 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON SAPPORO BEARS AT HOSHO RELIABLES 06/29/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | SAPPORO BEARS AT HOSHO RELIABLES | | GAME ID: 6598 - SATURDAY, JUNE 29TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Sapporo Bears (20-36) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | | Hosho Reliables (39-16) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 12 | 2 | | |  | |
| Reliables Down Bears, 7-5 | The rain came, as predicted, but the Hosho Reliables and Sapporo Bears were able to complete their ballgame.
The Hosho Reliables besoiled an otherwise fine performance by Sapporo first baseman Sam Carpenter by beating the Bears, 7-5, at Nagoya Minami Stadium. Carpenter was 2-4 with 2 home runs, while adding 3 RBI and scoring twice. Kiyoharu Kawamoto, who is tied for 9th in the EL with a 3.64 ERA, was the winning pitcher. Over 6 innings, he allowed 5 runs on 7 hits, with 2 walks and 7 strikeouts. The save went to Motomu Taira, his 7th this season.
Billy McCullough cracked a home run off Tatsuki Nakagawa in the bottom of the first. His 2-run blast put the Reliables on top, 2-0. In all, McCullough had 1 single in addition to the home run, while going 2 for 4.
"Nice to see our side come away with the win," McCullough said after the game.
The Reliables improved their record to 39-16 with the win over Sapporo. | |
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| SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE | | HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - N. Fukuda pinch hit for J. Jackson in the 7th b - K. Sato pinch hit for G. Nakashima in the 8th c - T. Wada substituted for K. Sato in the 8th d - M. Shiotani pinch hit for K. Yamada in the 9th
BATTING Home Runs: S. Murata (7, 4th Inning off K. Kawamoto, 1 on, 0 outs) , S. Carpenter 2 (8, 4th Inning off K. Kawamoto, 0 on, 0 outs; 6th Inning off K. Kawamoto, 1 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: T. Yamamoto , T. Kusumoto , K. Hotta , S. Murata 4 , S. Carpenter 8 , G. Nakashima , T. Nakagawa Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Hotta GIDP: T. Kusumoto Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING CS: T. Yamamoto (3)
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Nakashima-Murata-Carpenter) OF assists: 1 (Kusumoto(McCullough at home)) | | | a - K. Hayashida pinch hit for K. Kawamoto in the 6th b - S. Nitta pinch hit for J. Yamagata in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: T. Ikeda 2 (7, 2nd Inning off T. Nakagawa, 1 on, 2 outs; 4th Inning off T. Nakagawa, 1 on, 2 outs) Home Runs: B. McCullough (11, 1st Inning off T. Nakagawa, 1 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: T. Ikeda 5 , H. Dunham , Y. Watanabe 2 , B. McCullough 5 , D. Nakamura 2 , M. Nakajima 2 2-out RBI: , T. Ikeda 2 , H. Dunham , B. McCullough Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Dunham , Y. Watanabe , B. McCullough , Y. Kawata GIDP: A. Yamane Sac Bunt: T. Ikeda , Y. Kawata Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: H. Dunham (11)
FIELDING Errors: A. Yamane (4) , D. Nakamura (15) Double Plays: 1 (Nakamura-Watanabe) | | |
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| SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE | | HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Kawamoto W (5-3) | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 105 | 3.64 | | J. Yamagata H (6) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2.10 | | M. Taira SV (7) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.45 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Sam Carpenter Ballpark: Nagoya Minami Stadium Weather: Cloudy (72 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 8 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 3:25 Attendance: 25560 Special Notes: Rain delay of 30 minutes in the 7th inning. |
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