BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
RAKISUTA RAMS AT KYOTO OWLS
06/27/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
RAKISUTA RAMS AT KYOTO OWLS
GAME ID: 6590 - FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rakisuta Rams (26-28) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 10 0
Kyoto Owls (28-25) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 10 2
Rams Handle Kyoto, Snag 5-3 Win
Rakisuta Rams starter Kinichi Harada pitched well against the Kyoto Owls at Owls Park, leading his team to a win, 5-3. Gunji Matsuda, now 2-2, picked up the win in relief. He allowed 1 run on 3 hits in 2 innings. Rakisuta is now 26-28, Kyoto 28-25.

Who knows how it would've ended, had it not been for Shouta Fukushima? The 1974 EL batting champion Fukushima stroked a run-scoring single in the top of the ninth inning to put Rakisuta up, 4-3. For the game, he was 3 for 5, including 1 double and 2 singles.

"Getting ahead of the hitters was the key," said Harada.
RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Onishi CF 5 2 3 0 0 0 3 .266 8 21
G. Yagi LF 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 .285 7 24
S. Fukushima 3B 5 1 3 2 0 1 1 .286 9 27
M. Nakamura 1B 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .232 0 5
K. Imakake C 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 .266 0 22
S. Kamo RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .237 0 27
T. Matsui SS 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .207 2 7
G. McCauley 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .177 4 20
K. Harada P 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .143 0 2
   a-S. Nakayama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .204 1 4
   G. Matsuda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 4 5 4 18      
a - S. Nakayama pinch hit for K. Harada in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: G. Yagi (8, 7th Inning off U. Tomita, 1 on, 2 outs) , S. Fukushima (8, 7th Inning off U. Tomita, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: G. Yagi (7, 3rd Inning off U. Tomita, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: R. Onishi 3 , G. Yagi 6 , S. Fukushima 4 , K. Imakake , S. Kamo
2-out RBI: , G. Yagi 2 , S. Fukushima
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Onishi , M. Nakamura 2 , K. Imakake , T. Matsui , G. McCauley , S. Nakayama
Sac Bunt: G. Yagi , T. Matsui
Team LOB: 11

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Matsui (4)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Matsui-McCauley-Nakamura, Fukushima-McCauley-Nakamura)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Smith LF 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 .243 10 18
M. Smith CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .311 7 30
T. Wada 1B 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 .311 11 35
B. Arai SS 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 .282 15 47
T. Kato 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .263 7 22
A. Yokota C 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .223 4 7
A. Otani RF 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 .359 2 6
T. Endo 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .194 6 18
   a-S. Onodera PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .178 1 5
   b-T. Manabe 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 2 3
   c-M. Yokoyama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263 1 2
U. Tomita P 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .069 0 1
   M. Matsunaga P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 2
   d-K. Shoji PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3 3 7 13      
a - S. Onodera pinch hit for T. Endo in the 7th
b - T. Manabe substituted for S. Onodera in the 8th
c - M. Yokoyama pinch hit for T. Manabe in the 9th
d - K. Shoji pinch hit for M. Matsunaga in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Wada (7, 3rd Inning off K. Harada, 0 on, 2 outs) , A. Yokota (6, 6th Inning off K. Harada, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: T. Wada (11, 8th Inning off G. Matsuda, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Wada 7 , B. Arai , T. Kato , A. Yokota 2 , A. Otani 3 , S. Onodera
2-out RBI: A. Otani
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Arai , A. Yokota
GIDP: S. Smith , M. Yokoyama
Sac Bunt: M. Smith
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
CS: A. Otani (1)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Wada (7) , A. Yokota (2)
RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Harada 7.0 7 2 2 2 6 0 99 3.59   
G. Matsuda W (2-2), BS (3) 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 1 26 2.83   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Harada 59
Batters Faced: K. Harada 28, G. Matsuda 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Harada 9-4, G. Matsuda 3-1
Pitches - Strikes: K. Harada 99-69, G. Matsuda 26-15
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
U. Tomita L (7-1) 8.2 9 5 4 5 4 1 126 2.22   
M. Matsunaga 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 3.05   
PITCHING
Game Score: U. Tomita 47
Batters Faced: U. Tomita 40, M. Matsunaga 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: U. Tomita 7-15, M. Matsunaga 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: U. Tomita 126-78, M. Matsunaga 19-12
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Matsunaga 1-1
WP: U. Tomita , M. Matsunaga
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kinichi Harada
Ballpark: Owls Park
Weather: Cloudy (75 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 12 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 2:59
Attendance: 19873
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