 | | 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. | |
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| SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE | | RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE | |
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) | | | 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) | | |
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| SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE | | RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| | | | 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 | | |
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| 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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