BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT VESUTAN BEES
05/08/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 6909 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 8TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (4-4) 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 10 11 2
Vesutan Bees (2-6) 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 7 12 0
Bees Absorb 10-7 Home Loss
The umbrellas came out during the Kinboshi-Vesutan contest at Vesutan Stadium.

The Kinboshi Kites bumped off the Vesutan Bees, 10-7, at Vesutan Stadium. Hideyuki Kitamura hit 2 singles and 1 double. He also had 1 run batted in. Kinboshi pitcher Tenshou Hirata got the win. He's now 1-0. Tadaatsu Sunada was tagged with the loss.

Kitamura broke a deadlock in the top of the ninth inning, when he drew a walk, driving in 1 run, putting Kinboshi up, 7-6.

"No one player deserves all the credit when you win," Kitamura said. "And the same is true when you lose."

The win leaves Kinboshi with a record of 4-4.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kanazawa CF 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 .114 0 0
M. Kawasaki LF 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .375 2 7
F. Tokunaga 1B 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 .233 0 3
H. Kitamura 2B 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 .355 0 1
F. Muramoto 3B 2 1 1 1 3 0 1 .355 2 5
K. Kikuchi RF 4 0 1 2 1 0 4 .333 1 7
Y. Hirata SS 4 0 0 0 1 1 8 .179 1 2
T. Kobayashi C 3 2 1 1 1 0 3 .143 1 1
   T. Hirata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-M. Oyama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0
   T. Tsuda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
K. Tamura P 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 .200 0 3
   a-K. Kurosawa C 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .174 0 0
Totals 35 10 11 10 9 2 22      
a - K. Kurosawa substituted for K. Tamura in the 8th
b - M. Oyama pinch hit for T. Hirata in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Tamura (1, 4th Inning off N. Nagao, 3 on, 2 outs) , M. Kawasaki (2, 7th Inning off T. Sunada, 0 on, 2 outs) , H. Kitamura (3, 8th Inning off T. Sunada, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: T. Kanazawa (1, 1st Inning off N. Nagao, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: T. Kobayashi (1, 7th Inning off T. Sunada, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kanazawa 3 , M. Kawasaki 3 , H. Kitamura 4 , F. Muramoto , K. Kikuchi , T. Kobayashi 4 , K. Tamura 2 , K. Kurosawa
2-out RBI: K. Tamura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Tokunaga , T. Kobayashi , K. Kurosawa
Sac Fly: M. Kawasaki
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
CS: Y. Hirata (1)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Kanazawa (2) , Y. Hirata (2)
OF assists: 1 (Kikuchi(Fujiwara at 2nd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Miyakawa 3B 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .222 0 1
I. Kawase CF 4 2 0 0 0 1 3 .258 2 4
H. Ikegami 1B 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 .394 1 5
K. Omori RF 4 1 0 2 0 0 3 .143 3 8
K. Okano 2B 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 .294 0 1
   c-M. Tsuzuki C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 0 0
Y. Isobe LF 4 1 0 1 0 1 4 .087 1 3
S. Fujiwara SS 5 0 1 1 0 1 3 .250 1 2
M. Yamamoto C 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 0 0
   b-K. Kawano PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .375 0 1
   d-F. Okada 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0
N. Nagao P 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0
   a-M. Tamura PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .600 0 0
   T. Sunada P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   K. Inouye P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 7 1 4 21      
a - M. Tamura pinch hit for N. Nagao in the 6th
b - K. Kawano pinch hit for M. Yamamoto in the 8th
c - M. Tsuzuki substituted for K. Okano in the 9th
d - F. Okada substituted for K. Kawano in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Ikegami (1, 5th Inning off K. Tamura, 1 on, 1 out) , K. Okano (1, 8th Inning off T. Hirata, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: H. Ikegami (1, 9th Inning off T. Tsuda, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Miyakawa , H. Ikegami 7 , K. Okano 4 , M. Tsuzuki , S. Fujiwara , K. Kawano , M. Tamura
2-out RBI: K. Okano
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Miyakawa , I. Kawase , K. Okano , Y. Isobe , N. Nagao
Sac Bunt: Y. Isobe
Sac Fly: K. Omori
Hit by Pitch: I. Kawase
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Tamura (1)

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Omori(Tamura at 3rd base))
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Tamura 7.0 7 4 3 0 2 0 81 3.60   
T. Hirata W (1-0), BS (1) 1.0 3 2 2 1 1 0 28 6.43   
T. Tsuda 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 12 6.75   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Tamura 51
Batters Faced: K. Tamura 31, T. Hirata 7, T. Tsuda 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Tamura 11-8, T. Hirata 1-1, T. Tsuda 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: K. Tamura 81-56, T. Hirata 28-17, T. Tsuda 12-8
Hit Batsmen: K. Tamura
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Nagao 6.0 4 4 4 5 2 0 91 4.50   
T. Sunada L (0-1) 2.0 4 3 3 2 0 1 32 7.94   
K. Inouye BS (1) 1.0 3 3 3 2 0 0 21 4.70   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Nagao 45
Batters Faced: N. Nagao 25, T. Sunada 12, K. Inouye 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Nagao 6-8, T. Sunada 4-2, K. Inouye 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: N. Nagao 91-54, T. Sunada 32-17, K. Inouye 21-9
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Inouye 2-2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Hideyuki Kitamura
Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (59 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 10 mph
Start Time: 2:05 PM JST
Time: 3:52
Attendance: 11075
Special Notes: Rain delay of 55 minutes in the 6th inning.
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