Today was game 2 of the Fighters/Marines series – wait! I forgot yesterday’s debacle. How could I? Officially it was game 3 of the Fighters vs Marines series at stormy Chiba Marine. Lotte was looking for their first win of the season vs Nippon Ham. Watanabe Shunsuke started the game looking for his first win, […]
I’m calling this a semi game report; it’s really more of a rant. The Fighters get out of Chiba Marine with a 2-0 victory, but that’s not the story. It’s a Golden Game, a 5 inning, monsoon-filled nonsense-that-somehow counts in the standings. Kobayshi take the meaningless-yet-still-a-loss loss with 5 innings of work. Seriously, who things
It’s the top of the third of Monday’s holiday day game between the visiting Fighters and the Marines. I’m going to try a little live blogging of this one to give my impressions of the game as it unfolds. Lotte is trying for its first win against the Fighters this year – the Fighters took
Lotte came into today’s rubber match with Softbank looking to take their second road series of the year. Tasked with the challenge of stopping Softbank was Naruse, who was making only his second start of the year. He’s had middling results in both of his previous starts, with a shaky first and a strong second.
After a disappointing 6-2 loss to Softbank in the opener of the weekend series on Friday, Lotte needed a win to get closer to coming out of the Pa-league cellar. Pitching tonight was Karakawa Yuki, who has had a strong start to the season with an ERA of 2.57 in 3 starts. Yahoo Dome is
