 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KOBE BULLS AT VESUTAN BEES 05/05/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | KOBE BULLS AT VESUTAN BEES | | GAME ID: 6895 - SUNDAY, MAY 5TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kobe Bulls (3-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | | Vesutan Bees (2-3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | | |  | |
| Kobe Defeats Vesutan, 4-2 | The Kobe Bulls got a stellar performance from pitcher Kakuya Izumi, who handcuffed the Vesutan offense en route to a win, 4-2, at Vesutan Stadium. Kobe has a mark of 3-2 after the win.
Kobe used the timely hitting of Takanori Ide to seize the win. The shortstop stroked a run-scoring single in the top of the eighth inning to put the Bulls on top, 4-2. It was his only hit in 2 at-bats, but it was a game-changer.
"If the personal accolades come, so be it," said Ide. "I just want to win ballgames." | |
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| KOBE BATTING LINESCORE | | VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE | |
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI | | T. Smith 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | 0 | 1 | | T. Amano RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .273 | 0 | 1 | | T. Oto 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .238 | 0 | 2 | | J. Hayashida CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .278 | 2 | 5 | | K. Kira C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 | 2 | | O. Abbott LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .400 | 2 | 3 | | T. Ide SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .294 | 0 | 2 | | M. Osaki 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .062 | 0 | 1 | | K. Izumi P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | | Totals | 32 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | | | | BATTING Doubles: J. Hayashida (1, 6th Inning off T. Oda, 1 on, 0 outs) , K. Kira (1, 8th Inning off T. Oda, 1 on, 1 out) Home Runs: O. Abbott (2, 5th Inning off T. Oda, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: T. Oto , J. Hayashida 2 , K. Kira 3 , O. Abbott 4 , T. Ide Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , T. Amano 2 , K. Izumi Sac Fly: T. Ide Team LOB: 9
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Smith-Ide-Oto) | | | | |
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| KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE | | VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Izumi W (1-0) | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 120 | 2.00 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Oda L (0-1) | 7.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 127 | 4.91 | | T. Sunada | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0.00 | | T. Ohira | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4.50 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Kakuya Izumi Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (65 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 10 mph Start Time: 7:35 PM JST Time: 2:50 Attendance: 25893 |
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