 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON RAKISUTA RAMS AT HOSHO RELIABLES 09/16/1975 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | RAKISUTA RAMS AT HOSHO RELIABLES | | GAME ID: 6838 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Rakisuta Rams (61-65) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | | Hosho Reliables (82-44) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 | 9 | 0 | | |  | |
| Rakisuta Lose, 7-0, to Reliables, Saito | In a seemingly effortless performance, Shihei Saito of the Hosho Reliables shot down the Rakisuta Rams, 7-0, on 3 hits.
"Shihei was just locating so well and using his pitches," Hosho manager Shun Kawamura said later. "He wasn't leaving anything over the plate."
Saito recorded 1 strikeout and no walks in a strong outing.
"When he needed to make pitches, he elevated his game," Rakisuta manager Kinzo Yoshimura said in postgame comments to BNN. "We couldn't get a key hit off him."
This year, Saito has fashioned a 15-8 mark, 2.95 ERA and pitched 204.2 innings. Opposing clubs are batting .227 against him and he has logged 96 strikeouts. | |
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| RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE | | HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - Y. Ishihara pinch hit for B. Morita in the 9th
b - K. Harada pinch hit for S. Nakayama in the 9th
BATTING
Total Bases: S. Nakayama , S. Fukushima , S. Kamo
GIDP: T. Matsui
Team LOB: 2
FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Matsui-Nomura-Nakayama) | | | BATTING
Doubles: T. Kurosawa (18, 3rd Inning off K. Harada, 1 on, 1 out) , D. Nakamura 2 (9, 4th Inning off K. Harada, 0 on, 0 outs; 8th Inning off K. Harada, 3 on, 2 outs) , H. Dunham (19, 8th Inning off K. Harada, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: R. Kodama (19, 3rd Inning off K. Harada, 1 on, 1 out) , H. Dunham (36, 3rd Inning off K. Harada, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Kurosawa 2 , H. Dunham 6 , Y. Watanabe , R. Kodama 5 , D. Nakamura 4 , R. Endo
2-out RBI: D. Nakamura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Kurosawa , R. Endo
GIDP: R. Kodama
Sac Bunt: S. Saito
Hit by Pitch: Y. Watanabe
Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING
SB: R. Endo (15)
FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Kurosawa-Endo-Watanabe) | | |
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| RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE | | HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Harada L (11-10) | 7.2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 120 | 3.50 | | B. Morita | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.75 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | S. Saito W (15-8) | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 2.95 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Shihei Saito
Ballpark: Nagoya Minami Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (78 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 8 mph
Start Time: 4:05 PM JST
Time: 2:27
Attendance: 27581 |
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