2012 INTERLEAGUE

Final standing in 2012 season's interleague
1.Yomiuri Giants
2.Nippon Ham Fighters
3.Chiba Lotte Marines
4.Chunichi Dragons
5.Seibu Lions
6.Hiroshima Carp
7.Orix Buffaloes
8.Hanshin Tigers
9.Rakuten Golden Eagles
10.Yokohama Bay Stars
. 11.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
12.Tokyo Yakult Swallows

INTERLEAGUE MVP:Tetsuya Utsumi
June 20
The BayStars hitters kept the game going with singles and defeated the Golden Eagles. The Marines Shunsuke Watanabe started and pitched well to keep the Swallows from hitting in runs.

June 18
The Fighter Sho Nakata blasted 2 homers and in total 5 RBIs to help his team defeat the BayStars.

June 17
This time the Golden Eagle defeated the Giants with a 2 run home run by Luis Garcia. The Swallows Wladimir Balentien slammed a 2 run home run to help his team defeat the Fighters. The Marines tied against the Tigers. The Dragons Shuhei Takahashi blasted his first home run to defeat the Buffaloes. The Carp beat the Lions. The Hawks defeated the BayStars.

June 16
The Giants clobbered the Golden Eagles already in the first 3 innings, not only to clinch this game, but to win the Interleague title. It's the first time a Central League team is the winner. The Marines lost to runs by the Tigers Craig Brazell and Tomoaki Kanemoto. The Fighters defeated the Swallows on a sacrifice RBI. The Lions clinched a competitive game from the Carp. The Dragons won on Masahiko Araki's RBI in the 11th inning against the Buffaloes. The BayStars won on Alex Ramirez's RBI against the Hawks.

June 14
The Giants this time lost to the Fighters. The Marines was unable to clobber the Carp's ace pitcher Kenta Maeda and lost. The Hawks Kenji Otonari hurled over the distance and shut out the Dragons for his 5th win. The Buffaloes Lee Dae-Ho slammed a 3 run home run against the BayStars to help his team win. The Tigers won a a competitive game against the Lions. The Swallows beat the Golden Eagles.

June 13
The Giants exploded with homers by Hisayoshi Chono and Shinnosuke Abe and beat the Fighters. The Lions veteran pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii achieved a no walk shut out victory against the Tigers. The BayStars Norihiro Nakamura blasted a big home run to help his team defeat the Buffaloes. The Swallows won on Wladimir Balentien's 3 run home run against the Golden Eagles. The Hawks managed to shut out the Dragons. The Marines and the Carp finished the game with a draw.

June 11
The Giants Toshiya Sugiuchi gave up 4 runs, but Shinnosuke Abe slammed a 2 run homer to clinch the game from the Marines. The Dragons Hirokazu Ibata hit in a run in the 11th inning to defeat the Fighters. The Carp's Shota Dobayashi with a 3 run home run helped his team defeat the Buffaloes. The Golden Eagles this time beat the BayStars. The Tigers defeated the Hawks. The Lions beat the Swallows.

June 10
The Marines Yoshihisa Naruse pitched well only giving up a run to the Giants. In the 10th inning, the Lions Takeya Nakamura slammed a 2 run home run to defeat the Swallows. The Carp's veteran Tomonori Maeda gave the team a win over the Buffaloes with his RBI. The Hawks defeated the Tigers. The BayStars beat the Golden Eagles. The Dragons and the Fighters tied.

June 9
The Giants clinched the game from the Lions on Shuichi Murata's RBI. The Dragons beat the Golden Eagles again. The Hawks finally won, clobbering the Carp with home runs by Alex Cabrera, Wily Mo Pena and Nobuhiro Matsuda. The Buffaloes defeated the Tigers. And rest of the games were rained out as many parts of Japan officially entered the rainy season.

