JAPAN BASEBALL NI-GUN LEAGUE
CH (NI-GUN) DRAGONS AT YO (NI-GUN) GIANTS
06/27/2025
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JAPAN BASEBALL NI-GUN LEAGUE
CH (NI-GUN) DRAGONS AT YO (NI-GUN) GIANTS
GAME ID: 1351 - FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH , 2025 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CH (Ni-Gun) Dragons (36-41) 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 0
YO (Ni-Gun) Giants (45-34) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 4 4 0
Giants Edge Dragons, 4-3
Hirokazu Kikuta impressed in the 4-3 YO (Ni-Gun) win over CH (Ni-Gun). Kikuta, who leads the WL with a .903 OPS, went 2 for 4 with a home run, while adding 3 RBI and scoring once. The win was credited to 29-year old right-handed pitcher Kento Mark Ishida in relief. His record improves to 4-1. Hiroaki Matsuda took the loss. The win gives YO (Ni-Gun) a season record of 45-34.

YO (Ni-Gun) took control in the bottom of the sixth. With one out and runners on 2nd and 3rd, Kaito Ito hit a run-scoring single to make it 3-2, Giants.

Kikuta called the win "a collective effort."
CH (NI-GUN) BATTING LINESCORE YO (NI-GUN) BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
Y. Yamada 1B 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 .309 4 22
K. Ito RF, LF 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 .251 6 35
N. Yoshikawa 2B 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .280 1 25
H. Miyoshi CF 3 0 0 0 1 3 3 .294 5 22
W. Takamatsu DH 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .245 3 27
T. Jakushi SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .227 0 1
Y. Fujioka 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .223 4 31
T. Kato LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .238 0 1
   a-K. Ishii PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .216 0 13
   b-K. Yamaguchi LF, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 2 8
K. Takagi C 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .211 1 14
Totals 35 3 8 3 3 13 15      
a - K. Ishii pinch hit for T. Kato in the 8th
b - K. Yamaguchi substituted for K. Ishii in the 8th

BATTING
Triples: K. Ito (6, 1st Inning off T. Kuwahara, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: Y. Yamada (4, 7th Inning off K. Ishida, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: Y. Yamada 4 , K. Ito 3 , N. Yoshikawa 2 , W. Takamatsu , Y. Fujioka , T. Kato , K. Takagi
2-out RBI: W. Takamatsu
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Jakushi
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Ito (11)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Nakayama 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .307 7 42
D. Ito DH 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 .234 8 40
K. Ito RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .263 14 49
   a-S. Kato RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 2 22
H. Kikuta 3B 4 1 2 3 0 0 3 .264 10 39
T. Yaoita LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .294 8 29
H. Miwa CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .230 8 37
M. Mimori 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 1 27
T. Oshiro C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .214 3 15
T. Hirasawa SS 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .208 1 17
Totals 27 4 4 4 4 1 12      
a - S. Kato substituted for K. Ito in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: H. Kikuta (10, 4th Inning off H. Matsuda, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: R. Nakayama , K. Ito , H. Kikuta 5
2-out RBI: H. Kikuta
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Kikuta , T. Yaoita
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
SB: D. Ito (11)
CH (NI-GUN) PITCHING LINESCORE YO (NI-GUN) PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
H. Matsuda L (0-3) 7.0 4 4 4 2 1 1 101 4.80   
T. Miyake 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 24 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: H. Matsuda 52
Batters Faced: H. Matsuda 26, T. Miyake 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: H. Matsuda 11-8, T. Miyake 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: H. Matsuda 101-60, T. Miyake 24-11
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Kuwahara 4.2 5 2 2 3 9 0 106 3.94   
K. Ishida W (4-1) 1.2 1 1 1 0 1 1 21 3.86   
H. Tokoda H (6) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 27 4.17   
Y. Furukawa H (5) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.08   
Y. Muto SV (16) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 4.03   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Kuwahara 52
Batters Faced: T. Kuwahara 22, K. Ishida 6, H. Tokoda 5, Y. Furukawa 2, Y. Muto 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Kuwahara 2-3, K. Ishida 1-3, H. Tokoda 2-1, Y. Furukawa 1-0, Y. Muto 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Kuwahara 106-66, K. Ishida 21-13, H. Tokoda 27-18, Y. Furukawa 10-5, Y. Muto 12-9
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Ishida 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Hirokazu Kikuta
Ballpark: Giants Baseball Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (72 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:30
Attendance: 3927
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