 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON OSAKA SAILORS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS 06/03/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | OSAKA SAILORS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS | | GAME ID: 6972 - TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Osaka Sailors (13-18) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | | Fukuoka Falcons (15-17) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 12 | 10 | 0 | | |  | |
| Osaka Roughed Up By Falcons | Not everyone stuck through the 15-minute rain delay, but those who did went home happy.
Getting a good performance from first baseman Yasuhiko Kawasaki, the Fukuoka Falcons defeated the Osaka Sailors, 12-3. Kawasaki was 2-4 with 2 home runs. He drove in 4 runs and scored twice for the Falcons. Tsuneteru Fujiwara went 9 innings for Fukuoka to pick up the win. The right-hander was charged with 3 runs. He scattered 5 hits, while walking 3 and striking out 3. His record improves to 3-4.
Early in the game, Kawasaki had a 2-run home run for Fukuoka. It was his 17th home run of the season and put the Falcons on top, 2-0.
Fukuoka manager Kamlyn Kadota commended his team for "putting the hammer down."
Osaka has now lost 6 consecutive games. | |
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| OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
| | | a - J. Ishikawa pinch hit for W. Adams in the 7th b - T. Nakanishi pinch hit for Y. Kawasaki in the 8th c - S. Horimoto substituted for T. Nakanishi in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: I. Nakamura (9, 2nd Inning off T. Kobayashi, 1 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: Y. Kawasaki 2 (17, 1st Inning off T. Kobayashi, 1 on, 1 out; 5th Inning off W. Otsuki, 1 on, 2 outs) , T. Fujiwara (1, 5th Inning off W. Otsuki, 1 on, 1 out) Total Bases: H. Takahashi , Y. Kawasaki 8 , A. Sugiura 3 , I. Nakamura 3 , S. Yamanaka , T. Fujiwara 4 2-out RBI: H. Takahashi , W. Adams , Y. Kawasaki , T. Fujiwara Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Kawasaki Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: A. Sugiura (3) CS: A. Sugiura (1)
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Yamanaka-Nakamura) | | |
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| OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Fujiwara W (3-4) | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 124 | 4.73 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Yasuhiko Kawasaki Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium Weather: Cloudy (66 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 9 mph Start Time: 7:35 PM JST Time: 3:03 Attendance: 14334 Special Notes: Rain delay of 15 minutes in the 3rd inning. |
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