June 8
The Dragons Kazuhiro Wada slammed a 2 run homer to clinch the game from the Golden Eagles. The Tigers veteran player Tomoaki Kanemoto blasted a 3 run homer and defeat the Buffaloes. The Swallows Wladimir Balentien was back and singled. Shinya Miyamoto had a 3 run to beat the Marines. The Lions Takeya Nakamura homered twice in the game against the Giants and won. The Fighters Micah Hoffpauir homered and beat the BayStars. The Carp and the Hawks tied.

June 6
The Giants played a competitive game in which Shinnosuke Abe homered a 2 run, while the Hawks equalized on Pena's 2 run. But in the end, the Giants won on an RBI on Shuichi Murata's sacrific fly. With this win Giants for the first time took first place in the Central League. The Fighters Yuki Saito celebrated his 24th birthday with a win against the Carp. The Marines clinched its 4th win in a row in the game against the BayStars The Swallows Kazuhiro Hatakeyama homered to help his team defeat the Buffaloes. The Golden Eagles Masahiro Tanaka was not satisfied with his pitches, but he hurled over the distance against the Tigers and won his 3rd game. The Dragons lost its 4th game in a row in the game against the Lions.

June 5
The Giants Toshiya Sugiuchi pitched against his former team, the Hawks and earned his 8th win. The Lions Takeya Nakamura slammed a 3 run home run helping his team defeat the Dragons. The Fighters pitcher Mitsuo Yoshikawa who's lost confidence in his control, hit a batter and was taken out of the game. His team lost to the Carp. The Tigers defeated the Golden Eagles. The Marines beat the BayStars. The Buffaloes veteran player HirotoshiKitagawa homered and his team shut out the Swallows.

June 3
With a successful relay of D.J. Houlton and Tetsuya Yamaguchi the Giants defeated the Buffaloes. The Swallows Kazuhiro Hatakeyama hit a 3 run homer to help defeat the Hawks. The Marines Yuki Karakawa won his 6th game defeating the Dragons.

June 2
The Marines Yoshihisa Naruse shut out the Dragons. The Fighters clobbered the Tigers closer Kyuji Fujikawa and won in a 10 inning game. The Carp's Kenta Maeda won his 5th game by hurling against the Golden Eagles. The Giants lost to the Buffaloes in the game started by Hirokazu Sawamura The Hawks succcumbed to its 5th loss in a row in the game against the Swallows. The Lions Takeya Nakamura slammed a 3 run home run and defeated the BayStars.

May 31
The Giants Yoshinobu Takahashi homered a 2 run. It's his 2nd homerun in 2 games. The Giants beat the Golden Eagles again. The Tigers Craig Brazell finished the game with an RBI against the Marines. The Swallows losing streak halted at 10 on Lastings Milledge's grand slam to defeat the Fighters. The Carp beat the Lions. The BayStars and the Hawks game ended a tie.

May 30
The Giants Toshiya Sugiuchi was one out short of pitching a perfect game. He walked the 3rd batter he was pitching against in his final inning. Still it was a not hitter game for Suguichi against the Golden Eagles. The Golden Eagles Masahiro Tanaka pitched for the first time since returning to the team from an injury but lost. The Dragons won the game against the Buffaloes. The Carp defeated the Lions to end its losing streak at 6. The BayStars, Norihiro Nakamura and Alex Ramirez's consecutive base hits help the team defeat the Hawks. The Tigers and the Marines tied.

May 28
The Marines Tadahito Iguchi blasted a 3 run home run and defeated the Carp. The Fighters Sho Nakata slammed a 2 run home run against the Giants to take the lead and win. The Swallows lost another game to the Golden Eagles. The BayStars Yoshitomo Tsutsugo homered and helped his team defeat the Buffaloes. The Lions clinched the game from the Tigers with Yasuyuki Kataoka's 3 run home run. The Dragons Motonobu Tanishige brought home runners with bases full and with that defeated the Hawks.

