BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT KOBE BULLS
05/16/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 6922 - FRIDAY, MAY 16TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (6-9) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0
Kobe Bulls (6-9) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X 4 11 0
Kites Tagged with 4-1 Loss
Tatsuharu Oto never let Kinboshi get something going. The Kobe right-hander commanded his changeup in pitching the Bulls to a 4-1 win. In 8 innings, Oto surrendered 5 hits, while striking out 2 and walking 1. He allowed 1 run. Shinya Kawakami collected save number 2.

Had Matabei Oyama delivered a key base hit in the top of the eighth, the outcome might have been different. Instead, with two down and a runner on 2nd, Oyama grounded out. The score remained 2-1, Kobe, and the Bulls were out of the jam.

The loss makes the Kites 6-9.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Goto SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 3 9
F. Muramoto 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .245 4 8
F. Tokunaga 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .314 2 6
T. Kanazawa CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .315 0 2
M. Kawasaki LF 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .200 3 7
K. Kurosawa C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .283 2 7
K. Kikuchi RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .245 1 6
Y. Hirata 2B 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .286 1 7
S. Hayashida P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-M. Oyama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 0 1
   T. Tsuda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1 1 3 7      
a - M. Oyama pinch hit for S. Hayashida in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: F. Tokunaga (2, 7th Inning off T. Oto, 0 on, 2 outs) , Y. Hirata (3, 8th Inning off T. Oto, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: A. Goto , F. Tokunaga 2 , T. Kanazawa , M. Kawasaki , K. Kikuchi , Y. Hirata 2
2-out RBI: Y. Hirata
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Kanazawa , M. Oyama
GIDP: K. Kurosawa 2
Hit by Pitch: F. Muramoto
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
CS: F. Muramoto (2) , T. Kanazawa (4)

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Goto(Amano at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 4 2 1 0 1 0 3 .340 2 4
T. Amano RF 5 0 2 1 0 1 3 .282 2 5
T. Oto P 5 1 3 1 0 0 3 .312 2 6
   S. Kawakami P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
J. Hayashida CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .192 5 10
T. Kurokawa LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .184 0 2
K. Kira C 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .298 1 5
R. Funakoshi 1B 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 .100 0 2
T. Ide SS 3 1 1 1 1 0 5 .133 2 6
M. Osaki 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .163 0 3
Totals 33 4 11 4 4 2 22      
BATTING
Doubles: T. Amano (2, 8th Inning off T. Tsuda, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: T. Oto (2, 3rd Inning off S. Hayashida, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Ide (2, 8th Inning off T. Tsuda, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Smith , T. Amano 3 , T. Oto 6 , J. Hayashida , T. Kurokawa , K. Kira 2 , T. Ide 4
2-out RBI: T. Amano
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Amano , T. Oto , K. Kira , T. Ide 2
Sac Bunt: M. Osaki
Hit by Pitch: R. Funakoshi
Team LOB: 11

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Smith (6)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Kira-Ide-Funakoshi, Osaki-Smith-Funakoshi)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Hayashida L (0-3) 7.0 8 2 2 3 2 1 134 2.90   
T. Tsuda 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 1 26 6.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Hayashida 52
Batters Faced: S. Hayashida 33, T. Tsuda 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Hayashida 13-6, T. Tsuda 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: S. Hayashida 134-85, T. Tsuda 26-13
WP: S. Hayashida
Hit Batsmen: S. Hayashida
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Oto W (2-2) 8.0 5 1 1 1 2 0 102 5.53   
S. Kawakami SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Oto 69
Batters Faced: T. Oto 27, S. Kawakami 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Oto 13-5, S. Kawakami 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: T. Oto 102-61, S. Kawakami 16-11
Hit Batsmen: T. Oto
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tatsuharu Oto
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (60 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 2:43
Attendance: 25677
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