 | | 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. | |
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| YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE | | RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE | |
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) | | | 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) | | |
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| 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 | | | | 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 | | |
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| 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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