BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT VESUTAN BEES
05/01/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 6888 - THURSDAY, MAY 1ST , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (0-1) 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 3
Vesutan Bees (1-0) 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 X 6 10 0
Bees Score Late, Topple Kites, 6-4
Fans of the Vesutan Bees who packed the stands for the home opener were rewarded with a Vesutan win over the visiting Kinboshi Kites, 6-4. Masatoshi Sakai started for the home team against Saimei Hayashida. Saimei Hayashida earned accolades for his performance. Vesutan reliever Kiyoshi Inouye picked up the win, raising his record to 1-0. Matoba Miwa was tagged with the loss.

Vesutan took the lead, 6-3, on Kichiro Okano's 1st home run of the season. The 3-run home run came off Kinboshi pitcher Matoba Miwa in the bottom of the eighth.

"It feels good to get this one," Okano told the Vesutan Gazette.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Goto SS 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 .500 0 1
F. Muramoto 3B 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000 0 0
F. Tokunaga 1B 4 0 2 1 1 0 2 .500 0 1
T. Kanazawa CF 4 0 2 0 1 0 4 .500 0 0
M. Kawasaki LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 0 0
K. Kurosawa C 5 1 2 0 0 0 4 .400 0 0
K. Kikuchi RF 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 .250 1 2
Y. Hirata 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
   a-M. Oyama PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   M. Miwa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
S. Hayashida P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   b-H. Kitamura 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4 4 3 21      
a - M. Oyama pinch hit for Y. Hirata in the 8th
b - H. Kitamura substituted for S. Hayashida in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: K. Kikuchi (1, 2nd Inning off M. Sakai, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: A. Goto 2 , F. Tokunaga 2 , T. Kanazawa 2 , K. Kurosawa 2 , K. Kikuchi 4 , Y. Hirata , H. Kitamura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Tokunaga , M. Kawasaki , K. Kurosawa , K. Kikuchi
GIDP: M. Kawasaki
Sac Bunt: S. Hayashida
Team LOB: 11

FIELDING
Errors: M. Kawasaki (1) , K. Kikuchi (1) , Y. Hirata (1)
OF assists: 1 (Kawasaki(Ito at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Miyakawa 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 0 0
   a-K. Kawano PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
   c-R. Mikami C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
S. Iwai 1B 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 1
H. Ikegami RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 0 0
K. Omori LF 5 1 0 0 0 0 7 .000 0 0
A. Nakamura C 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0
   K. Inouye P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
T. Ito 2B 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .250 0 1
I. Kawase CF 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .750 0 0
Y. Ueda SS 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0
   d-I. Hirano PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
   e-S. Ibe SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
M. Sakai P 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 0
   T. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-K. Okano 3B 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1 3
Totals 36 6 10 5 3 4 22      
a - K. Kawano pinch hit for T. Miyakawa in the 7th
b - K. Okano substituted for T. Yamamoto in the 8th
c - R. Mikami substituted for K. Kawano in the 8th
d - I. Hirano pinch hit for Y. Ueda in the 8th
e - S. Ibe substituted for I. Hirano in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: I. Kawase (1, 2nd Inning off S. Hayashida, 0 on, 2 outs) , S. Iwai 2 (2, 5th Inning off S. Hayashida, 1 on, 2 outs; 8th Inning off M. Miwa, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: K. Okano (1, 8th Inning off M. Miwa, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: K. Kawano , R. Mikami , S. Iwai 4 , T. Ito , I. Kawase 4 , I. Hirano , K. Okano 4
2-out RBI: S. Iwai
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Ikegami , K. Omori 2 , A. Nakamura , Y. Ueda , M. Sakai
Hit by Pitch: S. Iwai
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Kawano (1) , K. Omori (1)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Ito-Ueda-Iwai)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Hayashida 7.0 4 3 1 3 4 0 131 1.29   
M. Miwa L (0-1) 1.0 6 3 3 0 0 1 26 27.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Hayashida 62
Batters Faced: S. Hayashida 32, M. Miwa 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Hayashida 11-7, M. Miwa 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: S. Hayashida 131-81, M. Miwa 26-18
Hit Batsmen: S. Hayashida
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Sakai 6.2 7 3 3 3 2 1 121 4.05   
T. Yamamoto 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00   
K. Inouye W (1-0) 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 34 4.50   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Sakai 47
Batters Faced: M. Sakai 30, T. Yamamoto 2, K. Inouye 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Sakai 11-7, T. Yamamoto 0-1, K. Inouye 3-2
Pitches - Strikes: M. Sakai 121-72, T. Yamamoto 6-5, K. Inouye 34-22
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Yamamoto 1-0
WP: M. Sakai
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Saimei Hayashida
Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (59 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 12 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:06
Attendance: 22918
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