 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON SAPPORO BEARS AT RAKISUTA RAMS 06/16/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | SAPPORO BEARS AT RAKISUTA RAMS | | GAME ID: 5614 - SUNDAY, JUNE 16TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Sapporo Bears (15-29) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | | Rakisuta Rams (19-24) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | | |  | |
| Bears Edge Past Rams, 5-4 | Rakisuta center fielder Ryunosuke Onishi had a terrific game, but it still wasn't enough to get his team a win. Onishi was 2-5 with a home run, while scoring 2 times and driving in 3, even as Sapporo beat the Rams, 5-4. Eisaku Yamaoka earned the save for Sapporo, his 2nd. With the win, the Bears improved to 15-29.
Sapporo used a timely hit from Takatoshi Yamamoto to get the win. The pinch hitter stroked a 2-run double in the top of the eighth inning to put the Bears ahead, 5-4. It was his only hit in 1 at-bat, but it was a difference-maker.
Yamamoto called winning a team effort. "It's not the same guy every time," he said. "It's the sum of the parts." | |
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| SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE | | RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - K. Sato pinch hit for M. Shiotani in the 7th b - S. Carpenter substituted for K. Sato in the 7th c - N. Fukuda pinch hit for S. Murata in the 8th d - T. Yamamoto pinch hit for S. Fukui in the 8th e - K. Yoneda pinch hit for Y. Yamanaka in the 8th f - T. Wada substituted for N. Fukuda in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: T. Yamamoto (7, 8th Inning off S. Taira, 3 on, 1 out) Home Runs: K. Hotta (3, 1st Inning off S. Taira, 2 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: M. Shiotani , T. Kusumoto 2 , K. Hotta 4 , N. Fukuda , G. Nakashima , T. Yamamoto 2 , H. Nakazawa Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Kusumoto , S. Murata , G. Nakashima , K. Yoneda Sac Bunt: T. Kusumoto , Y. Yamanaka Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: S. Carpenter (2)
FIELDING Errors: G. Nakashima (7) , N. Toyama (5) , K. Yoneda (5) | | | | |
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| SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE | | RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | Y. Yamanaka W (3-3) | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 109 | 5.20 | | E. Yamaoka SV (2) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5.88 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | S. Taira L (2-4) | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 126 | 4.24 | | G. Matsuda | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8.27 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Ryunosuke Onishi Ballpark: Rakisuta Stadium Weather: Cloudy (67 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 13 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 3:21 Attendance: 14023 Special Notes: Rain delay of 34 minutes in the 3rd inning. |
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