BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
HOSHO RELIABLES AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS
08/12/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
HOSHO RELIABLES AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS
GAME ID: 6743 - MONDAY, AUGUST 12TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hosho Reliables (56-38) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 9 0
Yokohama Kingfishers (36-58) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 X 5 8 1
Reliables Suffer 5-3 Loss to Kingfishers
The Yokohama Kingfishers defeated the Hosho Reliables, 5-3, at Kanagawa Stadium. Yokohama was led by former first round draft pick Kazuomi Hirata, who was 1 for 1 with a home run and 3 walks. He drove in 3 runs and scored once. Motokazu Oyama earned the win to go to 4-6. He allowed 3 runs on 8 hits, with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts in 8 innings of work. NorogumiOda Tominaga locked down his 5th save.

Hirata had a timely hit for Yokohama in the bottom of the sixth. With Yokohama trailing 1-0, he turned a 1-1 fastball into a 2-run home run. It was his 6th home run of the season, making it 2-1, Yokohama.

"Winning is seldom easy in this league," said Hirata.

Yokohama is now 36-58.
HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Dunham RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 28 65
   d-S. Nitta PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .229 2 12
Y. Watanabe 1B 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .296 32 73
B. McCullough 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .223 17 49
K. Hayashida LF 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 .250 4 14
A. Yamane CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .209 10 33
   a-T. Kurosawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 5 17
   b-C. Mochizuki CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .164 0 4
D. Nakamura SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .282 11 43
M. Nakajima 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .265 1 14
Y. Kawata C 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .225 2 23
N. Noda P 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .122 0 4
   S. Sumi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-T. Ikeda PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263 10 42
Totals 34 3 9 3 2 3 11      
a - T. Kurosawa pinch hit for A. Yamane in the 8th
b - C. Mochizuki substituted for T. Kurosawa in the 8th
c - T. Ikeda pinch hit for S. Sumi in the 9th
d - S. Nitta pinch hit for H. Dunham in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: K. Hayashida 2 (4, 4th Inning off M. Oyama, 0 on, 0 outs; 8th Inning off M. Oyama, 0 on, 1 out) , Y. Watanabe (32, 8th Inning off M. Oyama, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: Y. Watanabe 4 , K. Hayashida 8 , A. Yamane , D. Nakamura , M. Nakajima 2 , Y. Kawata , N. Noda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Nakajima , Y. Kawata
GIDP: B. McCullough
Sac Bunt: H. Dunham
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
CS: H. Dunham (10)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (McCullough-Kawata-Watanabe)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Ishikawa CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .293 7 33
B. Martin 1B 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 .254 12 31
T. Iwamoto RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .293 15 29
T. Kaneshige LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .217 9 39
   a-M. Takagi LF 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .251 0 25
K. Hirata 2B 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 .299 6 25
F. Sonoda 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 .204 7 28
N. Nagashima C 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .348 0 7
B. Fukuhara SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .232 12 37
M. Oyama P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 1 4
   b-K. Kagawa PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .156 0 0
   N. Tominaga P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 28 5 8 5 5 5 15      
a - M. Takagi substituted for T. Kaneshige in the 7th
b - K. Kagawa pinch hit for M. Oyama in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Ishikawa (19, 7th Inning off N. Noda, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: K. Hirata (6, 6th Inning off N. Noda, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Ishikawa 2 , B. Martin , T. Iwamoto , T. Kaneshige , M. Takagi , K. Hirata 4 , B. Fukuhara , K. Kagawa
2-out RBI: K. Ishikawa , M. Takagi , K. Hirata 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Sonoda , B. Fukuhara
GIDP: N. Nagashima
Sac Bunt: F. Sonoda , M. Oyama
Hit by Pitch: T. Iwamoto
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
CS: K. Kagawa (1)

FIELDING
Errors: K. Hirata (3)
Double Plays: 1 (Martin-Fukuhara-Martin)
HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Noda L (7-7) 6.2 7 5 5 5 4 1 118 4.19   
S. Sumi 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 5.55   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Noda 39
Batters Faced: N. Noda 32, S. Sumi 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Noda 9-6, S. Sumi 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: N. Noda 118-70, S. Sumi 11-11
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Sumi 3-0
Hit Batsmen: N. Noda
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Oyama W (4-6) 8.0 8 3 3 2 3 3 130 4.89   
N. Tominaga SV (5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 5.13   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Oyama 55
Batters Faced: M. Oyama 33, N. Tominaga 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Oyama 11-8, N. Tominaga 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Oyama 130-76, N. Tominaga 17-11
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kazuomi Hirata
Ballpark: Kanagawa Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (73 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:52
Attendance: 8754
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