BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
HOSHO RELIABLES AT KYOTO OWLS
09/10/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
HOSHO RELIABLES AT KYOTO OWLS
GAME ID: 6821 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hosho Reliables (74-46) 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 1
Kyoto Owls (69-51) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 13 0
2000 Hits for Arai
The Kyoto contest with Hosho featured a real shining moment: Bungo Arai, the Owls shortstop, collected career base hit #2000. That his team lost the game, 7-2, took away only a little bit of the luster. Fittingly, the 36-year-old Arai, who went 1-for-5, received a warm ovation from the Owls Park crowd.

In 1957 career games Arai has batted .290 with 2000 hits with 279 doubles, 18 triples and 387 home runs. He has also collected 1136 RBIs and scored 1169 runs.
HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Ikeda RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .258 14 51
H. Dunham LF 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 .286 34 78
Y. Watanabe 1B 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 .285 39 90
D. Nakamura SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .311 13 58
A. Yamane CF 4 1 1 2 0 2 2 .214 14 52
R. Endo 2B 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 .259 5 32
M. Tanoue 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .267 2 8
   a-T. Kurosawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304 6 20
   J. Yamagata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Y. Kawata C 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 .221 3 34
S. Saito P 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 0 5
   M. Taira P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 0 3
   b-B. McCullough PH, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 25 72
Totals 33 7 7 7 3 8 9      
a - T. Kurosawa pinch hit for M. Tanoue in the 9th
b - B. McCullough pinch hit for M. Taira in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: A. Yamane (7, 1st Inning off H. Caltagirone, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: Y. Kawata (3, 1st Inning off H. Caltagirone, 1 on, 2 outs) , R. Endo (5, 1st Inning off H. Caltagirone, 1 on, 2 outs) , T. Ikeda (14, 2nd Inning off H. Caltagirone, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Ikeda 5 , D. Nakamura , A. Yamane 2 , R. Endo 4 , M. Tanoue , Y. Kawata 4
2-out RBI: A. Yamane , R. Endo , Y. Kawata
GIDP: R. Endo
Team LOB: 2

BASERUNNING
SB: H. Dunham (21)

FIELDING
Errors: D. Nakamura (27)
Double Plays: 2 (Saito-Nakamura-Watanabe, Nakamura-Endo-Watanabe)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Yamamoto RF 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 .277 14 46
M. Smith CF 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 .274 20 68
B. Arai SS 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 .300 26 70
H. Yamashita C 5 0 3 0 0 2 1 .250 33 74
T. Wada 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .310 27 81
T. Kato 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .267 26 78
S. Smith LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 .255 23 57
T. Endo 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .313 6 34
   b-M. Yokoyama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .263 1 7
   c-T. Manabe 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 6 21
H. Caltagirone P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .062 0 0
   S. Kikuchi P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
   a-S. Onodera PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .319 9 23
   A. Perales P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-A. Yokota PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 2 9
Totals 38 2 13 2 2 7 24      
a - S. Onodera pinch hit for S. Kikuchi in the 7th
b - M. Yokoyama pinch hit for T. Endo in the 8th
c - T. Manabe substituted for M. Yokoyama in the 9th
d - A. Yokota pinch hit for A. Perales in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Yamashita (8, 6th Inning off S. Saito, 0 on, 0 outs) , K. Yamamoto (17, 9th Inning off J. Yamagata, 0 on, 1 out) , B. Arai (13, 9th Inning off J. Yamagata, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Yamamoto 3 , M. Smith , B. Arai 2 , H. Yamashita 4 , T. Wada 2 , T. Kato , S. Smith , T. Endo , S. Kikuchi
2-out RBI: B. Arai , S. Smith
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , B. Arai 2 , H. Yamashita , S. Smith , T. Endo , M. Yokoyama
GIDP: T. Kato , S. Onodera
Team LOB: 11

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Kato-Endo-Wada)
HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Saito W (12-7) 7.0 11 1 1 2 4 0 109 3.30   
M. Taira 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 3.01   
J. Yamagata 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 20 3.02   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Saito 53
Batters Faced: S. Saito 31, M. Taira 4, J. Yamagata 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Saito 10-4, M. Taira 1-0, J. Yamagata 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: S. Saito 109-66, M. Taira 18-10, J. Yamagata 20-12
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Taira 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
H. Caltagirone L (2-6) 4.0 7 7 7 3 4 3 82 6.85   
S. Kikuchi 3.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 28 5.20   
A. Perales 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 3.64   
PITCHING
Game Score: H. Caltagirone 21
Batters Faced: H. Caltagirone 22, S. Kikuchi 8, A. Perales 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: H. Caltagirone 1-7, S. Kikuchi 4-1, A. Perales 3-2
Pitches - Strikes: H. Caltagirone 82-50, S. Kikuchi 28-19, A. Perales 20-14
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Kikuchi 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Shihei Saito
Ballpark: Owls Park
Weather: Cloudy (69 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:06
Attendance: 28858
Special Notes: Rain delay of 15 minutes in the 6th inning.
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