The boys put on an impressive defensive show in a losing effort against Japan. Here are the stats:
Saturday, August 16, 2008 6:10 PM
Tournament game at Volunteer Stadium (Neutral site)
LLWS08
Japan 5, MEA 0
| Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Tokyo, Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| MEA Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Japan | AB | R | H | BI | MEA | AB | R | H | BI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimura, Ryohji, SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Beyers, Chris, SS-P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Igarashi, Masahiro, 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Branton, Beau, P-SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Setoguchi, Tsuyoki, 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lavenue, Will, RF-CF-C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Murase, Daiki, 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Durley, Cameron, 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Motegi, Ryo, CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walle, Tucker, SPR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ozeki, Takumi, 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Husain, Alex, 3B-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Takeshita, Yutaka, C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Merriwether, Evan, LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Moriuchi, Ryosuke, P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Jackson, Bryce, 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mizuno, Shodai, LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Knight, Nicholas, LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Suehiro, Satoshi, PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al-Shafei, Kyle, CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Morita, Hironosuke, 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Walle, Tucker, PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hirokawa, Ryosuke, 2B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sheppard, John, C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Takeuchi, Akihiro, RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bradford, Tim, PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shinozuka, Mikio, PH-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ell, Zach, LF-3B-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 22 | 5 | 5 | 3 | Totals | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
E: Jackson, Bryce, Sheppard, John 2B: Takeshita, Yutaka
| Japan | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | BF | MEA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | BF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moriuchi, Ryosuke (W) | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 21 | Branton, Beau | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 21 | Beyers, Chris (L) | 5.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 | |
| Totals | 6.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 27 |
HBP: Branton, Beau (by Moriuchi, Ryosuke), Setoguchi, Tsuyoki (by Beyers, Chris) WP: Beyers, Chris 2 Pitches-strikes: Branton, Beau 19-10, Moriuchi, Ryosuke 73-51, Beyers, Chris 73-46
Start: 6:10 PM; Game time: 1:40; Attendance: 5700
Game officials: HP-Dale Prentiss, 1B-Joe Mano, 2B-Daniel Lowe, 3B-Randy Johnson
LF-Mark Bernstein, RF-Ken Bradley
Mike Witherwax (Scorebook), Brent Stahlnecker (Computer)
High 70’s and Sunny/Clear
Top 1st, #13 Masahiro Igarashi called out at first after leaving the base
The score does not really reflect the game accurately as we held the Japanese team to one run for the first five innings. The boys spirits are good though and they are ready to notch their first win tonight against Latin America (Venezuela)
You all played a wonderful game against Japan. Way to go All Stars!