 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON HOSHO RELIABLES AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS 08/07/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | HOSHO RELIABLES AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS | | GAME ID: 6723 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 7TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Hosho Reliables (56-32) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | | Yokohama Kingfishers (36-52) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 12 | 0 | | |  | |
| Iwamoto, Kingfishers Beat Reliables, 6-2 | Kingfishers right fielder Toyoji Iwamoto left his mark on his team's 6-2 win over the Hosho Reliables. Iwamoto, who is tied for 2nd in the EL with a .436 on-base percentage, was 3 for 4 with a home run and a double, while adding 4 RBI and scoring once for Yokohama in the contest. Yokohama is now 36-52, Hosho 56-32.
With Yokohama leading 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth, Iwamoto hit a cutter from Takashi Masuda for a 3-run home run. It was his 30th home run of the season and put the Kingfishers ahead, 6-2.
Yokohama manager Johnny Ruby praised his team's "energy." | |
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| HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE | | YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE | |
| | | BATTING Doubles: T. Iwamoto (11, 1st Inning off T. Masuda, 1 on, 0 outs) , K. Ishikawa (17, 1st Inning off T. Masuda, 0 on, 0 outs) , K. Kimura (14, 7th Inning off S. Sumi, 1 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: K. Kimura (6, 3rd Inning off T. Masuda, 0 on, 2 outs) , T. Iwamoto (30, 5th Inning off T. Masuda, 2 on, 1 out) Total Bases: K. Ishikawa 3 , T. Kaneshige 3 , T. Iwamoto 7 , K. Kimura 6 , K. Hirata , K. Nakamura 2-out RBI: K. Kimura Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , M. Takagi 3 Team LOB: 7
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Fukuhara-Hirata-Kaneshige) | | |
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| HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE | | YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Masuda L (12-5) | 4.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 75 | 4.04 | | S. Sumi | 2.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 2.65 | | M. Matsunaga | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2.77 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Nakamura W (9-7) | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 113 | 3.02 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Toyoji Iwamoto Ballpark: Kanagawa Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (82 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 10 mph Start Time: 3:35 PM JST Time: 2:35 Attendance: 8909 |
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