BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KOBE BULLS AT VESUTAN BEES
05/06/1974
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KOBE BULLS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 6896 - MONDAY, MAY 6TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kobe Bulls (4-2) 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 7 11 0
Vesutan Bees (2-4) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 4 0
Bulls Curb Bees, 7-4
Kobe and Vesutan took Mother Nature's best shot and still managed to complete their ballgame.

The Kobe Bulls topped the Vesutan Bees, 7-4. Tatsuharu Oto, who finished 5th in the WL in ERA with 2.77 in 1965, engineered a dominant performance. The win has Kobe at 4-2.

Kobe took the lead, 7-4, on Takaki Smith's 1st home run of the season. The 2-run home run came off Vesutan pitcher Tadaatsu Sunada in the top of the ninth.

"We did a lot of good things tonight," said Kobe manager Shojiro Tasaka.
KOBE BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 4 2 1 2 1 0 1 .227 1 3
T. Kurokawa LF 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 .286 1 2
T. Oto P 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 .250 0 2
J. Hayashida CF 4 1 3 3 1 0 1 .364 2 8
K. Kira C 5 0 1 1 0 1 3 .200 0 3
O. Abbott RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .300 2 3
R. Funakoshi 1B 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .375 0 0
T. Ide SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .238 0 2
M. Osaki 3B 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 .105 0 1
Totals 36 7 11 7 6 3 14      
BATTING
Doubles: J. Hayashida 2 (3, 2nd Inning off M. Sakai, 0 on, 0 outs; 5th Inning off M. Sakai, 3 on, 1 out)
Triples: T. Kurokawa (1, 3rd Inning off M. Sakai, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: T. Smith (1, 9th Inning off T. Sunada, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Smith 4 , T. Kurokawa 3 , T. Oto , J. Hayashida 5 , K. Kira , R. Funakoshi 3 , M. Osaki
2-out RBI: T. Kurokawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Oto , O. Abbott , T. Ide
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Smith (4) , M. Osaki (1)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Miyakawa 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .269 0 1
I. Kawase CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .333 2 4
H. Ikegami 1B 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 .333 1 4
K. Omori RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .192 3 6
K. Okano 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 0 0
A. Nakamura C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .294 0 1
Y. Isobe LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .133 1 1
S. Fujiwara SS 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 .222 1 1
M. Sakai P 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .167 0 0
   T. Sunada P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 31 4 4 4 1 8 4      
BATTING
Doubles: T. Miyakawa (2, 6th Inning off T. Oto, 2 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Miyakawa 2 , I. Kawase , H. Ikegami , S. Fujiwara
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Nakamura
Hit by Pitch: A. Nakamura
Team LOB: 2

BASERUNNING
SB: I. Kawase (1)

FIELDING
OF assists: 2 (Kawase(Kira at 2nd base), Isobe(Hayashida at 3rd base))
KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Oto W (2-0) 9.0 4 4 4 1 8 0 131 2.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Oto 70
Batters Faced: T. Oto 33
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Oto 9-10
Pitches - Strikes: T. Oto 131-84
Hit Batsmen: T. Oto
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Sakai L (1-1) 8.0 10 5 5 3 2 0 131 4.50   
T. Sunada 1.0 1 2 2 3 1 1 30 4.91   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Sakai 41
Batters Faced: M. Sakai 35, T. Sunada 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Sakai 8-12, T. Sunada 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Sakai 131-74, T. Sunada 30-19
Balk: T. Sunada
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tatsuharu Oto
Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (62 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 3:38
Attendance: 14089
Special Notes: Rain delay of 44 minutes in the 4th inning.
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