Hawks Starting Lineup - Hiroshi Shibahara CF, Yusuke Torigoe 2B, Noriyoshi Omichi LF, Hiroki Kokubo 3B, Nobuhiko Matsunaka 1B, Kenji Jojima C, Koji Akiyama RF, Tadahito Iguchi SS, Tomohiro Nagai RHP.

  Giants Starting Lineup - Toshihisa Nishi 2B, Takayuki Shimizu LF, Yoshinobu Takahashi RF, Hideki Matsui CF, Kazuhiro Kiyohara 1B, Akira Eto 3B, Tomohiro Nioka SS, Shinichi Murata C, Darrell May LHP.

  Hawks 1st: Shibahara struck out looking. Torigoe singled to center. Omichi flied out to center fielder Matsui. Torigoe stole second. Kokubo struck out swinging.

  Giants 1st: Nishi lined out to left fielder Omichi. Shimizu flied out to left fielder Omichi. Y.Takahashi grounded out, shortstop Iguchi to first baseman Matsunaka.

  Hawks 2nd: Matsunaka grounded out, first baseman Kiyohara unassisted. Jojima grounded out, pitcher May to first baseman Kiyohara. Akiyama struck out looking.

  Giants 2nd: Matsui hit by pitch. Kiyohara walked, Matsui to second. Eto walked, Matsui to third, Kiyohara to second. Nioka grounded into a double play, second baseman Torigoe to shortstop Iguchi to first baseman Matsunaka, Eto out, Matsui scored, Kiyohara to third. S.Murata singled to center, Kiyohara scored. May walked, S.Murata to second. Nishi grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, May forced out at second, shortstop Iguchi to second baseman Torigoe.

  Hawks 3rd: Iguchi singled to left. Nagai popped out on a bunt attempt to third baseman Eto. Shibahara popped out to second baseman Nishi. Torigoe flied out to right fielder Y.Takahashi.

  Giants 3rd: Shimizu flied out to center fielder Shibahara. Y.Takahashi flied out to right fielder Akiyama. Matsui doubled to right. Kiyohara doubled to right center, Matsui scored. Eto grounded out, third baseman Kokubo to first baseman Matsunaka.

  Hawks 4th: Omichi doubled to right. Kokubo struck out swinging. Matsunaka popped out to shortstop Nioka. Jojima flied out to center fielder Matsui.

  Giants 4th: RHP Keisaburo Tanoue relieved Nagai, batting 9th. Nioka grounded out, second baseman Torigoe to first baseman Matsunaka. S.Murata singled to right. May grounded into a double play, shortstop Iguchi to first baseman Matsunaka, S.Murata out.

  Hawks 5th: Akiyama infield singled to pitcher, Akiyama to second on pitcher May's throwing error. Iguchi singled to right, Akiyama to third. Takaya Hayashi hit for Tanoue. Iguchi stole second. Hayashi struck out swinging. Shibahara singled to center, Akiyama scored, Iguchi to third. Torigoe doubled to left, Iguchi scored, Shibahara to third. RHP Ryuji Kimura relieved May, batting 9th. Omichi singled to left, Shibahara scored, Torigoe to third. Kokubo doubled to left, Torigoe scored, Omichi to third. LHP Kazuhiro Hiramatsu relieved Kimura, batting 9th. Matsunaka struck out swinging. Jojima doubled to center, Omichi scored, Kokubo scored. RHP Koichi Misawa relieved Hiramatsu, batting 9th. Akiyama popped out to first baseman Kiyohara.

  Giants 5th: LHP Masakazu Watanabe pitching, batting 9th. Nishi popped out to second baseman Torigoe. Daisuke Motoki hit for Shimizu. Motoki lined out to second baseman Torigoe. Y.Takahashi flied out to left fielder Omichi.

  Hawks 6th: Motoki in as LF. Iguchi walked. M.Watanabe struck out looking. Shibahara grounded out, first baseman Kiyohara unassisted, Iguchi to second. Torigoe flied out to right fielder Y.Takahashi.

  Giants 6th: Matsui popped out to third baseman Kokubo. Kiyohara walked. Eto flied out to center fielder Shibahara. Nioka singled to center, Kiyohara to second. S.Murata grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Nioka forced out at second, shortstop Iguchi unassisted.

  Hawks 7th: Omichi grounded out, second baseman Nishi to first baseman Kiyohara. Kokubo struck out swinging. Matsunaka walked. Jojima homered to left center, Matsunaka scored. Akiyama flied out to right fielder Y.Takahashi.

  Giants 7th: Arihito Muramatsu in as LF, batting 3rd. Masahiro Kawai hit for Misawa. RHP Hiroshi Nagadomi relieved M.Watanabe, batting 9th. Koji Goto hit for Kawai. Goto grounded out, second baseman Torigoe to first baseman Matsunaka. Nishi grounded out, shortstop Iguchi to first baseman Matsunaka. Motoki flied out to center fielder Shibahara.

  Hawks 8th: RHP Masumi Kuwata pitching, batting 9th. Iguchi struck out swinging. Melvin Nieves hit for Nagadomi. Nieves grounded out, second baseman Nishi to first baseman Kiyohara. Shibahara grounded out, first baseman Kiyohara to pitcher Kuwata.

  Giants 8th: LHP Shuji Yoshida pitching, batting 9th. Y.Takahashi grounded out, first baseman Matsunaka unassisted. Matsui walked. Kiyohara flied out to right fielder Akiyama. Eto struck out swinging.

  Hawks 9th: Torigoe struck out looking. Muramatsu grounded out, second baseman Nishi to first baseman Kiyohara. Kokubo grounded out, shortstop Nioka to first baseman Kiyohara.

  Giants 9th: RHP Rodney Pedraza relieved Yoshida, batting 4th. Hiroshi Yugamidani in as 3B, batting 9th. Nioka struck out swinging. S.Murata struck out swinging. Domingo Martinez hit for Kuwata. Martinez grounded out, shortstop Iguchi to first baseman Matsunaka.