2013 INTERLEAGUE

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

INTERLEAGUE MVP:Yuya Hasegawa (Fukuoka Softbank Hawks)
June 18
The only game played on the day was between the Fighters and the Carp. Shohei Otani started for the Fighters. He gave up 3 runs, but the Fighters in the end won.

June 16
The Giants blasted against the Hawks, and starting pitcher Tetsuya Utsumi marked his career 100th win. The Golden Eagles Masahiro Tanaka shut out the Tigers. The Marines Shoitsu Ohmatsu celebrated his birthday with a game winning RBI against the Dragons. The Lions Hideto Asamura's 2 run home run helped his team beat the BayStars. With Atsunori Inaba and Sho Nakata's RBIs the Fighters again defeated the Carp. The Buffaloes managed to beat the Swallows.

June 15
The Giants rookie Tomoyuki Sugano struck out 10, hurled over the distance against the Hawks and won his 7th game. The Fighters 40 year old Atsunori Inaba helpd the team defeat the Carp. The Dragons played the longest game this season so far against the Marines, and clinched it in the 12th inning on Matt Clark's 3 run home run. The Bay Stars Nyjer Morgan slammed a 3 run home run to beat the Lions. The Golden Eagles defeated the Tigers. The Swallows defeated the Buffaloes.

June 14
The Marines Toshiaki Imae hit a game leading RBI and beat the BayStars in the only game that was played to make up for the previous day's rain out.

June 13
The Hawks defeated the Swallows on 5 hits by Nobuhiko Matsuda and secured first place in the Interleague. The Giants Hirokazu Sawamura shut out the Buffaloes for his 3rd win. The Fighters Hiroshi Kisanuki also won a shut out game. It's against the Tigers. His teammate Sho Nakata homered twice. The Dragons clinched the game against the Lions on an error in the 11th inning. The carp beat the Golden Eagles.

June 12
It's day after a scandal that the NPB hid the fact its used new type of baseballs that allow more home runs. The Tigers won again, and it's on Matt Murton's 3 run home run against the Fighters. The Giants won too, with Hisayoshi Chono appearing to be better with the bat hitting RBIs, and defeating the Buffaloes. The Lions Yusei Kikuchi had a no hitter until an out in the 9th inning, but gave up a base hit. In anycase he shut out the Dragons. The Carp won on Brad Eldred's home run in the 10th inning against the Golden Eagles. The BayStars veteran pitcher Daisuke Miura shut out the Marines. The Hawks defeated the Swallows.

June 9
The Giants lost to the Golden Eagles while the Tigers defeated the Marines on Matt Murton's wall-off home run, and as a result, the Tigers rose to first place. The Hawks defeated the Dragons and marked its 4th win in a row on Seiichi Uchikawa's 2 run home run. The Carp's Ryuhei Matsuyama homered to take the lead from the Lions and win. The Buffaloes Aarom Baldiris slammed a 2 run home run for his team's win against the faltering BayStars. The Fighters defeated the Swallows.

June 8
With Shinnosuke Abe's home run the Giants took the lead from the Golden Eagles and won. Sho Nakata's RBI enabled the Fighters to gain the lead from the Swallows. The Tigers Takahiro Arai blasted a 2 run home run and started Atsushi Nohmi hurled over the distance to defeat the Marines. The Buffaloes Lee Dae-Ho homered to secure the lead over the BayStars. The Carp's Brad Eldred's only run, which was a homerun helped his team beat the Lions. The Dragons and the Hawks tied.

June 6
The Giants won again with homer runs by Jose Lopez and Shinnosuke Abe. The Tigers won too on Matt Murton's game winning home run against the Lions. The Dragons Masahiko Morino slammed a 2 run home run to defeat the Buffaloes. The Carp ended its losing streat at 5 in the game against the Marines. The Golden Eagles Michael McGhee slammed a 3 run home run to breeze ahead of the Swallows. The Hawks improved its winning streak to 3 by beating the BayStars.

