 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON SAPPORO BEARS AT RAKISUTA RAMS 08/21/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | SAPPORO BEARS AT RAKISUTA RAMS | | GAME ID: 6766 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Sapporo Bears (41-61) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | | Rakisuta Rams (48-52) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 4 | 4 | 3 | | |  | |
| Rams 4-3 Victors Over Bears | Kinya Wada, who finished 3rd in the EL in ERA with 2.99 last year, was locked in. The left-hander led the Rakisuta Rams to a 4-3 win against the Sapporo Bears at Rakisuta Stadium. Sadato Hayakawa nailed down his 16th save. The win makes Rakisuta 48-52.
Shigenobu Nakayama came through for Rakisuta when he hit a 2-run single in the bottom of the seventh. With the bases loaded, he hit a two-strike changeup to left field, staking his team to a 4-2 lead.
"It was a real good effort by Kinya," said Rakisuta manager Kinzo Yoshimura. "I loved the way he bore down." | |
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| SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE | | RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - N. Fukuda pinch hit for K. Hashimoto in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: S. Arakawa (6, 7th Inning off K. Wada, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: M. Shiotani , T. Kusumoto 3 , K. Hotta , K. Yoneda , N. Toyama , G. Nakashima , S. Arakawa 2 2-out RBI: M. Shiotani Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Kusumoto , K. Hotta , K. Yoneda , G. Nakashima GIDP: N. Toyama Team LOB: 7
FIELDING Errors: M. Shiotani (4) , K. Yoneda (20) Double Plays: 2 (Murata-Arakawa-Shiotani, Yoneda-Nakashima-Shiotani) PB: S. Arakawa | | | | |
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| SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE | | RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | Y. Yamanaka L (7-10) | 6.0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 113 | 4.24 | | K. Hashimoto BS (2) | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2.92 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Wada W (6-6) | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 104 | 4.91 | | S. Hayakawa SV (16) | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4.12 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Kinya Wada Ballpark: Rakisuta Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (81 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 12 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 2:40 Attendance: 14902 |
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