERA, 0 W, 0 L, 18 S, 14 K's
Aoyama: 2.63 ERA, 5 W, 5 L, 1 S, 30 K's
Katayama: 2.68 ERA, 1 W, 0 L, 0 S, 28 K's
Iwakuma: 3.50 ERA, 3 W, 4 L, 0 S, 56 K's
Isaka: 4.28 ERA, 2 W, 3 L, 0 S, 31 K's
Shiomi: 4.75 ERA, 2 W, 5 L, 0 S, 38 K's
Speir: 5.68 ERA, 3 W, 1 L, 0 S, 20 K's
Tomura: .294 AVG, 74 H, 16 2B, 0 3B, 10 HR, 32 RBI, 3 SB
Hijirisawa: .287 AVG, 86 H, 16 2B, 3 3B, 7 HR, 30 RBI, 11 SB
Yamasaki: .281 AVG, 76 H, 9 2B, 0 3B, 10 HR, 36 RBI, 0 SB
Shima: .253 AVG, 65 H, 6 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 27 RBI, 2 SB
Matsui: .222 AVG, 61 H, 7 2B, 0 3B, 5 HR, 22 RBI, 5 SB
Iwamura: .219 AVG, 47 H, 10 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 15 RBI, 0 SB
Yokogawa: .198 AVG, 44 H, 8 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 24 RBI, 1 SB
Kusano: .178 AVG, 48 H, 9 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 0 SB
Takasu: .255 AVG, 52 H, 8 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 13 RBI, 2 SB
Nakamura: .250 AVG, 1 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Uchimura: .243 AVG, 33 H, 4 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 14 RBI, 6 SB
Makida: .214 AVG, 3 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Teppei: .188 AVG, 6 H, 0 2B, 0 B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB
Nakashima: .143 AVG, 1 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Ruiz: .133 AVG, 2 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Pacific Standings
1. (42-29-2) -- GB
2. (40-28-4) 0.5 GB
3. (38-31-2) 3.0 GB
4. (33-34-5) 7.0 GB
5. (34-38-2) 8.5 GB
6. (21-48-1) 20.0 GB

Pacific Pitching Leaders
ERA/Wins/K's/Saves
1. Houlton, 1.32 1. Darvish, 10 1. Darvish, 159 1. Makita, 19
2. Darvish, 1.38 2. Keppel, 7 (others) 2. Tanaka, 108 2. Rasner, 18
3. Kaneko, 1.82 3. Tanaka, 6 (others 3. Sugiuchi, 98 3. Kishida, 17


Pacific Batting Leaders
AVG/HR/RBI/SB
1. Nakajima .333 1. Nakamura, 34 1. Nakamura, 69 1. Ishimine, 18
2. Itoi, .307 2. Nakajima, 12 2. Nakajima, 55 2. Itoi, 17
3. Sakaguchi, .298 3. Tomura/Yamasaki, 10 3. Nakata, 42 3. Honda, 16

July 7, 2011

(36-36-5) 4th Place
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(36-40-2) 5th Place

Eagles: Tanaka
Buffaloes: Kondoh

Eagles 1, Buffaloes 2
W: Hirano (5)
L: Tanaka (6)

Eagles:
1. Hijirisawa CF: 1-4
2. Matsui SS: 0-4
3. Nishimura 3rd: 2-4, 2B
4. Yamasaki DH: 1-4
5. Kasuno 1st: 1-4, RBI
6. Tamura RF: 1-4
7. Yokogawa LF: 1-4
8. Shima C: 2-3
9. Takasu 2nd: 0-3

Eagles Pitching:
Tanaka: 9 IP, 39 AP, 117 NP, 11 H, 9 K's, 3 BB, 2 R, 2 ER, 2.31

Buffaloes:
1. Sakaguchi CF: 2-5, 2B
2. Ohbiki SS: 0-2, 2 BB, Sac bunt
3. Gotoh 2nd: 3-5, 2 RBI
4. T-Okada DH: 1-3, BB
5. Kitagawa 1st: 2-4
6. Caraballo LF: 0-4
7. Baldiris 3rd: 0-4
8. Hidaka C: 0-4
9. Mariyama RF: 3-4

Buffaloes Pitching:
Kondoh: 6 IP, 25 AP, 56 NP, 8 H, 2 K's, R, ER, 3.39
Yoshino: 2 IP, 6 AP, 8 NP, H, 0 R, 0.58
Hirano: IP, 3 AP, 3 NP, 0 R, 1.62

HR:
NONE

RBI:
Kasuno (9)
Gotoh (23,24)

MVP(s):
Gotoh~Go-ahead RBI
~Gotoh

Hmmm...another pitchers duel. Each team scored one in the first, and that was it until the ninth, when Gotoh got a go-ahead hit to right field. Of course that was after an error by Matsui.