BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
HOSHO RELIABLES AT KOBE BULLS
10/08/1975
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
HOSHO RELIABLES AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 11664 - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hosho Reliables 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
Kobe Bulls 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 3 8 1
Bulls Clip Reliables, 3-2, in NCS Contest
Leave it to the veteran.

The Kobe Bulls got a great start from 37-year-old right-hander Roku Yamakawa, as Kobe won the contest, 3-2, at Matsunoki Stadium. Yamakawa threw 7.0 innings of 6-hit ball in the win, which knotted the best-of-7 series at 2-2.

Takaki Smith, who led the WL in OPS with .901 in 1966, took Hosho hurler Naruto Noda deep in the bottom of the seventh. His 2-run home run put the Bulls on top, 3-2. In all, Smith had 1 single in addition to the home run, while going 2 for 4.

"Bottom line," said Hosho skipper Shun Kawamura, "we didn't play well enough to win."

The next game is set to be played tomorrow at Matsunoki Stadium in Kobe.
HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kurosawa SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .333 0 1
   a-D. Nakamura SS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
H. Dunham LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .375 1 1
Y. Watanabe 1B 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 .438 4 11
R. Kodama CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 .214 0 0
B. McCullough 3B 4 0 0 0 0 4 5 .333 2 2
Y. Kawata C 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .133 1 2
T. Ikeda RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 1 5
R. Endo 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .167 0 0
   b-E. Ryu PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
N. Noda P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-S. Nitta PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 0 2
Totals 34 2 7 2 1 8 15      
a - D. Nakamura substituted for T. Kurosawa in the 7th
b - E. Ryu pinch hit for R. Endo in the 9th
c - S. Nitta pinch hit for N. Noda in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: Y. Watanabe (1, 1st Inning off R. Yamakawa, 1 on, 1 out) , H. Dunham (1, 7th Inning off R. Yamakawa, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: Y. Watanabe (4, 3rd Inning off R. Yamakawa, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Kurosawa , D. Nakamura , H. Dunham 2 , Y. Watanabe 6 , R. Kodama , R. Endo
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Kodama , B. McCullough , Y. Kawata 2
Sac Bunt: H. Dunham
Hit by Pitch: Y. Watanabe , R. Kodama
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Kodama 2 (3)

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Kodama(Kira at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 .267 1 2
T. Kurokawa LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .200 0 0
T. Oto 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .200 1 2
J. Hayashida CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .385 2 6
K. Kira C 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .250 0 1
T. Amano RF 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 .333 0 1
T. Ide SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .083 0 1
M. Osaki 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 1
   a-T. Ryu PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1
   b-T. Endo 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 0 0
R. Yamakawa P 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 .500 0 0
   S. Kawakami P 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 2 5 5 22      
a - T. Ryu pinch hit for M. Osaki in the 2nd
b - T. Endo substituted for T. Ryu in the 3rd

BATTING
Home Runs: T. Smith (1, 7th Inning off N. Noda, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Smith 5 , K. Kira 2 , T. Amano 2 , T. Endo , R. Yamakawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Smith , J. Hayashida , T. Ide , S. Kawakami
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Smith (2)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Ide
HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Noda L (0-1) 8.0 8 3 3 5 5 1 129 3.38   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Noda 54
Batters Faced: N. Noda 36
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Noda 10-8
Pitches - Strikes: N. Noda 129-73
WP: N. Noda
Balk: N. Noda
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Yamakawa W (1-0) 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 1 93 2.57   
S. Kawakami SV (2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 28 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Yamakawa 61
Batters Faced: R. Yamakawa 31, S. Kawakami 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Yamakawa 9-7, S. Kawakami 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: R. Yamakawa 93-68, S. Kawakami 28-17
Hit Batsmen: R. Yamakawa 2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Roku Yamakawa
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (55 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 8 mph
Start Time: 8:05 PM JST
Time: 2:54
Attendance: 35879
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