BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS
05/05/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS
GAME ID: 5153 - MONDAY, MAY 5TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kyoto Owls (3-2) 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 8 11 0
Yokohama Kingfishers (1-4) 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 1
Kyoto Beats Yokohama, 8-4
The Kyoto Owls used the hitting of left fielder Shun Smith to subdue the Yokohama Kingfishers, 8-4. For the game, Smith was 2-3 with a home run and a walk, while scoring 2 runs. The victory makes Kyoto 3-2.

Kyoto pitcher Matashichi Matsunaga contributed a timely at-bat in the top of the seventh. With two down, he hit a fastball to center field for a 2-run single. It was his 1st hit of the season and put the Owls ahead, 7-4.

"I had pretty good command out there," said Matsunaga.
KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Yamamoto RF 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .222 1 2
S. Smith LF 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 .353 2 2
T. Wada 1B 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 .000 0 1
H. Yamashita C 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .118 2 5
B. Arai SS 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 .278 0 0
M. Smith CF 4 2 2 2 1 0 2 .278 0 2
T. Kato 3B 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 .412 1 3
T. Endo 2B 5 0 1 0 0 2 4 .188 1 2
M. Matsunaga P 4 0 1 2 0 1 2 .250 0 2
   a-M. Yokoyama PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   K. Kon P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 8 7 5 18      
a - M. Yokoyama pinch hit for M. Matsunaga in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Arai (1, 7th Inning off T. Nishida, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: S. Smith (2, 8th Inning off T. Nishida, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Yamamoto , S. Smith 5 , B. Arai 3 , M. Smith 2 , T. Kato 2 , T. Endo , M. Matsunaga
2-out RBI: M. Matsunaga
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Yamashita , B. Arai
Sac Bunt: S. Smith
Hit by Pitch: B. Arai , T. Kato
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Smith (3)
CS: B. Arai (2)

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Yamamoto(Iwamoto at 3rd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Ishikawa CF 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 .200 0 0
T. Kaneshige 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .158 0 2
K. Kimura C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 1 4
T. Iwamoto RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .333 1 2
I. Shinseki LF 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .429 2 3
B. Fukuhara SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .312 0 1
T. Kamiya 2B 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .222 0 2
Y. Ryu 3B 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 .231 0 2
M. Kanda P 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 0 0
   T. Nishida P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   C. Tsugawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-K. Hirata PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4 2 5 12      
a - K. Hirata pinch hit for C. Tsugawa in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Iwamoto (2, 4th Inning off M. Matsunaga, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Kimura , T. Iwamoto 3 , I. Shinseki , B. Fukuhara , T. Kamiya 2 , Y. Ryu , M. Kanda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Ishikawa , T. Kaneshige , T. Kamiya
Sac Bunt: T. Nishida
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: K. Kimura (1)
OF assists: 1 (Iwamoto(Smith at home))
KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Matsunaga W (1-0) 8.0 9 4 4 2 4 0 122 4.50   
K. Kon 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 4.91   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Matsunaga 50
Batters Faced: M. Matsunaga 34, K. Kon 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Matsunaga 11-8, K. Kon 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: M. Matsunaga 122-77, K. Kon 13-7
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Kanda L (0-1) 4.1 5 5 5 7 2 0 100 10.38   
T. Nishida 2.2 5 3 3 0 1 1 44 3.86   
C. Tsugawa 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 30 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Kanda 28
Batters Faced: M. Kanda 25, T. Nishida 13, C. Tsugawa 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Kanda 6-3, T. Nishida 3-4, C. Tsugawa 2-2
Pitches - Strikes: M. Kanda 100-50, T. Nishida 44-29, C. Tsugawa 30-21
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Nishida 1-0
WP: T. Nishida
Hit Batsmen: M. Kanda 2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Shun Smith
Ballpark: Kanagawa Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (56 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 3:06
Attendance: 10993
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