TEAM JAPAN vs TEAM USA

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USA vs. Japan NJCAA International Series TEAM JAPAN at TEAM USA Jun 21, 1998 at USA Stadium TEAM JAPAN 4 (2-3) TEAM USA 2 (3-2) Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Name (Pos) AB R H RBI BB SO PO A ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- YUKI TANEICHI 2b.......... 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 BRIAN COLE cf............. 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 SYOUZI TAKEISHI ph/2b..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WAYLON GRUBBS lf.......... 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 MANABU FURUYAMA 3b........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 JEFF BAUMTROG lf.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 DAI TAKANO ph/3b.......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JOSH DORMINY rf........... 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 DAIZYU KON 3b............. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 MARLYN TISDALE 1b......... 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 ZYUNICHI YATSU lf......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 MARIO DELGADO 1b/p........ 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 3 HIROAKI KUNISADA 1b....... 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 LAMONT MATTHEWS dh........ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SIGEAKI MIYABAYASHI dh.... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BRECK PRICE ph/1b......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RYOU KAMATA rf............ 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 CHRIS JOHNSON 2b.......... 4 0 2 1 0 0 5 3 ZYOUZI KOBAYASHI cf....... 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 MARSHALL MCDOUGALL ss..... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 YOUSUKE NAKAMURA ss....... 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 MIKE ARANDA ss............ 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 TATSUYA SUZUKI c.......... 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 REGGIE SCOTT 3b........... 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 MAKOTO MURAKAMI c......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 CURTIS SAPP c............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 TOMOHIKO UZAKI p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CHRIS CURRY c............. 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 KAZUO KIDO p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MICHAEL ZIEGLER p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 FUTOSHI KAKUMOTO p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 TREY HODGES p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JERROD PAYNE p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals.................... 31 4 6 3 1 8 30 7 Totals.................... 37 2 8 2 0 7 30 17 Score by innings: R H E ----------------------------------------------- TEAM JAPAN 001 000 010 2 - 4 6 0 TEAM USA 000 011 000 0 - 2 8 1 ----------------------------------------------- E - JOHNSON(4). LOB - TEAM JAPAN 1, TEAM USA 9. 2B - SUZUKI(1), DELGADO(2). SB - KOBAYASHI(4), JOHNSON(1), ARANDA(1), SCOTT 2(3). CS - TANEICHI(1), FURUYAMA(1), KON(1), NAKAMURA(1). SH - YATSU(1), COLE(1). TEAM JAPAN IP H R ER BB SO AB BF TEAM USA IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- TOMOHIKO UZAKI...... 6.0 7 2 2 0 3 24 27 MICHAEL ZIEGLER..... 7.0 2 1 1 0 7 21 22 KAZUO KIDO.......... 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 7 8 TREY HODGES......... 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 7 8 FUTOSHI KAKUMOTO.... 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 6 6 JERROD PAYNE........ 0.2 0 2 2 1 0 2 4 MARIO DELGADO....... 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Winner - KAKUMOTO 1-0. Loser - PAYNE 2-1. Save - None. WP - UZAKI(1), PAYNE(1). HBP - by ZIEGLER (FURUYAMA), by UZAKI (DORMINY), by UZAKI (SAPP), by KIDO (PRICE), by PAYNE (KOBAYASHI). Umpires - Home:Weber 1st:Appling 2nd:Paine 3rd:Rapay Start: 1:12pm Time: 2:52 Attendance: 1355 Game Notes: Japan wins the battle 4-2, but Team USA wins the war by winning the series three games to two. This was the Americans first series victory against Japan in three tries.

