BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS
05/27/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS
GAME ID: 6957 - TUESDAY, MAY 27TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vesutan Bees (12-14) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 5 1
Osaka Sailors (13-12) 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 X 7 6 0
7-3 Win Gets Osaka to 13-12
The Osaka Sailors topped the Vesutan Bees, 7-3, at Kotei Stadium. Osaka first baseman Tomohito Takahashi was a spark plug for the offense. He was 1 for 2 with a home run and 3 walks. He scored 3 times and drove in 2. Kinnosuke Shimabukuro got the win, improving to 2-3. He held the Bees to 3 runs on 5 hits over 8 innings, while striking out 6 and walking 4. The loss lowers the Vesutan record to 12-14.

Kojiro Urushihara chipped in a 3-run home run for Osaka in the bottom of the third. For the game, the catcher had 2 hits in 5 at-bats with 1 home run, 1 single, 1 run scored, and 3 runs batted in.

"We took home the win," said Takahashi. "What's not to like?"
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Kawano CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .192 1 2
K. Okano 3B 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .333 2 7
   T. Ohira P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
K. Omori LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .177 2 8
S. Iwai 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .286 5 9
H. Ikegami RF 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 .230 0 7
T. Ito 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .224 3 9
A. Nakamura C 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 .211 3 12
Y. Ueda SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .194 1 2
N. Nagao P 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .231 0 0
   A. Ba P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-T. Miyakawa PH, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 4 12
Totals 29 3 5 3 4 7 9      
a - T. Miyakawa pinch hit for A. Ba in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Okano (2, 8th Inning off K. Shimabukuro, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Okano 3 , K. Omori 2 , T. Ito
2-out RBI: K. Omori
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Iwai
GIDP: Y. Ueda
Sac Fly: A. Nakamura
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: H. Ikegami (5)
CS: K. Okano (1)

FIELDING
Errors: K. Okano (1)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Kamai SS 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 .217 1 4
J. Koda 2B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .183 3 4
T. Takahashi 1B 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 .341 3 19
K. Urushihara C 5 1 2 3 0 0 2 .213 3 9
S. Hino LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .172 2 6
M. Yamamoto CF 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 .244 3 7
S. Abe RF 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 .235 0 2
R. Tamura 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 .224 0 4
K. Shimabukuro P 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 0 0
   a-S. Sato PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 2 9
   H. Ogawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 30 7 6 7 9 4 18      
a - S. Sato pinch hit for K. Shimabukuro in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: T. Takahashi (3, 1st Inning off N. Nagao, 1 on, 1 out) , K. Urushihara (3, 3rd Inning off N. Nagao, 2 on, 2 outs) , J. Koda (3, 8th Inning off T. Ohira, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: A. Kamai , J. Koda 5 , T. Takahashi 4 , K. Urushihara 5
2-out RBI: J. Koda , K. Urushihara , S. Abe
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , A. Kamai 2 , R. Tamura
Sac Bunt: J. Koda
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: M. Yamamoto (8)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Tamura-Koda-Takahashi)
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Nagao L (3-3) 4.2 5 5 5 2 4 2 70 4.43   
A. Ba 2.1 0 1 1 6 0 0 48 6.75   
T. Ohira 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 21 1.69   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Nagao 36
Batters Faced: N. Nagao 22, A. Ba 13, T. Ohira 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Nagao 3-7, A. Ba 2-5, T. Ohira 0-3
Pitches - Strikes: N. Nagao 70-46, A. Ba 48-18, T. Ohira 21-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: A. Ba 1-0
WP: N. Nagao , A. Ba
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Shimabukuro W (2-3) 8.0 5 3 3 4 6 0 102 4.35   
H. Ogawa 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.07   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Shimabukuro 62
Batters Faced: K. Shimabukuro 31, H. Ogawa 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Shimabukuro 9-7, H. Ogawa 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: K. Shimabukuro 102-64, H. Ogawa 9-8
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tomohito Takahashi
Ballpark: Kotei Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (63 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 9 mph
Start Time: 1:35 PM JST
Time: 2:40
Attendance: 10065
Special Notes: SP Niou Nagao was injured while pitching. 3B Kichiro Okano was injured while running the bases.
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