Sunday, June 27, 2010

’Starring role for import …

Bootcheck holds Giants in check

Chris Bootcheck might have turned his first start in Japan into a fulltime job.
The right-hander went 6.1 innings, holding the mighty Yomiuri Giants to two runs in his first start in at least four years.
The seven singles he scattered were harmless. The one double he surrendered cost him two runs, but three relievers and a two-inning save from closer Shun Yamaguchi preserved the victory.
Seiichi Uchikawa had three hits, including his fourth homer, and Kazuya Fujita drove in two runs with a clutch single in a three-run third to back Bootcheck.
The 31-year-old first-year import had a 6.00 ERA in 11 outings out of the bullpen, but he tossed six shutout innings against the Giants, fanning the Central League’s hottest hitter, Shinnosuke Abe, twice.

CARP 6, DRAGONS 4
Junpei Shinoda (2-1) held Chunichi to one run over seven innings, and Justin Huber hit a two-run homer and an RBI single to help visiting Hiroshima avoid a sweep.

SWALLOWS 8, TIGERS 4
Josh Whitesell’s two-run triple broke a 2-2 tie and Jamie D’Antona cracked his 11th homer and added a scoring flyball as Yakult won the last two of a three-game set.

PACIFIC LEAGUE

LIONS 4, BUFFALOES 2
Takuya Hara’s solo blast in the seventh was the difference as Seibu topped visiting Orix.
Brian Sikorski locked it down with a perfect ninth for his Japan-best 23 rd save.

FIGHTERS 10, MARINES 3
PL leading hitter Kensuke Tanaka collected four hits to back Bobby Keppel (10-1), who matched two others atop the PL with his 10th win.

HAWKS 1, EAGLES 1
Kensuke Uchimura’s RBI single in the seventh knotted up the score, and neither Rakuten nor SoftBank could score as the teams played to a 12-inning tie at the Kleenex Box.

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