BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
SAPPORO BEARS AT RAKISUTA RAMS
08/05/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
SAPPORO BEARS AT RAKISUTA RAMS
GAME ID: 6724 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sapporo Bears (33-54) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 10 0
Rakisuta Rams (41-46) 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 X 6 10 1
Sapporo Stopped, 6-2, by Rakisuta
Rakisuta Rams starter Juro Esaki pitched well against the Sapporo Bears at Rakisuta Stadium, leading his team to a win, 6-2. The winner was Esaki. He threw 8.1 innings allowing 2 runs. The loser was Yoshifumi Kuramoto. Gunji Matsuda got the save, his 14th in 17 chances.

Rakisuta second baseman Shiro Nishioka contributed a timely at-bat in the bottom of the fourth. With two down, he hit a cutter to center field for a run-scoring single. It was his 20th hit of the season and put the Rams ahead, 1-0.

"Very good win for our guys," said Nishioka.

The Rams now have a record of 41-46 with the win over Sapporo.
SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Murata SS 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 .223 14 30
M. Shiotani 1B 5 0 2 1 0 1 3 .223 5 17
T. Kusumoto LF 5 1 1 0 0 2 6 .271 10 41
K. Hotta RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 .290 11 36
N. Toyama CF 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .307 9 36
G. Nakashima 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .212 5 28
S. Fukui 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .233 7 20
S. Arakawa C 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .233 6 16
Y. Kuramoto P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .118 0 0
   T. Nakagawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0
   a-N. Fukuda PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .270 3 16
   H. Murata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
   b-Y. Akamine PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 1 6
Totals 34 2 10 2 3 4 25      
a - N. Fukuda pinch hit for T. Nakagawa in the 7th
b - Y. Akamine pinch hit for H. Murata in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: Y. Kuramoto (1, 3rd Inning off J. Esaki, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Murata 2 , M. Shiotani 2 , T. Kusumoto , K. Hotta , N. Toyama 2 , S. Fukui , Y. Kuramoto 2
2-out RBI: N. Toyama
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Murata , K. Hotta , G. Nakashima , S. Arakawa , N. Fukuda
GIDP: M. Shiotani , T. Kusumoto
Sac Bunt: G. Nakashima , Y. Kuramoto
Hit by Pitch: N. Toyama
Team LOB: 11

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Murata-Nakashima-Shiotani, Murata-Nakashima-Shiotani)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Onishi CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .257 11 28
G. Yagi LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .252 11 32
S. Fukushima 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .278 13 42
H. Nomura SS 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 .323 16 38
K. Imakake C 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 .252 0 36
S. Nishioka 2B 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 .244 1 12
   G. Matsuda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
S. Kamo RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .255 1 41
T. Matsui 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .224 4 14
J. Esaki P 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .119 0 2
   a-M. Okada 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 5
Totals 31 6 10 6 2 3 8      
a - M. Okada substituted for J. Esaki in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Nomura (14, 4th Inning off Y. Kuramoto, 0 on, 1 out) , S. Fukushima (14, 6th Inning off Y. Kuramoto, 2 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: R. Onishi , G. Yagi 2 , S. Fukushima 3 , H. Nomura 2 , K. Imakake , S. Nishioka 2 , S. Kamo
2-out RBI: S. Nishioka
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Esaki
GIDP: S. Fukushima , K. Imakake
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
CS: S. Nishioka (2)

FIELDING
Errors: R. Onishi (8)
Double Plays: 2 (Nishioka-Nomura-Matsui, Nomura-Nishioka-Matsui)
SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Kuramoto L (4-12) 5.0 9 6 6 1 2 0 91 3.67   
T. Nakagawa 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6.29   
H. Murata 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 17 3.86   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Kuramoto 26
Batters Faced: Y. Kuramoto 24, T. Nakagawa 3, H. Murata 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Kuramoto 3-9, T. Nakagawa 1-2, H. Murata 3-0
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Kuramoto 91-60, T. Nakagawa 11-6, H. Murata 17-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Nakagawa 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Esaki W (7-7) 8.1 10 2 2 3 4 0 134 3.90   
G. Matsuda SV (14) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.51   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Esaki 56
Batters Faced: J. Esaki 38, G. Matsuda 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Esaki 13-6, G. Matsuda 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Esaki 134-86, G. Matsuda 4-2
Inherited Runners - Scored: G. Matsuda 3-0
Hit Batsmen: J. Esaki
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Juro Esaki
Ballpark: Rakisuta Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (81 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 10 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 2:44
Attendance: 10987
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