BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
05/23/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 6941 - THURSDAY, MAY 23RD , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (13-9) 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 3 10 11 0
Fukuoka Falcons (14-8) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 8 1
Wada Excels in 10-3 Nagasaki Win
Nagasaki took on Fukuoka in front of a lively crowd.

The Nagasaki Stars beat the Fukuoka Falcons, 10-3, at Fukuoka Stadium. The Stars got a fine performance from catcher Botan Wada, who was 3 for 4 with a home run, a double, and a walk, while scoring 3 times and driving in 3. Yugoro Koyama picked up the win, lifting his record to 4-0 on the season. He struck out 7 and walked 0 in 8 innings, while yielding 2 runs.

In the top of the third, Wada had a 3-run home run for Nagasaki. It was his 1st home run of the season and put the Stars on top, 3-0.

"It's always fun to score a lot of runs," said Wada.

The loss drops Fukuoka to 14-8.
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Hale 1B 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 .188 0 2
S. Sakata 2B 4 2 3 1 2 1 1 .232 1 4
I. Matsuda LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 .255 1 6
   a-G. Wada PH, LF 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 .444 0 5
R. Kodama CF 6 0 1 1 0 0 3 .171 0 5
M. Ichikawa SS 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 .287 0 8
   b-Y. Sakai PH, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
T. Ueda RF 3 1 0 0 1 2 6 .198 2 5
   c-A. Kawaguchi PH, RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
S. Inoue 3B, SS 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .312 6 15
B. Wada C 4 3 3 3 1 1 0 .296 1 4
Y. Koyama P 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 .111 0 0
   d-K. Bai PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .417 0 3
   D. Champ P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 39 10 11 10 10 10 24      
a - G. Wada pinch hit for I. Matsuda in the 7th
b - Y. Sakai pinch hit for M. Ichikawa in the 8th
c - A. Kawaguchi pinch hit for T. Ueda in the 8th
d - K. Bai pinch hit for Y. Koyama in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Wada (2, 5th Inning off I. Yamamoto, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Hale (1, 7th Inning off S. Ishii, 2 on, 2 outs) , G. Wada (1, 9th Inning off T. Ishibashi, 3 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: B. Wada (1, 3rd Inning off I. Yamamoto, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: J. Hale 3 , S. Sakata 3 , I. Matsuda , G. Wada 2 , R. Kodama , B. Wada 7
2-out RBI: J. Hale , S. Sakata , G. Wada , B. Wada
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Sakata , I. Matsuda , G. Wada , R. Kodama , T. Ueda , S. Inoue
Team LOB: 12

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Sakata-Ichikawa-Hale)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
W. Adams CF 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 .263 0 2
I. Nakamura SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .337 2 8
T. Akamine RF 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .303 6 23
A. Sugiura LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .295 2 15
Y. Kawasaki 1B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .364 9 16
   a-J. Ishikawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 0 0
   d-T. Nakanishi 1B 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 1 1
S. Hanzawa 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 2 10
   b-T. Yamamoto PH, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .100 0 0
T. Shibuya 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .266 6 9
   c-K. Kikuchi PH, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 0 0
K. Suzuki C 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .370 2 6
I. Yamamoto P 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0
   S. Ishii P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   e-H. Takahashi PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 3 11
   T. Ishibashi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3 0 8 9      
a - J. Ishikawa pinch hit for Y. Kawasaki in the 7th
b - T. Yamamoto pinch hit for S. Hanzawa in the 7th
c - K. Kikuchi pinch hit for T. Shibuya in the 7th
d - T. Nakanishi substituted for J. Ishikawa in the 8th
e - H. Takahashi pinch hit for S. Ishii in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: I. Nakamura (5, 1st Inning off Y. Koyama, 0 on, 1 out) , W. Adams (2, 8th Inning off Y. Koyama, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: T. Akamine (6, 8th Inning off Y. Koyama, 1 on, 2 outs) , T. Nakanishi (1, 9th Inning off D. Champ, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: W. Adams 2 , I. Nakamura 3 , T. Akamine 5 , Y. Kawasaki , T. Nakanishi 4 , T. Shibuya
2-out RBI: T. Akamine
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , A. Sugiura 2
GIDP: K. Suzuki
Sac Bunt: S. Hanzawa
Hit by Pitch: T. Yamamoto
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Akamine (10)

FIELDING
Errors: I. Nakamura (2)
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Koyama W (4-0) 8.0 7 2 2 0 7 1 112 1.93   
D. Champ 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16 3.12   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Koyama 67
Batters Faced: Y. Koyama 31, D. Champ 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Koyama 10-6, D. Champ 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Koyama 112-67, D. Champ 16-10
Hit Batsmen: Y. Koyama
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
I. Yamamoto L (0-4) 6.0 6 4 4 7 7 1 145 7.28   
S. Ishii 2.0 3 3 3 1 2 0 43 6.00   
T. Ishibashi 1.0 2 3 3 2 1 0 30 9.24   
PITCHING
Game Score: I. Yamamoto 44
Batters Faced: I. Yamamoto 32, S. Ishii 10, T. Ishibashi 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: I. Yamamoto 5-6, S. Ishii 4-0, T. Ishibashi 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: I. Yamamoto 145-85, S. Ishii 43-26, T. Ishibashi 30-17
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Botan Wada
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (63 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 7 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:08
Attendance: 16997
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