JAPAN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
YO GIANTS AT YT SWALLOWS
07/09/2025
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JAPAN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
YO GIANTS AT YT SWALLOWS
GAME ID: 543 - WEDNESDAY, JULY 9TH , 2025 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
YO Giants (54-34) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
YT Swallows (35-52) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 13 1
Giants Absorb 3-2 Loss at Meiji Jingu Stadium
Getting an impressive start from Wataru Karashima, YT beat YO by the score of 3-2. The winner was Karashima. He threw 7.0 innings of 3-hit ball. The loser was Shosei Togo. The Swallows raised their record to 35-52.

In the bottom of the fifth, Sho Matsui delivered a clutch hit. With two gone and a runner on 3rd, the YT catcher hit a run-scoring single, putting the Swallows in front, 3-2.

"Every loss hurts," said YO manager Koshiro Wada. "But this was a tough one."
YO BATTING LINESCORE YT BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Yamashita RF, LF 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .280 7 34
K. Okamoto 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .307 9 44
H. Sakamoto SS 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 .219 8 27
S. Oda C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .257 2 5
   d-K. Sano PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 8 45
H. Chono 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .341 0 12
   e-T. Hagiwara PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .287 2 34
T. Hsueh LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 1 3
   a-Y. Maru PH, CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .223 8 26
R. Masuda 2B 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .250 3 29
T. Kondo CF, RF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .241 0 2
   b-S. Kamimura PH, RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .236 3 26
   f-A. Wakabayashi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .283 2 11
S. Togo P 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .148 1 3
   R. Nakata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   R. Oe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   A. Sanchez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 2
   c-T. Kitamura PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .206 0 13
   T. Nishi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 2 2 13 10      
a - Y. Maru pinch hit for T. Hsueh in the 7th
b - S. Kamimura pinch hit for T. Kondo in the 8th
c - T. Kitamura pinch hit for A. Sanchez in the 8th
d - K. Sano pinch hit for S. Oda in the 9th
e - T. Hagiwara pinch hit for H. Chono in the 9th
f - A. Wakabayashi pinch hit for S. Kamimura in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Kitamura (5, 8th Inning off K. Moriya, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: H. Sakamoto (8, 1st Inning off W. Karashima, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: H. Sakamoto 4 , H. Chono , T. Hagiwara , T. Kondo , T. Kitamura 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Okamoto , A. Wakabayashi
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Yamashita (26)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Sakamoto-Masuda-Chono)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Nakata CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .291 0 7
T. Yamada 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 .271 5 13
R. Takeoka SS 5 0 2 0 0 0 5 .299 4 30
M. Murakami 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .242 16 56
K. Cron 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .261 11 35
L. Okoye LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 .258 5 10
S. Matsui C 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 .262 0 13
T. Ota RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 .242 5 27
W. Karashima P 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .080 0 2
   a-Y. Akahane PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .231 6 18
   K. Moriya P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   T. Kubo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 36 3 13 2 1 4 23      
a - Y. Akahane pinch hit for W. Karashima in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Yamada (15, 6th Inning off R. Nakata, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Yamada 3 , R. Takeoka 2 , M. Murakami , K. Cron 2 , L. Okoye 2 , S. Matsui 2 , T. Ota , W. Karashima
2-out RBI: S. Matsui , W. Karashima
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , R. Takeoka 3 , T. Ota , Y. Akahane
GIDP: T. Ota
Hit by Pitch: T. Nakata , M. Murakami , W. Karashima
Team LOB: 13

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Murakami (7)

FIELDING
Errors: R. Takeoka (9)
YO PITCHING LINESCORE YT PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Togo L (6-5) 5.1 8 3 3 1 4 0 99 3.57   
R. Nakata 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 23 2.43   
R. Oe 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.96   
A. Sanchez 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.34   
T. Nishi 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 16.20   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Togo 43
Batters Faced: S. Togo 27, R. Nakata 6, R. Oe 1, A. Sanchez 2, T. Nishi 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Togo 9-2, R. Nakata 1-2, R. Oe 0-1, A. Sanchez 1-0, T. Nishi 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: S. Togo 99-59, R. Nakata 23-14, R. Oe 4-3, A. Sanchez 7-4, T. Nishi 14-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: R. Oe 2-0 , A. Sanchez 2-0
WP: R. Nakata
Hit Batsmen: S. Togo 3
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
W. Karashima W (4-5) 7.0 3 2 2 1 9 1 81 4.89   
K. Moriya H (4) 1.2 2 0 0 0 4 0 29 1.88   
T. Kubo SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 4.83   
PITCHING
Game Score: W. Karashima 71
Batters Faced: W. Karashima 25, K. Moriya 7, T. Kubo 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: W. Karashima 6-6, K. Moriya 1-0, T. Kubo 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: W. Karashima 81-55, K. Moriya 29-20, T. Kubo 16-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Kubo 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Wataru Karashima
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (75 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 10 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM JST
Time: 3:17
Attendance: 15282
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