Chiba 5 - Saitama 2

Date: March 25th, 2071

Game: Cup [#5912861]

Attendance: 29,938

Winning Pitcher: Katsuya Nishi (1-0)

Losing Pitcher: Kazuo Murakami (0-1)

Player Of The Game: Sosuke Kawai (1)

Team / Inning	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
Chiba Marines	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	2	7
Saitama Lions	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	9

Chiba Marines

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	SH	SF	LOB	AVE
Y. Chano lf	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	.462
Y. Nakajima cf	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	.263
S. Takasu 3b	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385
N. Kato 3b	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.444
S. Kawai ss	4	1	2	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.400
R. Uehara rf	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.222
H. Okada rf	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.125
J. Watanabe dh	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333
S. Kohiyama dh	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333
A. Murata 1b	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.083
R. Nakamura 2b	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125
T. Imai c	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Total	37	5	10	6	0	0	5	2	9	0	0	0	0	17

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	IBB	HB	K	HR	BF	NP	ST	GB	-	FB	ERA
K. Nishi W (1-0)	8	6	2	2	3	0	1	2	1	35	127	81	13	-	12	2.25
S. Tamura S (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	6	0	-	3	0.00
Total	9	6	2	2	3	0	1	2	1	38	134	87	13	-	15

Fielder	FA	PO	A	E	DP	OSB	OCS	PB	WP
K. Nishi p	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
S. Tamura p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
T. Imai c	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
A. Murata 1b	9	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
R. Nakamura 2b	8	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
S. Takasu 3b	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
N. Kato 3b	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
S. Kawai ss	4	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Y. Chano lf	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Y. Nakajima cf	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R. Uehara rf	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
H. Okada rf	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	39	27	10	2	3	0	0	1	1

Saitama Lions

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	SH	SF	LOB	AVE
K. Ota lf	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333
T. Hayagawa 2b	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.231
Y. Fukuda ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
K. Enatsu cf	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.235
R. Tomiyama rf	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.400
S. Yamashita 3b	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385
S. Sato 1b	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	.231
R. Kato c	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.182
M. Kadota dh	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000
S. Wakatabe ss	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Total	34	2	6	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	22

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	IBB	HB	K	HR	BF	NP	ST	GB	-	FB	ERA
K. Murakami L (0-1)	2⅓	6	5	5	1	0	0	5	0	14	56	32	4	-	0	19.29
Y. Nishi	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	24	15	0	-	4	0.00
D. Ishikawa	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	16	60	43	1	-	7	2.45
H. Bando	⅓	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	-	1	27.00
T. Nioka	⅓	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	-	1	0.00
Total	9	10	5	5	2	0	0	9	0	39	146	93	5	-	13

Fielder	FA	PO	A	E	DP	OSB	OCS	PB	WP
K. Murakami p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Y. Nishi p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D. Ishikawa p	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
H. Bando p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
T. Nioka p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R. Kato c	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
S. Sato 1b	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
T. Hayagawa 2b	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Y. Fukuda ph	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
S. Yamashita 3b	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
S. Wakatabe ss	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
K. Ota lf	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
K. Enatsu cf	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R. Tomiyama rf	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	29	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player of the Game
Chiba: Sosuke Kawai

Managers
Chiba: Ramon Rosales
Saitama: Robert Harimoto

Injuries
Chiba:  none
Saitama:  OF-Amemiya

Starting Pitcher
Chiba: K. Nishi
Saitama: K. Murakami

Pitcher Fatigue
Chiba:  Yoneda-Light, Kobayashi-Light, Asano-Heavy, Kouki-Heavy, Nomo-Light, Takada-Moderate, Kudo-Moderate, Ueda-Moderate
Saitama:  Ishikawa-Heavy, Kimura-Heavy, Ishikawa-Moderate, Yamazaki-Heavy, Kojima-Light

Power Index
Chiba:  93.6
Saitama:  97.8

Lineup Selection
Chiba:  Default [option #3]
Saitama:  Default [option #3]

Game Information
Date:  March 25th, 2071
Game Type:  Cup

Ballpark:  MetLife Dome
Weather:  Sunny
Attendance:  29,938

Version:  1.119
Simulated:  Mon Oct 6 2025 @ 5:36:30 pm PDT

Standard Dialog

Starting Pitchers (Standard)
Chiba: K. Nishi (R)
Saitama: K. Murakami (R)

Starting Lineups
Chiba: LF-Chano (L), CF-Nakajima (L), 3B-Takasu (L), SS-Kawai (R), RF-Uehara (L), DH-Watanabe (L), 1B-Murata (L), 2B-Nakamura (R), C-Imai (R)
Saitama: LF-Ota (R), 2B-Hayagawa (L), CF-Enatsu (L), RF-Tomiyama (L), 3B-Yamashita (L), 1B-Sato (L), C-Kato (R), DH-Kadota (L), SS-Wakatabe (R)

Top 1st: Chiba
  Murakami takes the mound to pitch.
  Chano hits a double to center field.
  Nakajima strikes out.
  Takasu hits a ground ball single through to right field. Chano advances to third base.
  Kawai strikes out.
  Uehara strikes out.
Chiba 0, Saitama 0

Bottom 1st: Saitama
  Nishi takes the mound to pitch.
  Ota grounds to the pitcher. Ota is thrown out at first by Nishi.
  Hayagawa grounds to second base. Hayagawa is thrown out at first by Nakamura.
  Enatsu pops out to short stop.
Chiba 0, Saitama 0

