BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT RAKISUTA RAMS
05/04/1974
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT RAKISUTA RAMS
GAME ID: 5138 - SATURDAY, MAY 4TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kyoto Owls (4-0) 6 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 14 12 2
Rakisuta Rams (0-4) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 1
Kato Pops Two Homers in 14-5 Win for Kyoto
The Kyoto Owls handed the Rakisuta Rams a loss at Rakisuta Stadium. The final score was 14-5. Tensui Kato was one of the major contributors for Kyoto. In addition to his 1 single and 2 home runs, he scored 3 runs and drove in 5. The winning pitcher was Norikazu Takai. He's now 1-0. He went 7 innings, allowing 5 runs on 7 hits for the Owls. Rakisuta falls to 0-4.

With Kyoto leading 8-5 in the top of the second, Kato hit a 2-run single off Rakisuta hurler Yoshimatsu Shiina. It was the 6th hit of the season for Kato and put his team ahead, 10-5.

"It was a good night for them and a bad night for us," said Rakisuta manager Kinzo Yoshimura.
KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Yamamoto RF 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 .125 0 2
S. Smith LF 5 1 1 0 0 1 5 .412 1 4
B. Arai SS 3 2 1 0 2 2 1 .188 1 2
H. Yamashita C 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 .125 0 1
T. Wada 1B 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 .462 0 6
   a-K. Watanabe PH, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
M. Smith CF 4 3 2 4 0 0 1 .385 2 7
T. Kato 3B 5 3 3 5 0 2 0 .375 2 7
T. Endo 2B 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 .118 1 3
N. Takai P 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0
   T. Araki P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 38 14 12 14 7 9 9      
a - K. Watanabe pinch hit for T. Wada in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: M. Smith (2, 1st Inning off Y. Shiina, 2 on, 0 outs) , T. Kato 2 (2, 6th Inning off S. Yasuda, 1 on, 1 out; 9th Inning off G. Matsuda, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Yamamoto , S. Smith , B. Arai , H. Yamashita , T. Wada 2 , M. Smith 5 , T. Kato 9 , T. Endo
2-out RBI: K. Yamamoto , T. Wada , M. Smith , T. Kato
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Smith , H. Yamashita
GIDP: S. Smith , H. Yamashita
Hit by Pitch: M. Smith
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Yamamoto (1)

FIELDING
Errors: B. Arai (2) , T. Endo (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Arai-Endo-Watanabe)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Onishi CF 4 1 1 0 1 0 5 .167 1 2
S. Fukushima 3B 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 .263 1 1
Y. Ishihara 1B 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .385 0 1
   b-H. Wada PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-M. Nakamura 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
H. Nomura SS 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 .182 0 1
G. Yagi LF 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 .250 0 3
   c-Y. Matsumoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   e-R. Morimoto LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0
S. Kamo RF 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .182 0 0
K. Imakake C 4 0 2 1 1 0 3 .333 0 1
G. McCauley 2B 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 .400 0 1
Y. Shiina P 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 0
   S. Suzuki P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
   a-S. Nakayama PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   S. Yasuda P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   f-S. Murata PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
   G. Matsuda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5 6 2 20      
a - S. Nakayama pinch hit for S. Suzuki in the 5th
b - H. Wada pinch hit for Y. Ishihara in the 7th
c - Y. Matsumoto pinch hit for G. Yagi in the 7th
d - M. Nakamura substituted for H. Wada in the 8th
e - R. Morimoto substituted for Y. Matsumoto in the 8th
f - S. Murata pinch hit for S. Yasuda in the 8th

BATTING
Total Bases: R. Onishi , Y. Ishihara , H. Nomura , G. Yagi , K. Imakake 2 , G. McCauley 2 , S. Suzuki , S. Murata
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Onishi , S. Fukushima , K. Imakake
GIDP: R. Onishi
Sac Fly: G. McCauley
Team LOB: 11

BASERUNNING
CS: G. McCauley (1)

FIELDING
Errors: S. Fukushima (1)
Double Plays: 2 (Nomura-McCauley-Ishihara, McCauley-Nomura-Ishihara)
KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Takai W (1-0) 7.0 7 5 4 4 2 0 130 5.14   
T. Araki 2.0 3 0 0 2 0 0 35 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Takai 43
Batters Faced: N. Takai 32, T. Araki 11
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Takai 11-7, T. Araki 2-3
Pitches - Strikes: N. Takai 130-80, T. Araki 35-18
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Shiina L (0-1) 1.2 8 11 11 4 2 1 67 59.40   
S. Suzuki 3.1 2 0 0 3 4 0 76 1.42   
S. Yasuda 3.0 1 2 2 0 3 1 31 6.00   
G. Matsuda 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 8 11.57   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Shiina -13
Batters Faced: Y. Shiina 16, S. Suzuki 15, S. Yasuda 11, G. Matsuda 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Shiina 2-0, S. Suzuki 2-3, S. Yasuda 4-2, G. Matsuda 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Shiina 67-35, S. Suzuki 76-44, S. Yasuda 31-24, G. Matsuda 8-6
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Suzuki 1-1
Hit Batsmen: S. Yasuda
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tensui Kato
Ballpark: Rakisuta Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (68 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 11 mph
Start Time: 1:35 PM JST
Time: 3:19
Attendance: 19018
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