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We got lucky in that game!

He was purple, 'twas good

March 25, 2016

After that great win on the first day of the season, we've lost 2 strait, we have to win today.

ORIX Buffaloes (0-3-1) - 1
Kyoto Knights (2-2-0) – 7

Buffaloes 0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0 1|8|0
Knights.. 2|3|0|0|0|0|2|0|x 7|12|3

Buffaloes:

Lineup:
1. Tomotaka Sakaguchi – CF (2-4)
2. Keiji Ohbiki - 2B (0-4, ROE)
3. Takahiro Okada – LF (3-4, 3 2B, 1 RBI [3])
4. Roy Leon - 1B (0-4)
5. Arrom Baldiris - 3B (0-4)
6. Mitsutaka Gotoh - 2B (1-4, 2B, K)
7. Kenji Johjima – C (1-4, K)
8. Lee Seung-Yeop – DH (0-4)
9. Hisashi Takayama – RF (1-4)

Pitcher(s):
Feng Chen (6 2/3 IP, 6 R, 6 ER)
Takashi Kamoshita (1 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 ER)

Knights:

Lineup:
1. Tsuyoshi Matsunaga – CF (1-3, SAC)
2. Koyato Oda - 2B (1-3, SF, 1 RBI [2])
3. Takuya Kanazawa – DH (2-4, HR [3], 1 RBI [6])
4. Masato Kurihara - 1B (2-4, HR [2], 1 RBI [2])
5. Taiga Kura – SS (2-4, 2B, 2 RBI [1, 2])
6. Daisuke Fukuchi - 3B (1-4)
7. Goro Shigeno – LF (1-4)
8. Akitaka Shimozono – C (1-4)
9. Mitsuo Reiza – RF (1-4, 2B, 2 RBI [2, 3])

Pitcher(s):
Hiroshi Shima (9 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 K)

MVP(s):
Hiroshi Shima: He threw a complete game, let up only 1 run, and struck out 2!
Taiga Kura: His 2-RBI double in the 1st set the tone for the Knights, and gave them their lead

WP: Hiroshi Shima (1-0)
LP: Feng Chen (0-1)
S: --

Kyoto Knightly
March 26, 2016
Knights Blow Out Buffaloes

– Shima and Kura

Blue Stadium, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto – The Knights won, by a score of 7-1, hopefully turning around the Knights’ early slide. Young Hiroshi Shima threw a masterpiece, saying afterwards, “I did well.”

The game ended on a good note as well, as the newest player on the team, Mitsuo Reiza, made an excellent diving catch to end the game!

And that’s about it.

- Takaharu Sonada

March 31, 2016

We're playing the Eagles today, this should be a good one. They've got Kobayashi now, who has an S grade in contact according to my books...

Rakuten Golden Eagles (5-3-1) - 5
Kyoto Knights (4-5-0) – 1

Eagles. 0|1|0|1|0|1|1|0|1 5|7|0
Knights 0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|0 1|11|0

Eagles:

Lineup:
1. Ryo Hijirisawa – CF (0-4)
2. Toshiyuki Kobayashi - 3B (0-4)
3. Teppei Tsuchiya – RF (0-4)
4. Joe Chavez - 1B (4-4, 2B, 3 HR [5, 6, 7], 3 RBI [10, 11, 12])
5. Motohiro Shima – C (0-4, K)
6. Takemori – SS (2-4, 2B, HR [1], 2 RBI [7, 8])
7. Kazuo Matsui – DH (0-4, 2 K)
8. Akihisa Makida – LF (1-3)
9. Kensuke Uchimnura - 2B (0-3)

Pitcher(s):
Satoshi Nagai (9 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 K, 2 BB)

Knights:

Lineup:
1. Tsuyoshi Matsunaga – CF (1-4, BB, SB)
2. Koyato Oda - 2B (1-5)
3. Takuya Kanazawa – DH (1-4, 2B)
4. Masato Kurihara - 1B (3-4, K, SB, 2B, HR [5], 1 RBI [6])
5. Taiga Kura – SS (1-3, BB)
6. Daisuke Fukuchi - 3B (0-4, DP)
7. Akitaka Shimozono – RF (2-4)
8. Mitsuo Reiza – LF (1-4, DP)
9. Jun Kaga – C (1-4)

