Modified on October 20, 2018
Climax Series
2nd stage:Seibu Lions vs Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
Oct 19
Seiji Uebayashi slammed a 3 run home run in the 3rd inning. In all he marked 6 RBIs.
Seiichi Uchikawa was back from an injury.He homered.
The Haws won 15 to 4 against the Lions.
2nd stage:Seibu Lions vs Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
Oct 18
The Lions Takumi Kuriyama slammed a 3 run home run in the first inning. The Hawks
equalized. The Lions went ahead agains on Sosuke Genda's RBI then a home run by Eito Asamura.
The Lions won for the first time in the Climax Series 13 to 5.
But it has a 1 game advantage over the Hawks as the league champion.
2nd stage:Seibu Lions vs Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
Oct 17
The Lions starter was Yusei Kikuchi. He gave up a run to Yuki Yanagita.
Then on Sosuke Genda's RBI, equalized.
Eito Asamura helped with his single to give the Lions the lead.
Then Keizo Kawashima hit in 2 runs to win back the lead.
The Hawks won 10 to 4 against the Lions.
1st stage:Fukuoka Softbank Hawks vs Nippon Ham Fighters
Oct 15
The Hawks blasted.
The Hawks equalized on Alfredo Despaigne's home run in the 4th inning.
Nobuhiro Matsuda homered too. Despaigne's blasted a homer in the 6th inning too.
Akira Nakamura homered.
The Hawks defeated the Fighter 5 to 2 and advanced to the 2nd stage.
Oct 14
In the competitive game it was the Fighters Taishi Ota who hit in a game wining RBI to give his team a 4 to 2 win over the Hawks.
1st stage:Fukuoka Softbank Hawks vs Nippon Ham Fighters
Oct 13
In the 1st inning,Kensuke Kondo homered.
But starting pitcher Naoyuki Uwasawa had poor control of his pitches.
The Hawks quickly equalized on Yuki Yanagita's RBI.
Then Alfredo Despaigne grand slammed, giving his team a 8 to 3 win over the Fighters.
Oct
The Lions beat the Fighters with the season's 47th homer by Hotaka Yamakawa and Shogo Akiyama's gave winning home run on Oct 1, and won the next day too.
The Hawks and the Marines won a game each.
With the win on Oct 2, the Hawks secured 2nd place in the league.
The Fighters, 3rd place.
Sept
On Sept 30 the Lions lost to the Fighters but as the Hawks faced defeat against the Marines, the Lions league victory was secured.
Lions faced the Hawks from Sept 27. It won the first game on Shogo Akiyama's 3 run home run. The next day its sluggers Hotaka Yamakawa and Takeyama Nakamura homered to win. On Sept 29 the Hawks won on a 2 run homer by Nobuhiro Matsuda. The Fighters beat the Buffaloes on Sept 27.
All eyes are on when the Lions will clinch the league title. On Sept 24 it beat the Golden Eagles. and also the next day on Shogo Akiyama's grand slam.
The Hawks beat the Fighters in 2 games from Sept 23, to record its 6th win in a row. The Marines beat the Golden Eagles on Sept 23, it beat the Buffaloes the next day.
Games are on sporadically held as the season is coming to the end. On Sept 21 the Lions beat the Marines and the next game too. For the Marines, Sept 22 became a special day as Kazuya Fukuura recorded his 2000th career hit. The Hawks on Sept 22 beat the Buffaloes and the Fighters defeated the Golden Eagles.
On Sept 20 the Fighters young star Kotaro Kiyomiya blasted a 3 run home run, but the Hawks clinched the game with Akira Nakamura's RBI.
The Lions continue to be in good shape. From Sept 18 it beat the Fighters in 2 games. The Hawks beat the Marines in 2 games. The Buffaloes beat the Golden Eagles on Sept 18 and it was the other way around the next day, in which Akaminai Ginji slammed a 3 run home run.
On Sept 14, the Lions Yusei Kikuchi earned his 12th win while his teammates, Hotaka Yamakawa, Takeya Nakamura homered against the Hawks. The Lions won the next 3 game too. The Fighters played its first game at the Sapporo Dome on Sept 14 since the Hokkaido quake which killed 41 people. The dome ran under the an energy saving policy. The team beat the Buffaloes in the first game but lost the next 2 days, then won on Sept 17. The Golden Eagles beat the Marines in all 3 games from Sept 15.
The Lions faced the Bufflaoes from Sept 11 and each one a game. The Hawk won both games against the Golden Eagles. In the game on Sept 12, Yuki Yanagita hit in 5 runs.
