BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT HOSHO RELIABLES
06/17/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT HOSHO RELIABLES
GAME ID: 5629 - MONDAY, JUNE 17TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Kyoto Owls (27-16) 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 7 10 3
Hosho Reliables (30-14) 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 9 0
Hosho Gets Riveting Walk-Off Win
The Hosho Reliables and Kyoto Owls fought to the finish at Nagoya Minami Stadium.

The Hosho Reliables took Ukita Tomita's best shot and still were able to collect a win at Nagoya Minami Stadium. The final score had Hosho getting past the Owls, 8-7, in 10 innings. Tomita over 8 innings allowed 4 runs on 5 hits, while striking out 6. Hosho pitcher Sho Sumi got the win, upping his record to 5-1. Yamashita Takimoto got the loss.

The clutch at-bat came in the bottom of the tenth inning, when Hosho catcher Yorihiko Kawata, facing Yamashita Takimoto, had a run-scoring sacrifice fly. It gave the Reliables the 8-7 win.

Kawata expressed little emotion after the game. "Every game we win now," he said, "is one less win we'll need to get in the end."

Hosho is now 30-14.
KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Yamamoto RF 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 .272 7 23
S. Smith LF 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 .250 10 22
B. Arai SS 4 1 1 3 1 1 0 .275 10 26
H. Yamashita C 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 .250 13 29
T. Wada 1B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .291 8 32
M. Smith CF 5 1 1 1 0 2 2 .260 6 25
T. Kato 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .290 12 38
T. Endo 2B 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 .315 4 20
U. Tomita P 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .091 0 0
   a-M. Yokoyama PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .188 0 0
   Y. Takimoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 7 5 8 11      
a - M. Yokoyama pinch hit for U. Tomita in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: B. Arai (10, 3rd Inning off T. Masuda, 2 on, 1 out) , M. Smith (6, 6th Inning off T. Masuda, 0 on, 1 out) , T. Wada (8, 10th Inning off S. Sumi, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Yamamoto , B. Arai 4 , T. Wada 4 , M. Smith 4 , T. Kato , T. Endo 3 , U. Tomita , M. Yokoyama
2-out RBI: T. Wada , T. Kato
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Smith , T. Endo
GIDP: H. Yamashita
Sac Fly: K. Yamamoto
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Errors: T. Kato 2 (8) , T. Endo (3)
Double Plays: 1 (Endo-Yamashita-Wada)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Ikeda RF 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 .268 4 22
H. Dunham LF 5 1 1 3 0 1 4 .280 14 28
Y. Watanabe 1B 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 .257 14 35
B. McCullough 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .247 7 28
   b-T. Kurosawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .371 2 8
   c-M. Tanoue 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 2 4
   e-T. Okinaka PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .269 1 3
A. Yamane CF 5 1 0 0 0 2 3 .231 7 19
D. Nakamura SS 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 .247 3 19
Y. Kawata C 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 .227 1 12
M. Nakajima 2B 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .375 0 1
T. Masuda P 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .211 0 1
   a-S. Nitta PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 3
   R. Saito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 1
   d-K. Hayashida PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .286 2 8
   S. Sumi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 37 8 9 8 3 7 15      
a - S. Nitta pinch hit for T. Masuda in the 7th
b - T. Kurosawa pinch hit for B. McCullough in the 8th
c - M. Tanoue substituted for T. Kurosawa in the 9th
d - K. Hayashida pinch hit for R. Saito in the 9th
e - T. Okinaka pinch hit for M. Tanoue in the 10th

BATTING
Home Runs: H. Dunham (14, 2nd Inning off U. Tomita, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Ikeda , H. Dunham 4 , D. Nakamura 2 , Y. Kawata , M. Nakajima 3 , K. Hayashida
2-out RBI: T. Ikeda , H. Dunham
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Ikeda , A. Yamane
GIDP: H. Dunham
Sac Bunt: Y. Kawata , T. Masuda
Sac Fly: Y. Kawata
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Nakamura-Watanabe, Watanabe-Nakamura-Watanabe)
OF assists: 1 (Yamane(Tomita at 3rd base))
KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
U. Tomita 8.0 5 4 4 1 6 1 137 4.13   
Y. Takimoto L (0-1), BS (1) 1.2 4 4 2 2 1 0 40 9.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: U. Tomita 61
Batters Faced: U. Tomita 31, Y. Takimoto 12
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: U. Tomita 10-8, Y. Takimoto 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: U. Tomita 137-92, Y. Takimoto 40-21
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Masuda 7.0 7 5 5 4 6 2 113 3.67   
R. Saito 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 32 2.36   
S. Sumi W (5-1) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 12 2.31   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Masuda 45
Batters Faced: T. Masuda 30, R. Saito 8, S. Sumi 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Masuda 8-5, R. Saito 1-3, S. Sumi 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Masuda 113-70, R. Saito 32-23, S. Sumi 12-5
WP: T. Masuda
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Ukita Tomita
Ballpark: Nagoya Minami Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (70 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 9 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 4:03
Attendance: 22858
Special Notes: Rain delay of 47 minutes in the 3rd inning.
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