 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KOBE BULLS AT NAGASAKI STARS 05/24/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | KOBE BULLS AT NAGASAKI STARS | | GAME ID: 6942 - SATURDAY, MAY 24TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kobe Bulls (11-12) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 1 | | Nagasaki Stars (14-8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | | |  | |
| Kurokawa Excels, Kobe Blows Out Nagasaki | The skies opened up and the rain fell at Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium.
The Kobe Bulls put together a convincing win at Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium, defeating the Nagasaki Stars, 16-3. Tango Kurokawa was one of the hitting stars. He was 2 for 5 with a home run and a walk. He scored 3 times and drove in 5 for Kobe. The winning pitcher was four-time All-Star Roku Yamakawa. He tossed 117 pitches over 9 innings, allowing 3 runs on 7 hits.
With Kobe leading 3-1 in the top of the fourth, Kurokawa hit a run-scoring single off Nagasaki hurler Shinsaku Shiraishi. It was the 20th hit of the season for Kurokawa and put his team ahead, 4-1.
"The credit goes to our offense," said Kobe manager Ikuhiko Murata.
With the loss, Nagasaki falls to 14-8. | |
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| KOBE BATTING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | |
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI | | T. Smith 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .321 | 2 | 5 | | T. Kurokawa LF | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .267 | 1 | 13 | | T. Oto 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .295 | 3 | 12 | | J. Hayashida CF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .277 | 9 | 22 | | T. Amano RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .241 | 4 | 10 | | T. Ide SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .194 | 2 | 7 | | K. Ono C | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | 0 | 1 | | M. Osaki 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .191 | 1 | 5 | | R. Yamakawa P | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 2 | 4 | | Totals | 42 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 13 | | | | BATTING Doubles: J. Hayashida (1, 1st Inning off S. Shiraishi, 1 on, 2 outs) , R. Yamakawa (1, 2nd Inning off S. Shiraishi, 1 on, 2 outs) Home Runs: T. Kurokawa (1, 5th Inning off S. Ishiguro, 3 on, 1 out) , T. Amano (4, 8th Inning off N. Teshima, 2 on, 1 out) Total Bases: T. Smith 2 , T. Kurokawa 5 , T. Oto , J. Hayashida 4 , T. Amano 4 , K. Ono 3 , M. Osaki 2 , R. Yamakawa 4 2-out RBI: T. Kurokawa , T. Oto , J. Hayashida 3 , R. Yamakawa 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Smith , T. Amano 2 GIDP: T. Ide Hit by Pitch: T. Oto Team LOB: 6
FIELDING Errors: M. Osaki (4) Double Plays: 1 (Yamakawa-Ide-Oto) | | | BATTING Doubles: M. Ichikawa (1, 6th Inning off R. Yamakawa, 1 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: B. Nishi , S. Sakata , M. Ichikawa 3 , T. Fujimoto , S. Inoue , B. Wada 2-out RBI: M. Ichikawa , S. Inoue Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Fujimoto , S. Inoue , T. Ueda GIDP: S. Inoue Sac Bunt: S. Sakata Team LOB: 4
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Ichikawa-Sakata-Nishi) OF assists: 1 (Toyota(Smith at home)) PB: B. Wada | | |
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| KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | R. Yamakawa W (4-1) | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 1.64 | | | PITCHING Game Score: S. Shiraishi 16 Batters Faced: S. Shiraishi 22, S. Ishiguro 7, N. Teshima 16, H. Murata 4 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Shiraishi 1-7, S. Ishiguro 1-0, N. Teshima 3-4, H. Murata 0-1 Pitches - Strikes: S. Shiraishi 87-49, S. Ishiguro 34-19, N. Teshima 63-40, H. Murata 24-14 Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Ishiguro 2-0 , H. Murata 1-1 Hit Batsmen: S. Shiraishi Balk: N. Teshima | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Tango Kurokawa Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium Weather: Cloudy (58 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 5 mph Start Time: 4:05 PM JST Time: 4:02 Attendance: 18087 Special Notes: Rain delay of 50 minutes in the 5th inning. |
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