 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KOBE BULLS AT KINBOSHI KITES 05/03/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | KOBE BULLS AT KINBOSHI KITES | | GAME ID: 6889 - FRIDAY, MAY 3RD , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kobe Bulls (2-0) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | | Kinboshi Kites (0-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | | |  | |
| Kites Stymied by Bulls, Komatsu | The Kinboshi Kites had their hands full with Kobe Bulls starter Arata Komatsu, who frustrated Kinboshi hitters while leading Kobe to a comfortable, 6-1 win. The defeat makes Kinboshi 0-2.
Komatsu was effective for Kobe, seldom allowing the Kites to square up a pitch. The right-hander tossed 100 pitches over 9 innings. He limited Kinboshi to just 1 run on 4 hits.
"That's what I get paid to do," said Komatsu. | |
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| KOBE BATTING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | |
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI | | T. Smith 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 | | T. Amano RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 | 0 | 0 | | T. Oto 1B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .375 | 0 | 2 | | J. Hayashida CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .286 | 1 | 3 | | K. Kira C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .143 | 0 | 1 | | O. Abbott LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 2 | | T. Ide SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .143 | 0 | 0 | | M. Osaki 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 1 | | A. Komatsu P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | Totals | 34 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | | | | BATTING Home Runs: J. Hayashida (1, 9th Inning off T. Hirata, 1 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: T. Amano 3 , T. Oto 3 , J. Hayashida 5 , O. Abbott , T. Ide , M. Osaki 2-out RBI: T. Oto , J. Hayashida Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Smith , K. Kira , A. Komatsu GIDP: O. Abbott , M. Osaki Sac Fly: K. Kira , M. Osaki Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: T. Smith 2 (2) , T. Amano (1)
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Osaki-Smith-Oto) | | | a - M. Oyama pinch hit for K. Tamura in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: H. Kitamura (1, 7th Inning off A. Komatsu, 0 on, 2 outs) Home Runs: K. Kikuchi (1, 8th Inning off A. Komatsu, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: F. Muramoto , H. Kitamura 2 , K. Kikuchi 5 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Kurosawa GIDP: F. Tokunaga Team LOB: 3
FIELDING Double Plays: 2 (Muramoto-Kitamura-Tokunaga, Hirata-Kitamura-Tokunaga) | | |
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| KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | A. Komatsu W (1-0) | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 100 | 1.00 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Tamura L (0-1) | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 132 | 3.38 | | T. Hirata | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 27.00 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Arata Komatsu Ballpark: Konohana Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (60 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 7 mph Start Time: 12:35 PM JST Time: 2:38 Attendance: 20398 |
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