 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON SAPPORO BEARS AT KYOTO OWLS 09/02/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | SAPPORO BEARS AT KYOTO OWLS | | GAME ID: 6791 - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Sapporo Bears (44-68) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | | Kyoto Owls (64-48) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 8 | 0 | | |  | |
| Owls Deal Bears 5-1 Setback | Kyoto Owls starter Norikazu Takai turned in a top-notch performance against the Sapporo Bears at Owls Park. The result was a win for the Owls, 5-1. Takai, who is tied for 7th in the EL in quality starts with 14, went the distance for Kyoto. He gave up 1 run on 5 hits. Kyoto now sports a record of 64-48.
Shikato Murata could have done some damage in the top of the eighth. With Sapporo trailing 4-1, the Bears had runners on 1st and 2nd. But Murata grounded out. | |
 |
| SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE | | KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE | |
| | | | Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI | | K. Yamamoto RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | 14 | 44 | | S. Smith LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .256 | 21 | 52 | | B. Arai SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .298 | 24 | 63 | | H. Yamashita C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .249 | 31 | 68 | | T. Wada 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .318 | 26 | 79 | | M. Smith CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .263 | 20 | 66 | | T. Kato 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .275 | 25 | 73 | | T. Manabe 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .224 | 6 | 20 | | N. Takai P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .115 | 0 | 2 | | Totals | 32 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | | | | BATTING Home Runs: K. Yamamoto (14, 1st Inning off Y. Yamanaka, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Manabe (6, 8th Inning off J. Jackson, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: K. Yamamoto 4 , S. Smith 2 , B. Arai , H. Yamashita , T. Kato , T. Manabe 5 2-out RBI: T. Kato , T. Manabe 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Wada , T. Manabe , N. Takai Team LOB: 7
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Kato-Manabe-Wada) | | |
 |
| SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE | | KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | N. Takai W (15-7) | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 132 | 3.63 | | |
 |
| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Norikazu Takai Ballpark: Owls Park Weather: Partly Cloudy (81 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 10 mph Start Time: 3:05 PM JST Time: 2:41 Attendance: 21229 |
 |