 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KYOTO OWLS AT HOSHO RELIABLES 05/18/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | KYOTO OWLS AT HOSHO RELIABLES | | GAME ID: 5182 - SATURDAY, MAY 18TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kyoto Owls (11-6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | | Hosho Reliables (11-5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | | |  | |
| Owls Get Clutch Win Versus Hosho | Kento Okada, who finished 5th in the EL in wins with 13 last year, was locked in. The right-hander led the Kyoto Owls to a 2-1 win against the Hosho Reliables at Nagoya Minami Stadium. Kenshin Kon finished to wrap up his 6th save. The win has Kyoto at 11-6.
Kyoto used the hitting of Bungo Arai to pick up the win. The shortstop clubbed a solo home run in the top of the eighth inning to put the Owls on top, 2-1. For the game, Arai had 1 home run and 1 single in 4 at-bats.
"If you chase it, you need to get it," said Kyoto skipper Tomoya Nagao. | |
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| KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE | | HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - M. Yokoyama pinch hit for T. Endo in the 7th b - T. Manabe substituted for M. Yokoyama in the 7th
BATTING Doubles: S. Smith (3, 1st Inning off K. Kawamoto, 0 on, 1 out) Home Runs: S. Smith (3, 8th Inning off K. Kawamoto, 0 on, 2 outs) , B. Arai (6, 8th Inning off M. Taira, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: S. Smith 7 , B. Arai 5 , M. Smith 2 , K. Okada 2-out RBI: S. Smith , B. Arai Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Yamashita , M. Yokoyama GIDP: S. Smith , T. Kato Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: M. Smith (1) CS: S. Smith (1)
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Kato-Endo-Wada) OF assists: 1 (Smith(Watanabe at 3rd base)) | | | a - T. Okinaka substituted for T. Ikeda in the 7th b - T. Kurosawa pinch hit for B. McCullough in the 8th c - M. Tanoue substituted for T. Kurosawa in the 9th d - S. Nitta pinch hit for D. Nakamura in the 9th e - K. Hayashida pinch hit for M. Taira in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: D. Nakamura (4, 7th Inning off K. Okada, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: B. McCullough , D. Nakamura 2 , S. Nitta , R. Endo , K. Kawamoto Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Yamane , K. Hayashida GIDP: B. McCullough Sac Bunt: H. Dunham , Y. Kawata 2 Hit by Pitch: H. Dunham , Y. Watanabe Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: H. Dunham (2)
FIELDING Errors: B. McCullough (3) , D. Nakamura (4) Double Plays: 2 (Nakamura-Endo-Watanabe, Endo-Nakamura-Watanabe) OF assists: 1 (Yamane(Okada at 2nd base)) | | |
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| KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE | | HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Okada W (1-1) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 112 | 3.33 | | K. Kon SV (6) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2.51 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Kawamoto | 7.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 104 | 3.25 | | M. Taira L (1-1) | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5.40 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Kento Okada Ballpark: Nagoya Minami Stadium Weather: Cloudy (71 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 12 mph Start Time: 2:35 PM JST Time: 3:12 Attendance: 23695 Special Notes: Rain delay of 31 minutes in the 3rd inning. |
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