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Good thing you aren't facing Yu Darvish.

Oh yeah, luckily he went to the MLB! If he had to face Darvish he'd get shut down.

In '11 I have to face Darvish. He is BOSS!!

Sorry for the absence of updates lately! I have been away on a short trip to visit family. I'll get an update up tonight hopefully!

Sapporo sneaks through in slugfest
In the first inning of this slugfest, Kitoaji drove in an RBI 1B to score the game's first run. In the bottom half of the first, the Fighters struck back with a 2-R 2B by Itoi, and an RBI 2B by Terrmel Sledge, who was a big threat to the Bears in this game. 3-1 Fighters. In the second, Kyoro Hakeyama smacked a RBI 2B and Kitoaji got another RBI single to tie it 3-3. In the top of the third, Gunderson hit a solo homer, his 4th of the year, to make it 4-3 Sapporo. In the bottom of the third, Sledge would rail a solo shot to tie it at 4-4. In the fourth, Gunderson answered with an RBI 1B, and Yamaguchi also drove an RBI single to make it 6-4. In the bottom of five, Hakeyama roped an RBI single to extend the lead to 7-4. In the fifth, Kijolto Rin came on to pitch for Sapporo after Redd went 4 full giving up 4 runs. In the top of the sixth, Tanimoto came into pitch for the Fighters. In the bottom of the seventh, Sledge would smash another 2-R HR to make it 7-6. In the eighth, Masui came on for the Fighters and gave up an RBI 2B to Gunderson to make it 8-6. In the bottom of the eighth, Asashi Imamura would come on for the 6-out save. In the ninth, Toshiro Ota added an insurance run with a run-scoring double play. In the bottom of the ninth, Sledge crushed a bomb double but did not come around to score, final, Sapporo: 9, Hokkaido 6.


: Sapporo Bears: 9
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: Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: 6

W: Rin (1)
S: Imamura (1)
L: Saitoh (2)
HR: Sledge (2,3), Gunderson (4),

Bears Lineup
LF Case 2-3 .333
SS Kitoaji 4-5 2RBI .515
CF Gunderson 4-5 HR (4) 3RBI .469
RF Yamaguchi 3-5 RBI .313
3B Dan 2-5 .241
C Lockhart 1-4 .345
1B Ota 2-5 .400
DH Ieyasu 1-4 .379
2B Hakeyama 4-4 2RBI .536
SP Redd 4IP ND 4K 4R 3ER
-P Rin 3IP W 3K 2R 2ER
-P Imamura 2IP SV 4K 0R 0ER

Fighters Lineup
2B Tanaka 2-5 .323
1B Inaba 1-5 .208
RF Itoi 3-5 2RBI .290
LF Nakata 0-5 .172
DH Sledge 5-5 2HR (2,3) 4RBI .310
3B Koyano 1-5 .115
CF Yoh 2-4 .400
SS Kaneko 0-4 .167
C Ohno 0-4 .000
SP Saitoh 5IP 0K L 7R 7ER
-P Tanimoto 2IP 0R 0ER
-P Masui 2IP 2R 2ER

--DeMarcus Gunderson, MVP of Game

Oh darn, I forgot to save. Well, guess I'm still 3-3 instead of 4-3. I guess I'll justsim the game over again, and give you a game 1-3 short update.

Well that must really stink. Too bad, that was a nice win, gotta love Terrmel Sledge though eh?

Game 1
Sapporo Bears: 9 (4-3)
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Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: 7 (2-5)

W: Whitberg 1-0
L: Miyanishi 0-1
S: Harnish (1)
HR: Inaba (1), Yamaguchi (1),

Game 2
Sapporo Bears: 2 (5-3)
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Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: 1 (2-6)

W: Park 1-0
L: Takeda 1-1
S: Harnish (2)
HR: Inaba (2),

Game 3
Sapporo Bears: 4 (5-4)
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Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: 6 (3-6)

W: Tanimoto 1-0
L: Gates 0-3
S: Takeda (3)
HR: Yamaguchi (2),

2-1 on the series, not bad!
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Pacific League Standings (Through April 8th, 2012)
1. Kyoto Nintendo Whalers 7-2-0 .778 --GB
2. ORIX Buffaloes 5-3-1 .625 1.5GB
3. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 5-4-0 .556 2.0GB
4. Sapporo Bears 5-4-0 .556 2.0GB
5. Saitama Seibu Lions 4-4-1 .500 2.5GB
6. Rakuten Golden Eagles 4-5-0 .444 3.0GB
7. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3-6-0 .333 4.0GB
8. Chiba Lotte Marines 2-7-0 .222 5.0GB

Individual Titles (Pacific League)

