Lotte Clinches
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Re: Lotte Clinches
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Jun 17, 2005 9:07 PM
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Softbank won two in a row to keep in the race. Lotte lost one and was rained out on Thursday, postponing the deciding match by a day.
Well, it's all over now. Lotte just defeated the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Kyujyo minutes ago 5-1 to take all the marbles in 2005 inter-league play.
Congratulations Valentine-kantoku, the Chiba Lotte Marines, and Player Number 26 (the oendan).
Well, it's all over now. Lotte just defeated the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Kyujyo minutes ago 5-1 to take all the marbles in 2005 inter-league play.
Congratulations Valentine-kantoku, the Chiba Lotte Marines, and Player Number 26 (the oendan).
Re: Lotte Clinches
[ Author: Jingu Bleacher Bum | Posted: Jun 19, 2005 1:17 AM
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The inter-league totals are now in:
The Lotte Marines receive the 50 million yen prize for finishing inter-league play in first place.
MVP of the inter-league games gets 2 million yen prize.
The Central and Pacific Leagues announced the attendance figures for the inter-league games on June 18. In the 108 games played per league: the Central League drew 2,779,383 fans (25,735/game average), while the Pacific League drew 2,285,645 fans (21,163/game average). Hanshin drew the most fans in the Central League at 747,867 (41,548/game), while Softbank drew the most fans for the Pacific League with a total of 568,593 (31,589/game) fans. The most attended series in a Central League park was the Hanshin vs. Nippon Ham series at Koshien Stadium, drawing 141,839 fans, while in the Pacific League parks, the Softbank vs. Hanshin series drew 102,721 fans. Yokohama drew the least amount of fans, totaling out with just 213,457 fans (11,859/game). Overall the average attendance for an inter-league game was 23,449
**The standings and stats are from the Sankei Sports website, the attendance news was translated from a Jiji Tsuushin news article.
*=avg of 6 teams
Team W - L (T) Pct. BA HR RS RA ERA
1 +Lotte Marines+ 24 - 11 1 .686 .281 43 198 116 2.66+
2 Softbank Hawks 23 - 12 1 .657 .281 47 182 115 2.92
3 Hanshin Tigers 21 - 13 2 .618 .268 33 183 138 3.40
4 Yomiuri Giants 18 - 14 4 .563 .270 53 176 169 4.13
5 Yakult Swallows 20 - 16 0 .556 .281 30 144 138 3.73
6 Yokohama Baystars 19 - 17 0 .528 .260 38 159 154 3.93
7 Orix Buffaloes 17 - 16 3 .515 .252 25 152 154 3.72
8 Seibu Lions 18 - 18 0 .500 .265 44 147 159 4.22
9 Chunichi Dragons 15 - 21 0 .417 .254 18 135 171 4.74
10 Nippon Ham Fighters 12 - 22 2 .353 .240 39 143 187 4.62
11 Hiroshima Carp 11 - 24 1 .314 .267 36 134 175 4.47
12 Rakuten Eagles 11 - 25 0 .306 .241 27 123 200 5.28
Pacific League 105 - 104 7 .503 *.260 225 945 931 3.90*
Central League 104 - 105 7 .498 *.267 208 931 945 4.07*
The Lotte Marines receive the 50 million yen prize for finishing inter-league play in first place.
MVP of the inter-league games gets 2 million yen prize.
The Central and Pacific Leagues announced the attendance figures for the inter-league games on June 18. In the 108 games played per league: the Central League drew 2,779,383 fans (25,735/game average), while the Pacific League drew 2,285,645 fans (21,163/game average). Hanshin drew the most fans in the Central League at 747,867 (41,548/game), while Softbank drew the most fans for the Pacific League with a total of 568,593 (31,589/game) fans. The most attended series in a Central League park was the Hanshin vs. Nippon Ham series at Koshien Stadium, drawing 141,839 fans, while in the Pacific League parks, the Softbank vs. Hanshin series drew 102,721 fans. Yokohama drew the least amount of fans, totaling out with just 213,457 fans (11,859/game). Overall the average attendance for an inter-league game was 23,449
**The standings and stats are from the Sankei Sports website, the attendance news was translated from a Jiji Tsuushin news article.
Re: Inter-League MVP
[ Author: Jingu Bleacher Bum | Posted: Jun 20, 2005 10:29 PM
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The MVP for Japan's very first inter-league games is pitcher Hiroyuki Kobayashi. Kobayashi started in 6 games, and had a record of 5 and 0 with a 2.74 ERA. He also batted .300 with 3 RBI in the times he stepped up to the plate in the Central League parks. He'll recieve 2 million yen for the award. "I'm happy that the fans all over Japan have gotten to know my name. I'll never be able to forget this for my entire life. I'll use the money for my kid." Kobayashi added.
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Lotte is currently 23 and 10 in inter-league play, of which they're 13 and 2 (1 tie) on Central League soil. Overall against the Central League, the Marines are:
5 - 1 vs. Chunichi
1 - 3 vs. Yakult (2 games to go)
5 - 1 vs. Giants
3(1)2 vs. Hanshin
5 - 1 vs. Hiroshima
4 - 2 vs. Yokohama
Yakult has been their biggest problem, dropping three in a row between May 13-15, losing 0-1, 3-11, and 0-1 respectively. The two shutouts were two of only three shutouts Lotte has suffered in inter-league play.
Lotte is currently leading the Pacific League with a 47 and 18 (1 tie) record, 4.5 games in front of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.