BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
HOSHO RELIABLES AT SAPPORO BEARS
07/13/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
HOSHO RELIABLES AT SAPPORO BEARS
GAME ID: 6635 - SATURDAY, JULY 13TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hosho Reliables (46-22) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0
Sapporo Bears (26-42) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 8 0
Bears Nip Reliables, 3-2
The Sapporo Bears rode a solid performance from 32-year-old starting pitcher Tatsuki Nakagawa to a win, beating the Hosho Reliables, 3-2, at Sapporo Stadium. Sapporo reliever Eisaku Yamaoka picked up the win to move to 5-6. Sho Sumi suffered the loss. The Bears now own a record of 26-42.

The decisive moment came in the bottom of the ninth for Sapporo. That's when Gunji Nakashima hit a solo home run off 29-year old right-handed pitcher Sho Sumi to win the game. The home crowd went wild.

"Tatsuki was throwing with conviction," said Sapporo manager Ritsuo Yoshida.
HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Ikeda RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276 9 36
H. Dunham LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .287 23 54
Y. Watanabe 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .278 20 47
B. McCullough 3B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .251 14 46
   a-T. Kurosawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 3 12
   b-M. Tanoue 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 2 5
   d-T. Okinaka PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .367 3 8
   f-C. Mochizuki 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 0 4
A. Yamane CF 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .238 9 24
D. Nakamura SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .283 5 30
Y. Kawata C 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .243 1 19
M. Nakajima 2B 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 .318 1 10
K. Kawamoto P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .229 0 0
   c-S. Nitta PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 1 8
   J. Yamagata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   e-K. Hayashida PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .261 2 10
   S. Sumi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2 5 7 13      
a - T. Kurosawa pinch hit for B. McCullough in the 6th
b - M. Tanoue substituted for T. Kurosawa in the 6th
c - S. Nitta pinch hit for K. Kawamoto in the 8th
d - T. Okinaka pinch hit for M. Tanoue in the 9th
e - K. Hayashida pinch hit for J. Yamagata in the 9th
f - C. Mochizuki substituted for T. Okinaka in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: T. Ikeda , H. Dunham , B. McCullough , T. Okinaka , D. Nakamura , Y. Kawata , M. Nakajima
2-out RBI: M. Nakajima
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Kurosawa , A. Yamane , K. Hayashida
GIDP: K. Kawamoto
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: H. Dunham (13)
CS: H. Dunham (8)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Kawamoto-Nakamura-Watanabe)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Murata SS 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .249 8 35
M. Shiotani 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .213 7 18
T. Kusumoto LF 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .285 4 13
   a-T. Yamamoto LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 6 22
K. Hotta RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .264 5 31
   E. Yamaoka P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
N. Toyama CF 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 .250 4 18
K. Yoneda 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .282 3 15
   c-N. Fukuda PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 2 7
G. Nakashima 2B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .229 7 24
S. Arakawa C 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .177 3 12
T. Nakagawa P 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .212 0 2
   b-K. Sato RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 2 9
Totals 32 3 8 3 2 7 9      
a - T. Yamamoto substituted for T. Kusumoto in the 9th
b - K. Sato substituted for T. Nakagawa in the 9th
c - N. Fukuda pinch hit for K. Yoneda in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: N. Toyama (12, 4th Inning off K. Kawamoto, 1 on, 2 outs) , S. Murata (14, 5th Inning off K. Kawamoto, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: T. Kusumoto (4, 8th Inning off J. Yamagata, 0 on, 1 out) , G. Nakashima (7, 9th Inning off S. Sumi, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: S. Murata 2 , M. Shiotani , T. Kusumoto 4 , N. Toyama 3 , G. Nakashima 5 , T. Nakagawa
2-out RBI: S. Murata
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Murata , M. Shiotani , K. Yoneda
GIDP: T. Nakagawa
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Arakawa-Murata, Murata-Nakashima-Shiotani)
HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Kawamoto 7.0 6 1 1 2 6 0 110 3.69   
J. Yamagata 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14 2.36   
S. Sumi L (6-2) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 5.15   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Kawamoto 65
Batters Faced: K. Kawamoto 28, J. Yamagata 4, S. Sumi 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Kawamoto 8-6, J. Yamagata 0-2, S. Sumi 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: K. Kawamoto 110-64, J. Yamagata 14-8, S. Sumi 6-4
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Nakagawa 8.1 6 2 2 4 6 0 125 3.83   
E. Yamaoka W (5-6), BS (6) 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 22 4.89   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Nakagawa 65
Batters Faced: T. Nakagawa 32, E. Yamaoka 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Nakagawa 9-7, E. Yamaoka 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: T. Nakagawa 125-76, E. Yamaoka 22-13
Inherited Runners - Scored: E. Yamaoka 2-2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tatsuki Nakagawa
Ballpark: Sapporo Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (63 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:49
Attendance: 13152
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