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
Gurriel, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.077
Fernandez, J.Mig., 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, 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
Arruebarrena, SS	4	0	1	0	0	3	1	.364
Totals	34	6	10	6	1	10	12	.320

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

BATTING
TB: Chono; Ibata 2; Inaba; Itoi; Nakata 2.
RBI: Chono (1); Ibata (2); Toritani (1).
2-out RBI: Ibata.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Aikawa; Abe; Matsuda 2.
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); Fernandez, Jose Mig (1, Sawamura).
HR: Tomas (1, 3rd inning off Otonari, 0 on, 0 out); Despaigne (1, 8th inning off Imamura, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Abreu 2; Arruebarrena; Cepeda 2; Despaigne 5; Fernandez, Jose Mig 3; Sanchez, E; Tomas 4.
RBI: Abreu (6); Cepeda (2); Despaigne 3 (5); Tomas (1).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Tomas; Sanchez, E.
Team RISP: 3-for-9.
Team LOB: 6.

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

FIELDING
E: Arruebarrena (1, fielding).
DP: (Gonzalez, N-Arruebarrena-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	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, R	0.0	0	2	2	2	0	6.00
Nunez, D	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	-.--
Garcia, V	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.

WP: Nunez, D.
HBP: Heredia (by Morifuku).
Pitches-strikes: Otonari 41-26; Tanaka 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, R 12-4; Nunez, D 5-1; Garcia, V 13-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Otonari 3-3; Tanaka 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, R 0-0; Nunez, D 0-0; Garcia, V 0-0.
Batters faced: Otonari 11; Tanaka 9; Sawamura 5; Morifuku 4; Imamura 7; Perez 13; Guevara 11; Castillo; Gonzalez, N 8; Iglesias, R 2; Nunez, D; Garcia, V 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Castillo 1-0; Gonzalez, N 2-0; Nunez, D 2-0; Garcia, V 3-3.
Umpires: HP: Gerry Davis. 1B: Alfonso Marquez. 2B: Carlos Rey. 3B: Felix Tejada.
Weather: 72 degrees, Dome.
Wind: -1 mph, .
First pitch: 7:08 PM.
T: 3:39.
Att: 26,860.
Venue: Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome.
March 6, 2013
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media