 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON HOSHO RELIABLES AT KYOTO OWLS 07/04/1974 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | HOSHO RELIABLES AT KYOTO OWLS | | GAME ID: 6612 - THURSDAY, JULY 4TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Hosho Reliables (41-20) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | | Kyoto Owls (36-24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 | 9 | 1 | | |  | |
| Kyoto Earns 4-3 Win | The Kyoto Owls dealt the Hosho Reliables a 4-3 loss at Owls Park. Hiroshi Yamashita, who is a four-time All-Star, went 2 for 3 with a home run and was hit by a pitch. He scored 2 runs and drove in 2. Picking up the win was Norikazu Takai. He went 8 innings, allowing 3 runs on 8 hits. The right--hander struck out 5 and walked 1. The Owls saw their win-loss record go to 36-24. At the same time, the Reliables fell to 41-20.
Yamashita had a timely hit for Kyoto in the bottom of the eighth. With Kyoto trailing 3-2, he turned a full count sinker into a 2-run home run. It was his 19th home run of the season, making it 4-3, Kyoto.
Yamashita called the win a testament to his team's "grit."
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| HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE | | KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - B. McCullough pinch hit for J. Yamagata in the 9th
b - S. Nitta pinch hit for T. Ikeda in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: H. Dunham (3, 5th Inning off N. Takai, 0 on, 1 out)
Triples: T. Ikeda (1, 3rd Inning off N. Takai, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: T. Kurosawa (3, 5th Inning off N. Takai, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Ikeda 3 , H. Dunham 2 , Y. Watanabe 2 , T. Kurosawa 4 , M. Tanoue , M. Nakajima , Y. Kawata
2-out RBI: Y. Watanabe , T. Kurosawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Kawata , S. Saito
Sac Bunt: M. Nakajima , C. Mochizuki
Team LOB: 7
FIELDING
Errors: M. Nakajima (5)
Double Plays: 1 (Kurosawa-Nakajima-Watanabe) | | | a - M. Yokoyama pinch hit for A. Otani in the 7th
b - M. Smith substituted for M. Yokoyama in the 8th
BATTING
Doubles: T. Wada (12, 4th Inning off S. Saito, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: H. Yamashita (19, 8th Inning off J. Yamagata, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: B. Arai 2 , H. Yamashita 5 , T. Wada 3 , T. Kato 2 , N. Takai
2-out RBI: T. Wada , T. Kato
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , S. Onodera 2 , T. Endo
GIDP: T. Kato
Hit by Pitch: H. Yamashita
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING
CS: K. Yamamoto (2)
FIELDING
Errors: T. Kato (11) | | |
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| HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE | | KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | S. Saito | 7.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 105 | 3.00 | | J. Yamagata L (3-2), BS (5) | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2.27 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | N. Takai W (10-3) | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 118 | 3.51 | | K. Kon SV (12) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.67 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Hiroshi Yamashita
Ballpark: Owls Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (82 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 11 mph
Start Time: 12:35 PM JST
Time: 2:41
Attendance: 20958 |
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