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.
YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Ishikawa CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .276 3 17
Y. Otsuki 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .200 2 8
T. Iwamoto RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .259 16 39
K. Hirata 2B 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 .225 3 9
T. Kaneshige 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .259 5 21
M. Takagi LF 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .262 4 22
T. Hamada SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 0 2
Y. Murakami C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .164 1 3
M. Oyama P 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .115 0 1
   a-K. Kagawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 1
   Y. Nishizawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2 3 7 7      
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)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Murata SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .206 7 16
M. Shiotani 1B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .210 3 10
T. Kusumoto LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .311 7 32
   b-Y. Akamine PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .246 1 6
   S. Kanehara P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
K. Hotta RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .313 10 28
N. Toyama CF 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 .314 7 29
K. Yoneda 3B 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 .293 2 8
S. Arakawa C 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .245 5 9
T. Wada 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 2
Y. Yamanaka P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .067 0 0
   a-S. Fukui PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .241 5 14
   E. Yamaoka P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-T. Yamamoto LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 1 6
Totals 30 3 7 3 2 6 11      
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)
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   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Oyama 68
Batters Faced: M. Oyama 27, Y. Nishizawa 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Oyama 8-7, Y. Nishizawa 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Oyama 106-70, Y. Nishizawa 19-11
WP: M. Oyama
Hit Batsmen: M. Oyama
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Yamanaka 7.0 4 2 2 3 5 1 107 4.14   
E. Yamaoka W (3-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.38   
S. Kanehara SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 2.40   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Yamanaka 63
Batters Faced: Y. Yamanaka 26, E. Yamaoka 3, S. Kanehara 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Yamanaka 9-5, E. Yamaoka 2-0, S. Kanehara 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Yamanaka 107-66, E. Yamaoka 8-7, S. Kanehara 13-9
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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