 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KYOTO OWLS AT RAKISUTA RAMS 08/20/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | KYOTO OWLS AT RAKISUTA RAMS | | GAME ID: 6762 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kyoto Owls (54-47) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | | Rakisuta Rams (49-52) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 4 | 1 | | |  | |
| Rams Dismiss Owls, 4-3 | The Rakisuta Rams scored a tight, 4-3 win versus the Kyoto Owls at Rakisuta Stadium. Rakisuta pitcher Juro Esaki held his own in the contest. By defeating Kyoto, the 4th-place Rams improved to 49-52.
Shouta Fukushima, who is tied for 8th in the EL in bases on balls with 41, took Kyoto hurler Michinaga Sekiguchi deep in the bottom of the fifth. His solo home run put the Rams on top, 4-3. In all, Fukushima had 1 single in addition to the home run, while going 2 for 4.
"We made a couple of mistakes," said Kyoto skipper Tomoya Nagao, "and it cost us." | |
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| KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE | | RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - T. Manabe pinch hit for M. Sekiguchi in the 9th
BATTING Total Bases: K. Yamamoto , B. Arai , H. Yamashita , M. Smith , T. Kato , M. Sekiguchi Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Arai , M. Smith , T. Kato , T. Endo Sac Bunt: S. Smith , M. Smith Hit by Pitch: S. Smith Team LOB: 7
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Kato-Endo-Wada) | | | a - M. Okada substituted for S. Nishioka in the 4th b - S. Nakayama pinch hit for J. Esaki in the 7th
BATTING Doubles: R. Onishi (13, 1st Inning off M. Sekiguchi, 0 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: H. Nomura (21, 1st Inning off M. Sekiguchi, 1 on, 2 outs) , S. Fukushima (15, 5th Inning off M. Sekiguchi, 0 on, 1 out) Total Bases: R. Onishi 2 , S. Fukushima 5 , H. Nomura 4 2-out RBI: H. Nomura Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Onishi , H. Nomura GIDP: S. Fukushima Sac Bunt: M. Okada Team LOB: 4
FIELDING Errors: S. Nishioka (4) | | |
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| KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE | | RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | M. Sekiguchi L (5-10) | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 111 | 4.90 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | J. Esaki W (8-9) | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 118 | 4.36 | | K. Fujimoto SV (2) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6.16 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Juro Esaki Ballpark: Rakisuta Stadium Weather: Cloudy (75 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 13 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 2:35 Attendance: 15806 Special Notes: 2B Shiro Nishioka was injured in a collision at a base. |
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