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Bears put bats to use as usual as they cream Fighters

Sapporo, Tokyo Dome -- The Bears put together 11 runs in the final four innings to put the Fighters away on the road, 16-4. Matsukura threw 5 innings for the Bears getting the win, allowing 3 runs on 3 hits. Brian Wolfe went 2 and 2/3 for the Fighters, allowing 5 runs on 8 hits. Einishi had his bat going for the Bears, going 4-6 with a home run, his fourth, and 4 RBI's. Danny Ceres went 2-4 with an RBI for the Fighters.

Sapporo Bears: 16
@
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: 4

W: Matsukura 5-2
L: Wolfe 4-4
HR: Dan (8), Shin (4), Einishi (4),

Lineups

Bears
Case 3-7 22B .331 RBI
Kitoaji 2-6 RBI .294
Gunderson 1-5 .355
Yamaguchi 1-5 .349
Dan 4-6 HR (8) 4RBI .283
Crosby 4-6 2B RBI .260
Lockhart 3-6 2B 3RBI .250
Shin 4-6 2B HR (4) 2RBI .301
Einishi 4-6 HR (4) 4RBI .300
Matsukura 5IP W 3H 3K 2BB 3R 3ER 3.82 ERA
-Rin 2IP HLD 2H 2K 1BB 1R 1ER 4.98 ERA
--Gates 1IP 1H 1K 0R 0ER 3.13 ERA
---Whitberg 1IP 0H 0R 0ER 2.79 ERA

Fighters
Yoh 0-4 .312
Tanaka 0-4 .253
Itoi 1-3 2B .340
Nakata 1-4 .281
Suechii 0-3 .286
Ceres 2-4 RBI .375
Koyano 0-3 RBI .263
Iiyama 1-4 2RBI .186
Ohno 1-3 .184
Wolfe 2.2IP L 8H 2K 1BB 5R 5ER 4.33 ERA
-Kawabe 3.1IP 4H 1K 1BB 1R 1ER 5.06 ERA
--Sakakiba 2IP 6H 4K 2R 2ER 3.94 ERA
---Tanimoto 0.2IP 5H 5R 5ER 4.01 ERA
----Uemura 0.1IP 3H 3R 3ER 6.14 ERA

--Einishi, MVP of Game (4 RBI)

Game 2
Sapporo Bears: 7
@
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: 8

W: Yoshikawa 4-2
L: Rin 2-4
S: Miyanishi (3)
HR: Dan (9), Ohno (2), Suechii (11),

Game 3
Sapporo Bears: 4
@
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: 1

W: Kamiya 5-1
L: Takeda 0-7
S: Harnish (17)
HR: Yoh (9), Crosby (15),

Game 1
Sapporo Bears: 3
@
Saitama Seibu Lions: 4

W: Matsunagi 3-0
L: Gates 1-2
HR: Crosby (16)

Game 2
Sapporo Bears: 7
@
Saitama Seibu Lions: 8

W: Gonzalez 6-7
L: Gates 1-3
HR: Gunderson (20), Kitoaji (14), Yamaguchi (23),

Game 3
Sapporo Bears: 3
@
Saitama Seibu Lions: 4

W: Koishi 3-3
L: Imamura 3-3
S: Kidokoro (2)
HR: Dan (10), Kitagawa (5), Nakajima (18),

"Yay, we got swept by the Lions! Lovely!"

Game 1
Sapporo Bears: 3
@
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: 2

W: Matsukura 6-2
L: Hoashi 3-9
S: Harnish (18)

Game 2
Sapporo Bears: 12
@
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: 8

W: Redd 5-3
L: Ohba 5-6
S: Rin (2)

Game 3
Sapporo Bears: 3
@
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: 2

W: Harnish 2-5
L: Morifuku 2-3
HR: Case (8)

"Yes! Sweeping the Hawks! That's a great way to end the month of June!"

June in Review

Standings

Pacific
1. Sapporo Bears: 45-31-2
2. ORIX Buffaloes: 44-31-3
3. Kyoto Nintendo Whalers: 40-36-2
4. Saitama Seibu Lions: 38-38-2
5. Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles: 36-42
6. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: 35-41-2
7. Chiba Lotte Marines: 34-40-4
8. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: 29-49

Central
1. Hanshin Tigers: 46-26-2
2. Yomiuri Giants: 45-27-2
3. Yokohama DeNa BayStars: 38-33-3
4. Chunichi Dragons: 35-36-3
5. Hiroshima Toyo Carp: 28-46
6. Tokyo Yakult Swallows: 26-43-5

League Leaders

Pacific

Pitching

ERA
-Figaro (Buffaloes) 1.96
-Tanaka (Golden Eagles) 2.12
-Murakami (Whalers) 2.13

