BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT OSAKA SAILORS
05/31/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT OSAKA SAILORS
GAME ID: 6960 - SATURDAY, MAY 31ST , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (17-11) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 0
Osaka Sailors (13-15) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 10 1
Stars Earn Late Win
Baseball fans saw a good contest between the Nagasaki Stars and Osaka Sailors.

Osaka got a terrific performance from pitcher Marty Carroll, but it wasn't enough to beat the Nagasaki Stars. Nagasaki won the Kotei Stadium contest, 3-2. Carroll threw 7.0 innings of 5-hit ball for the losing team. Norikazu Hamasaki was the winner in relief. His record is now 2-1. The losing pitcher was Haruki Ogawa. Picking up his 1st save was 23-year old left-handed pitcher Hyuuga Murata.

Nagasaki needed the clutch hitting of Taysuke Fujimoto to seal the deal. The center fielder swatted a solo home run in the top of the eighth inning to put the Stars on top, 3-2. For the game, Fujimoto had 1 home run and 1 single in 4 at-bats.

"We made a couple of mistakes," said Osaka skipper Bill Sherrill, "and it cost us."

The loss drops Osaka to 13-15.
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Fujimoto CF 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 .178 7 19
S. Sakata 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .236 6 12
M. Ichikawa SS 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .286 5 18
B. Nishi 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .242 3 10
S. Inoue 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .234 3 12
T. Ueda RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 5 11
Y. Toyota LF 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 .259 3 13
S. Yamaguchi C 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 .300 4 7
A. Murakami P 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 0 3
   N. Hamasaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-I. Matsuda PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 4 9
   H. Murata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3 2 4 11      
a - I. Matsuda pinch hit for N. Hamasaki in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: Y. Toyota (4, 2nd Inning off M. Carroll, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: T. Fujimoto (7, 8th Inning off H. Ogawa, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Fujimoto 5 , M. Ichikawa , B. Nishi , Y. Toyota 3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Sakata , A. Murakami
GIDP: S. Inoue
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Fujimoto (5)
CS: Y. Toyota (1)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Kamai SS 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 .238 2 7
J. Koda 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .198 3 5
T. Takahashi 1B 5 0 3 0 0 1 1 .359 3 20
S. Sato RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .181 2 9
K. Urushihara C 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .235 3 9
M. Yamamoto CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .255 3 7
S. Hino LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .173 2 7
B. Matsumura 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .222 2 2
M. Carroll P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .118 0 1
   a-Z. Abe PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .188 0 2
   H. Ogawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-N. Yamada PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .172 0 3
   M. Nakamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 37 2 10 2 1 4 13      
a - Z. Abe pinch hit for M. Carroll in the 7th
b - N. Yamada pinch hit for H. Ogawa in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Takahashi (7, 5th Inning off A. Murakami, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: A. Kamai (2, 5th Inning off A. Murakami, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: A. Kamai 5 , J. Koda , T. Takahashi 4 , K. Urushihara , M. Yamamoto , S. Hino , B. Matsumura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Sato , K. Urushihara , N. Yamada
Hit by Pitch: B. Matsumura
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: A. Kamai (9)

FIELDING
Errors: A. Kamai (9)
Double Plays: 1 (Kamai-Koda-Takahashi)
PB: K. Urushihara
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Murakami 6.2 8 2 2 1 4 1 116 2.15   
N. Hamasaki W (2-1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5.56   
H. Murata SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Murakami 53
Batters Faced: A. Murakami 29, N. Hamasaki 2, H. Murata 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Murakami 5-11, N. Hamasaki 1-0, H. Murata 1-5
Pitches - Strikes: A. Murakami 116-71, N. Hamasaki 5-4, H. Murata 20-13
Inherited Runners - Scored: N. Hamasaki 1-0
Hit Batsmen: H. Murata
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Carroll 7.0 5 2 2 2 4 0 91 2.36   
H. Ogawa L (2-3) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16 4.08   
M. Nakamoto 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.80   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Carroll 61
Batters Faced: M. Carroll 26, H. Ogawa 4, M. Nakamoto 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Carroll 12-3, H. Ogawa 1-2, M. Nakamoto 0-3
Pitches - Strikes: M. Carroll 91-59, H. Ogawa 16-11, M. Nakamoto 10-7
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Marty Carroll
Ballpark: Kotei Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (67 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 5 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 2:47
Attendance: 15445
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