Pitcher(s):
Tsukiya Yamato (6+ IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 K)
Jun Ohtonari (2+ IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 K)
Yoshifumi Muranaka (1 IP, 0 R, 1 K)

MVP(s):
Satoshi Nagai: He threw a complete game, letting up only 1 run
Takemori: His RBI double in the 2nd gave the Eagles their only needed lead

WP: Satoshi Nagai (2-0)
LP: Tsukiya Yamato (0-2)
S: --

Kyoto Knightly
April 1, 2016
Knights Got Beat

– Takemori and Nagai

Blue Stadium, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto – Well, the Knights have fallen to a sub .500 record for the second time this season, and the second time in their existence. And with this loss, they’ve dropped to 4th place in the Pacific League. “I’m not sure what’s going on,” GM Jack Allen stated in a press conference, “it doesn’t seem like these guys are giving it their all.” After two championship seasons, maybe the Knights are taking it easy. Manager Kensou Mori also spoke after the game, “We’ve got to whip into shape, and soon.”

The Knights lost two huge opportunities to score, as twice they had the bases loaded, in the 3rd, and the 8th, and both times, nothing happened. Kanazawa grounded out in the 3rd, and Reiza grounded into a double play in the 8th.

Also, pitcher Tsukiya Yamato is continuing with his struggles, and has dropped to 0-2 with a 10.3 ERA. He said he was going to work on his windup to see if he can get any better.

Oh boy.

- Takaharu Sonada

Hmm...

Second time that I've said someone would be a problem, and both times they gone 0 for whatever, I should start saying it more often...

Man, you need to get these guys a kick in the butt. Get them back to playing well!

Man, those (insert other team here) are good. They should be a real problem for us what with (insert star player here) and their pitcher (insert pitcher's name here) has a good (insert pitch type here)!

I know! They're reall struggling.


I do tend to start every game with that...

I must say, it's a bit more interesting now that you're struggling. It was getting a bit boring to just see you win every game! It's nice to see that other teams are growing much more competitive.

I completely agree!

I usually want to lose as much as I want to win.

I'm glad it'll actually be tough this year!

April 1, 2016

Today we're playing the Fighters, Darvish will be pitching.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2-4-1) - 0
Kyoto Knights (5-5-0) – 2

Fighters 0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0 0|2|0
Knights. 0|1|0|0|0|0|0|1|0 2|9|0

Fighters:

Lineup:
1. Yoshio Itoi – CF (0-4)
2. Kensuke Tanaka - 2B (0-4)
3. Eiichi Koyano - 3B (0-3)
4. Sora Kurihara - 1B (1-3, 2B)
5. Kei Nakamura – C (1-3)
6. Kazuhiro Hatakeyama – LF (0-3, 2 K)
7. Micah Hoffpauir – RF (0-3)
8. Knock – DH (0-3, K)
9. Dai-Kang Yang – SS (0-3)

Pitcher(s):
Yu Darvish (8 IP, 2 R, 2 ER)

Knights:
1. Tsuyoshi Matsunaga – CF (1-4)
2. Mitsuo Reiza – RF (2-4, 2B)
3. Takuya Kanazawa – DH (0-4)
4. Masato Kurihara - 1B (0-4)
5. Taiga Kura – SS (2-4, 1 RBI [6])
6. Goro Shigeno – LF (2-4, HR [1], 1 RBI [3])
7. Akitaka Shimozono – C (2-3)
8. Daisuke Fukuchi - 3B (0-3)
9. Hideo Nomoto - 2B (0-3)

Pitcher(s):
Jian Shen (9 IP, 0 R, 3 K)

MVP(s):
Jian Shen: He threw a complete game shutout letting up only 2 hits, and striking out 3!
Goro Shigeno: His homerun in the 2nd gave the Knights their lead!