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USA vs. Japan NJCAA International Series TEAM JAPAN at TEAM USA Jun 21, 1998 at USA Stadium Score by innings: R H E ----------------------------------------------- TEAM JAPAN 001 000 010 2 - 4 6 0 TEAM USA 000 011 000 0 - 2 8 1 ----------------------------------------------- TEAM JAPAN inning 1 TANEICHI grounded out to p, bunt. FURUYAMA hit by pitch. FURUYAMA out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. YATSU struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM USA inning 1 COLE popped up to 3b. GRUBBS struck out. DORMINY singled. TISDALE singled; DORMINY advanced to third. MATTHEWS flied out to lf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. TEAM JAPAN inning 2 KUNISADA grounded out to 2b. MIYABAYASHI grounded out to p. KAMATA struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM USA inning 2 JOHNSON grounded out to ss. MCDOUGALL grounded out to ss. SCOTT singled down the lf line. SCOTT advanced to second on a wild pitch. SAPP grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. TEAM JAPAN inning 3 KOBAYASHI grounded out to ss. NAKAMURA struck out looking. SUZUKI doubled down the lf line. TANEICHI singled to shortstop, RBI; SUZUKI scored. TANEICHI out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM USA inning 3 COLE flied out to lf. GRUBBS struck out. DORMINY hit by pitch. TISDALE grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. TEAM JAPAN inning 4 BAUMTROG to lf for GRUBBS. TAKANO pinch hit for FURUYAMA. TAKANO flied out to rf. YATSU fouled out to c. KUNISADA grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM USA inning 4 TAKANO to 3b. MATTHEWS popped up to 2b. JOHNSON fouled out to 1b. MCDOUGALL struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM JAPAN inning 5 MIYABAYASHI grounded out to ss. KAMATA struck out. KOBAYASHI struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM USA inning 5 SCOTT singled to third base. SCOTT stole second. SAPP hit by pitch. SCOTT stole third. COLE flied out to rf, SAC, RBI; SCOTT scored. BAUMTROG popped up to 1b. DORMINY grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. TEAM JAPAN inning 6 DELGADO to 1b for TISDALE. ARANDA to ss for MCDOUGALL. CURRY to c for SAPP. NAKAMURA popped up to ss. SUZUKI struck out looking. TANEICHI struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM USA inning 6 DELGADO doubled to left field. PRICE pinch hit for MATTHEWS. PRICE flied

out to rf; DELGADO advanced to third. JOHNSON singled to left center, RBI; DELGADO scored. ARANDA singled to right field; JOHNSON advanced to second. SCOTT flied out to cf. ARANDA stole second; JOHNSON stole third. CURRY flied out to cf. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. TEAM JAPAN inning 7 TAKANO grounded out to p. YATSU grounded out to ss. KUNISADA flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM USA inning 7 KON to 3b for TAKANO. MURAKAMI to c for SUZUKI. KIDO to p for UZAKI. COLE flied out to lf. BAUMTROG popped up to 2b. DORMINY flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM JAPAN inning 8 HODGES to p for ZIEGLER. MIYABAYASHI grounded out to ss. KAMATA singled to left field. KOBAYASHI singled to right field, advanced to second on an error by 2b; KAMATA advanced to third. NAKAMURA grounded out to 2b, RBI; KOBAYASHI advanced to third; KAMATA scored. MURAKAMI struck out. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. TEAM USA inning 8 DELGADO flied out to lf. PRICE hit by pitch. JOHNSON singled to second base; PRICE advanced to second. ARANDA grounded out to ss; JOHNSON advanced to second; PRICE advanced to third. SCOTT struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. TEAM JAPAN inning 9 TAKEISHI pinch hit for TANEICHI. TAKEISHI popped up to 2b. KON singled to center field. YATSU out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt; KON advanced to second. KON out at third c to 3b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM USA inning 9 TAKEISHI to 2b. KAKUMOTO to p for KIDO. CURRY struck out. COLE grounded out to ss. BAUMTROG struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM JAPAN inning 10 PAYNE to p for HODGES. KUNISADA out at first 1b to p. MIYABAYASHI fouled out to lf. KAMATA walked. KAMATA advanced to second on a wild pitch. KOBAYASHI hit by pitch. DELGADO to p. PRICE to 1b. / for PAYNE. NAKAMURA singled to right field, RBI; KOBAYASHI advanced to third; KAMATA scored. NAKAMURA out at second p to 1b to 2b, caught stealing; KOBAYASHI stole home. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. TEAM USA inning 10 DORMINY flied out to rf. DELGADO struck out. PRICE out at first 1b to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Game Notes: Japan wins the battle 4-2, but Team USA wins the war by winning the series three games to two. This was the Americans first series victory against Japan in three tries.

