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
M. Shiotani 1B, 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .237 10 37
T. Kusumoto LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .300 12 36
K. Hotta RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .248 8 44
S. Murata SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .272 10 54
K. Yoneda 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .246 3 28
   b-Y. Akamine PH, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .294 1 2
G. Nakashima 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .216 8 31
T. Yamamoto CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .222 8 29
S. Arakawa C 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .179 7 21
Y. Yamanaka P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .102 1 2
   K. Hashimoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-K. Sato PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .217 3 13
   J. Jackson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 1
Totals 31 1 5 1 3 4 17      
a - K. Sato pinch hit for K. Hashimoto in the 8th
b - Y. Akamine pinch hit for K. Yoneda in the 8th

BATTING
Total Bases: M. Shiotani 2 , T. Kusumoto , S. Murata , G. Nakashima
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Hotta , Y. Akamine , S. Arakawa
GIDP: S. Arakawa
Hit by Pitch: K. Yoneda
Team LOB: 7
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   
Y. Yamanaka L (8-11) 6.0 7 4 4 4 6 1 118 4.09   
K. Hashimoto 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.45   
J. Jackson 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16 2.92   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Yamanaka 44
Batters Faced: Y. Yamanaka 29, K. Hashimoto 3, J. Jackson 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Yamanaka 7-5, K. Hashimoto 1-1, J. Jackson 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Yamanaka 118-70, K. Hashimoto 9-7, J. Jackson 16-10
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   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Takai 74
Batters Faced: N. Takai 35
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Takai 11-11
Pitches - Strikes: N. Takai 132-79
Hit Batsmen: N. Takai
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
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