 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON RAKISUTA RAMS AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS 08/27/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | RAKISUTA RAMS AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS | | GAME ID: 6787 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Rakisuta Rams (54-54) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | | Yokohama Kingfishers (41-67) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 5 | 10 | 0 | | |  | |
| Kingfishers Send Rakisuta Home with 5-2 Loss | The home crowd had a good time watching the Rakisuta Rams and Yokohama Kingfishers get after it.
Katsuaki Ishikawa, who leads the EL in doubles with 23, led Yokohama to a win over Rakisuta. The final score was 5-2. Ishikawa collected 2 runs batted in, while going 3 for 4 at the plate. The center fielder also scored 2 times. The Kingfishers sport a record of 41-67.
Ishikawa had a game-changing double in the bottom of the seventh. On a first pitch circle change from Shigeyoshi Taira, he banged a 2-run double to right-center, giving the Kingfishers a 4-2 lead. It was the 23rd double of the year for Ishikawa.
"We did enough to win," said Ishikawa. | |
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| RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE | | YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE | |
BATTING Doubles: G. McCauley (7, 2nd Inning off N. Tominaga, 2 on, 1 out) Total Bases: S. Kamo , H. Nomura , Y. Ishihara , G. McCauley 2 , Y. Matsumoto 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Nomura , G. McCauley , S. Taira 2 GIDP: S. Fukushima 2 , S. Taira Sac Bunt: S. Kamo Team LOB: 5
FIELDING Errors: R. Onishi (11) , Y. Matsumoto (1) Double Plays: 1 (Nomura-McCauley-Ishihara) | | | a - K. Hirata pinch hit for N. Tominaga in the 7th
BATTING Doubles: Y. Murakami (5, 3rd Inning off S. Taira, 0 on, 0 outs) , K. Ishikawa (23, 7th Inning off S. Taira, 2 on, 1 out) Total Bases: K. Ishikawa 4 , T. Kaneshige , Y. Otsuki , I. Shinseki , T. Kamiya , Y. Murakami 3 , K. Hirata Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Kaneshige , Y. Murakami GIDP: T. Iwamoto Sac Fly: T. Kaneshige , B. Fukuhara Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: K. Ishikawa (40)
FIELDING Double Plays: 3 (Otsuki-Kamiya-Kaneshige, Fukuhara-Kamiya-Kaneshige, Fukuhara-Kamiya-Kaneshige) | | |
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| RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE | | YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | S. Taira L (9-7) | 7.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 4.03 | | S. Yamashita | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9.00 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | N. Tominaga W (1-1) | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 9.69 | | M. Ryu SV (2) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.71 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Katsuaki Ishikawa Ballpark: Kanagawa Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (77 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 9 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 2:21 Attendance: 9666 |
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