Ishikawa then grounded out to short but Johnson was able to score in the process for 3-1 Tokyo. No more runs scored after that as Niinuma grounded out to short.

Guiel was the first man up for Tokyo in the top of the third, and he struck out swinging after drawing a walk in his first at-bat. Miyamoto followed that with a first-pitch double down the leftfield line. Tanaka struck out swinging, and after a near-miss on the leftfield line that would have been an rbi double, Noguchi struck out looking.

Miura’s pitch count after three innings was 83.

In his first (and only) at-bat of the game, Miura grounded out to first for out number one in the Baystars third. After striking out in his first at-bat, Kinjoh continued hisFukuchi’s next at-bat looked like a continuation of his last one as Miura continued to pound the inside of the plate with cutters, but this time Miura came out on top as Fukuchi swung feebly at a pitch on the outside corner of the plate for strike number three.

96 pitches for Miura so far.

After leading off the second with a base hit, Johnson began the fourth with a pop fly to Tanaka at second for the first out. Saeki followed with a ground ball to Tanaka for out number two. Yoshimura popped up to Aoki in center to end the inning.

Kawashima, who was 2-2 at the time, started things off for the Swallows with a grounder to second, and the Swallows finally benefited from a bit of luck