 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON OSAKA SAILORS AT KINBOSHI KITES 05/24/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | OSAKA SAILORS AT KINBOSHI KITES | | GAME ID: 6945 - SATURDAY, MAY 24TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Osaka Sailors (11-11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | | Kinboshi Kites (11-12) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 8 | 0 | | |  | |
| Osaka Decked by Tokunaga, Kites | The Kinboshi Kites powered past the Osaka Sailors, 8-1, at Konohana Stadium. Fusao Tokunaga provided some of the pop. He went 2-3 with 2 home runs and a walk. He drove in 5 runs and scored twice. The loss has the Sailors at 11-11.
With Kinboshi leading 5-1 in the bottom of the fourth, Tokunaga came up to bat against Osaka pitcher Takahiko Kurata. Tokunaga hit a fastball to left-center for a 3-run home run. His 4th home run of the season put the Kites on top, 8-1.
"I wish every win came this easy," said Tokunaga. | |
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| OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | |
| | | a - H. Kitamura pinch hit for H. Migita in the 8th
BATTING Home Runs: F. Muramoto 2 (7, 2nd Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 0 outs; 3rd Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 1 out) , F. Tokunaga 2 (4, 3rd Inning off T. Kurata, 1 on, 0 outs; 4th Inning off T. Kurata, 2 on, 2 outs) , A. Goto (4, 3rd Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: A. Goto 4 , M. Kawasaki 2 , F. Tokunaga 8 , F. Muramoto 8 , T. Kobayashi 2-out RBI: F. Tokunaga Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Migita Sac Bunt: H. Migita Team LOB: 5 | | |
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| OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Kurata L (0-3) | 3.2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 87 | 7.14 | | I. Fukumoto | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 0.00 | | K. Usui | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.69 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | H. Migita W (1-0) | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 109 | 1.12 | | S. Yamashita | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.50 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Fusao Tokunaga Ballpark: Konohana Stadium Weather: Cloudy (64 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 8 mph Start Time: 2:35 PM JST Time: 2:39 Attendance: 18309 |
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