BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
HOSHO RELIABLES AT SAPPORO BEARS
08/19/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
HOSHO RELIABLES AT SAPPORO BEARS
GAME ID: 6755 - MONDAY, AUGUST 19TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hosho Reliables (60-39) 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 8 0
Sapporo Bears (41-59) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
Reliables Saddle Bears with 4-2 Loss
Hosho Reliables starter Kiyoharu Kawamoto pitched his team past the Sapporo Bears, 4-2. Motomu Taira earned the save for Hosho, his 12th. Hosho occupies first place in the Eastern League at 60-39.

Hosho used the stroke of Yukio Watanabe to get the win. The first baseman hammered a 2-run home run in the top of the fifth inning to put the Reliables ahead, 3-2. It was his lone hit in 3 at-bats, but it did its damage.

"I went out and just tried to do my job," said Kawamoto.
HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Ikeda RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .260 11 45
H. Dunham LF 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 .287 29 68
Y. Watanabe 1B 3 1 1 2 2 0 2 .300 34 80
B. McCullough 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 .224 19 53
A. Yamane CF 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 .205 10 34
D. Nakamura SS 3 0 1 1 0 1 4 .289 11 45
Y. Kawata C 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .229 2 25
M. Nakajima 2B 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 .253 1 16
K. Kawamoto P 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .180 0 1
   a-S. Nitta PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .233 2 12
   M. Taira P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 0 3
Totals 31 4 8 4 7 6 18      
a - S. Nitta pinch hit for K. Kawamoto in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Dunham (14, 6th Inning off N. Shimada, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: Y. Watanabe (34, 5th Inning off N. Shimada, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: H. Dunham 5 , Y. Watanabe 4 , B. McCullough , D. Nakamura , M. Nakajima
2-out RBI: D. Nakamura , M. Nakajima
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Watanabe , D. Nakamura , M. Nakajima
GIDP: Y. Watanabe , D. Nakamura
Sac Bunt: A. Yamane , D. Nakamura
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Kawata-Nakamura)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
Y. Akamine 1B 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .750 1 2
T. Kusumoto LF, CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .291 11 34
K. Hotta RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .258 8 44
S. Murata SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .289 10 52
K. Yoneda 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .265 3 28
N. Toyama CF 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .253 5 23
   a-K. Sato PH, LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .243 3 13
G. Nakashima 2B 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .224 8 31
   c-N. Fukuda PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .254 4 13
S. Arakawa C 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .188 7 21
N. Shimada P 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .255 0 5
   Y. Nobuhara P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-M. Shiotani PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 10 34
   K. Hashimoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2 2 8 12      
a - K. Sato pinch hit for N. Toyama in the 6th
b - M. Shiotani pinch hit for Y. Nobuhara in the 7th
c - N. Fukuda pinch hit for G. Nakashima in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Murata (25, 6th Inning off K. Kawamoto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: Y. Akamine (1, 3rd Inning off K. Kawamoto, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: Y. Akamine 6 , T. Kusumoto , S. Murata 2 , N. Fukuda , N. Shimada
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Murata , G. Nakashima , S. Arakawa
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
CS: T. Kusumoto (3)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Murata-Nakashima-Akamine, Akamine-Murata)
HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Kawamoto W (9-6) 7.0 6 2 2 2 7 1 114 4.21   
M. Taira SV (12) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 3.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Kawamoto 62
Batters Faced: K. Kawamoto 28, M. Taira 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Kawamoto 8-5, M. Taira 4-1
Pitches - Strikes: K. Kawamoto 114-68, M. Taira 19-15
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Shimada L (6-8) 6.1 7 4 4 6 6 1 118 4.50   
Y. Nobuhara 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.03   
K. Hashimoto 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 22 3.48   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Shimada 43
Batters Faced: N. Shimada 32, Y. Nobuhara 1, K. Hashimoto 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Shimada 8-5, Y. Nobuhara 1-0, K. Hashimoto 2-3
Pitches - Strikes: N. Shimada 118-69, Y. Nobuhara 1-1, K. Hashimoto 22-13
Inherited Runners - Scored: Y. Nobuhara 1-0
WP: N. Shimada
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kiyoharu Kawamoto
Ballpark: Sapporo Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (68 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:42
Attendance: 10253
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