Box Score

USA vs. Japan NJCAA International Series TEAM JAPAN at TEAM USA Jun 21, 1998 at USA Stadium TEAM JAPAN 4 (2-3) TEAM USA 2 (3-2) AB R H RBI AB R H RBI TANEICHI 2b 3 0 1 1 COLE cf 4 0 0 1 TAKEISHI ph/2b 1 0 0 0 GRUBBS lf 2 0 0 0 FURUYAMA 3b 0 0 0 0 BAUMTROG lf 3 0 0 0 TAKANO ph/3b 2 0 0 0 DORMINY rf 4 0 1 0 KON 3b 1 0 1 0 TISDALE 1b 2 0 1 0 YATSU lf 3 0 0 0 DELGADO 1b/p 3 1 1 0 KUNISADA 1b 4 0 0 0 MATTHEWS dh 2 0 0 0 MIYABAYASHI dh 4 0 0 0 PRICE ph/1b 2 0 0 0 KAMATA rf 3 2 1 0 JOHNSON 2b 4 0 2 1 KOBAYASHI cf 3 1 1 0 MCDOUGALL ss 2 0 0 0 NAKAMURA ss 4 0 1 2 ARANDA ss 2 0 1 0 SUZUKI c 2 1 1 0 SCOTT 3b 4 1 2 0 MURAKAMI c 1 0 0 0 SAPP c 1 0 0 0 UZAKI p 0 0 0 0 CURRY c 2 0 0 0 KIDO p 0 0 0 0 ZIEGLER p 0 0 0 0 KAKUMOTO p 0 0 0 0 HODGES p 0 0 0 0 PAYNE p 0 0 0 0 Totals...... 31 4 6 3 Totals...... 37 2 8 2 Score by innings: R H E ----------------------------------------------- TEAM JAPAN 001 000 010 2 - 4 6 0 TEAM USA 000 011 000 0 - 2 8 1 ----------------------------------------------- E - JOHNSON(4). LOB - TEAM JAPAN 1, TEAM USA 9. 2B - SUZUKI(1), DELGADO(2). SH - YATSU(1), COLE(1). SB - KOBAYASHI(4), JOHNSON(1), ARANDA(1), SCOTT 2(3). CS - TANEICHI(1), FURUYAMA(1), KON(1), NAKAMURA(1). IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF Fly Gnd NP UZAKI 6.0 7 2 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 24 27 10 5 KIDO 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 8 4 1 KAKUMOTO W 1-0 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 2 ZIEGLER 7.0 2 1 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 21 22 4 8 HODGES 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 8 1 3 PAYNE L 2-1 0.2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 1 1 DELGADO 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 WP - UZAKI(1), PAYNE(1). HBP - by ZIEGLER (FURUYAMA), by UZAKI (DORMINY), by UZAKI (SAPP), by KIDO (PRICE), by PAYNE (KOBAYASHI). Strikeouts - TANEICHI, YATSU, KAMATA 2, KOBAYASHI, NAKAMURA, SUZUKI, MURAKAMI, GRUBBS 2, BAUMTROG, DELGADO, MCDOUGALL, SCOTT, CURRY. Walks - KAMATA. Umpires - Home:Weber 1st:Appling 2nd:Paine 3rd:Rapay Start: 1:12pm Time: 2:52 Attendance: 1355 Game Notes: Japan wins the battle 4-2, but Team USA wins the war by winning the series three games to two. This was the Americans first series victory against Japan in three tries.