BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
HOSHO RELIABLES AT KYOTO OWLS
08/09/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
HOSHO RELIABLES AT KYOTO OWLS
GAME ID: 6731 - FRIDAY, AUGUST 9TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hosho Reliables (55-36) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 6 0
Kyoto Owls (52-38) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
Kawamoto Befuddles Owls as Hosho Wins, 3-2
Hosho turned a fine outing from starter Kiyoharu Kawamoto into a victory over the Kyoto Owls at Owls Park. The final score was 3-2. The win gives Hosho a season record of 55-36.

Kawamoto was dominant for Hosho. The right-hander allowed 2 runs on 5 hits, while racking up 8 strikeouts. He threw 118 pitches over 9 innings in the contest.

"When he's dealing, Kiyoharu is a tough customer," said Hosho manager Shun Kawamura.
HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Ikeda RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .271 10 42
H. Dunham LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .271 27 64
   c-T. Okinaka PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .359 5 12
   d-K. Hayashida LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 2 12
Y. Watanabe 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .302 31 72
B. McCullough 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .227 17 49
A. Yamane CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .203 9 29
D. Nakamura SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 9 37
   a-S. Nitta PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 2 12
   b-T. Kurosawa SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 5 17
M. Nakajima 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 1 13
E. Ryu C 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .186 1 4
K. Kawamoto P 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .191 0 1
Totals 32 3 6 3 0 8 3      
a - S. Nitta pinch hit for D. Nakamura in the 7th
b - T. Kurosawa substituted for S. Nitta in the 7th
c - T. Okinaka pinch hit for H. Dunham in the 9th
d - K. Hayashida substituted for T. Okinaka in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: E. Ryu (1, 3rd Inning off K. Okada, 0 on, 0 outs) , Y. Watanabe (31, 6th Inning off K. Okada, 0 on, 2 outs) , B. McCullough (17, 9th Inning off K. Kon, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Ikeda , Y. Watanabe 4 , B. McCullough 4 , E. Ryu 5 , K. Kawamoto
2-out RBI: Y. Watanabe , B. McCullough
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. McCullough
Team LOB: 2

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Ikeda (17)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (McCullough-Nakajima-Watanabe)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Yamamoto RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .273 11 37
S. Smith LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 .255 20 48
B. Arai SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .299 21 52
H. Yamashita C 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .246 26 59
T. Wada 1B 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 .326 21 66
M. Smith CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .260 14 57
T. Kato 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .248 22 62
T. Manabe 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .233 4 13
K. Okada P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .150 0 3
   a-M. Yokoyama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .289 1 6
   K. Kon P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2 1 8 4      
a - M. Yokoyama pinch hit for K. Okada in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: T. Wada (21, 5th Inning off K. Kawamoto, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: H. Yamashita , T. Wada 5 , T. Kato , T. Manabe
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Yamamoto
GIDP: M. Smith
Team LOB: 2

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Smith(Kawamoto at 2nd base))
HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Kawamoto W (8-5) 9.0 5 2 2 1 8 1 118 3.84   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Kawamoto 76
Batters Faced: K. Kawamoto 31
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Kawamoto 13-4
Pitches - Strikes: K. Kawamoto 118-76
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Okada 8.0 5 2 2 0 6 2 91 3.38   
K. Kon L (3-6) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21 3.75   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Okada 70
Batters Faced: K. Okada 28, K. Kon 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Okada 5-12, K. Kon 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: K. Okada 91-62, K. Kon 21-13
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kiyoharu Kawamoto
Ballpark: Owls Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (89 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 7 mph
Start Time: 11:05 AM JST
Time: 2:21
Attendance: 25916
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