W
-Murakami (Whalers) 9-2
-Figaro (Buffaloes) 8-1
-Clarens (Golden Eagles) 7-3

SV
-Hirano (Buffaloes) 21
-Harnish (Bears) 18
-Yabuta (Marines) 18

K
-Tanaka (Golden Eagles) 120
-Iwasaki (Hawks) 83
-Kaneko (Buffaloes) 81

Batting

AVG
-Kurihara (Golden Eagles) .354
-Gunderson (Bears) .350
-Hirijisawa (Golden Eagles) .350

HR
-Nakamura (Lions) 28
-Kurihara (Golden Eagles) 24
-Yamaguchi (Bears) 23

RBI
-Yamaguchi (Bears) 82
-Nakamura (Lions) 76
-Kurihara (Golden Eagles) 72

SB
-Honda (Hawks) 36
-Hirijisawa (Golden Eagles) 33
-Itoi (Fighters) 32

Central

Pitching

ERA
-Yoshimi (Dragons) 2.47
-Bullington (Carp) 2.56
-Nohmi (Tigers) 2.64

W
-Yamaguchi (BayStars) 9-1
-Nohmi (Tigers) 8-1
-Stevens (Tigers) 7-3

SV
-Fujikawa (Tigers) 28
-Iwase (Dragons) 24
-Yamaguchi (BayStars) 19

K
-Bullington (Carp) 86
-Nohmi (Tigers) 81
-Maeda (Carp) 77

Batting

AVG
-Peters (Tigers) .368
-Chono (Giants) .349
-Kenobi (BayStars) .337

HR
-Kenobi (BayStars) 21
-Abe (Giants) 21
-Tsuruga (Dragons) 20

RBI
-Kenobi (BayStars) 62
-Chono (Giants) 62
-Abe (Giants) 61

SB
-Fujimura (Giants) 26
-Kenobi (BayStars) 23
-Ueda (Swallows) 16

Sapporo Bears Stats

Pitching

Aoi 2.86 7-3 71K
Maeda 3.97 5-5 41K
Redd 5.88 5-3 31K
Matsukura 3.63 6-2 39K
Rin 5.07 2-4 26K
Hura 3.36 3-1 16K
Iwase 4.13 4-1 16K
Imamura 6.88 3-3 28K
Kamiya 2.65 5-1 19K
Whitberg 3.00 2-0 23K
Harnish 3.58 2-5 18SV 20K
Gates 3.54 1-3 17K

Batting

Case .324 8 44 9SB
Gunderson .350 20 72 11SB
Yamaguchi .330 23 82 3SB
Kitoaji .297 14 55 10SB
Crosby .269 16 56 1SB
Dan .286 10 50 0SB
Shin .306 4 28 4SB
Lockhart .240 2 29 2SB
Einishi .293 4 27 0SB
Hakeyama .243 0 8 0SB
Imagawa .214 1 1 0SB

Tight Race! For both divisions

Game 1
Sapporo Bears: 3
@
ORIX Buffaloes: 2

W: Maeda 6-5
L: Kaneko 6-5
S: Harnish (19)
HR: Sakaguchi (4), Yamaguchi (24)

Game 2
Sapporo Bears: 7
@
ORIX Buffaloes: 8

W: Akada 3-2
L: Harnish 2-6
HR: Lee D.H. 2(7,8), Itoh (6)

Game 3
Sapporo Bears: 5
@
ORIX Buffaloes: 8

W: Tsukahara 3-2
L: Kamiya 5-2
S: Hirano (22)
HR: Lee D.H. (9), T-Okada (21), Hakeyama (1),

"And there goes our Division lead."

Harnish comes through for a last out save

Sapporo, Blue Stadium -- The Bears beat the Eagles in a thriller at home tonight. The Bears began the game with RBI doubles by Gunderson and Yamaguchi to make it 2-0. In the fifth, the Bears extended their lead to 3-0. Matsukura pitched a gem tonight, not allowing any runs til the seventh. In the seventh, the Eagles got an RBI groundout and an RBI single from Carlos Terrero reducing the lead to 3-2. In the eighth the Bears struck for another run to make it 4-2, in the ninth, Harnish came in for the Bears to hopefully shut it down. The first two batters singled, and Peter walked to load the bases with no outs. Kaz Matsui did not come through in the clutch, grounding into a double play scoring a run making it 4-3. Garcia then struck out to end the game, 4-3.

