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tehsuigi · 10-25-2020, 05:05 PM

2041 Japan Series
Since it's an odd year, the Comets will have home field advantage as the CL's representative. They also swept the Arrows in their only interleague series.

Game 1: Shizuoka 3, Ehime Honda 0
Shigejiro Matsumoto's back, bay-bee. 7 scoreless innings, allowing a hit, two walks, while striking out twelve. Kimura locked down the two-inning save easily, striking out four and allowing only one hit. No Comet made it past second. Shizuoka RBIs were from 3B Koji Kashima, 1B Tomosaburo Morioka and LF Jon Lutz.

Game 2: Shizuoka 3, Ehime Honda 1 (11 innings)
Alejandrez did it again. A run-scoring double in the 6th to tie the score, and an RBI double in the top of the 11th to give the Arrows the lead. 38-year-old Akira Wada got the win for Shizuoka with a clean 10th inning of work, and 23-year-old Toyonobu Nishino got the save in spite of 3 hits (no runs!) in the 11th.

Game 3: Ehime Honda 3, Shizuoka 1
The Comets finally broke out, and did so in cardiac-episode fashion, scoring a run in each of the final three frames - a solo home run by LF Akiyoshi Ushijima off Shizuoka starter Kim Chae-bong, an RBI single from RF Kosuke Takano off closer Narihira Kimura, and a DH Toshiaki Shimasaki solo shot off Kimura. Ehime Honda reliever Kameji Tsuboi with the win in relief, Teruo Kawamura the save, both only allowing a hit in 2 IP each.

Game 4: Ehime Honda 3, Shizuoka 1
Now we've got a series! Comets starter Jim de Jong pitched 6 innings of one-run ball, scattering 5 hits and a walk. Shimasaki got the scoring started early with a 2nd inning double, then got cashed by catcher Fuuga Kato (no relation to Yasutoki). In the 9th, a solo home run by 2B Haruo Tanaka added insurance.

Game 5: Shizuoka 8, Ehime Honda 7
Finally a home team wins a game this series! Arrows reliver Masaji Hayashi got roughed up in the 7th giving up 4 runs, including a 3-run jack to Ushijima again. The Arrows got enough back in the bottom of the 8th, with LF Jon Lutz striking a bases-clearing double against Kawamura to give Shizuoka back the lead. Kimura pitched a clean ninth for the win. Back to Matsuyama with two chances to win it.

Game 6: Ehime Honda 13, Shizuoka 0
Arrows ace Shigejiro Matsumoto just didn't have it today, giving up 8 runs in 3 1/3 innings. Comets ace Shoshichi Ueno did, striking out 11 Arrows and allowing only 2 hits and a walk over 7 2/3 IP in a raucous rumble. Only one Ehime Honda starter failed to get a hit (even Ueno got a knock and an RBI!).

Game 7: Shizuoka 6, Ehime Honda 5
This one almost had a different storyline. Arrows starter Tetsuya Yoshimoto couldn't keep the ball in the park, as Shimasaki launched a 2-run bomb in the 2nd and Ushijima clubbed a solo dinger in the 3rd. It was 4-1 Comets going into the top of the 5th...and the wheels fell off. Shizuoka shortstop Yui Nakamura hit a solo homer of his own, Sana, Lutz, and Alejandrez loaded the bases, then Kashima hit a sac fly to score Sana. 1B Ayumu Imakake's 2-out single scored another, and the catcher Nakashima loaded the bases again. Coming in to pitch was ex-Arrow Katsuyoshi Ogawa (who was traded for today's starter!), who gave up the go-ahead hit to 2B Nobuyoshi Ito, scoring two. The Arrows' defense and relief corps, including Game 3's starter Kim Chae-bong were able to hold down the fort into the 9th, with Kimura back on the mound. Shimasaki grounded out, Fuuga Kato poked a home run into the left field stands, but shortstop Yukio Kanno and second baseman Haruo Tanaka struck out swinging.

And there it is. The most improbable postseason run of the dynasty, completing a sixth straight title. Only three more to tie the Giants of the 1950s-1960s!

RF Luis Alejandrez's .414/.452/.552 slash line earned him Series MVP honours for the fourth straight season.

