 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KOBE BULLS AT KINBOSHI KITES 05/03/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | KOBE BULLS AT KINBOSHI KITES | | GAME ID: 6890 - FRIDAY, MAY 3RD , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kobe Bulls (2-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | | Kinboshi Kites (1-2) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 0 | | |  | |
| Kites Beat Visiting Bulls, 6-2 | The Kinboshi Kites stymied the Kobe Bulls, 6-2, at Konohana Stadium. Munemitsu Kawasaki had a good day at the plate. He was 3 for 4 with 3 singles, while adding 3 RBI and scoring once for Kinboshi. The defeat makes Kobe 2-1.
Yamahiko Hirata, who is a eight-time All-Star, took Kobe hurler Yoshimatsu Yamamura deep in the bottom of the second. His 2-run home run put the Kites on top, 2-0. In all, Hirata had 1 single in addition to the home run, while going 2 for 4.
Kinboshi manager Frank Moore praised his team's "businesslike approach." | |
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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 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | 0 | 1 | | T. Amano RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .308 | 0 | 1 | | T. Oto 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .308 | 0 | 2 | | J. Hayashida CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .300 | 1 | 3 | | O. Abbott LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .417 | 1 | 2 | | T. Ide SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | 0 | 0 | | K. Ono C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 | | M. Osaki 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | 0 | 1 | | Y. Yamamura P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | S. Soga P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | a-T. Ryu PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | | Totals | 34 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 18 | | | | a - T. Ryu pinch hit for S. Soga in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: T. Oto (1, 3rd Inning off W. Ono, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: T. Smith 2 , T. Amano , T. Oto 2 , J. Hayashida , O. Abbott , T. Ide 2 , K. Ono , T. Ryu 2-out RBI: T. Smith , T. Amano Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Oto , O. Abbott , Y. Yamamura Hit by Pitch: M. Osaki 2 Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: T. Smith (3) CS: T. Ide (1)
FIELDING Triple Plays: 1 (Smith-Ide-Oto) | | | a - A. Goto pinch hit for W. Ono in the 6th b - Z. Yoemon pinch hit for T. Hirata in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: F. Tokunaga (1, 1st Inning off Y. Yamamura, 0 on, 2 outs) Home Runs: Y. Hirata (1, 2nd Inning off Y. Yamamura, 1 on, 1 out) , F. Muramoto (1, 3rd Inning off Y. Yamamura, 0 on, 1 out) Total Bases: F. Muramoto 4 , F. Tokunaga 3 , H. Kitamura , M. Kawasaki 3 , Y. Hirata 5 2-out RBI: M. Kawasaki Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Muramoto , H. Kitamura , Y. Hirata , T. Kobayashi Sac Bunt: K. Kikuchi , W. Ono Hit by Pitch: F. Tokunaga Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: H. Kitamura (1)
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Kanazawa-Muramoto) OF assists: 2 (Kikuchi(Smith at 3rd base), Kanazawa(Smith at 3rd base)) | | |
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| KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | Y. Yamamura L (0-1) | 7.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 122 | 7.71 | | S. Soga | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.00 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | W. Ono W (1-0) | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 3.00 | | T. Hirata H (1) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9.00 | | T. Tsuda | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.00 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Munemitsu Kawasaki Ballpark: Konohana Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (58 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 7 mph Start Time: 4:05 PM JST Time: 2:59 Attendance: 19090 Special Notes: SP Yoshimatsu Yamamura was injured while throwing the ball. |
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