 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON RAKISUTA RAMS AT HOSHO RELIABLES 08/15/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | RAKISUTA RAMS AT HOSHO RELIABLES | | GAME ID: 6749 - FRIDAY, AUGUST 15TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Rakisuta Rams (47-50) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | | Hosho Reliables (59-36) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 | 8 | 0 | | |  | |
| Rakisuta Upended by Hosho, 7-1 | The Hosho Reliables beat the Rakisuta Rams, 7-1, at Nagoya Minami Stadium. Hosho first baseman Yukio Watanabe had the hot bat. He was 2-3 with a home run, a double, and a walk, while scoring 2 and driving in 3. Hosho goes to 59-36. The win puts them 6 games up in their division.
Early in the game, Watanabe had a 3-run home run for Hosho. It was his 31st home run of the season and put the Reliables on top, 3-0.
"Our guys are never satisfied," said Hosho manager Shun Kawamura. | |
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| RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE | | HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE | |
| | | a - S. Nitta pinch hit for M. Matsunaga in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: Y. Watanabe (17, 6th Inning off J. Esaki, 0 on, 1 out) Home Runs: Y. Watanabe (31, 1st Inning off J. Esaki, 2 on, 0 outs) , E. Ryu (2, 2nd Inning off J. Esaki, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: H. Dunham , Y. Watanabe 6 , D. Nakamura , B. McCullough , T. Ikeda , E. Ryu 4 , S. Nitta 2-out RBI: D. Nakamura , B. McCullough , T. Ikeda Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. McCullough , E. Ryu Team LOB: 3 | | |
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| RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE | | HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | J. Esaki L (7-9) | 7.2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 117 | 4.50 | | S. Yamashita | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9.82 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | F. Yamauchi W (7-2) | 6.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 105 | 2.56 | | M. Matsunaga H (1) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2.12 | | S. Sumi | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2.56 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Yukio Watanabe Ballpark: Nagoya Minami Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (83 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 7 mph Start Time: 3:35 PM JST Time: 2:37 Attendance: 23905 |
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