BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT KINBOSHI KITES
05/30/1974
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT KINBOSHI KITES
GAME ID: 6965 - THURSDAY, MAY 30TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (16-12) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 9 1
Kinboshi Kites (15-13) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 9 0
Narrow Win Takes Kinboshi Streak to 8
The Nagasaki Stars could not turn a fine performance from pitcher Koson Mitsunaga into a win. Instead, the Kinboshi Kites prevailed, 6-5. Mitsunaga threw 7.0 innings of 5-hit ball. The winner was Kinboshi reliever Narushi Nagaoka, now 1-1. The loser was Tetsushi Kondo. Kinboshi is now 15-13.

The Kites were down to their last out in the bottom of the ninth inning, when 28-year old center fielder Taira Kanazawa landed a big blow. He turned a 0-1 sinker from Tetsushi Kondo into a 2-run single. The walk-off single sent the Konohana Stadium denizens into a frenzy and sent the Kites home with a thrilling 6-5 win.

"It's fun to come to the yard every day when you're winning," said Kinboshi manager Frank Moore.
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi 1B 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 .326 4 13
S. Sakata 2B 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 .223 1 4
I. Matsuda LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .240 1 9
R. Kodama CF 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 .192 1 9
M. Ichikawa SS 4 0 1 2 0 2 3 .297 0 12
T. Ueda RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .202 2 6
S. Inoue 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .269 7 17
   T. Kondo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
B. Wada C 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .294 1 4
K. Mitsunaga P 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 0 0
   a-Y. Sakai 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .429 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5 4 5 12      
a - Y. Sakai substituted for K. Mitsunaga in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Sakata (4, 1st Inning off K. Ikeda, 0 on, 1 out) , B. Nishi (4, 2nd Inning off K. Ikeda, 1 on, 2 outs) , Y. Sakai (2, 9th Inning off N. Nagaoka, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: B. Nishi (4, 9th Inning off N. Nagaoka, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: B. Nishi 6 , S. Sakata 3 , R. Kodama 2 , M. Ichikawa , T. Ueda , Y. Sakai 2
2-out RBI: B. Nishi , M. Ichikawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: I. Matsuda , M. Ichikawa , T. Ueda , S. Inoue
GIDP: M. Ichikawa
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Kodama 3 (8)

FIELDING
Errors: B. Nishi (1)
Double Plays: 3 (Mitsunaga-Ichikawa-Nishi, Inoue-Nishi, Ichikawa-Sakata-Nishi)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kanazawa CF 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 .226 3 14
F. Muramoto 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .297 5 18
F. Tokunaga 1B 4 1 1 3 0 0 1 .327 8 19
H. Kitamura 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .267 3 12
M. Kawasaki LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .240 5 17
   b-A. Goto PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .148 2 3
K. Kurosawa C 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .212 0 8
   d-K. Murakami PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0
K. Kikuchi RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .214 1 9
   c-Y. Hiramoto PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .600 2 2
Y. Hirata SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .223 2 10
K. Ikeda P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   T. Hirata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-M. Oyama PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2
   N. Nagaoka P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   e-R. Okamoto PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6 2 2 8      
a - M. Oyama pinch hit for T. Hirata in the 8th
b - A. Goto pinch hit for M. Kawasaki in the 9th
c - Y. Hiramoto pinch hit for K. Kikuchi in the 9th
d - K. Murakami pinch ran for K. Kurosawa in the 9th
e - R. Okamoto pinch hit for N. Nagaoka in the 9th

BATTING
Triples: H. Kitamura (1, 9th Inning off T. Kondo, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: F. Tokunaga (8, 3rd Inning off K. Mitsunaga, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kanazawa 2 , F. Muramoto 2 , F. Tokunaga 4 , H. Kitamura 3 , K. Kikuchi , Y. Hiramoto , Y. Hirata
2-out RBI: T. Kanazawa , F. Tokunaga
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Muramoto
GIDP: T. Kanazawa , K. Ikeda
Sac Fly: A. Goto
Hit by Pitch: K. Kurosawa , M. Oyama
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Hirata-Kitamura-Tokunaga)
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Mitsunaga 7.0 5 3 0 0 2 1 80 4.12   
T. Kondo L (4-2) 1.2 4 3 3 2 0 0 40 3.21   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Mitsunaga 63
Batters Faced: K. Mitsunaga 27, T. Kondo 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Mitsunaga 9-8, T. Kondo 1-3
Pitches - Strikes: K. Mitsunaga 80-48, T. Kondo 40-22
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Kondo 1-0
WP: T. Kondo
Hit Batsmen: K. Mitsunaga 2
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Ikeda 7.2 7 3 3 4 4 0 126 3.77   
T. Hirata 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.86   
N. Nagaoka W (1-1) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 14 17.61   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Ikeda 53
Batters Faced: K. Ikeda 33, T. Hirata 1, N. Nagaoka 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Ikeda 8-10, T. Hirata 1-0, N. Nagaoka 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: K. Ikeda 126-78, T. Hirata 5-3, N. Nagaoka 14-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Hirata 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Koson Mitsunaga
Ballpark: Konohana Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (65 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 3:25
Attendance: 13222
Special Notes: Rain delay of 34 minutes in the 4th inning.
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