2011 INTERLEAGUE

Final standing in 2011 season's interleague
1.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
2.Orix Buffaloes
3.Nippon Ham Fighters
4.Chunichi Dragons
5.Seibu Lions
6. Tokyo Yakult Swallows
7.Yomiuri Giants
8.Hanshin Tigers
9.Rakuten Golden Eagles
10.Chiba Lotte Marines
11.Yokohama Bay Stars
12.Hiroshima Carp

INTERLEAGUE MVP:Seiichi Uchikawa (Fukuoka Softbank Hawks)
June 19
The Hawks wrapped up the interleague with homers by Nobuhiro Matsuda, Seiichi Uchikawa and Hiroki Kokubo against the BayStars. The Marines won on Toshiaki Imae's RBI against the Swallows. The Golden Eagles lost to the Tigers Takashi Toritani's 2 run home run. The Dragons defeated the Bufflaoes with

June 18
The BayStars equalized with Norihiro Nakamura's and efeated the Hawks with a homer by TerrmelSledge. The Golden Eagles managed to clinch a 6 inning game due to the rain against the Tigers. The Giants Tetsuya Utsumi won his 9th game by defeating the Lions started by Hideaki Wakui. The Fighters Sho Nakata homered twice to beat the Carp. The Buffaloes Lee Seung Yeop homered to help his team defeat the Dragons. The Swallows beat the Marines with Masaaki Koike's home run. The Carp's golden rookie Yuya Fukui won his 3rd game.It's against the Fighters. The Giants blasted with homers by Shinnosuke Abe and Hayato Sakamoto, by defeated the Lions.

June 16
The Dragons Hitoki Iwase achieved a feat of recording his 287th save. He broke the Japan record in the game against the Hawks. The Carp defeated the Golden Eagles and end its losing streak at 3.

June 15
The Hawks defeated the Dragons to clinch first place in the interleague. The Giants lost again, this time to the Marines Shouta Ishimine's 2 run home run. All eyes were on Yu Darvish on whether his shut out streak would continue. But in the 3rd inning, he lost a run. And in the end the Fighters lost to the Tigers. The Golden Eagles Masahiro Tanaka shut out the Carp. It's his first shut out over the distance victory. The Lions Fumiya Nishiguchi pitched a shut out 7 inning and his team defeated the Swallows. The BayStars and Buffaloes finished a draw.

June 14
The Marines defeated the Giants on Kim Tae Kyun's sacrifice fly. The Tigers won on Kentaro Sekimoto's hit against the Fighters. The Swallows beat the Lions on Hiroyasu Tanaka's sacrifice fly in the 11th inning. The Buffaloes clobbered the BayStars.

June 12
The Swallows Yasushi Fujimoto hit in a run to defeat the Hawks. The Marines Shota Ishimine slammed a 3 run home run and helped his team defeat the Carp. The Giants Hirokazu Sawamura succumbed to his 5th loss in a very close game against the Buffaloes. The Dragons Hitoki Iwase marked his 286th save against the Golden Eagles. The Fighter Sho Nakata homered and so did Micah Hoffpauir to defeat the BayStars. The Lions shiny rookie, Yusei Kikuchi started for the first time but he couldn't complete 3 innings. The Lions lost to the Tigers.

June 11
The Hawks still doing good with Alex Cabrera's 2 run home run and Jose Ortiz's homer against the Swallows. The Tigers Atsushi Noumi shut out the Lions. It's the Tigers 3rd win in a row. The Fighters won on Micah Hoffpauir's home run against the BayStars. The Golden Eagles Kaz Matsui helped his team win with 2 RBIs in the game against the Dragons. The Marines Shoitsu Ohmatsu grandslammed to defeat the Carp. The Giants won with a home run by Yoshiyuki Kamei.

June 10
The only game of the day was between the Lions and Hiroshima. It finished with a draw.

June 9
The Hawks Seiichi Uchikawa contributed with a sacrifice fly against the Giants. The Buffaloes tied with the Swallows. The Carp beat the Lions. The Golden Eagles was taking the lead but the BayStars caught up with Brett Harper's 2 run home run. The Fighters Sho Nakata was accredited for his team's win against the Dragons with a sacrifice fly. The Tigers Tomoaki Kanemoto hit in a run and also came home to beat the Marines.

June 8
The Fighters Yu Darvish accomplished a amazing feat of winning his 3 shut out game in a row in a close game against the Dragons. The Hawks Nobuhiro Matsuda slammed a 3 run homer and his team beat the Giants. The Buffaloes clinched its 7th win in a row in the game against the Swallows. The Golden Eagles Masahiro Tanaka won his 5th game by pitching against the BayStars. The Tigers Matt Murton had a home run and 4 base hits in all to defeat the Marines.

June 6
The Hawks exploded with a 2 run homerun by Nobuhiro Matsuda and a home run by Hiroki Kokubo to defeat the Carp again. The Swallows won on Kazuhiro Hatakeyama's 2 run homer against the Golden Eagles. The BayStars rookie Kota Suda won his first game of the season via the Lions. The Dragons veteran player Takahiro Saeki contributed with 2 RBIs to beat the Marines. The Tigers lost is 3rd game in a row against the Buffaloes. The Giants was unable to support its rookie Hirokazu Sawamura again with a shut out loss against the Fighters.

June 5
The Hawks Tadashi Settsu shut out the Carp which succumbed to its 9 loss in a row. The Buffaloes T Okada's 3 run home run helpd his team defeat the Tigers. The Dragons Ryosuke Hirata finished the game with his home run again against the Marines. The Lions Brett Harper helped his team win with his RBI hit. The Fighters Sho Nakata contributed with hits after hits and defeated the Giants.The Swallows clobbered the Golden Eagles.