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles: 3
@
Sapporo Bears: 4

W: Matsukura 7-2
L: Uezeno 5-7
S: Harnish (20)
HR: -none-

Box Score

Bears
Case 1-4 2B .325
Kitoaji 1-3 .297
Gunderson 2-4 22B RBI .256
Yamaguchi 0-4 RBI .323
Dan 1-4 RBI .284
Crosby 1-4 .269
Lockhart 0-3 .238
Shin 1-2 2B RBI .303
Einishi 0-2 .284
Matsukura 6.2IP W 5H 7K 1BB 2R 2ER 3.56 ERA
-Whitberg 1.1IP HLD 1H 0R 0ER 2.83 ERA
--Harnish 1IP SV (20) 2H 1K 1BB 1R 1ER 3.82 ERA

Golden Eagles
Hirijisawa 1-4 .344
Uchimura 1-4 2B .277
Makida 0-4 .195
Kurihara 1-3 .354
Itoh 1-3 .290
-Nishimura 1-1 .250
Peter 1-4 .229
K.Matsui 0-3 RBI .223
Terrero 2-4 RBI .276
Garcia 0-4 .274
Uezeno 7IP L 5H 7K 3BB 3R 3ER 5.47 ERA
-Katoh 1IP 2H 1R 1ER 5.33 ERA

--MVP's of Game

Game 2
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles: 1
@
Sapporo Bears: 2

W: Redd 6-3
L: Katoh 1-2

Game 3
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles: 2
@
Sapporo Bears: 4

W: Iwase 5-1
L: Clarens 7-4
S: Harnish (21)

Game 1
Chiba Lotte Marines: 4
@
Sapporo Bears: 3

W: Naruse 3-8
L: Gates 1-4
S: Masuda (4)
HR: Case (9), Baker (14)

Game 2
Chiba Lotte Marines: 6
@
Sapporo Bears:'8

W: Rin 3-4
L: Carlos 2-5
HR: Yamaguchi (25)

Game 3
Chiba Lotte Marines: 11
@
Sapporo Bears:'2

W: Fujioka 7-3
L: Hura 3-2
S: Ueno (1)

Game 1
Sapporo Bears: 7
@
Kyoto Nintendo Whalers: 2

W: Matsukura 8-2
L: Onodera 2-8
HR: Kitoaji (15), Yamaguchi (26),

Game 2
Sapporo Bears: 5
@
Kyoto Nintendo Whalers: 3

W: Redd 7-3
L: Khao 4-5
HR: Nose (6)

Game 3
Sapporo Bears: 4
@
Kyoto Nintendo Whalers: 1

W: Iwase 6-1
L: Young 4-4
S: Harnish (22)
HR: Case (10), Takeushi (5), Imagawa (2),

Back in Black Night, Blue Stadium
Bears win intense game against rivals Fighters

Sapporo, Blue Stadium -- You could tell this rivalry game would be intense from the very start. Maeda carried a perfect game into the fourth when it was broken up by Tanaka. In the fourth, Einishi ripped a two-run single for the Bears to make it 2-0. In the bottom of the fifth, Gunderson was on second with two outs when Crosby ripped a single to centerfield. Itoi, the Fighters center fielder, gunned Gunderson down at home to end the fifth. In the top of the sixth, Itoi was on second with two outs when Nakata roped a single to center. Gunderson threw an offline throw to home, but Nick Lockhart scooped it up and dove to home plate to tag out Itoi keeping the shutout alive. In the seventh, the Bears grabbed 3 runs on back-to-back homers by Yamaguchi and Dan. The Bears finished it off in the ninth, winning it 5-0.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Figters: 0
@
Sapporo Bears: 5

W: Maeda 7-5
L: Saitoh 7-4
HR: Yamaguchi (27), Dan (12)

Lineups

Bears
Case 1-5 .312
Kitoaji 1-3 2B .300
Gunderson 1-4 .347
Yamaguchi 3-4 HR (27) 2RBI .322
Dan 2-4 HR (12) RBI .281
Crosby 2-4 2B .292
Lockhart 1-4 .243
Shin 2-4 .292
Einishi 1-4 2RBI .286
Maeda 6.2IP W 7H 8K 0R 0ER 3.67 ERA
-Whitberg 0.1IP 0H 0R 0ER 2.97 ERA
--Rin 2IP 2H 2K 0R 0ER 4.56 ERA

Fighters
Yoh 0-4 .329
Tanaka 1-4 .236
Itoi 1-4 2B .331
Nakata 3-4 .286
Suechii 1-4 .298
Koyano 0-4 .246
Murata 0-4 .219
Iiyama 2-4 .179
Ohno 1-3 .185
Saitoh 6.1IP L 11H 7K 1BB 3R 3ER 3.04 ERA
-Kawabe 1.2IP 3H 2K 2R 2ER 3.38 ERA

--Maeda and Einishi, MVP's of Game

Game 2
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: 11
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Sapporo Bears: 4

