 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON SAPPORO BEARS AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS 08/25/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | SAPPORO BEARS AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS | | GAME ID: 6779 - SUNDAY, AUGUST 25TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Sapporo Bears (42-64) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | | Yokohama Kingfishers (44-61) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 1 | 5 | 2 | | |  | |
| Kingfishers Sting Bears, 1-0 | Sapporo got a valiant performance from pitcher Chiko Abe, but it wasn't enough to beat the Yokohama Kingfishers. Yokohama won the game, 1-0. Abe threw 8.0 innings of 5-hit ball for the losing team. Yokohama pitcher NorogumiOda Tominaga got the win, upping his record to 4-6. Chiko Abe got the loss. Taishi Yoshimura earned the save, his 1st, for the Kingfishers.
Had Ikuto Shinseki not delivered a key base hit in the bottom of the seventh, the outcome might have been different. Instead, with two down and a runner on 2nd, Shinseki hit a run-scoring single. That made the score 1-0, in favor of the Kingfishers.
"This level of focus will win us a lot of ballgames," Shinseki said after the game.
The Kingfishers saw their record improve to 44-61. | |
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| SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE | | YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - K. Sato pinch hit for K. Yoneda in the 8th b - Y. Akamine pinch hit for N. Toyama in the 8th c - N. Fukuda pinch hit for G. Nakashima in the 8th d - T. Yamamoto pinch hit for S. Arakawa in the 8th e - Y. Nakamura substituted for K. Sato in the 8th f - T. Wada substituted for N. Fukuda in the 8th g - S. Carpenter pinch hit for C. Abe in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: K. Hotta (19, 7th Inning off B. Sauerwein, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: M. Shiotani , T. Kusumoto 3 , K. Hotta 4 , Y. Akamine , G. Nakashima Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , S. Murata 2 , K. Yoneda , S. Arakawa , C. Abe Sac Bunt: N. Toyama Team LOB: 12
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Nakashima-Murata-Shiotani) | | | | |
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| SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE | | YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | C. Abe L (6-8) | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 105 | 5.03 | | | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Chiko Abe Ballpark: Kanagawa Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (69 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 8 mph Start Time: 5:05 PM JST Time: 2:30 Attendance: 13140 |
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