June 4
The Hawks was winning again, with a RBI hit by Hiroki Kokubo in the game against the Tigers. The Fighters shut out game streak was ended by the Swallows. The Carp lost its 8 game in a row, in a match against the Buffaloes. The Marines Kim Tae-Kyun homered a 3 run to help his team defeat the BayStars. The Dragons Ryosuke Hirata slammed a 2 run homere to clince the game from the Lions. The Giants Tetsuya Utsumi won his 7th game already by keeping the Golden Eagles from hitting in runs.

June 3
The Fighters won a shut out game for the 5th straight game in a row. This time to the Swallows. The Carp lost it 7 game in a row. This time to the Buffaloes. The Giants defeated the Golden Eagles. The Marines Tomoya Satozaki homered to help his team defeat the BayStars. The Lions clinched a 11 inning game against the Dragons. The Hawks winning streak, including draws ended at 10 defeated by the Tigers.

June 1
The Fighters Yu Darvish was amazing. He not only shut out the Tigers, he recorded 35 scoreless innings. The Lions Hideaki hurled over the distance to earn a win over the Giants for the first time. The Hawks Tsuyoshi Wada was off the mound in the 6th inning after a batted ball hit him, but his team beat the Dragons. The Golden Eagles Masahiro Tanaka won his 4th game against the Carp. The Swallows won on Josh Whitesell's RBI against the Marines. The Buffaloes beat the BayStars again.

May 31
The Giants rookie Hirokazu Sawamura hurled over the distance for the first time and defeated the Lions. Hisayoshi Chono slammed a 2 run home run. The Golden Eagles won on Kaz Matui's home run against the Carp. The Hawks is doing well. It defeat the Dragons. The Swallows beat the Marines. The Fighters defeated the Tigers. The Buffaloes Hayato Terehara pitched well against the BayStars.

May 30
In the only game played, the Giants and the Marines finished a tie.

May 29
In a very close game between the Fighters and the Carp, the Fighter won. On Tomoaki Kanemoto's homerun the Tigers defeated the Golden Eagles. The Dragons won its 3rd game in a row against the Buffaloes. The Lions blasted againsed the Swallows.

May 28
The Giants Tetsuya Utsumi had his first shut out victory in the game against the Marines. Fuminori Yokogawa hit in a run in the 10th inning to give the Golden Eagles a win over the Tigers. The Fighter Akinori Inaba hit in a game winning run to defeat the Carp. With Sumitani Ginjiro's homerun the Lions defeated the Swallows.

May 26
The Giants lost its 4th game in a row. It's in a game against the Hawks. The Marines Tadahito Iguchi homered to help his team defeat the Tigers. The BayStars Shuichi Murata slammed a 2 run homer and with that his team beat the Golden Eagles Masahiro Tanaka. The Lions won on Takumi Kuriyama's RBI against the Carp. The Swallows Yoshinori struck out 13 and beat the Buffaloes.

May 25
The Buffaloes beat the Swallows on Soh Taguchi's RBI hit. The Lions Takeya Nakamura blasted his 10th homerun and starting pitcher Hideaki Wakui shut out the Carp. The Fighters Yu Darvish also had a shut out win over the Dragons. The BayStars and Golden Eagles finished the game a draw despite Takeshi Yamasaki's 2 run home run.

May 22
The Giants equalized in the 9th inning, but in the 10th inning the Buffaloes hit off Levi Romero. The Tigers succumbed to its 4th loss in a row in the game against the Lions. The Hawks won its 4th game in a row by beating the Swallows.

May 21
In a close game, the Giants defeated the Fighers. The Hawks Toshiya Sugiuchi shut out the TIgers. The Marines and BayStars finished with a draw. The Golden Eagles 42 year old slugger Takeshi Yamasaki homered and helped his team defeat the Swallows. The Carps with Takahiro Iwamoto's 2 run homer clinched the game against the Buffaloes. The Lions Hiroyuki Nakajima blasted with a grand slamm and a 2 run home run to be the Dragons.

May 20
The Golden Eagles starter Masahiro Tanaka struck out 16 and hurled over the distance to win against the Swallows. Hawks Hiroki Yamada shut out the Tigers. The Fighters beat the Giants. The Buffaloes T Okada contributed with the bat for his team's win against the Carp The BayStars stopped its losing streak at 6 with Shuji Murata's 2 run home run off the Marines.

May 18
Giants Shinnosuke Abe homered twice against the Golden Eagles, but that was not enough. In the 10th inning Taishi Ohta hit in 2 runs for the Giants win. Hawks D.J. Houlton earned his 5th win in the game against the Carp. Dragons Tony Blanco's homer helped his team defeat the Marines. Hiroyuki Nakajima slammed a 2 run homer and a base hit for the Lions to beat the BayStars. The Fighters Yu Darvish shut out the Swallows for his 5th win.

May 17
The Golden Eagles played a competitive game against the Giants who had Shinnosuke Abe back as starting catcher. In the 9th inning the Giants caught up and with Hidetoshi Tsuburaya's RBI hit won. The Hawks Seiichi Uchikawa homered. Then he had another RBI hit to equalize with the Carp. The Tigers clinched a close game against the Buffaloes. The Lions won on started Hideaki Wakui's hurl over the distance in the game against the BayStars. The Swallows beat the Fighters. The Dragons clinched a competitive game against the Marines.






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