BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT HOSHO RELIABLES
08/26/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT HOSHO RELIABLES
GAME ID: 6777 - MONDAY, AUGUST 26TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
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Kyoto Owls (59-47) 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 12 0
Hosho Reliables (65-41) 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 3 X 11 17 3
Reliables Knock Off Owls, 11-7
The Hosho Reliables beat the Kyoto Owls, 11-7, at Nagoya Minami Stadium. Hosho left fielder Kiyoemon Hayashida led the way. He was 2 for 3 with a home run. He scored 2 times and drove in 2. The Reliables improved their record to 65-41 with the win over Kyoto.

Hosho grabbed control in the bottom of the seventh. With one out and runners on 1st and 2nd, Toshimasa Ikeda delivered a run-scoring single, to make it 7-6, in favor of the Reliables.

"I'm just trying to make good contact," said Hayashida, "one at-bat at a time."
KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Smith LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 .254 21 51
M. Smith CF 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 .264 18 63
B. Arai SS 5 1 2 1 0 0 4 .300 23 61
H. Yamashita C 5 2 2 2 0 1 1 .251 31 67
T. Wada 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .313 25 75
T. Kato 3B 5 0 0 0 0 3 4 .268 25 71
T. Manabe 2B 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .231 5 18
S. Onodera RF 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .322 8 20
T. Fujiwara P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1 4
   a-M. Yokoyama PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .269 1 6
   M. Matsunaga P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-K. Yamamoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .272 11 39
   S. Kikuchi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 6 1 6 16      
a - M. Yokoyama pinch hit for T. Fujiwara in the 6th
b - K. Yamamoto pinch hit for M. Matsunaga in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Wada (19, 1st Inning off S. Saito, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: H. Yamashita 2 (31, 1st Inning off S. Saito, 0 on, 2 outs; 9th Inning off R. Saito, 0 on, 2 outs) , B. Arai (23, 1st Inning off S. Saito, 0 on, 2 outs) , M. Smith (18, 2nd Inning off S. Saito, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: M. Smith 5 , B. Arai 5 , H. Yamashita 8 , T. Wada 2 , T. Manabe , S. Onodera 3 , M. Yokoyama
2-out RBI: B. Arai , H. Yamashita 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Smith , B. Arai , T. Kato 2
GIDP: B. Arai , K. Yamamoto
Sac Bunt: T. Fujiwara
Hit by Pitch: T. Wada
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
OF assists: 3 (Onodera(Watanabe at 3rd base), Onodera(Ryu at home), Smith(Nitta at 3rd base))
PB: H. Yamashita 2
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Endo 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .258 2 24
   b-D. Nakamura PH, SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .302 11 50
Y. Watanabe 1B 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 .303 38 86
   e-T. Okinaka 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357 5 12
T. Kurosawa SS, 2B 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 .302 5 18
B. McCullough 3B 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 .231 21 59
A. Yamane CF 5 3 2 1 0 0 4 .212 11 38
S. Nitta RF 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 .231 2 13
K. Hayashida LF 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 .271 5 16
   J. Yamagata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-T. Ikeda PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .261 13 50
   M. Taira P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800 0 3
   d-M. Tanoue PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 2 6
   R. Saito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 0 1
E. Ryu C 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .185 1 4
S. Saito P 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .164 0 5
   a-H. Dunham LF 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 .298 33 74
Totals 38 11 17 9 5 4 12      
a - H. Dunham substituted for S. Saito in the 6th
b - D. Nakamura pinch hit for R. Endo in the 6th
c - T. Ikeda pinch hit for J. Yamagata in the 7th
d - M. Tanoue pinch hit for M. Taira in the 8th
e - T. Okinaka substituted for Y. Watanabe in the 9th

BATTING
Triples: A. Yamane (2, 5th Inning off T. Fujiwara, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: K. Hayashida (5, 2nd Inning off T. Fujiwara, 1 on, 1 out) , H. Dunham (33, 6th Inning off M. Matsunaga, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: R. Endo , Y. Watanabe 2 , T. Kurosawa 2 , B. McCullough 2 , A. Yamane 4 , S. Nitta , K. Hayashida 5 , T. Ikeda , E. Ryu , S. Saito , H. Dunham 5
2-out RBI: H. Dunham
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Nakamura , B. McCullough , A. Yamane
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Endo (12) , A. Yamane 2 (16)

FIELDING
Errors: D. Nakamura (24) , T. Okinaka (2) , B. McCullough (19)
Double Plays: 2 (McCullough-Kurosawa-Watanabe, Kurosawa-Nakamura-Okinaka)
KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Fujiwara 5.0 10 5 5 2 4 1 87 2.98   
M. Matsunaga L (2-1), BS (1) 2.0 5 3 3 2 0 1 40 6.61   
S. Kikuchi 1.0 2 3 3 1 0 0 23 5.62   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Fujiwara 29
Batters Faced: T. Fujiwara 25, M. Matsunaga 12, S. Kikuchi 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Fujiwara 4-5, M. Matsunaga 2-3, S. Kikuchi 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Fujiwara 87-55, M. Matsunaga 40-22, S. Kikuchi 23-13
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Saito 5.1 8 6 5 1 4 3 102 3.48   
J. Yamagata W (5-4) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 3.06   
M. Taira H (3) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.81   
R. Saito 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 1 28 4.44   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Saito 33
Batters Faced: S. Saito 27, J. Yamagata 6, M. Taira 4, R. Saito 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Saito 10-3, J. Yamagata 2-2, M. Taira 2-0, R. Saito 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: S. Saito 102-63, J. Yamagata 19-14, M. Taira 9-6, R. Saito 28-16
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Yamagata 2-0
Hit Batsmen: S. Saito
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kiyoemon Hayashida
Ballpark: Nagoya Minami Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (78 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 11 mph
Start Time: 2:05 PM JST
Time: 3:42
Attendance: 25946
Special Notes: Rain delay of 31 minutes in the 5th inning. 1B Yukio Watanabe was injured while running the bases.
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