 | | 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?" | |
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| VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE | | OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
| | | 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) | | |
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| 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 | | | | 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 | | |
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| 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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