June 5
The Giants veteran pinch hitter Michihiro Ogasawara finished the game against the Fighters with a 3 run home run. The Tigers Tsuyoshi Nishioka finished the game against the Lions with his RBI hit. The Swallows won the game against the Golden Eagles on Lastings Milledge's grand slam. The Marines Tadahito Iguchi slammed a run homerun. Katsuya Kakunaka hit a game winning RBI to defeat the Carp. The Dragons defeated the Buffaloes on an error. The Hawks beat the BayStars.

June 3
The Giants finally was able to stop its winning streak at 5 with home runs by Shinnosuke Abe and Shuichi Murata defeating the Lions. The Tigers had a devastating loss against the Hawks to already fall back to 2nd place. The Golden Eagles clinched the game against the Dragons in the 11th inning on Motohiro Shima's RBI. The Marines Toshiaki Imae slammed a 2 run home run to help his team defeat the Swallows. The Buffaloes beat the Carp. The Fighters Michel Abreu slammed 2 home runs to defeat the BayStars.

June 2
The Tigers beat the Hawks. The Giants lost to the Lions marking its 5th loss in a row. As a result the Tigers surged to first place in the Central League while the Giants fell to 2nd. The Swallows beat the Marines earning its 3rd win in a row. The Golden Eagles defeated the Dragons. The Buffaloes Yuki Nishi hurled over the distance and his team beat the Carp. The BayStars beat the Fighters.

June 1
The Marines won against the Giants again, and marked its 6th win in a row. The Lions defeated the Swallows on Takumi Kuriyama's RBI. The BayStars won on Tatsuhiko Kinjo's RBI against the Golden Eagles. The Tigers Atsushi Nohmi shut out the Buffaloes. The Fighters super rookie Shohei Otani started and won his first game by pitching against the Dragons. The Hawks Yuki Hanagita slammed a 3 run homerun to defeat the Carp.

May 31
The Marines Tadahito Iguchi clammed a 2 run home run, contributing to his team's win against the Giants. The Buffaloes Kei Igawa won his first game of the season from his former team the Tigers. The Lions Hideto Asamura homered twice including a game winning one to defeat the Swallows. The Golden Eagles Andruw Jones homered twice to take his team to a victory over the BayStars. Yuki Yanagita of the Hawks doubled twice and contributed to his team's win over the Carp. The Dragons equalized on a 2 run homer by Kazuhiro Wada, then won on Hector Luna's RBI against the Fighers.

May 29
The Hawks won again even as the Giants Shinnosuke Abe who's home run did not do wonders this time. The Golden Eagles Casey McGehee helped his team defeat the Tigers with his RBI. The Marines beat the Dragons for its 4th win in a row. The Swallows clobbered the Buffaloes. The Lions clinched the game from the BayStars by securing it on Yasuyuki Kataoka's RBI in the 10th inning. The Fighters Sho Nakata blasted a 3 run home run to defeat the Carp.

May 28
The Hawks battered the Giants starter Toshiya Sugiuchi. The Lions Yusei Kikuchi won his 6th game pitching against the BayStars. The Buffaloes Aarom Baldiris blasted a 2 run homer followed by Lee Dae-Ho's single and defeated the Swallows. The Golden Eagles beat the Tigers. The Marines defeated th Dragons for its 3rd win in a row.

May 26
The Giants and the Buffaloes tied. The Tigers beat the Fighters. The Marines Toshiaki Imae homered again to defeat the BayStars. The Carp's starter Kenta Maeda didn't pitch wellagainst the Golden Eagles, but thanks to home runs by Ryohei Matsuyama and Yoshihiro Maru, he won his 5th game. The Dragons consecutive loss has stopped at 5 in a 3 to 1 game against the Lions. The Hawks shut out the Swallows.

May 25
The Giants Yoshiyuki Kamei's RBI gave his team a win over the Buffaloes. The Tigers beat the Fighters. The Golden Eagles won on Andruw Jones home run against the Carp. The Swallows beat the Hawks. The Lions Takayuki Kishi shuts out the Dragons. The Marines Toshiaki Imae slammed a 2 run home run to defeat the BayStars.