The Lions beat the Marines in all 3 games from Sept 7. The Hawks defeated the Buffaloes in 2 of 3 games. The Golden Eagles and the Fighters which faced eachother won a game each.
The Lions Takeya Nakamura homered twice to help the team beat the Fighters on Sept 4. The Fighters won the next games. The Marines clinched the game against the Hawks on Sept 5, but lost the next day. The Golden Eagles won 2 games against the Buffaloes from Sept 5.
The Buffaloes beat the Lions on Sept 1 and 2. The Hawks clinched games from the Golden Eagles, with its 4th win in a row on Sept 2. The Fighters beat the Marines in competitive games on both days.
League standing as of September 30
1.Saitama Seibu Lions
2.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
3.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
4.Orix Buffaloes
5.Chiba Lotte Marines
6.Rakuten Golden Eagles
Aug
On Aug 31, the Hawks Yuki Yanagita slammed a 3 run home run to defeat the Golden Eagles.
The Lions shut out the Buffaloes.
The Fighters beat the Marines on Brandon Laird's 3 run home run.
The Lions played competitive games against the Golden Eagles on Aug 28 and 29 and won both. The Hawks and the Marines won a game each from Aug 28. The Fighters Sho Nakata blasted a 2 run home run on Aug 28 to beat the Buffaloes. On Aug 30 the Buffaloes won.
The Hawks played against the Lions from Aug 24. In the first game Yuki Yanagita slammed a 2 run homer. The Hawks won all 3 games. The Fighters beat the Golden Eagles in 2 games and tied in one. The Marines clinched the game from the Buffaloes on Aug 25 but lost the next.
The Lions lost the first game against the Marines from Aug 21, but won the next 2. The Hawks continue to win beating the Fighters in all 3 games. The Buffaloes was able to defeat the Golden Eagles on Aug 23 to stop its consecutive loss at 4.
The Lions faced the Fighters from Aug 17. The Lions lost the first game but won the next on home runs by Shogo Akiyama and Hotaka Yamakawa. It won against on Aug 19. The Hawks won all 3 games against the Buffaloes. The Marines beat the Golden Eagles in 2 of the 3 games played.
From Aug 14 the Lions and the Buffaloes played 3 games, won a game each and also tied. The Hawks won all 3 games against the Golden Eagles. The Marines won the first and 3rd games against the Fighters.
The Lions sluggers Takeya Nakamura and Hotaka Yamakawa homered on Aug 10 to defeat the Golden Eagles. Then Yamakawa homered the next day to help his team win. But on Aug 12, the Golden Eagles clinched the game. The Hawks from Aug 10 won the first and 3rd games against the Fighters. The Buffaloes won all 3 games against the Marines.
The Lions faced the Buffaloes from Aug 7, and won the first 2 games. The Buffaloes won the 3rd on Masataka Yoshita's grand slam. The Golden Eagles and the Fighters tied in the first game and one the next two game each. The Hawks and the Marines played a game in which Nobuhiro Matsuda hit in a game winning run.
From Aug 3 the Lions faced the Fighters. It won the first game. The Fighters won the next on Sho Nakata's 2 run homerun. The Lions won the 3rd. The Hawks won the first game against the Buffaloes on Nobuhiro Matsuda's 2 run home run, but lost the next 2. The Marines on Aug 3 clinched a 10 inning games against the Golden Eagles, won the next in which Mike Bolsinger's hurled a shut out game.
On Aug 1 the Hawks clobbered the Lions but the Lions won the next day. The Golden Eagles beat the Buffaloes in both games. The Fighters clinched the game on Aug 1 on Sho Nakata's RBI against the Marines.
League standing as of August 31
1.Saitama Seibu Lions
2.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
3.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
4.Chiba Lotte Marines
5.Orix Buffaloes
6.Rakuten Golden Eagles
July
On Jul 31, the Lions Hotaka Yamakawa homered to defeat the Hawks.
The Fighters clobbered the Marines with Sho Nakata's 5 RBIs. The Golden Eagles beat the Buffaloes.
A typhoon has been disrupting games. The Hawks played 3 games against the Golden Eagles, with the first to games won by the Golden Eagles. The Buffaloes losing streak ended at 8 on Jul 28 by beating the Fighters. The Lions on Jul 29 won it's 5th game in a row by defeating the Marines.
