Japan vs. Cuba at Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome - Wednesday, March 6, 2013

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Japan vs. Cuba

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Cuba 6, Japan 3

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
JPN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		3	7	0
CUB	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	x		6	10	1

W:: Perez (1-0)
L:: Otonari (0-1)

Japan	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Chono, CF	4	0	1	1	1	2	0	.200
Matsui, K, 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
a-Toritani, PH-2B	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000
Ibata, DH	4	0	2	1	1	1	1	.600
Abe, C	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
Aikawa, C	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000
Sakamoto, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.083
Itoi, RF	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.300
Nakata, LF	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	.571
Inaba, 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	.111
b-Kakunaka, PH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Matsuda, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	.300
c-Honda, PH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Totals	33	3	7	3	6	8	15	.217

a-Popped out for Matsui, K in the 5th. b-Walked for Inaba in the 9th. c-Walked for Matsuda in the 9th.

Cuba	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Heredia, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.182
Gourriel, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.077
Fernandez, J, 2B	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	.625
1-Rivera, PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ibanez, 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Cepeda, DH	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	.500
2-Bell, PR-DH	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286
Abreu, 1B	4	1	2	1	0	2	1	.417
Despaigne, A, LF	4	1	2	3	0	0	1	.500
Tomas, RF	4	1	1	1	0	2	3	.429
Sanchez, E, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.200
3-Gonzalez, R, PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Morejon, C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Arruebarruena, SS	4	0	1	0	0	3	1	.364
Totals	34	6	10	6	1	10	12	.320

1-Ran for Fernandez, J in the 6th. 2-Ran for Cepeda in the 8th. 3-Ran for Sanchez, E in the 8th.

BATTING
TB: Itoi; Ibata 2; Chono; Nakata 2; Inaba.
RBI: Chono (1), Toritani (1), Ibata (2).
2-out RBI: Ibata.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Matsuda 2; Abe; Aikawa.
SF: Toritani.
GIDP: Inaba.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Chono (1, 2nd base off Perez/Sanchez, E).

BATTING
2B: Cepeda (2, Tanaka, M), Fernandez, J (1, Sawamura).
HR: Tomas (1, 3rd inning off Otonari, 0 on, 0 out), Despaigne, A (1, 8th inning off Imamura, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Arruebarruena; Fernandez, J 3; Abreu 2; Despaigne, A 5; Cepeda 2; Sanchez, E; Tomas 4.
RBI: Tomas (1), Cepeda (2), Abreu (6), Despaigne, A 3 (5).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sanchez, E; Tomas.
Team RISP: 3-for-9.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Abreu (1, 2nd base off Sawamura/Abe).

FIELDING
E: Arruebarruena (1, fielding).
DP: (Gonzalez, N-Arruebarruena-Abreu).

Japan	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Otonari(L, 0-1)	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	3.00
Tanaka, M	2.0	3	1	1	0	6	0	2.25
Sawamura	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.50
Morifuku	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Imamura	1.0	3	3	3	1	2	1	27.00
Totals	8.0	10	6	6	1	10	2	3.46

Cuba	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Perez(W, 1-0)	3.0	3	0	0	1	3	0.00
Guevara(H, 1)	2.1	1	0	0	2	3	0.00
Castillo	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	-
Gonzalez, N(H, 1)	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Iglesias	0.0	0	2	2	2	0	6.00
Nunez, D	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	-.--
Garcia	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0.00
Totals	9.0	7	3	3	6	8	1.08

Castillo pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.
Iglesias pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.
Nunez, D pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

WP: Nunez, D.
HBP: Heredia (by Morifuku).
Pitches-strikes: Otonari 41-26, Tanaka, M 34-26, Sawamura 11-7, Morifuku 12-9, Imamura 27-14, Perez 48-28, Guevara 49-32, Castillo 6-3, Gonzalez, N 33-21, Iglesias 12-4, Nunez, D 5-1, Garcia 13-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Otonari 3-3, Tanaka, M 0-0, Sawamura 2-0, Morifuku 2-0, Imamura 0-1, Perez 1-4, Guevara 3-0, Castillo 0-0, Gonzalez, N 4-3, Iglesias 0-0, Nunez, D 0-0, Garcia 0-0.
Batters faced: Otonari 11, Tanaka, M 9, Sawamura 5, Morifuku 4, Imamura 7, Perez 13, Guevara 11, Castillo 1, Gonzalez, N 8, Iglesias 2, Nunez, D 1, Garcia 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Castillo 1-0, Gonzalez, N 2-0, Nunez, D 2-0, Garcia 3-3.
Umpires: HP: Gerry Davis. 1B: Alfonso Marquez. 2B: Carlos Rey. 3B: Felix Tejada.
Weather: 72 degrees, dome.
Wind: Indoors.
T: 3:39.
Att: 26,860.
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media

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