BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
SAPPORO BEARS AT RAKISUTA RAMS
07/02/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
SAPPORO BEARS AT RAKISUTA RAMS
GAME ID: 6607 - WEDNESDAY, JULY 2ND , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sapporo Bears (25-33) 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 11 0
Rakisuta Rams (28-31) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 1
Sapporo Gets 5-2 Road Win
The Rakisuta Rams went down to defeat to Naruki Shimada and his Sapporo teammates. The final score was 5-2, in favor of the Bears. Yukinobu Nobuhara finished to wrap up his 5th save. Sapporo now sits at 25-33, while Rakisuta falls to 28-31.

Who knows how it might've ended, had it not been for Nobuyori Toyama? The Sapporo center fielder had a run-scoring single in the top of the first inning to put the Bears on top, 1-0. For the game, Toyama had 1 double and 2 singles in 4 at-bats.

"Naruki was dictating to their hitters," said Sapporo manager Ritsuo Yoshida.
SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
Y. Akamine 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .234 1 5
S. Fukui SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .243 5 14
T. Kusumoto LF 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 .311 7 32
N. Toyama CF 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 .309 6 27
N. Fukuda RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .269 2 10
G. Nakashima 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .231 4 19
K. Yoneda 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 .286 2 8
H. Nakazawa C 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 0 0
N. Shimada P 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .300 1 4
   a-K. Hotta PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319 10 28
   Y. Nobuhara P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5 0 5 8      
a - K. Hotta pinch hit for N. Shimada in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Kusumoto (9, 1st Inning off K. Harada, 0 on, 2 outs) , N. Fukuda (2, 1st Inning off K. Harada, 1 on, 2 outs) , N. Toyama (11, 5th Inning off K. Harada, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: N. Shimada (1, 2nd Inning off K. Harada, 0 on, 1 out) , K. Yoneda (2, 4th Inning off K. Harada, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: Y. Akamine , T. Kusumoto 4 , N. Toyama 4 , N. Fukuda 2 , K. Yoneda 5 , N. Shimada 4
2-out RBI: , N. Toyama 2 , N. Fukuda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Yoneda
GIDP: N. Toyama , K. Yoneda , H. Nakazawa
Hit by Pitch: G. Nakashima
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
CS: Y. Akamine (2)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Nakashima-Fukui-Akamine, Fukui-Nakashima-Akamine)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Onishi CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .262 8 22
G. Yagi LF 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .269 8 25
S. Fukushima 3B 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 .281 9 28
Y. Ishihara 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .270 5 15
K. Imakake C 4 0 1 1 0 0 5 .259 0 23
S. Kamo RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .231 0 28
T. Matsui SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .192 2 7
   a-M. Nakamura PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 0 5
G. McCauley 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .174 4 21
K. Harada P 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .133 0 2
Totals 30 2 5 2 4 6 13      
a - M. Nakamura pinch hit for T. Matsui in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Imakake (5, 6th Inning off N. Shimada, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: G. Yagi (8, 3rd Inning off N. Shimada, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: G. Yagi 4 , S. Fukushima , Y. Ishihara , K. Imakake 2 , S. Kamo
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Onishi , T. Matsui
GIDP: K. Imakake 2
Hit by Pitch: G. Yagi
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: G. McCauley (10)
Double Plays: 3 (McCauley-Matsui-Ishihara, Ishihara-Matsui-Ishihara, Fukushima-McCauley-Ishihara)
OF assists: 1 (Onishi(Toyama at 3rd base))
SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Shimada W (7-6) 6.0 4 2 2 4 4 1 105 4.43   
Y. Nobuhara SV (5) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 38 2.45   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Shimada 56
Batters Faced: N. Shimada 25, Y. Nobuhara 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Shimada 9-3, Y. Nobuhara 2-5
Pitches - Strikes: N. Shimada 105-60, Y. Nobuhara 38-23
Hit Batsmen: N. Shimada
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Harada L (4-5) 9.0 11 5 5 0 5 2 120 3.72   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Harada 50
Batters Faced: K. Harada 35
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Harada 10-7
Pitches - Strikes: K. Harada 120-79
WP: K. Harada
Hit Batsmen: K. Harada
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Naruki Shimada
Ballpark: Rakisuta Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (71 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 2:41
Attendance: 15254
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