May 23
This time the Giants defeated the Golden Eagles. The Baystars veteran players Norihiro Nakamura and Takeshi Yamasaki homered to defeat the Hawks. The Carps Yoshihiro Maru homered a 2 run to beat the Lions. The Fighters golden rookie Shohei Otani started as a pitcher for the first time. He pitched well, but his team finished the game tying against the Swallows. The Dragons lost to the Buffaloes for its 4th straight defeat. The Tigers beat the Marines.

May 22
The Giants played in Sendai. It's starting pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura. Opposing him Masahiro Tanaka. Casy MacGehee's RBI helped his team win. Ma-kun hurled over the distance. The Hawks Nobuhiro Matsuda grandslammed to defeat the BayStars. The Fighter Atsunori Inaba slammed a homerun with bases loaded too to beat the Swallows. The Buffaloes Yoshio Itoi to win the game against the Dragons. The Marines and the Tigers tied.

May 20
The Fighers secured the game against the Giants with Keiji Ohbiki's home run. The Carp lost the game to the Marines despite the fact it was started by Kenta Maeda. Andruw Jones homered and the Golden Eagles defeated the Swallows. The Lions Yusei Kikuchi won his 5th game by hurling against the Tigers. Bryan LaHair slammed a 2 run home run and new pitcher Vicente Padilla won his first game for the Hawks in the game against the Dragons. The BayStars 37 year old started Daisuke Miura won his 3rd game bey defeating the Buffaloes.

May 19
The Giants played against the Fighters at Sapporo Dome and lost the game. The Marines Tadahito Iguchi homered and so did Toshiaki Imae to defeat the Carp. The Lions lost to the Tigers marking its 3rd loss in a row. The Golden Eagles shut out the Swallows. The Buffaloes beat the BayStars with homers. The Hawks defeated the Dragons.

May 18
The Giants clinched the game from the Lions this time earning a game winning RBI due to poor fielding by the Lions. The Dragons won its 4th game in a row with Kazuhiro Wada's 2 home runs against the Golden Eagles. The Tigers blasted home runs including a grand slam by Ryota Arai and defeated the Hawks. The Swallows Wladimir Balentien homered twice and beat the Marines. The BayStars Tony Blanco blasted a equalizing 3 run homer, then Noriharu Yamazaki cleared the bases to beat the Fighters. The Buffaloes managed to defeat the Carp.

May 17
The Giants Shinnosuke Abe slammed a 3 run home run. Shunichi Murata homered too to beat the Lions. The Fighters Sho Nakata homereed twice to help his team defeat the BayStars. The Dragons Takeshi Yamasaki finished the game against the Golden Eagles, his former team, with an RBI hit. The Swallows Kazuhiro Hatakeyama dramatically finished the game with a grand slam against the Marines. The Carp's Yusuke Nomura for the first time hurled over the distance and won. It's in the game against the Buffaloes. The Hawks beat the Tigers.

May 15
The Giants was winning, but the Marines Shunichi Nemoto smacked a 3 run. In the 9th inning, Hisayoshi Chono finished the game with an RBI. The Golden Eagles defeated the BayStars again. The Lions Kazuhisa Makita pitched well to defeat the Swallows. The Buffaloes beat the Tigers on homeruns by Aarom Baldiris, Vinny Rottino and Lee Dae-Ho. The Carp shut out the Hawks. The Dragons 47 year old starting pitcher Masa Yamamoto won against the Fighters.

May 14
The leading teams from both leagues faced eachother. The Giants took the lead but in the end, the Marines reversed it and won. The Golden Eagles Andruw Jones slammed a 3 run homer against the BayStars and his ace pitcher Masahiro Tanaka earned his 6th win. The Lions won on Jose Ortiz's RBI. The Buffaloes shut out the Tigers. The Carp's Kenta Maeda pitched well and helped his team beat the Hawks. The Dragons Takeshi Yamasaki was back, hitting himself to 3rd then came home. The Dragons beat the Fighters.



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