May 27
The Giants was able to win this time, defeated the Fighters. The Marines and the Carp tied. The Tigers won on walk from a ball hitting Kentaro Sekimoto with bases full in a game against the Lions. The Swallows lost again this time to the Golden Eagles. The Dragons Naomichi Donoue homered to help beat the Hawks. The Buffaloes won with Lee Dai-Ho's 2 run homer against the BayStars.

May 26
The Giants winning streak ended as Hirokazu Sawamura was clobbered by the Marines with Saburo's 3 run homer. The Swallows succumbed to its 7th loss in a row in a game against the Lions. The BayStars Alex Ramirez contributed with a 2 base hit and a 2 run home run to beat the Golden Eagles. The Carp lost its 5th game in a row to the Buffaloes. The Dragons beat the Fighters. The Hawks and the Tigers tied.

May 25
The Giants extended its win to 10 consecutive games by defeating the Marines. The Lions Kazuhisa Ishii shut out the Swallows. The Buffaloes clinched the game from the Carp in the 10th inning on Lee Dai-Ho's RBI. The Tigers defeated the Hawks which has sent Hiroki Kokubo on the disabled list after being only 1 hit short of clinching 2000 hits. The Fighter and the Dragons tied.

May 24
Tadahito Iguchi slammed a 2 run homer for the Marines and beat the Swallows. The Dragons Tony Blanco hit a 2 run homer to defeat the Golden Eagles.

May 23
The Giants Toshiya Sugiuchi won his 6th game defeating the Lions. Seth Greisenger of the Marines earned his 5th win in the game against the Swallows. The Golden Eagles won its 3rd game in a row by defeating the Dragons. The Fighters beat the BayStars. The Hawks Nagisa Arakaki started and clinched the game from the Carp. The Tigers beat the Buffaloes.

May 22
Grand slams were observed in 2 games. The Fighters Terrmel Sledge hit one and helped his team defeat the BayStars. The other was by the Buffaloes Takayoshi Kawabata in the game against the Tigers. The Buffaloes started Chihiro Kaneko shut out the Tigers. The Hawks beat the Carp. The Giants defeated the Lions with a homer by Hayato Sakamoto and base hits by Hisayoshi Chono. 2 games could not be completed or played at all due to heavy rain.

May 20
The Marines winning streak was ended by the BayStars. The BayStars veteran pitcher Daisuke Miura clinched his 5th win. The Giants Hirokazu Sawamura not only pitched well, he hit in 2 runs to defeat the Hawks. The Dragons Kazuhiro Wada hit in 2 runs to support his team's win against the Lions. The Fighters won on an error by the Carp. The Buffaloes Aarom Baldiris homered contributing to his team's win over the Swallows. The Golden Eagles beat the Tigers again.

May 19
The Marines beat the BayStars for its 6th win in a row. The Fighters, started by superstar Yuki Saito lost the game to the Carp. The Giants beat the Hawks on Shinnosuke Abe's 2 run home run. The Buffaloes defeated the Swallows. The Dragons managed to defeat the Lions which was started by Kazuhisa Ishii. The Golden Eagles beat the Tigers.

May 17
The Hawks Nobuhiro Matsuda homered a 3 run and Wily Mo Pena a 2 run to defeat the Swallows. The Lions won again against the BayStar, this time due to Takayuki Kishi's shut out victory. The Dragons and the Hawks finished with a draw. The Carp stopped the Golden Eagles winning streak. The Tigers basically lost on bad fielding in the game against the Fighters. The Giants Toshiya Sugiuchi started and won the game against the Buffaloes.

May 16
The Swallows blasted against the Hawks with 3 base hits by Shinya Miyamoto and won. The Giants Yoshinobu Takahashi grand slammed to defeat the Buffaloes. The Fighters beat the Tigers. The Marines Seth Greisinger won his 4th game. It's playing against the Dragons. The Golden Eagles won its 6th game in a row on Jose Fernandez RBI in the 11th inning against the Carp. The Lions Takeya Nakamura slammed 2 homers to defeat the BayStars.




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