Top 2nd: Chiba
  Murakami takes the mound to pitch.
  Watanabe strikes out.
  Murata grounds to third base. Murata is thrown out at first by Yamashita.
  Nakamura grounds to second base. Nakamura is thrown out at first by Hayagawa.
Chiba 0, Saitama 0

Bottom 2nd: Saitama
  Nishi takes the mound to pitch.
  Tomiyama hits a home run to right field.
  Yamashita grounds to third base. Yamashita is thrown out at first by Takasu.
  Sato grounds to second base. Sato is thrown out at first by Nakamura.
  Kato reaches on an error by third base Takasu.
  Kadota grounds to third base. Kadota is thrown out at first by Takasu.
Chiba 0, Saitama 1

Top 3rd: Chiba
  Murakami takes the mound to pitch.
  Imai hits a ground ball single to short stop.
  Chano strikes out.
  Nakajima hits a double to left field. Imai advances to third base.
  Takasu draws a walk.
  Kawai hits a double to left field. Imai comes in to score. Nakajima comes in to score. Takasu comes in to score.
  Uehara hits a double to center field. Kawai comes in to score.
  Nishi comes in to pitch.
  Watanabe hits a double to right field. Uehara comes in to score.
  Murata flies out to center field.
  Nakamura strikes out.
Chiba 5, Saitama 1

Bottom 3rd: Saitama
  Nishi takes the mound to pitch.
  Wakatabe grounds to third base. Wakatabe is thrown out at first by Takasu.
  Ota flies out to right field.
  Hayagawa flies out to center field.
Chiba 5, Saitama 1

Top 4th: Chiba
  Nishi takes the mound to pitch.
  Imai flies out to right field.
  Chano flies out to left field.
  Nakajima lines out to short stop.
Chiba 5, Saitama 1

Bottom 4th: Saitama
  Nishi takes the mound to pitch.
  Enatsu draws a walk.
  Tomiyama strikes out.
  Yamashita hits a single to center field. Enatsu advances to second base.
  Sato flies out to right field.
  Kato flies out to right field.
Chiba 5, Saitama 1

Top 5th: Chiba
  Nishi takes the mound to pitch.
  Kato comes in to pinch hit for Takasu.
  Kato flies out to left field.
  Ishikawa comes in to pitch.
  Kawai hits a double to center field.
  Okada comes in to pinch hit for Uehara.
  Okada strikes out.
  Kohiyama comes in to pinch hit for Watanabe.
  Kohiyama strikes out.
Chiba 5, Saitama 1

Bottom 5th: Saitama
  Nishi takes the mound to pitch.
  Kadota flies out to right field.
  Wakatabe draws a walk.
  Ota flies out to left field.
  Nishi throws a wild pitch. Wakatabe advances to second base.
  Hayagawa hits a ground ball single through to center field. Wakatabe comes in to score.
  Enatsu grounds to second base. Enatsu is thrown out at first by Nakamura.
Chiba 5, Saitama 2

Top 6th: Chiba
  Ishikawa takes the mound to pitch.
  Murata hits a ground ball single through to left field.
  Nakamura flies out to center field.
  Imai hits a single to center field. Murata advances to second base.
  Chano lines out to first base.
  Nakajima lines out to center field.
Chiba 5, Saitama 2

Bottom 6th: Saitama
  Nishi takes the mound to pitch.
  Tomiyama draws a walk.
  Imai allows a passed ball. Tomiyama advances to second base.
  Yamashita is hit by the pitch.
  Sato pops out to second base.
  Kato flies out to left field.
  Kadota lines out to third base.
Chiba 5, Saitama 2

Top 7th: Chiba
  Ishikawa takes the mound to pitch.
  Kato flies out to right field.
  Kawai strikes out.
  Okada flies out to right field.
Chiba 5, Saitama 2

Bottom 7th: Saitama
  Nishi takes the mound to pitch.
  Wakatabe reaches on an error by second base Nakamura.
  Ota hits a single to center field. Wakatabe advances to second base.
  Hayagawa grounds to first base. Ota is thrown out at second by Murata. Hayagawa is thrown out at first by short stop Kawai for a double play. Wakatabe advances to third base.
  Enatsu pops out to short stop.
Chiba 5, Saitama 2

Top 8th: Chiba
  Ishikawa takes the mound to pitch.
  Kohiyama pops out to the pitcher.
  Murata flies out to left field.
  Nakamura pops out to short stop.
Chiba 5, Saitama 2

Bottom 8th: Saitama
  Nishi takes the mound to pitch.
  Tomiyama hits a single to right field.
  Yamashita hits a ground ball single through to center field. Tomiyama advances to second base.
  Sato strikes out.
  Kato grounds to second base. Tomiyama is thrown out at third by Nakamura. Yamashita advances to second base. Kato reaches first on a fielder's choice.
  Kadota flies out to center field.
Chiba 5, Saitama 2

Top 9th: Chiba
  Ishikawa takes the mound to pitch.
  Imai flies out to right field.
  Chano draws a walk.
  Bando comes in to pitch.
  Nakajima flies out to right field.
  Nioka comes in to pitch.
  Kato pops out to first base.
Chiba 5, Saitama 2

Bottom 9th: Saitama
  Tamura comes in to pitch.
  Wakatabe pops out to second base.
  Ota pops out to second base.
  Fukuda comes in to pinch hit for Hayagawa.
  Fukuda flies out to right field.
Chiba 5, Saitama 2