BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
SAPPORO BEARS AT KYOTO OWLS
05/23/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
SAPPORO BEARS AT KYOTO OWLS
GAME ID: 5196 - THURSDAY, MAY 23RD , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sapporo Bears (7-15) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10 1
Kyoto Owls (14-8) 0 1 3 6 1 1 0 1 X 13 16 0
Owls Rip Sapporo, 13-2
The Kyoto Owls cruised to a win over the Sapporo Bears, 13-2, at Owls Park. Toyohiro Wada led the way, going 2-for-4 for Kyoto. Kyoto pitcher Kento Okada earned the win, hiking his record to 2-1. Ichirou Fukumoto suffered the loss. Sapporo falls to 7-15.

Wada had a key at-bat in the bottom of the third to put Kyoto in front, 2-0. With the bases loaded, he hit a sacrifice fly off Sapporo pitcher Ichirou Fukumoto.

"You can't sugarcoat this one," said Sapporo manager Ritsuo Yoshida. "We got trounced."
SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Yamamoto LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .206 3 8
M. Shiotani 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .153 1 6
K. Hotta RF 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 .289 2 8
S. Murata SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .234 2 12
S. Carpenter 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .224 4 5
N. Toyama CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .258 1 2
G. Nakashima 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .247 3 8
S. Arakawa C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .077 0 1
   a-K. Sato PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .158 0 1
T. Takada P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 1 2
   I. Fukumoto P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   Y. Nobuhara P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   E. Yamaoka P 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0
   J. Jackson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2 0 4 12      
a - K. Sato pinch hit for S. Arakawa in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Yamamoto (4, 8th Inning off K. Okada, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: G. Nakashima (3, 8th Inning off K. Okada, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Yamamoto 2 , M. Shiotani 2 , K. Hotta 3 , N. Toyama 2 , G. Nakashima 5
2-out RBI: M. Shiotani
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Murata , N. Toyama , K. Sato
GIDP: S. Murata , G. Nakashima
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: G. Nakashima (4)
Double Plays: 1 (Murata-Nakashima-Carpenter)
OF assists: 1 (Yamamoto(Smith at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Yamamoto RF 4 2 2 3 0 1 0 .247 4 10
   a-K. Seki PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
   b-A. Otani RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 0 0
S. Smith LF 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 .292 5 13
B. Arai SS 2 3 1 0 3 0 0 .296 6 13
H. Yamashita C 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 .227 4 12
T. Wada 1B 4 3 2 4 0 1 4 .240 3 16
M. Smith CF 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 .280 3 12
T. Kato 3B 5 0 1 3 0 1 4 .244 6 20
T. Endo 2B 5 0 3 2 0 0 2 .328 2 11
K. Okada P 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .231 0 0
Totals 37 13 16 13 5 5 16      
a - K. Seki pinch hit for K. Yamamoto in the 7th
b - A. Otani substituted for K. Seki in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Wada (3, 4th Inning off Y. Nobuhara, 3 on, 0 outs) , M. Smith (7, 8th Inning off J. Jackson, 2 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: K. Yamamoto 2 (4, 4th Inning off I. Fukumoto, 1 on, 0 outs; 5th Inning off Y. Nobuhara, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Wada (3, 6th Inning off E. Yamaoka, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Yamamoto 8 , K. Seki , S. Smith 2 , B. Arai , H. Yamashita , T. Wada 6 , M. Smith 3 , T. Kato , T. Endo 3 , K. Okada
2-out RBI: T. Kato , T. Endo 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Endo
GIDP: S. Smith
Sac Bunt: M. Smith
Sac Fly: T. Wada
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Kato-Endo-Wada, Endo-Arai-Wada)
PB: H. Yamashita
SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Takada 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.76   
I. Fukumoto L (0-3) 2.1 8 6 5 1 1 1 48 5.74   
Y. Nobuhara 1.0 4 5 5 2 0 1 33 9.00   
E. Yamaoka 3.1 2 2 2 2 3 1 58 6.38   
J. Jackson 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 3.21   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Takada 42
Batters Faced: T. Takada 3, I. Fukumoto 16, Y. Nobuhara 9, E. Yamaoka 13, J. Jackson 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Takada 0-2, I. Fukumoto 3-2, Y. Nobuhara 2-1, E. Yamaoka 2-4, J. Jackson 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Takada 6-5, I. Fukumoto 48-32, Y. Nobuhara 33-17, E. Yamaoka 58-36, J. Jackson 14-9
Inherited Runners - Scored: I. Fukumoto 1-0 , J. Jackson 2-1
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Okada W (2-1) 9.0 10 2 2 0 4 1 114 3.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Okada 63
Batters Faced: K. Okada 35
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Okada 5-16
Pitches - Strikes: K. Okada 114-74
WP: K. Okada
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Toyohiro Wada
Ballpark: Owls Park
Weather: Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 10 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 3:49
Attendance: 15939
Special Notes: SP Tomochika Takada was injured while pitching. Rain delay of 52 minutes in the 3rd inning.
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