BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
SAPPORO BEARS AT HOSHO RELIABLES
06/27/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
SAPPORO BEARS AT HOSHO RELIABLES
GAME ID: 6593 - FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sapporo Bears (22-31) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 12 0
Hosho Reliables (35-16) 3 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 X 11 15 1
Nakamura Socks Bears in 11-7 Reliables Win
Reliables shortstop Daijiro Nakamura left his imprint on his team's 11-7 win over the Sapporo Bears. Nakamura went 3 for 5 with 2 home runs, while scoring 3 runs and driving in 5 for Hosho in the contest. The winning pitcher was former first round draft pick Naruto Noda. He tossed 127 pitches over 7 innings, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits. Hosho leads the Eastern League by 7½ games.

With Hosho leading 3-2 in the bottom of the second, Nakamura hit a curveball from Naruki Shimada for a 3-run home run. It was his 8th home run of the season and put the Reliables ahead, 6-2.

"I don't lose sleep over a loss," said Nakamura. "But I have better dreams after a win."
SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Murata SS 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 .208 6 13
S. Fukui 3B 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 .239 5 14
T. Kusumoto LF 5 0 2 0 0 0 4 .300 6 27
K. Hotta RF 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .319 9 27
N. Toyama CF 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .305 5 23
   T. Nakagawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 0 0
   b-N. Fukuda PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267 2 9
   Y. Miyazaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-S. Arakawa PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .239 4 8
G. Nakashima 2B 5 1 1 2 0 3 5 .244 4 19
K. Yoneda 1B 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 .260 1 7
H. Nakazawa C 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 0 0
N. Shimada P 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 .286 0 3
   a-T. Yamamoto CF 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .218 1 6
Totals 38 7 12 7 5 5 19      
a - T. Yamamoto substituted for N. Shimada in the 4th
b - N. Fukuda pinch hit for T. Nakagawa in the 7th
c - S. Arakawa pinch hit for Y. Miyazaki in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: G. Nakashima (4, 9th Inning off S. Sumi, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: S. Murata , S. Fukui , T. Kusumoto 2 , K. Hotta 2 , S. Arakawa , G. Nakashima 4 , K. Yoneda , N. Shimada 2 , T. Yamamoto
2-out RBI: S. Fukui , K. Yoneda , N. Shimada
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Murata , T. Kusumoto 2
GIDP: K. Yoneda
Sac Bunt: S. Murata
Team LOB: 10
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Kodama CF 5 3 4 1 0 1 2 .273 7 20
H. Dunham LF 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 .312 19 48
Y. Watanabe 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 .250 16 37
   b-C. Mochizuki PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273 2 8
   S. Sumi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   J. Yamagata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
D. Nakamura SS 5 3 3 5 0 0 1 .255 8 26
B. McCullough 3B 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 .301 6 22
M. Nakajima 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .245 1 8
T. Ikeda RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .236 4 17
Y. Kawata C 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 .215 3 21
N. Noda P 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 .154 0 0
   a-S. Nitta PH, 1B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .355 7 16
Totals 39 11 15 11 4 6 22      
a - S. Nitta pinch hit for N. Noda in the 7th
b - C. Mochizuki pinch hit for Y. Watanabe in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Nitta (3, 7th Inning off Y. Miyazaki, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: D. Nakamura 2 (8, 2nd Inning off N. Shimada, 2 on, 1 out; 4th Inning off N. Shimada, 0 on, 0 outs) , R. Kodama (7, 5th Inning off T. Nakagawa, 0 on, 1 out) , H. Dunham (19, 7th Inning off Y. Miyazaki, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: R. Kodama 7 , H. Dunham 5 , Y. Watanabe , C. Mochizuki , D. Nakamura 9 , B. McCullough , M. Nakajima 2 , S. Nitta 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Watanabe , M. Nakajima , N. Noda
Hit by Pitch: M. Nakajima , Y. Kawata
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Kodama (14)

FIELDING
Errors: D. Nakamura (11)
Double Plays: 1 (Nakamura-Nakajima-Watanabe)
SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Shimada L (6-6) 3.0 10 7 7 3 1 2 82 4.54   
T. Nakagawa 3.0 2 1 1 0 2 1 42 4.54   
Y. Miyazaki 2.0 3 3 3 1 3 1 47 11.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Shimada 7
Batters Faced: N. Shimada 22, T. Nakagawa 12, Y. Miyazaki 11
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Shimada 4-4, T. Nakagawa 1-6, Y. Miyazaki 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: N. Shimada 82-44, T. Nakagawa 42-28, Y. Miyazaki 47-26
Hit Batsmen: T. Nakagawa , Y. Miyazaki
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Noda W (5-4) 7.0 8 4 3 4 5 0 127 3.66   
S. Sumi 1.1 4 3 3 1 0 1 31 3.86   
J. Yamagata 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.29   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Noda 48
Batters Faced: N. Noda 33, S. Sumi 9, J. Yamagata 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Noda 11-4, S. Sumi 3-1, J. Yamagata 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: N. Noda 127-79, S. Sumi 31-20, J. Yamagata 3-2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Daijiro Nakamura
Ballpark: Nagoya Minami Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (73 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 3:18
Attendance: 25037
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