AVG
-Honda (Hawks) .421
-Maito (Whalers) .417
-Ieyasu (Bears) .417
-Kitoaji (Bears) .410
-Ota (Bears) .395

HR
-Maito (Whalers) 4
-Matsuara (Whalers) 4
-Gunderson (Bears) 3
-Pena (Hawks) 3
-Matsunaka (Hawks) 3

RBI
-Case (Bears) 11
-Matsuara (Whalers) 10
-Baldiris (Buffaloes) 10
-Matsuda (Hawks) 10
-Maito (Whalers) 9

SB
-Ohbiki (Buffaloes) 4/4
-Kumashiro (Lions) 4/4
-Kitoaji (Bears) 3/4
-Imae (Marines) 2/2
-Abe (Eagles) 2/2

ERA
-Figaro (Buffaloes) 0.00
-Maeda (Bears) 0.00
-Florimon (Whalers) 0.00
-Settsu (Hawks) 0.56
-Tanaka (Eagles) 1.50

W
-Maeda (Bears) 2-0
-Tanaka (Eagles) 2-0
-Matsunaga (Lions) 2-0
-Settsu (Hawks) 2-0
-Onodera (Whalers) 1-0

K
-Tanaka (Eagles) 15
-Settsu (Hawks) 14
-Shiomi (Eagles) 13
-Kaneko (Buffaloes) 12
-Iwasaki (Hawks) 10

SV
-Tejada (Whalers) 3
-Takeda (Fighters) 3
-Falkenborg (Hawks) 3
-Harnish (Bears) 2
-Rasner (Eagles) 2

Upcoming Series vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (4-4-1)

Key Players
-SP Hideaki Wakui (148 CA 4SLD 2FORK 2SHU) (5.23 ERA)
-2B Esteban German (3DDBCDE) .325 1 4
-3B Takeya Nakamura (4DACDEE) .216 2 7
-SS Hiroyuki Nakajima (4CBCCDC) .324 2 3

Batting Lineup
1. 2B German .325 1 4
2. 3B Asamura .216 0 3
3. CF Kuriyama .333 1 6
4. DH Nakamura .216 2 7
5. SS Nakajima .324 2 3
6. 1B Carter .389 1 5
7. RF Akiyama .161 0 1
8. C Sumitani .229 1 3
9. LF Kumashiro .267 1 1

Pitching Matchups
Game 1
Iwase (0-1 9.00 ERA) vs. Nishiguchi (144 CC 4SLD 2FORK) (1-0 3.86 ERA)

Game 2
Maeda (2-0 0.00 ERA) vs. Makita (137 CB 3SLD 2CHG 2HSNK) (0-1 7.71 ERA)

Game 3
Redd (0-0 6.08 ERA) vs. Nogami (143 ED 3SLD 1SNK) (0-1 9.00 ERA)

(NOTE: I've decided not to play a game of this series because I haven't had much free time lately and would like to get this log more frequently updated.)

Game 1
Sapporo Bears: 10 (5-5)
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Saitama Seibu Lions: 11 (5-4-1)

W: Nishiguchi 2-0
L: Iwase 0-2
HR: Nakamura (3), Kumashiro (2), Yamaguchi (3),

Game 2
Sapporo Bears: 9 (6-5)
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Saitama Seibu Lions: 4 (5-5-1)

W: Maeda 3-0
L: Makita 0-2
HR: Kitoaji (3), Ieyasu (1), Nakamura (4),

Game 3
Sapporo Bears: 5 (7-5)
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Saitama Seibu Lions: 3 (5-6-1)

W: Redd 1-0
L: Nogami 0-2
S: Harnish (3)
HR: -none-
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We gained some good ground after that series going 2-1 getting us up to 3rd place. I think if we keep going 2-1 we can make it to the top soon enough!

Good series going 2-1.

I hate pitching to Nakamura. He and his insanely great power are very annoying.

I would just walk them both, they are a pain in the rear end to pitch to

Upcoming Series vs. ORIX Buffaloes

Key Players
-SP Chihiro Kaneko (151 BA 2CUT 4KNCB 2CHG) (3.00 ERA)
-RP Yoshihisa Hirano (155 CE 4SLD 5FORK) (2.45 ERA)
-1B Dae-ho Lee (4DBFECD) .362 3 11
-3B Misutakah Gotoh (3CCCDCC) .255 1 7
-3B Aarom Baldiris (3DCECCE) .362 0 13
-SS Keiji Ohbiki (2DECCBC) .265 1 2
-LF Takahiro Okada (4DBDDCD) .356 1 4
-OF Tomotaka Sakaguchi (2CEBBBA) .390 2 4


