BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
05/30/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 6962 - FRIDAY, MAY 30TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (15-13) 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 6 0
Fukuoka Falcons (12-16) 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 X 8 11 1
Falcons Send Kinboshi Home with 8-4 Loss
The Fukuoka Falcons picked up a win at Fukuoka Stadium, knocking off the Kinboshi Kites, 8-4. On the mound for Fukuoka was right-hander Iwao Yamamoto. He played a key role in the triumph. Yamamoto picked up the win for Fukuoka, going 7 innings. He gave up 4 runs on 6 hits. He now sports a record of 3-2. The win has Fukuoka at 12-16.

Yasuhiko Kawasaki drew 1 walk for Fukuoka. The 1974 WL home run champion had a key at-bat in the bottom of the seventh. With no one out and the bases loaded, he broke a 4-4 tie with a run-scoring walk off Kyuso Ikeda. It was his 9th walk of the season.

"When Iwao is on, he can really move the ball around," said Fukuoka manager Kamlyn Kadota.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Goto SS 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 .209 5 15
M. Kawasaki LF 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 .248 6 18
F. Tokunaga 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .347 5 19
T. Kanazawa CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .330 2 11
K. Kurosawa C 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .244 2 8
Y. Hirata 2B 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .233 3 14
K. Kikuchi RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .247 1 12
H. Hanada 3B 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .333 0 0
K. Ikeda P 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 .250 0 1
   B. Baker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 1 2
   a-M. Oyama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312 1 3
Totals 30 4 6 4 5 3 13      
a - M. Oyama pinch hit for B. Baker in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: F. Tokunaga (6, 1st Inning off I. Yamamoto, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Kanazawa (8, 1st Inning off I. Yamamoto, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: M. Kawasaki (6, 1st Inning off I. Yamamoto, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: M. Kawasaki 4 , F. Tokunaga 3 , T. Kanazawa 2 , Y. Hirata , K. Ikeda
2-out RBI: K. Ikeda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , A. Goto 2 , T. Kanazawa , K. Ikeda
Sac Bunt: K. Kikuchi , K. Ikeda
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
CS: T. Kanazawa (8)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Hirata-Goto-Tokunaga)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Akamine RF 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 .273 3 11
H. Takahashi CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .279 3 9
Y. Kawasaki 1B 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 .390 14 29
A. Sugiura LF 3 0 1 0 1 2 3 .194 5 21
T. Shibuya 3B 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 .191 1 7
I. Nakamura SS 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 .311 5 12
S. Hanzawa 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .287 3 7
S. Yamanaka C 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .225 2 14
I. Yamamoto P 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 .385 0 2
   a-K. Kikuchi PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .267 0 0
   T. Watanabe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-W. Adams PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .364 1 1
   S. Ikeda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 8 11 8 4 3 14      
a - K. Kikuchi pinch hit for I. Yamamoto in the 7th
b - W. Adams pinch hit for T. Watanabe in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: A. Sugiura (2, 5th Inning off K. Ikeda, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Akamine 2 , H. Takahashi , A. Sugiura 2 , T. Shibuya , I. Nakamura 2 , I. Yamamoto 2 , K. Kikuchi , W. Adams
2-out RBI: T. Akamine , I. Yamamoto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Kawasaki , T. Shibuya , S. Hanzawa
GIDP: T. Akamine
Hit by Pitch: I. Nakamura
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
CS: T. Akamine (4) , I. Nakamura (1)

FIELDING
Errors: H. Takahashi (4)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Ikeda L (2-3) 6.1 9 8 8 4 3 0 116 6.35   
B. Baker 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 1.85   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Ikeda 22
Batters Faced: K. Ikeda 32, B. Baker 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Ikeda 6-9, B. Baker 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: K. Ikeda 116-68, B. Baker 18-12
Inherited Runners - Scored: B. Baker 2-1
Hit Batsmen: K. Ikeda
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
I. Yamamoto W (3-2) 7.0 6 4 3 5 3 1 107 3.56   
T. Watanabe 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.00   
S. Ikeda 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.25   
PITCHING
Game Score: I. Yamamoto 49
Batters Faced: I. Yamamoto 31, T. Watanabe 3, S. Ikeda 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: I. Yamamoto 9-8, T. Watanabe 0-3, S. Ikeda 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: I. Yamamoto 107-70, T. Watanabe 13-8, S. Ikeda 8-6
WP: I. Yamamoto
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Iwao Yamamoto
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (67 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:58
Attendance: 16092
Special Notes: Rain delay of 16 minutes in the 6th inning.
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