 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT KYOTO OWLS 07/17/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT KYOTO OWLS | | GAME ID: 6645 - WEDNESDAY, JULY 17TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Yokohama Kingfishers (26-45) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | | Kyoto Owls (43-29) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 | 10 | 0 | | |  | |
| Kingfishers Throttled by Owls, 5-1 | Kento Okada brought his A-game to help Kyoto defeat the Yokohama Kingfishers, 5-1. The winner was Okada. He threw 7.0 innings of 4-hit ball. The loser was Kiyoji Nakamura. The Owls have now reeled off 7 straight wins.
Okada had a consequential at-bat in the bottom of the third for the Owls. Coming up with runners on 2nd and 3rd and Kyoto trailing 1-0, he hit a 2-run single.
"The guys are feeling pretty good about where they're at right now," said Owls manager Tomoya Nagao. "We have a lot of guys playing with confidence." | |
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| YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE | | KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - K. Kagawa pinch hit for T. Kamiya in the 6th b - I. Shinseki pinch hit for T. Iwamoto in the 8th c - M. Takagi pinch hit for K. Hirata in the 8th d - M. Kobashi substituted for I. Shinseki in the 8th e - K. Kimura pinch hit for C. Tsugawa in the 9th
BATTING Total Bases: K. Ishikawa , T. Kaneshige 2 , N. Nagashima , K. Nakamura Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Sonoda , K. Nakamura Sac Fly: T. Iwamoto Hit by Pitch: B. Martin , K. Hirata Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: K. Ishikawa (27)
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Hirata-Kamiya-Martin) | | | a - S. Onodera pinch hit for K. Okada in the 7th
BATTING Doubles: T. Kato (9, 3rd Inning off K. Nakamura, 0 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: T. Wada (15, 6th Inning off K. Nakamura, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: K. Yamamoto , S. Smith , B. Arai , H. Yamashita , T. Wada 4 , M. Smith , T. Kato 3 , T. Endo , K. Okada 2-out RBI: T. Kato Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , H. Yamashita 2 , T. Endo GIDP: S. Smith Hit by Pitch: B. Arai Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: K. Yamamoto (10) , T. Endo (4) | | |
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| YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE | | KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Nakamura L (5-7) | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 123 | 4.12 | | C. Tsugawa | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4.23 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Okada W (7-4) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 121 | 3.58 | | K. Kon H (1) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 4.06 | | S. Kikuchi | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.79 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Kento Okada Ballpark: Owls Park Weather: Clear skies (79 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 10 mph Start Time: 7:35 PM JST Time: 2:58 Attendance: 19160 Special Notes: 2B Teruo Kamiya was injured on a defensive play. |
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