BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT RAKISUTA RAMS
06/05/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT RAKISUTA RAMS
GAME ID: 5550 - THURSDAY, JUNE 5TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yokohama Kingfishers (13-20) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 11 0
Rakisuta Rams (17-16) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1
Yokohama Topples Rakisuta, 4-1
Yokohama and Rakisuta duked it out and the Kingfishers came out victorious.

Yokohama beat Rakisuta on the strength of starting pitcher Motokazu Oyama's fine effort. The left-hander led his team to a win, 4-1. The third-place Rams have dropped 5 straight games.

Yokohama catcher Kunisada Kimura delivered a solo home run in the top of the sixth. Overall, he went 3 for 5, picking up 1 home run, 1 single, and 1 double. He scored 1 run and knocked in 1.

"I thought Motokazu threw the ball well across the board," said Yokohama manager Johnny Ruby.
YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Ishikawa CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .285 2 9
T. Kaneshige 1B 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 .295 2 12
K. Hirata SS 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 .216 1 4
T. Iwamoto RF 2 1 0 0 3 2 4 .265 7 16
M. Takagi LF 5 0 2 0 0 0 5 .296 1 11
K. Kimura C 5 1 3 1 0 0 3 .259 3 8
B. Fukuhara 3B 4 0 0 1 1 1 2 .219 1 6
T. Kamiya 2B 3 1 1 0 2 1 4 .204 4 12
M. Oyama P 3 0 0 0 0 1 7 .118 0 1
   a-K. Kagawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 0 0
   Y. Nishizawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4 7 6 32      
a - K. Kagawa pinch hit for M. Oyama in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Kimura (6, 4th Inning off J. Esaki, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Kaneshige (7, 7th Inning off J. Esaki, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: K. Kimura (3, 6th Inning off J. Esaki, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kaneshige 5 , K. Hirata , M. Takagi 2 , K. Kimura 7 , T. Kamiya
2-out RBI: T. Kaneshige
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Ishikawa , T. Iwamoto , M. Takagi 2 , K. Kimura
GIDP: M. Oyama 2
Team LOB: 13

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Kaneshige (1)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Kamiya-Hirata-Kaneshige, Hirata-Kamiya-Kaneshige)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Onishi CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .265 7 20
G. Yagi LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .267 2 15
S. Fukushima SS, 2B 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .270 6 13
S. Kamo RF 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .269 0 22
K. Imakake C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 0 13
G. McCauley 2B 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .216 3 13
   a-Y. Ishihara PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .226 1 2
   G. Matsuda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-S. Nakayama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 0 1
M. Nakamura 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 0 4
K. Harada 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .308 2 3
J. Esaki P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 0 0
   B. Morita P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-H. Nomura PH, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 5 13
Totals 31 1 6 1 2 3 13      
a - Y. Ishihara pinch hit for G. McCauley in the 8th
b - H. Nomura pinch hit for B. Morita in the 8th
c - S. Nakayama pinch hit for G. Matsuda in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Fukushima (5, 4th Inning off M. Oyama, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: S. Fukushima 3 , S. Kamo , K. Imakake , Y. Ishihara , M. Nakamura
2-out RBI: S. Kamo
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: G. Yagi
GIDP: S. Kamo 2
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Errors: K. Harada (4)
Double Plays: 2 (Fukushima-McCauley-Nakamura, Imakake-Fukushima-Nakamura)
YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Oyama W (3-4) 7.0 3 1 1 0 3 0 86 3.55   
Y. Nishizawa SV (1) 2.0 3 0 0 2 0 0 33 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Oyama 70
Batters Faced: M. Oyama 23, Y. Nishizawa 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Oyama 10-7, Y. Nishizawa 3-2
Pitches - Strikes: M. Oyama 86-57, Y. Nishizawa 33-15
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Esaki L (1-5) 7.2 9 4 3 6 5 1 128 5.33   
B. Morita 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 5.68   
G. Matsuda 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.65   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Esaki 46
Batters Faced: J. Esaki 36, B. Morita 4, G. Matsuda 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Esaki 6-10, B. Morita 0-0, G. Matsuda 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: J. Esaki 128-74, B. Morita 16-8, G. Matsuda 10-6
Inherited Runners - Scored: B. Morita 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Motokazu Oyama
Ballpark: Rakisuta Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (68 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 12 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:08
Attendance: 14914
Special Notes: Rain delay of 17 minutes in the 3rd inning.
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