Batting Lineup
1. CF Sakaguchi .390 2 4
2. SS Ohbiki .265 1 2
3. 2B Gotoh .255 1 7
4. 1B D.H. Lee .362 3 11
5. DH Takahashi .292 2 5
6. LF T-Okada .356 1 4
7. 3B Baldiris .362 0 13
8. C Itoh .149 2 5
9. RF Shunta .125 0 1

Pitching Matchups
Game 1
Park (1-0 2.57 ERA) vs. Kaneko (0-1 3.00 ERA)

Game 2
Hura (0-0 2.16 ERA) vs. Kisanuki (146 DC 2SLD 3FORK 1SHU) (0-0 4.22 ERA)

Game 3
Iwase (0-2 12.40 ERA) vs. Nishi (149 CC 4SLD 2CHG) (0-1 7.45 ERA)

This team looks really good. They are in 2nd place and with a good series we could pass them up.

Dan homers twice in Sapporo win
In the first inning of this huge game Dae-ho Lee ripped an RBI single for the Buffaloes to make it 1-0. In the second, Hakeyama drove an RBI 1B for the Bears to tie it. In the third, Dan hit a deep bomb to right center for 1 run to make it 2-1 Bears. In the bottom of the third, Park would exit the game and Rin would come in. Lee drove an RBI double to the right field corner to make it 2-2, and then T-Okada hit a two run double to make it 4-2 ORIX. In the fourth, Gunderson smoked an RBI single to make it 4-3. In the fourth, Asashi Imamura would come in to pitch for the Bears with 2 outs. In the fifth, Dan hit another homer, this time a moonshot. The next batter, Lockhart, would also hit a solo bomb to extend the lead to 6-4. Then, Hakeyama ripped another RBI single to make it 7-4 Sapporo. In the sixth, Yamaguchi roped a sac fly to make it 8-4. In the seventh, Kitoaji would slice a 2-R 2B and Gunderson would hit another RBI single. Yamaguchi, then, crushed a solo homer to make it 12-4. Yoshino was then brought in to stop the bleeding. In th bottom of the seventh, Titus Whitberg was brought in for the Bears. The first batter he faced, Takahashi, bombed a solo homer to make it 12-5. In the eighth, Case hit a RBI 2B to make it 13-5. In the bottom of the ninth, Harnish was brought in and ended the game. 13-5.

: Sapporo Bears: 13 (8-5)
@
: ORIX Buffaloes: 5 (7-5-1)

W: Imamura (2)
L: Kaneko (2)
HR: Dan (2,3), Lockhart (2), Takahashi (3), Yamaguchi (5),

Bears Lineup
LF Case 4-6 RBI .339
SS Kitoaji 2-6 2RBI .390
CF Gunderson 4-6 2RBI .356
RF Yamaguchi 2-5 HR (5) 2RBI .373
3B Dan 4-6 2HR (2,3) 3RBI .263
C Lockhart 3-6 HR (2) RBI .309
1B Ota 1-6 .321
DH Ieyasu 3-4 .385
2B Hakeyama 4-4 2RBI .423
SP Park 2IP 1K 1R 1ER 2.81 ERA
-P Rin 1.2IP 0K 3R 3ER 9.00 ERA
-P Imamura W 2.1IP 3K 0R 0ER 1.35 ERA
-P Whitberg 2IP 3K 1R 1ER 1.50 ERA
-P Harnish 1IP 1K 0R 0ER 1.23 ERA

Buffaloes Lineup
CF Sakaguchi 2-6 .385
SS Ohbiki 2-5 .278
2B Gotoh 3-5 .286
1B Lee D.H. 2-5 2RBI .365
DH Takahashi 3-5 HR (3) RBI .321
-Kajimoto DNB .000
LF T-Okada 2-5 2RBI .360
3B Baldiris 1-5 .346
C Itoh 2-5 .173
RF Shunta 2-5 .162
SP Kaneko 4.1IP L 0K 7R 7ER 6.06 ERA
-P Kaida 2.1IP 0K 5R 5ER 18.00 ERA
-P Yoshino 2.1IP 0K 1R 1ER 4.41 ERA

--Ryosei Dan, MVP of Game

Game 2
Sapporo Bears: 4 (8-6)
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ORIX Buffaloes: 6 (8-5-1)

W: Kisanuki 1-0
L: S.Honda 0-1
S: Kishida (2)
HR: Baldiris (1), Lee D.H. (4),

Game 3
Sapporo Bears: 6 (8-7)
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ORIX Buffaloes: 7 (9-5-1)

W: Ming-Cheih 2-0
L: Whitberg 1-1
HR: Itoh (3) (Walk-Off)
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Darn it! We lost on a walk-off. If we won that game we'd of been in first! Now we're tied in 4th!