 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT HOSHO RELIABLES 06/15/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT HOSHO RELIABLES | | GAME ID: 5617 - SUNDAY, JUNE 15TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Yokohama Kingfishers (16-26) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | | Hosho Reliables (28-14) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | | |  | |
| Kingfishers Victorious at Hosho, 5-3 | Yokohama beat Hosho on the strength of starting pitcher Motokazu Oyama's fine effort. The left-hander led his team to a win, 5-3. Oyama yielded 3 runs over 8 innings to notch the win. He scattered 7 hits, walked 0, and struck out 5. His record improves to 4-4. Yokohama goes to 16-26, Hosho to 28-14.
Yokohama used the hitting of Kunisada Kimura to pick up the win. The catcher clubbed a 2-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to put the Kingfishers on top, 5-1. For the game, Kimura had 1 home run and 1 single in 5 at-bats.
"We need to string a few more wins like this one together," said Oyama. | |
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| YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE | | HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - B. Martin substituted for T. Kaneshige in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: T. Iwamoto (4, 1st Inning off F. Yamauchi, 1 on, 2 outs) , M. Takagi (3, 4th Inning off F. Yamauchi, 1 on, 1 out) Home Runs: K. Kimura (4, 7th Inning off K. Takara, 1 on, 1 out) Total Bases: Y. Otsuki 2 , K. Kimura 5 , T. Iwamoto 2 , M. Takagi 2 , B. Fukuhara , T. Kamiya 2 2-out RBI: T. Iwamoto , B. Fukuhara , T. Kamiya Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Kaneshige , T. Kamiya , M. Oyama GIDP: M. Oyama Hit by Pitch: T. Iwamoto , B. Fukuhara Team LOB: 7
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Otsuki-Kamiya-Kaneshige) OF assists: 1 (Ishikawa(McCullough at home)) | | | a - K. Hayashida pinch hit for F. Yamauchi in the 6th b - S. Nitta pinch hit for K. Takara in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: T. Kurosawa (3, 6th Inning off M. Oyama, 0 on, 0 outs) , B. McCullough (3, 7th Inning off M. Oyama, 0 on, 2 outs) Home Runs: H. Dunham (14, 9th Inning off M. Oyama, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: H. Dunham 4 , B. McCullough 2 , T. Ikeda , M. Nakajima , T. Kurosawa 3 , E. Ryu GIDP: K. Hayashida Sac Fly: E. Ryu Team LOB: 2
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Kurosawa-Nakajima-Watanabe) | | |
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| YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE | | HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | M. Oyama W (4-4) | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 118 | 3.53 | | T. Yoshimura SV (7) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8.58 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | F. Yamauchi L (2-2) | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 95 | 3.93 | | K. Takara | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 5.68 | | S. Sumi | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2.57 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Motokazu Oyama Ballpark: Nagoya Minami Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (78 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 12 mph Start Time: 1:05 PM JST Time: 2:49 Attendance: 23982 |
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