Japan vs. Chi Cubs at HoHoKam Park - Friday, March 15, 2013

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Japan vs. Chi Cubs

Friday, March 15, 2013

Cubs 7, Japan 5

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
JPN	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	11	1
CHC	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		7	12	2

W:: Lewis (1-0)
L:: Imamura (0-1)

Japan	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	LOB	AVG
Chono, CF	5	0	0	0	0	3	.000
Matsui, K, 2B	3	1	0	0	1	0	.000
Toritani, 2B	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Uchikawa, LF	3	0	1	0	1	1	.333
Kakunaka, LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Abe, DH	3	1	2	1	0	1	.667
a-Inaba, PH-DH	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1-Honda, PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Sakamoto, SS	3	1	2	2	0	1	.667
Ibata, SS	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Itoi, RF	4	1	0	0	2	2	.000
Nakata, 1B	4	1	3	2	0	0	.750
Aikawa, C	4	0	0	0	1	2	.000
Matsuda, 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	.500
Totals	38	5	11	5	5	13	.289

a-Doubled for Abe in the 8th.
1-Ran for Inaba in the 8th.

Chi Cubs	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
DeJesus, CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333
Villanueva, Ch, 3B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500
1-Martin, PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Baez, SS	4	3	2	3	1	1	1	.500
Castillo, W, C	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.333
Soriano, A, DH	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000
a-Krist, PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Sappelt, LF	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	.750
Vitters, 3B	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	.333
Silva, CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Soler, RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Vogelbach, 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.250
Gonzalez, Al, 2B	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.500
Totals	34	7	12	7	2	2	8	.353

a-Lined out for Soriano, A in the 7th.
1-Ran for Villanueva, Ch in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Abe 2 (2, Wood, T, Wood, T), Inaba (1, Coleman, C).
HR: Nakata (1, 2nd inning off Wood, T, 1 on, 1 out), Sakamoto (1, 3rd inning off Wood, T, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Matsuda 2; Nakata 6; Inaba 2; Uchikawa; Sakamoto 5; Abe 4.
RBI: Nakata 2 (2), Abe (1), Sakamoto 2 (2).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Chono; Sakamoto; Itoi; Toritani.
GIDP: Aikawa.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Matsuda (1, 2nd base off Wood, T/Castillo, W).
CS: Matsuda (1, 2nd base by Wood, T/Castillo, W).
PO: Matsuda (1st base by Wood, T).

FIELDING
E: Chono (1, fielding).
Outfield assists: Itoi (Vogelbach at home).

BATTING
2B: Castillo, W (1, Utsumi), Sappelt (1, Utsumi), DeJesus (1, Utsumi), Villanueva, Ch (1, Imamura).
HR: Baez 2 (2, 7th inning off Otonari, 0 on, 2 out; 9th inning off Imamura, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: DeJesus 2; Sappelt 4; Castillo, W 2; Baez 8; Vogelbach; Gonzalez, Al 2; Vitters; Villanueva, Ch 2.
RBI: Soriano, A (1), Sappelt (1), Vitters (1), Baez 3 (3), Vogelbach (1).
2-out RBI: Sappelt; Vitters; Baez; Vogelbach.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Baez; Sappelt.
SAC: Silva.
SF: Soriano, A.
Team RISP: 5-for-9.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
E: Vitters (1, fielding), Baez (1, throw).
DP: (Baez-Gonzalez, Al-Vogelbach).
Pickoffs: Wood, T (Matsuda at 1st base).

Japan	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Utsumi	3.0	5	3	3	1	0	0	9.00
Wakui(H, 1)	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Otonari(BS, 1)	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	9.00
Imamura(L, 0-1)	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	-.--
Totals	8.0	12	7	7	2	2	2	7.88

Chi Cubs	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR	ERA
Wood, T	4.2	7	5	4	4	2	7.71
Wade	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0.00
Dolis	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Coleman, C	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Lewis(W, 1-0)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
Totals	9.0	11	5	4	5	2	4.00

Imamura pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.

Groundouts-flyouts: Utsumi 3-4, Wakui 5-3, Otonari 1-0, Imamura 0-0, Wood, T 6-2, Wade 1-1, Dolis 2-1, Coleman, C 1-1, Lewis 3-0.
Batters faced: Utsumi 15, Wakui 11, Otonari 10, Imamura 2, Wood, T 22, Wade 4, Dolis 3, Coleman, C 4, Lewis 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Wade 1-0.
Umpires: HP: John Tumpane. 1B: Carlos Rey. 2B: Brian Gorman. 3B: Trevor Grieve.
Weather: 80 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, Varies.
T: 2:45.
Att: 2,915.
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media

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