W: Takeda 6-6
L: Aoi 7-4
S: Kawabe (1)
HR: Koyano (7), Itoi (10),

Game 3
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: 4
@
Sapporo Bears: 2

W: Keppel 3-9
L: Rin 3-5
S: Miyanishi (6)
HR: Itoi (11)

Game 1
Saitama Seibu Lions: 2
@
Sapporo Bears:'5

W: Matsukura 9-2
L: Togame 4-6
S: Harnish (23)
HR: Asamura (9), Gunderson (22), Yamaguchi (28)

Game 2
Saitama Seibu Lions: 3
@
Sapporo Bears: 1

W: Kikuchi 4-3
L: Redd 7-4
S: Kidokoro (3)
HR: Nakamura (33)

Game 3
Saitama Seibu Lions: 4
@
Sapporo Bears: 2

W: Arakaki 7-8
L: Iwase 6-2
S: Gonzalez (20)
HR: Nakajima (22)

I hope you didn't give up on the Log because of the rough start to the season. I can assure you that I am eagerly awaiting your return.

Yeah, I'll be updating this soon. Just haven't found time recently.

Kurihara jacks 3 as Pacific destroys Central in Game 1

Kyoto, Nintendo Park -- The Pacific League easily handed the Central's butts to them last night as Kurihara put on a clinic smashing 3 home runs. In total, the Pacific League hit 6 home runs, 3 coming from Masato, one from Gunderson, another from Yamaguchi, and the final from Hideki Matsuara. The Central League hit one home run, a moonshot by Shinnosuke Abe in the ninth. The Pacific rolled in 27 hits, and 17 runs. Tanaka started, going 3 innings, allowing only 1 hit, with 5 K's. Sawamura started for the Central, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits, going 3 innings. Masato Kurihara was 5-5 with 3 home runs and 5 RBI's. Chono and Abe combined for 4 hits a home run and 2 RBI's.

Central League: 4
@
Pacific League: 17

W: Yaka
L: Sawamura
HR: Kurihara (3), Yamaguchi, Matsuara, Gunderson, Abe

Lineups

Pacific
Honda 3-6 2RBI
Gunderson 3-5 2B HR 4RBI
Kumichi 4-5 2B 2RBI
Kurihara 5-5 3HR 5RBI
Yamaguchi 3-5 HR 2RBI
Matusara 2-5 2B HR 2RBI
Crosby 3-5
Imae 1-5
Yi 3-5
Tanaka 3IP ND 1H 5K 0R 0ER
-Whitberg 1.1IP 4H 1K 2R 2ER
--Yaka 3.1IP W 4H 2K 1R 1ER
---A.Okamoto 1.1IP 1H 2K 1R 1ER

Central
Peters 1-4
Chono 2-4 RBI
Tsuruga 0-4
Abe 2-4 HR RBI
Kenobi 1-4
Kurihara 1-4 2RBI
Ita 1-4
Araki 1-3
Ishikawa 1-3
Sawamura 3IP L 8H 3K 4R 4ER
-Nohmi 3IP 7H 2K 1BB 4R 4ER
--Kubo 0.1IP 7H 7R 7ER
---Ushida 1.2IP 5H 2R 2ER

--Masato Kurihara, Hit 3 home runs

Game 2
Central: 4
@
Pacific: 8

W: A.Okamoto
L: Ushida
S: Hirano
HR: Gunderson, Crosby, Kumichi

Game 3
Pacific: 9
@
Central: 6

W: A.Okamoto
L: Bullington
S: Harnish
HR: Toritani, Ita, M.Kurihara

"Well, we've swept the Central League in the All-Star series so if we go to the Pennant we'll have Homefield advantage!"

Game 1
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: 3
@
Sapporo Bears: 6

W: Maeda 8-5
L: Settsu 3-8
S: Harnish (24)
HR: Einishi (5)

Game 2
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: 6
@
Sapporo Bears: 8

W: Aoi 8-4
L: Iwasaki 7-7
S: Harnish (25)
HR: Yamaguchi (29)

Game 3
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks: 8
@
Sapporo Bears: 8

W: -none-
L: -none-
HR: Matsuda (13), Matsunaka (9), Kitoaji (16)

Game 1
ORIX Buffaloes: 3
@
Sapporo Bears: 2

W: Nakayama 6-5
L: Matsukura 9-3
S: Hirano (26)
HR: Case (11), Gunderson (23),

Game 2
ORIX Buffaloes: 3
@
Sapporo Bears: 4

W: Gates 2-4
L: Hirano 3-5
HR: T-Okada (26)

Game 3
ORIX Buffaloes: 7
@
Sapporo Bears: 6

W: Hirano 4-5
L: Kamiya 5-3
S: Kaida (1)
HR: Crosby (17), Case (12), Sakaguchi (7)