BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT DENKI DYNAMICS
09/19/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT DENKI DYNAMICS
GAME ID: 6804 - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kyoto Owls (74-54) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 10 0
Denki Dynamics (68-60) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0
Owls Handle Dynamics, Nab 6-1 Win
Kyoto turned a fine outing from starter Norikazu Takai into a victory over the Denki Dynamics at Owls Park. The final score was 6-1. Takai got the win, improving to 17-7. He gave up 6 hits and walked 2 over 9 innings. He allowed 1 run. With this game in the books, Kyoto is 74-54, Denki 68-60.

The Owls got a big hit from center fielder Minehiro Smith. Facing Denki pitcher Takehiro Moriyama in the top of the sixth, Smith pounded a 2-run home run to left-center. His 21st home run of the season put the Owls ahead, 4-0.

"Good win for us," said Smith. "We'll strap it on and go after the next one."
KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE DENKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Yamamoto RF 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 .271 15 47
S. Smith LF 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .271 25 65
B. Arai SS 5 0 1 1 0 1 2 .300 30 80
H. Yamashita C 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 .256 33 75
T. Wada 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .305 29 86
M. Smith CF 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 .274 21 70
T. Kato 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .268 27 83
T. Endo 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .314 7 37
N. Takai P 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .129 0 2
Totals 33 6 10 6 6 5 11      
BATTING
Home Runs: K. Yamamoto (15, 5th Inning off T. Moriyama, 0 on, 2 outs) , M. Smith (21, 6th Inning off T. Moriyama, 1 on, 1 out) , S. Smith (25, 9th Inning off Y. Miyagi, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: K. Yamamoto 5 , S. Smith 6 , B. Arai , H. Yamashita 2 , M. Smith 4 , T. Endo
2-out RBI: K. Yamamoto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Wada , M. Smith
GIDP: T. Wada , N. Takai
Sac Bunt: S. Smith
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
CS: B. Arai (8)

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Yamamoto(Hirao at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Tanaka 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .222 2 21
T. Takahashi 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264 10 40
S. Ishida SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .274 26 63
K. Hirao 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .302 34 74
Y. Oki RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .247 9 47
S. Jimbo CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .253 10 35
T. Wakayama C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .197 6 15
I. Muramoto LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .266 6 41
T. Moriyama P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .236 0 2
   a-H. Yokota PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .230 3 13
   Y. Miyagi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 2
Totals 30 1 6 1 2 5 5      
a - H. Yokota pinch hit for T. Moriyama in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: H. Yokota (3, 8th Inning off N. Takai, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Ishida , K. Hirao , Y. Oki , S. Jimbo , T. Moriyama , H. Yokota 4
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Wakayama
Sac Bunt: Y. Oki
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
CS: S. Tanaka (6)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Takahashi-Tanaka-Hirao, Hirao-Ishida-Hirao)
KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE DENKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Takai W (17-7) 9.0 6 1 1 2 5 1 110 3.34   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Takai 74
Batters Faced: N. Takai 33
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Takai 10-10
Pitches - Strikes: N. Takai 110-75
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Moriyama L (9-9) 8.0 9 4 4 5 5 2 143 4.23   
Y. Miyagi 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 30 4.57   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Moriyama 48
Batters Faced: T. Moriyama 35, Y. Miyagi 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Moriyama 7-9, Y. Miyagi 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Moriyama 143-80, Y. Miyagi 30-19
WP: T. Moriyama
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Norikazu Takai
Ballpark: Owls Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (77 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 9 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 2:52
Attendance: 21658
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