 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON RAKISUTA RAMS AT SAPPORO BEARS 05/14/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | RAKISUTA RAMS AT SAPPORO BEARS | | GAME ID: 5170 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 14TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Rakisuta Rams (7-7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Sapporo Bears (7-7) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 | 10 | 0 | | |  | |
| Takada at His Best, Blanks Rakisuta | In a seemingly effortless performance, Tomochika Takada of the Sapporo Bears shot down the Rakisuta Rams, 6-0, on 1 hit.
"Tomochika was just locating so well and using his pitches," Sapporo manager Ritsuo Yoshida said later. "He wasn't leaving anything over the plate."
Takada recorded 3 strikeouts and 2 walks in a strong outing.
"When he needed to make pitches, he elevated his game," Rakisuta manager Kinzo Yoshimura said in postgame comments to BNN. "We couldn't get a key hit off him."
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| RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE | | SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - K. Imakake pinch hit for G. Matsuda in the 9th
BATTING Total Bases: G. Yagi GIDP: H. Nomura , G. McCauley Team LOB: 1
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (McCauley-Nomura-Matsui) OF assists: 1 (Yagi(Nakazawa at home)) | | | BATTING Doubles: N. Toyama (5, 3rd Inning off K. Wada, 1 on, 1 out) Home Runs: K. Hotta (2, 7th Inning off K. Wada, 0 on, 1 out) Total Bases: S. Murata , M. Shiotani , T. Kusumoto , K. Hotta 4 , N. Toyama 3 , S. Fukui 2 , H. Nakazawa 2 2-out RBI: M. Shiotani Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: G. Nakashima GIDP: M. Shiotani Sac Bunt: M. Shiotani , T. Takada 2 Sac Fly: K. Hotta Team LOB: 7
FIELDING Double Plays: 2 (Murata-Nakashima-Shiotani, Takada-Nakashima-Shiotani) | | |
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| RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE | | SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Wada L (1-1) | 6.1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 107 | 4.22 | | G. Matsuda | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1.35 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Takada W (1-1) | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 1.96 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Tomochika Takada Ballpark: Sapporo Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (44 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 10 mph Start Time: 1:05 PM JST Time: 2:24 Attendance: 10975 |
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