 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KYOTO OWLS AT SAPPORO BEARS 07/25/1975 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | KYOTO OWLS AT SAPPORO BEARS | | GAME ID: 6696 - FRIDAY, JULY 25TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kyoto Owls (44-36) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | | Sapporo Bears (30-50) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | | |  | |
| Losing Trend Continues for Sapporo | With Toyohiro Wada leading the charge, the Kyoto Owls defeated the Sapporo Bears, 10-3. Wada was 1-3 with a home run and 2 walks. He scored 2 times and drove in 3 for the Owls. Norikazu Takai got the win, improving to 6-7. He held the Bears to 3 runs on 6 hits over 9 innings, while striking out 4 and walking 3. The losing streak for Sapporo has now reached 6 games.
In the top of the sixth, Kyoto right fielder Kinmochi Yamamoto had a productive at-bat. With runners on 1st and 2nd and one out, Yamamoto stroked a run-scoring single to right. It made the score 4-2, Kyoto. For the game, he was 1-5.
Kyoto manager Tomoya Nagao commended his team for "putting the hammer down."
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| KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE | | SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE | |
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI | | K. Yamamoto RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .241 | 1 | 7 | | S. Smith LF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 | 13 | 24 | | T. Wada 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .308 | 15 | 59 | | B. Arai SS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .300 | 22 | 62 | | M. Smith CF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 | 9 | 41 | | T. Endo 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .187 | 8 | 23 | | A. Yokota C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .211 | 5 | 16 | | T. Kato 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .264 | 11 | 40 | | N. Takai P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | 0 | 1 | | Totals | 39 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 16 | | | | BATTING
Doubles: S. Smith 2 (10, 5th Inning off K. Hashimoto, 0 on, 2 outs; 9th Inning off H. Murata, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: T. Wada (15, 6th Inning off K. Hashimoto, 2 on, 2 outs) , B. Arai (22, 9th Inning off H. Murata, 2 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Yamamoto , S. Smith 5 , T. Wada 4 , B. Arai 4 , M. Smith 3 , A. Yokota , T. Kato , N. Takai 2
2-out RBI: T. Wada
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Wada , T. Kato 2
GIDP: K. Yamamoto
Sac Bunt: T. Endo
Team LOB: 7
FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Wada-Arai-Takai, Endo-Arai-Wada) | | | | |
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| KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE | | SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | N. Takai W (6-7) | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 115 | 3.67 | | | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Toyohiro Wada
Ballpark: Sapporo Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (63 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph
Start Time: 4:35 PM JST
Time: 2:55
Attendance: 9937
Special Notes: SS Shikato Murata was injured while throwing the ball. |
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