 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT SAPPORO BEARS 07/03/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT SAPPORO BEARS | | GAME ID: 6611 - THURSDAY, JULY 3RD , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Yokohama Kingfishers (22-37) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | | Sapporo Bears (26-33) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 3 | 7 | 0 | | |  | |
| Bears Get Past Yokohama for 3-2 Win | The Yokohama Kingfishers got a superb performance from pitcher Motokazu Oyama, but the Sapporo Bears still won the game, 3-2. Oyama threw 7.0 innings of 4-hit ball. Sapporo reliever Eisaku Yamaoka snagged the win, upping his record to 3-1. Yoisuke Nishizawa shouldered the loss. Sapporo has now won 3 in a row.
Nobuyori Toyama, who is tied for 10th in the EL in hits with 58, chipped in a run-scoring single for Sapporo in the bottom of the eighth. For the game, the center fielder had 2 hits in 4 at-bats with 1 home run, 1 single, 1 run scored, and 2 RBI.
"We put together a nice win," Toyama said. | |
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| YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE | | SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - K. Kagawa pinch hit for M. Oyama in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: K. Ishikawa (12, 5th Inning off Y. Yamanaka, 0 on, 2 outs) Home Runs: K. Hirata (3, 4th Inning off Y. Yamanaka, 1 on, 1 out) Total Bases: K. Ishikawa 2 , T. Iwamoto , K. Hirata 4 , T. Kaneshige Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Otsuki GIDP: K. Ishikawa , T. Hamada Team LOB: 3
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Hamada-Hirata) | | | a - S. Fukui pinch hit for Y. Yamanaka in the 7th b - Y. Akamine pinch hit for T. Kusumoto in the 8th c - T. Yamamoto substituted for E. Yamaoka in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: Y. Akamine (4, 8th Inning off Y. Nishizawa, 1 on, 1 out) Home Runs: N. Toyama (7, 7th Inning off M. Oyama, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: S. Murata , T. Kusumoto , Y. Akamine 2 , N. Toyama 5 , K. Yoneda , T. Wada 2-out RBI: N. Toyama Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Yamanaka Hit by Pitch: K. Yoneda Team LOB: 6
FIELDING Double Plays: 2 (Wada-Murata-Shiotani, Murata-Wada-Shiotani) | | |
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| YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE | | SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | M. Oyama | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 106 | 3.52 | | Y. Nishizawa L (1-3), BS (1) | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6.05 | | | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Motokazu Oyama Ballpark: Sapporo Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (60 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 11 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 2:32 Attendance: 11134 |
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