On Jul 24, the Lions Shinsaburo Tawada hurled over the distance and won his 10th game against the Buffaloes. The Lions won the very competitive next 2 games too. The Golden Eagles and the Fighters played 2 games. The Golden Eagles won both. The Hawks and the Marines tied in the first game. On Jul 26, the Hawks won on Nobuhiro Matsuda's game winning RBI.
From Jul 20 the Lions lost the first 2 games to the Golden Eagles, but on Hotaka Yamakawa's 2 homers in the 3rd game won. The Fighters defeated the Hawks in all 3 games. The Marines too beat the Buffaloes in 3 games.
After the all star break, the regular season game resumed on Jul 16. The Hawks clobbered the Lions in the first 2 games, with home runs in both games by Nobuhiro Matsuda. The Lions won the 3rd on Eito Asamura's 3 run homer. The Fighters Oswaldo Arcia slammed a 3 run home run on Jul 16 to defeat the Buffaloes. The Buffaloes hit back the next day with Yutaro Sugimoto's grand slam.And the next day too. The Golden Eagles beat the Marines in all 3 games.
The Lions winning streak was stopped at 5 by the Marines on Jul 10. The Fighters defeated the Buffaloes fron Jul 9 the 2 games played. The Golden Eagles' Toshiaki Imae took the team to a win on Jul 10 against the Buffaloes.
From Jul 6, the Fighters and the Marines, tied, won a game each. The Lions beat the Golden Eagles in 2 games. The Hawks Yuki Yanagita homered on July 8 to beat the Buffaloes.
It's very competitive in the league. The Buffaloes and the Marines tied on Jul 3, and they won a game each. The Golden Eagles and the Hawks won a game each. The Lions played one game on Jul 3 and beat the Fighters on Takeya Nakamura's 2 run home run.
On Jul 1 the Lions beat the Golden Eagles on Fumikazu Kimura's homer run. The Buffaloes beat the Fighters, and the Marines defeated the Hawks
League standing as of July 31
1.Saitama Seibu Lions
2.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
3.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
4.Chiba Lotte Marines
5.Orix Buffaloes
6.Rakuten Golden Eagles
June
The Golden Eagles beat the Lions in 2 games from Jun 29.
The Hawks and the Marines won a game each.
The Buffaloes and the Fighters won a game each.
From Jun 26, the Buffaloes won a game and the Lions won one, and they had a draw. The Fighters shut out the Hawks in the first game and won the next game too. The Marines beat the Golden Eagles in 2 games.
Teams were back playing in their league from June 22. The Lions won the first game against the Marines, lost the next in a 5 inning game. In the 3rd game the Lions Tomoya Mori slammed a 3 run homer to give his team a win. The Fighters beat the Hawks in the 2 games they played. The Marines won 2 games too against the Golden Eagles.
League standing as of June 30
1.Saitama Seibu Lions
2.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
3.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
4.Orix Buffaloes
5.Chiba Lotte Marines
6.Rakuten Golden Eagles
May
From May 25, the Fighters beat the Lions in all 3 games.
The Hawks won only 1 of 3 games against the Golden Eagles.
Matt Dominguez batted in 3 home runs in 2 games for the Marines. The Marines wonly only on May 26 in the
3 games its played against the Buffaloes.
The Lions played against the Hawks from May 22 and won just one of 3 games. The Marines had a 3 game victory over the Fighters. The Buffaloes won 2 of 3 games against the Golden Eagles.
From May 18 the Marines won all 3 games from the Hawks. The Golden Eagles clinched the first 2 games from the Fighters, including a shut out victory by Takahiro Norimoto. The Lions and the Buffaloes won a game each.
The Hawks won the first 2 games from the Golden Eagles from May 15. The Golden Eagles won dramatically the 3rd game on Okajima's RBI on May 17. The Fighters won the 2 games played agains the Lions. The Buffaloes won 2 games against the Marines.
The Lions losing streak ended on May 13 with a victory against the Marines. The Fighters faced the Hawks from May 11 clinching the first won on Laird's home run in the 11th inning. It won the next by lost the 3rd. The Golden Eagles beat the Buffaloes in all 3 games.
The Hawks ended the Lions winnings streak on May 8 and also won the next day, a commemorative game for Seiichi Uchikawa who marked his 2000th career hit. The Buffaloes beat the Fighter on May 8. The next day, super rookie Kotaro Kiyomiyama homered for the Fighters and the team won. The Fighters lost the next in a 12 inning match.
The Lions are still playing strong defeating the Golden Eagles in all 3 games from May 4. The Marines beat the Fighters in the first game but the Fighters won the next 2. The Buffaloes won the first and 3rd games against the Hawks.
