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.
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)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .203 2 5
S. Sakata 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .228 6 11
M. Ichikawa SS 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 .244 3 12
T. Fujimoto CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .190 5 13
S. Inoue 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .250 3 11
T. Ueda RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .258 4 10
B. Wada C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .111 1 1
Y. Toyota LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .258 2 10
S. Shiraishi P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   S. Ishiguro P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   N. Teshima P 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 0 0
   H. Murata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3 0 4 9      
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
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: R. Yamakawa 67
Batters Faced: R. Yamakawa 34
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Yamakawa 14-8
Pitches - Strikes: R. Yamakawa 117-76
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Shiraishi L (2-2) 3.2 8 7 7 2 3 0 87 6.07   
S. Ishiguro 0.2 4 5 5 1 1 1 34 67.50   
N. Teshima 3.2 3 4 4 3 3 1 63 7.94   
H. Murata 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 24 0.00   
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
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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