BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT KYOTO OWLS
05/22/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT KYOTO OWLS
GAME ID: 5198 - THURSDAY, MAY 22ND , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yokohama Kingfishers (5-15) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 12 1
Kyoto Owls (12-9) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 X 5 9 1
Late Rally by Owls Locks Up 5-3 Win
The Kyoto Owls faced a tough opponent in Yokohama pitcher Kiyoji Nakamura, but did just enough to pull out the victory at Owls Park by a final score of 5-3. Nakamura went 7 innings and allowed 2 runs. Matashichi Matsunaga picked up the win in relief. His record improves to 2-0. Taishi Yoshimura suffered the loss. Kenshin Kon earned the save, his 5th, for the Owls.

Manzo Yokoyama helped out the Kyoto cause in the bottom of the eighth inning with a run-scoring double. For the game, the pinch hitter was 1-1 with a double.

Yokoyama called the win "a team effort."

Yokohama, now 5-15, continues its tough start.
YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Ishikawa CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 .263 2 6
M. Takagi LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 1 4
T. Iwamoto RF 5 1 1 1 0 1 4 .262 5 8
K. Kimura C 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 .206 1 5
T. Kaneshige 1B 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 .269 1 8
B. Fukuhara SS 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 .250 1 3
   b-I. Shinseki PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 4 9
T. Kamiya 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 .224 3 7
Y. Ryu 3B 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 .259 2 9
K. Nakamura P 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .077 0 0
   a-K. Hirata PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 0 1
   T. Yoshimura P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 37 3 12 3 2 4 24      
a - K. Hirata pinch hit for K. Nakamura in the 8th
b - I. Shinseki pinch hit for B. Fukuhara in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: T. Iwamoto (5, 6th Inning off U. Tomita, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Ishikawa , M. Takagi , T. Iwamoto 4 , K. Kimura 2 , T. Kaneshige 2 , B. Fukuhara 2 , T. Kamiya , Y. Ryu 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Ishikawa , T. Iwamoto , K. Kimura , T. Kamiya , Y. Ryu
GIDP: T. Iwamoto
Sac Bunt: B. Fukuhara
Sac Fly: Y. Ryu
Hit by Pitch: M. Takagi
Team LOB: 12

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Kimura (1)

FIELDING
Errors: K. Kimura (2)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Yamamoto RF 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 .308 1 6
S. Smith LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .274 4 6
   b-M. Yokoyama PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .200 0 1
   d-A. Yokota 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 0 1
T. Wada SS 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 .244 2 12
H. Yamashita C 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .182 4 9
M. Smith CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .325 3 15
T. Kato 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .286 1 7
S. Onodera 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .105 0 1
   K. Kon P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
T. Endo 2B 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 .176 2 7
U. Tomita P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 0 0
   M. Matsunaga P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 2
   a-B. Arai PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .275 4 13
   c-A. Otani LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 2 3
Totals 32 5 9 5 1 5 11      
a - B. Arai pinch hit for M. Matsunaga in the 8th
b - M. Yokoyama pinch hit for S. Smith in the 8th
c - A. Otani substituted for B. Arai in the 9th
d - A. Yokota substituted for M. Yokoyama in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Yokoyama (1, 8th Inning off T. Yoshimura, 2 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Yamamoto 3 , M. Yokoyama 2 , T. Wada , M. Smith 2 , T. Kato , T. Endo
2-out RBI: K. Yamamoto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Smith , S. Onodera
Sac Bunt: U. Tomita
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Yamamoto (5)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Wada (4)
Double Plays: 1 (Kato-Endo-Onodera)
YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Nakamura 7.0 5 2 1 0 4 0 89 2.79   
T. Yoshimura L (0-4), BS (4) 1.0 4 3 3 1 1 0 33 14.92   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Nakamura 65
Batters Faced: K. Nakamura 26, T. Yoshimura 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Nakamura 9-8, T. Yoshimura 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: K. Nakamura 89-57, T. Yoshimura 33-19
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
U. Tomita 6.2 10 3 3 2 4 1 120 1.66   
M. Matsunaga W (2-0) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 2.51   
K. Kon SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.17   
PITCHING
Game Score: U. Tomita 44
Batters Faced: U. Tomita 33, M. Matsunaga 6, K. Kon 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: U. Tomita 9-6, M. Matsunaga 1-3, K. Kon 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: U. Tomita 120-78, M. Matsunaga 20-12, K. Kon 8-6
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Matsunaga 3-0
Hit Batsmen: U. Tomita
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kiyoji Nakamura
Ballpark: Owls Park
Weather: Cloudy (69 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 8 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM JST
Time: 2:54
Attendance: 16797
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