BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT VESUTAN BEES
05/09/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 6910 - FRIDAY, MAY 9TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Osaka Sailors (5-4) 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 14 2
Vesutan Bees (5-4) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 7 10 0
Bees Rally to Eke Out Win
The Vesutan Bees used the hitting of shortstop Saneo Ibe to subdue the Osaka Sailors, 7-6, in 10 innings. For the game, Ibe went 2-4 with a home run. He scored 2 runs and drove in 2. Toshimichi Yamamoto earned the win after being brought in from the bullpen. The right-hander allowed no runs on 1 hit in 2 innings. His record is now 1-0. Osaka now is 5-4.

The decisive blow was delivered by Ikku Kawase in the bottom of the tenth when he hit a run-scoring double off 14-year veteran Kuniaki Usui to win the game for Vesutan. The home crowd went nuts.

"To not win that game stings a little bit," said Osaka manager Bill Sherrill.
OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Kamai SS 5 2 3 1 0 0 3 .235 1 4
M. Yamamoto CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .290 3 5
T. Takahashi 1B, 2B 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .265 0 4
S. Sato RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .290 0 3
S. Hino LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .100 0 2
   a-N. Yamada PH, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 2
H. Orido C 5 2 2 1 0 1 1 .214 1 1
C. Okada 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .500 0 0
   b-Z. Abe PH, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
R. Tamura 3B 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .308 0 1
T. Kurata P 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0
   H. Ogawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   K. Usui P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 39 6 14 5 2 4 13      
a - N. Yamada pinch hit for S. Hino in the 10th
b - Z. Abe pinch hit for C. Okada in the 10th

BATTING
Home Runs: H. Orido (1, 2nd Inning off T. Oda, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: A. Kamai 3 , M. Yamamoto 2 , T. Takahashi 2 , S. Sato , S. Hino , H. Orido 5 , C. Okada 2 , R. Tamura
2-out RBI: A. Kamai , R. Tamura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Kamai , S. Sato , S. Hino
GIDP: C. Okada
Sac Bunt: M. Yamamoto , T. Kurata
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
CS: M. Yamamoto (1)

FIELDING
Errors: A. Kamai (2) , S. Sato (1)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Omori LF 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 .114 0 1
T. Miyakawa 1B 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .152 1 2
   c-K. Kawano PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
   d-K. Taira 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
H. Ikegami RF 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .222 0 0
A. Nakamura C 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 .241 2 6
   e-I. Hirano PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0
T. Ito 2B 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 .250 3 7
K. Okano 3B 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 .286 1 3
I. Kawase CF 5 0 2 3 0 1 1 .286 0 4
S. Ibe SS 4 2 2 2 0 1 2 .400 1 2
T. Oda P 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0
   T. Ohira P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-Y. Ueda PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .087 0 1
   K. Inouye P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-S. Iwai PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .440 2 3
   T. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 40 7 10 6 2 8 16      
a - Y. Ueda pinch hit for T. Ohira in the 7th
b - S. Iwai pinch hit for K. Inouye in the 8th
c - K. Kawano pinch hit for T. Miyakawa in the 9th
d - K. Taira substituted for K. Kawano in the 10th
e - I. Hirano pinch hit for A. Nakamura in the 10th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Ikegami (2, 8th Inning off H. Ogawa, 0 on, 0 outs) , I. Kawase (3, 10th Inning off K. Usui, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: S. Ibe (1, 5th Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 2 outs) , T. Miyakawa (1, 8th Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Miyakawa 5 , H. Ikegami 3 , K. Okano , I. Kawase 3 , S. Ibe 5 , Y. Ueda
2-out RBI: I. Kawase , S. Ibe 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Omori , A. Nakamura , T. Ito , S. Iwai
Hit by Pitch: T. Miyakawa
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Ibe-Ito-Miyakawa)
OF assists: 1 (Kawase(Sato at 2nd base))
OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Kurata 7.0 7 4 3 0 6 2 107 4.26   
H. Ogawa H (1) 0.1 1 2 1 0 1 0 21 3.00   
K. Usui L (0-1), BS (1) 2.1 2 1 1 2 1 0 46 3.86   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Kurata 55
Batters Faced: T. Kurata 29, H. Ogawa 3, K. Usui 11
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Kurata 6-9, H. Ogawa 0-0, K. Usui 4-2
Pitches - Strikes: T. Kurata 107-76, H. Ogawa 21-12, K. Usui 46-27
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Usui 2-2
WP: T. Kurata
Hit Batsmen: T. Kurata
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Oda 5.1 12 6 6 2 1 1 86 4.85   
T. Ohira 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 3.18   
K. Inouye 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1.80   
T. Yamamoto W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 19 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Oda 19
Batters Faced: T. Oda 29, T. Ohira 5, K. Inouye 3, T. Yamamoto 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Oda 7-7, T. Ohira 2-1, K. Inouye 3-0, T. Yamamoto 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: T. Oda 86-58, T. Ohira 21-14, K. Inouye 14-7, T. Yamamoto 19-13
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Ohira 2-1
WP: T. Ohira
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Saneo Ibe
Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (68 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:16
Attendance: 13978
Special Notes: CF Ikku Kawase was injured while running the bases.
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