10-25-2020, 05:05 PM	#237
tehsuigi All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 753	2041 Japan Series Since it's an odd year, the Comets will have home field advantage as the CL's representative. They also swept the Arrows in their only interleague series. Game 1: Shizuoka 3, Ehime Honda 0 Shigejiro Matsumoto's back, bay-bee. 7 scoreless innings, allowing a hit, two walks, while striking out twelve. Kimura locked down the two-inning save easily, striking out four and allowing only one hit. No Comet made it past second. Shizuoka RBIs were from 3B Koji Kashima, 1B Tomosaburo Morioka and LF Jon Lutz. Game 2: Shizuoka 3, Ehime Honda 1 (11 innings) Alejandrez did it again. A run-scoring double in the 6th to tie the score, and an RBI double in the top of the 11th to give the Arrows the lead. 38-year-old Akira Wada got the win for Shizuoka with a clean 10th inning of work, and 23-year-old Toyonobu Nishino got the save in spite of 3 hits (no runs!) in the 11th. Game 3: Ehime Honda 3, Shizuoka 1 The Comets finally broke out, and did so in cardiac-episode fashion, scoring a run in each of the final three frames - a solo home run by LF Akiyoshi Ushijima off Shizuoka starter Kim Chae-bong, an RBI single from RF Kosuke Takano off closer Narihira Kimura, and a DH Toshiaki Shimasaki solo shot off Kimura. Ehime Honda reliever Kameji Tsuboi with the win in relief, Teruo Kawamura the save, both only allowing a hit in 2 IP each. Game 4: Ehime Honda 3, Shizuoka 1 Now we've got a series! Comets starter Jim de Jong pitched 6 innings of one-run ball, scattering 5 hits and a walk. Shimasaki got the scoring started early with a 2nd inning double, then got cashed by catcher Fuuga Kato (no relation to Yasutoki). In the 9th, a solo home run by 2B Haruo Tanaka added insurance. Game 5: Shizuoka 8, Ehime Honda 7 Finally a home team wins a game this series! Arrows reliver Masaji Hayashi got roughed up in the 7th giving up 4 runs, including a 3-run jack to Ushijima again. The Arrows got enough back in the bottom of the 8th, with LF Jon Lutz striking a bases-clearing double against Kawamura to give Shizuoka back the lead. Kimura pitched a clean ninth for the win. Back to Matsuyama with two chances to win it. Game 6: Ehime Honda 13, Shizuoka 0 Arrows ace Shigejiro Matsumoto just didn't have it today, giving up 8 runs in 3 1/3 innings. Comets ace Shoshichi Ueno did, striking out 11 Arrows and allowing only 2 hits and a walk over 7 2/3 IP in a raucous rumble. Only one Ehime Honda starter failed to get a hit (even Ueno got a knock and an RBI!). Game 7: Shizuoka 6, Ehime Honda 5 This one almost had a different storyline. Arrows starter Tetsuya Yoshimoto couldn't keep the ball in the park, as Shimasaki launched a 2-run bomb in the 2nd and Ushijima clubbed a solo dinger in the 3rd. It was 4-1 Comets going into the top of the 5th...and the wheels fell off. Shizuoka shortstop Yui Nakamura hit a solo homer of his own, Sana, Lutz, and Alejandrez loaded the bases, then Kashima hit a sac fly to score Sana. 1B Ayumu Imakake's 2-out single scored another, and the catcher Nakashima loaded the bases again. Coming in to pitch was ex-Arrow Katsuyoshi Ogawa (who was traded for today's starter!), who gave up the go-ahead hit to 2B Nobuyoshi Ito, scoring two. The Arrows' defense and relief corps, including Game 3's starter Kim Chae-bong were able to hold down the fort into the 9th, with Kimura back on the mound. Shimasaki grounded out, Fuuga Kato poked a home run into the left field stands, but shortstop Yukio Kanno and second baseman Haruo Tanaka struck out swinging. And there it is. The most improbable postseason run of the dynasty, completing a sixth straight title. Only three more to tie the Giants of the 1950s-1960s! RF Luis Alejandrez's .414/.452/.552 slash line earned him Series MVP honours for the fourth straight season. Attached Images __________________ OOTP Streamer Affiliate on Twitch - come get your drops!