BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
06/14/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 7003 - FRIDAY, JUNE 14TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Vesutan Bees (18-23) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 14 0
Fukuoka Falcons (26-15) 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 18 1
Falcons Fight for 9-8 Win
Fukuoka right fielder Tsuruo Akamine picked up 3 ribbies while helping his team defeat the Vesutan Bees, 9-8, in 12 innings. The second-place Falcons go to 26-15.

The defining moment came in the bottom of the 12th for Fukuoka. That's when Kazunari Suzuki hit a solo home run off six-time All-Star Toshimichi Yamamoto to win the game. The home crowd went wild.

"This team is on a mission," said Suzuki, who is one of the clubhouse leaders. "I like our focus."
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Miyakawa 3B 6 2 3 1 0 1 1 .264 8 18
Y. Isobe LF 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 .181 2 11
   a-M. Tamura PH, LF 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 .241 2 4
   T. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
H. Ikegami 1B 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 .303 3 18
K. Omori RF 6 1 2 1 0 0 3 .242 7 32
K. Okano 2B 5 0 1 1 1 0 3 .310 2 15
A. Nakamura C 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 .250 5 19
   K. Inouye P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   f-Y. Kato LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 5
I. Kawase CF 6 1 0 0 0 2 3 .239 5 20
Y. Ueda SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .264 2 10
   b-T. Nagashima PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0
   c-S. Fujiwara SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 1 5
S. Ichikawa P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   T. Ohira P 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 .286 0 1
   T. Sunada P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-R. Mikami PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .571 1 2
   e-M. Yamamoto C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .148 0 2
Totals 48 8 14 7 5 6 18      
a - M. Tamura pinch hit for Y. Isobe in the 7th
b - T. Nagashima pinch hit for Y. Ueda in the 8th
c - S. Fujiwara substituted for T. Nagashima in the 8th
d - R. Mikami pinch hit for T. Sunada in the 9th
e - M. Yamamoto substituted for R. Mikami in the 9th
f - Y. Kato substituted for K. Inouye in the 11th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Yamamoto (1, 10th Inning off S. Ishii, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: M. Tamura (2, 9th Inning off S. Yamasaki, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Miyakawa 3 , Y. Isobe , M. Tamura 6 , K. Omori 2 , K. Okano , A. Nakamura , Y. Ueda , T. Ohira , M. Yamamoto 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Okano , A. Nakamura 2
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Miyakawa-Okano-Ikegami)
OF assists: 1 (Isobe(Nakamura at 2nd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Takahashi CF 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 .282 4 17
I. Nakamura SS 6 0 2 1 0 0 2 .345 3 12
T. Akamine RF 5 3 3 3 1 0 0 .355 10 39
A. Sugiura LF 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 .258 3 22
Y. Kawasaki 1B 6 1 1 2 0 0 2 .312 14 35
S. Hanzawa 2B 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 .265 4 19
T. Shibuya 3B 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 .247 8 13
K. Suzuki C 5 1 3 1 1 0 1 .327 3 7
S. Ikeda P 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 .188 1 2
   T. Watanabe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-W. Adams PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .323 1 7
   S. Yamasaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
   b-S. Yamanaka PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .218 2 8
   S. Ishii P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 48 9 18 9 5 1 16      
a - W. Adams pinch hit for T. Watanabe in the 7th
b - S. Yamanaka pinch hit for S. Yamasaki in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Shibuya (5, 5th Inning off T. Ohira, 0 on, 1 out) , I. Nakamura (11, 6th Inning off T. Ohira, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: Y. Kawasaki (14, 1st Inning off S. Ichikawa, 1 on, 2 outs) , T. Akamine 2 (10, 3rd Inning off S. Ichikawa, 0 on, 0 outs; 4th Inning off S. Ichikawa, 1 on, 1 out) , K. Suzuki (3, 12th Inning off T. Yamamoto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: H. Takahashi 3 , I. Nakamura 3 , T. Akamine 9 , A. Sugiura 2 , Y. Kawasaki 4 , S. Hanzawa , T. Shibuya 3 , K. Suzuki 6 , S. Ikeda
2-out RBI: I. Nakamura , A. Sugiura , Y. Kawasaki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Takahashi , Y. Kawasaki , S. Ikeda 2
GIDP: A. Sugiura
Team LOB: 11

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Akamine (17) , A. Sugiura 2 (2)
CS: I. Nakamura (3)

FIELDING
Errors: A. Sugiura (1)
OF assists: 2 (Akamine(Miyakawa at 3rd base), Akamine(Yamamoto at home))
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Ichikawa 3.1 11 8 8 1 1 3 66 5.27   
T. Ohira 4.0 4 0 0 2 0 0 57 3.23   
T. Sunada 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 5.64   
K. Inouye 2.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 42 1.85   
T. Yamamoto L (1-2) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 1.50   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Ichikawa 4
Batters Faced: S. Ichikawa 21, T. Ohira 17, T. Sunada 3, K. Inouye 10, T. Yamamoto 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Ichikawa 3-5, T. Ohira 5-6, T. Sunada 1-1, K. Inouye 4-3, T. Yamamoto 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: S. Ichikawa 66-40, T. Ohira 57-35, T. Sunada 11-7, K. Inouye 42-22, T. Yamamoto 6-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Yamamoto 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Ikeda 6.0 7 5 5 3 5 0 112 3.44   
T. Watanabe H (4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00   
S. Yamasaki BS (3) 2.0 3 3 2 2 1 1 46 2.54   
S. Ishii W (2-0) 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 44 4.12   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Ikeda 40
Batters Faced: S. Ikeda 28, T. Watanabe 3, S. Yamasaki 11, S. Ishii 11
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Ikeda 5-8, T. Watanabe 2-0, S. Yamasaki 4-1, S. Ishii 3-5
Pitches - Strikes: S. Ikeda 112-72, T. Watanabe 11-7, S. Yamasaki 46-26, S. Ishii 44-31
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Watanabe 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tsuruo Akamine
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (68 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 7 mph
Start Time: 11:05 AM JST
Time: 4:11
Attendance: 19848
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