BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT RAKISUTA RAMS
05/11/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT RAKISUTA RAMS
GAME ID: 5167 - SUNDAY, MAY 11TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kyoto Owls (5-6) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 16 0
Rakisuta Rams (6-5) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 9 2
Yamamoto Belts Bunch of Base Hits
Kinmochi Yamamoto was sizzling at the plate. In a game played at Rakisuta Stadium, the Kyoto right fielder blistered the Rakisuta Rams for 5 hits in 6 at-bats to pace his club to a good 7-2 victory.

"Yamamoto was too tough to get out," Rams skipper Kinzo Yoshimura said in his postgame interview. "No matter what we threw him, he hit it. And he hit some good pitches, too."

Kinmochi Yamamoto singled in the 1st, hit an RBI double in the 2nd, flied out in the 4th, hit an RBI double in the 6th, singled in the 8th and singled in the 9th.

In his season totals, Yamamoto has 1 home run, .279 BA, .354 OBP, 4 RBIs and 5 runs scored. He has played in 10 games.
KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Yamamoto RF 6 2 5 2 0 0 2 .279 1 4
S. Smith LF 5 2 1 1 1 0 4 .308 2 3
T. Wada 1B 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 .167 1 4
H. Yamashita C 4 0 0 0 0 3 5 .216 2 7
B. Arai SS 4 0 1 2 1 0 2 .282 0 2
M. Smith CF 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 .359 1 7
T. Kato 3B 5 0 1 0 0 1 7 .282 1 4
T. Endo 2B 5 2 2 0 0 0 6 .182 1 3
T. Fujiwara P 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 .250 0 3
   a-T. Manabe PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 2 3
   K. Kon P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 41 7 16 7 3 5 33      
a - T. Manabe pinch hit for T. Fujiwara in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Yamamoto 2 (4, 2nd Inning off J. Esaki, 1 on, 2 outs; 6th Inning off J. Esaki, 2 on, 1 out)
Triples: S. Smith (1, 1st Inning off J. Esaki, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Yamamoto 7 , S. Smith 3 , T. Wada , B. Arai , M. Smith 4 , T. Kato , T. Endo 2 , T. Fujiwara
2-out RBI: K. Yamamoto , B. Arai
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Yamamoto , S. Smith , T. Wada , B. Arai , T. Endo , T. Fujiwara
GIDP: B. Arai
Sac Bunt: T. Fujiwara 2
Hit by Pitch: H. Yamashita
Team LOB: 13

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Arai-Endo-Wada, Endo-Arai-Wada)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Onishi CF 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 .390 1 6
T. Matsui 1B, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 1 1
H. Nomura SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 0 1
S. Nakayama LF 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 .273 0 1
K. Imakake C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .182 0 2
S. Kamo RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .212 0 3
G. McCauley 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161 1 2
   a-Y. Ishihara PH, 1B 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 .294 0 1
K. Harada 3B 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .250 2 3
J. Esaki P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 0 0
   b-S. Fukushima PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .293 1 6
   B. Morita P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-G. Yagi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .297 1 6
Totals 33 2 9 2 3 4 15      
a - Y. Ishihara pinch hit for G. McCauley in the 6th
b - S. Fukushima pinch hit for J. Esaki in the 7th
c - G. Yagi pinch hit for B. Morita in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: K. Harada (2, 3rd Inning off T. Fujiwara, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: R. Onishi 3 , S. Nakayama 2 , K. Imakake , S. Kamo , Y. Ishihara , K. Harada 4
2-out RBI: S. Nakayama
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Nakayama , Y. Ishihara , G. Yagi
GIDP: T. Matsui , S. Fukushima
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Onishi (1) , T. Matsui (1)
CS: R. Onishi (1)

FIELDING
Errors: K. Harada 2 (3)
Double Plays: 2 (Nomura-McCauley-Matsui, Morita-Ishihara)
KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Fujiwara W (2-1) 8.0 7 2 2 3 4 1 126 3.00   
K. Kon 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.16   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Fujiwara 61
Batters Faced: T. Fujiwara 31, K. Kon 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Fujiwara 10-7, K. Kon 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: T. Fujiwara 126-75, K. Kon 12-7
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Esaki L (1-2) 7.0 12 5 5 1 3 0 123 5.85   
B. Morita 2.0 4 2 2 2 2 0 43 5.06   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Esaki 35
Batters Faced: J. Esaki 36, B. Morita 11
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Esaki 9-8, B. Morita 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: J. Esaki 123-81, B. Morita 43-25
WP: J. Esaki
Hit Batsmen: J. Esaki
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kinmochi Yamamoto
Ballpark: Rakisuta Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (65 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 11 mph
Start Time: 3:35 PM JST
Time: 3:04
Attendance: 19519
Special Notes: Kinmochi Yamamoto ties the KYO regular season game record for hits with 5.
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