The Buffaloes faced the Lions from May 1, won the first 2, and lost the 3rd to Hotaka Yamakawa's home run. The Hawks won all 3 games it palyed against the Marines, including home runs by Yuki Yanagita. The Fighters superstar rookie Kotaro Kiyomiya started for the first time on May 2. He only had a base hit, and his team lost. In the next game following his base hit, Yushi Shimizu grand slammed to beat the Golden Eagles.
League standing as of May 28
1.Saitama Seibu Lions
2.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
3.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
4.Orix Buffaloes
5.Chiba Lotte Marines
6.Rakuten Golden Eagles
April
The Lions played agasint the Golden Eagles from Apr 28 and won all 3 games.
On Apr 29, Hotaka Yamakawa slammed a 2 run home run.
The Fighters Taishi Ota homered twice on Apr 28 against the Marines and won, but the team lost the next 2 games.
The Hawks on the first game against the Buffaloes but lost the next 2.
The Fighters from Apr 24 won all 3 games against the Buffaloes. On Apr 25 the Lions Hotaka Yamakawa blasted a 3 run home run to defeat the Hawks. However, the next day the Hawks Nobuhiro Matsuda slammed a 3 run homer to beat the Lions. The Marines at last won on Apr 25 after 6 consecutive losses by beating the Golden Eagles. The next day Hideaki Wakui shut out the Golden Eagles for his 2nd win.
The Lions beat the Marines in all 3 games from Apr 20, extending its winning streak to 9. The Fighters defeated the Hawks in the 2 games played, with a 3 run homer by Sho Nakata on Apr 22. The Golden Eagles Takahiro Norimoto hurled over the distance and won the game against the Buffaloes on Apr 20. It however lost the next 2 games.
The Lions winning streak ended on Apr 17 losing to the Fighters but won on Apr 18. The Hawks beat the Golden Eagles on Apr 17 with 3 home runs, and again won the next day. But lost on Apr 19. The Marines on Apr 17 beat the Buffaloes on Takahiro Fujioka's 2 run home run. But lost the next 2 games.
The Lions beat the Golden Eagles from Apr 13, on Hotaka Yamakawa's home run for the first game, then Shinsaburo Tawata's over the distance pitch. In fact it won all 3 games. The Fighters on Apr 14 beat the Buffaloes but lost the next. The Hawks played against the Marines on Apr 15, equalized on Yuki Yanakita's 2 run home run and in the end won.
Competitive games from Apr 10. The Marines beat the Lions in the first 2 games but lost the last. The Fighters Sho Nakata and Alfredo Despaigne homered to beat the Buffaloes but lost the next 2 games. The Golden Eagles beat the Buffaloes ace started Chihiro Kaneko, tied the next day, then lost in the final inning.
The Lions continue it's winning streak defeating the Buffaloes in all 3 games from Apr 6. It's won 8 games in a row. The Golden Eagles at last won on Apr 6 on Carlos Peguero's 2 run home run. It's against the Hawks. The Hawks won the next 2 games. Nick Martinez, a former Texas Rangers, hurled over the distance for the Fighters and his team beat the Marines on Apr 6. The Fighters winning streak ended at 5, losing to the Marines on Apr 8.
The Lions are in incredible shape. On Apr 3 Hotaka Yamakawa slammed a 2 run home run. The Lions beat the Hawks in all 3 games. The Fighters too did against the Golden Eagles. The Marines won 2 of 3 games against the Buffaloes.
The Hawks won its 3rd game of the season beating the Buffaloes on Akira Nakamura's grand slam. The Lions also won beating the Fighters in 3 games. The Marines beat the Golden Eagles.
League standing as of Apr 30
1.Saitama Seibu Lions
2.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
3.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
4.Chiba Lotte Marines
5.Orix Buffaloes
6.Rakuten Golden Eagles
March
The season kicked off on March 30.
The Hawks faced the Buffaloes, won the first but lost the 2nd to Stefen omero's 2 run home run.
The Lions won the first 2 games against the Fighters.
In the 2nd game Hotaka Yamakawa slammed a 3 run home run.
The Golden Eagles clinched its first game in the 12th inning against the Marines.
The Marines won the next day.
2017 SEASON CHAMPION: Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
Final league standing in 2017
1.Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
2.Saitama Seibu Lions
3.Rakuten Golden Eagles
4.Orix Buffaloes
5.Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
6.Chiba Lotte Marines
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