WP: Jian Shen (1-2)
LP: Yu Darvish (1-1)
S: --

Kyoto Knightly
April 2, 2016
Shen Shows Up

- Shen and Shigeno

Blue Stadium, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto – What a tight game. The Knights won, though, and Jian Shen showed his stuff, showing that the pitching staff isn’t completely out of it. He let up only 2 hits, one in the 2nd, and one in the 8th, which, strangely enough were the two innings the Knights scored in. The Knights’ two runs came from a homerun by Shigeno in the 2nd, and an RBI single by Kura in the 8th.

Shen commented after the game, “I was feeling it today, and had plenty of help from the defense in the game. Plus, my curveball was working well today.”

- Takaharu Sonada

April 5, 2016

Looks like the Marines have signed Mitsunobu Shibahara, great...

Mitsunobu Shibahara - 1B
AGE, 2ND POSTION, B/T, TRJ, CON, POW, RUN, ARM, FLD, E RES
20, OF, S/L, 3, B, A, D, D, D, C

April 7, 2016
Today we're playing the Marines, and Yano, whose power rivals Kurihara's, is going to be playing, along with new addition Shibahara...

But Ushida's back!

Chiba Lotte Marines (5-7-0) - 0
Kyoto Knights (9-6-0) – 4

Marines 0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0 0|5|0
Knights 0|0|0|0|3|0|0|1|x 4|13|1

Marines:

Lineup:
1. Takashi Ogino – SS (1-4, ROE)
2. Akinobu Komatsu – CF (1-3, SAC, DP)
3. Toshiaki Imae - 3B (1-4)
4. Kazumu Yano - 1B (0-4, DP)
5. Mitsunobu Shibahara – LF (1-3, 2B)
6. Jun Shunta – C (0-3)
7. Shoitsu Ohmatsu – RF (1-3)
8. Kazuya Fukuura – DH (0-3)
9. Shunichi Nemoto - 2B (0-3, K)

Pitcher(s):
Tomohisa Ohtani (4 2/3 IP, 3 R, 3 ER)
Tatsuya Uchi (1 1/3 IP, 0 R)
Micheal Nakamura (1 IP, 1 R, 1 ER)
Ishizaka (1 IP, 0 R)

Knights:

Lineup:
1. Yoshiro Ushida – LF (2-4)
2. Mitsuo Reiza – RF (1-3, SAC)
3. Takuya Kanazawa – DH (2-4, 1 RBI [15])
4. Masato Kurihara - 1B (2-4, FC, HR [7], 2 RBI [13, 14])
5. Taiga Kura – SS (2-4, 2B, 1 RBI [11])
6. Koyato Oda - 2B (1-4)
7. Akitaka Shimozono – C (2-4)
8. Daisuke Fukuchi - 3B (0-4, 2 DP)
9. Tsuyoshi Matsunaga – CF (1-3)

Pitcher(s):
Tsukiya Yamato (9 IP, 0 R, 1 K)

MVP(s):
Tsukiya Yamato: He threw a complete game shutout, letting out only 5 hits!
Takuya Kanazawa: Went 2-4 for a homerun, and 2 RBI!

WP: Tsukiya Yamato (1-2)
LP: Tomohisa Ohtani (1-1)
S: --

Kyoto Knightly
April 8, 2016
The Knights Are Back

– Yamato and Kanazawa

Blue Stadium, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto – Yamato has been working hard on his windup for some time now, fine tuning it. And it seems that the hard work has really paid off. He now takes a little bit longer with each delivery, and has improved tenfold since his last appearance. “My new windup seems to be working for me. I’m glad I’m finally getting out of this slump!” Yamato said.

Also, the newest Marine, Shibahara, got his first career hit, which was a double to left-center in the top half of the 5th inning! So, congratulations to him!

- Takaharu Sonada

Had to catch up on my favorite log again.

This quote pretty much sums up the season for the Knights.
Congrats on another title!

Cool to see Darvish and Wada as well as Kawasaki and Aoki on the Japanese team after them coming here.
Same for W-Y Chen for the Chinese team.

Something's curious to me though.
How does it take Jack 3 and a half hours to call Reiza?

9:54
"I hung up, and went to call Reiza.

13:38
The phone rang a few times before he picked up."

Time zones, Paul. Time. Zones.

Mah bad... But thank you for continuing to read this!