 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON VESUTAN BEES AT KOBE BULLS 06/16/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | VESUTAN BEES AT KOBE BULLS | | GAME ID: 7008 - MONDAY, JUNE 16TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Vesutan Bees (20-24) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | | Kobe Bulls (27-17) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 7 | 8 | 0 | | |  | |
| Bulls Deal Vesutan 7-2 Defeat | The Kobe Bulls picked up a win at Matsunoki Stadium, downing the Vesutan Bees, 7-2. On the mound for Kobe was right-hander Tatsuharu Oto, who played a pivotal role in the win. The winner was Oto. He threw 7.0 innings of 4-hit ball. The loser was Masatoshi Sakai. With the win, Kobe upped its record to 27-17.
The Bulls picked up the win with a combination of good hitting and good pitching.
"Tatsuharu is good at sticking to his strengths," said Kobe manager Ikuhiko Murata. | |
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| VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE | | KOBE BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - R. Mikami pinch hit for A. Ba in the 8th
BATTING Home Runs: A. Nakamura (4, 5th Inning off T. Oto, 0 on, 2 outs) , S. Fujiwara (2, 8th Inning off S. Soga, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: K. Kawano , S. Iwai , T. Ito , A. Nakamura 5 , S. Fujiwara 4 2-out RBI: A. Nakamura Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Nakamura Team LOB: 5
FIELDING Errors: K. Kawano (2) , Y. Ueda (2) , M. Sakai (1) | | | a - T. Kawabata pinch hit for T. Oto in the 7th
BATTING Triples: T. Kurokawa (3, 1st Inning off M. Sakai, 0 on, 1 out) Home Runs: R. Funakoshi (1, 6th Inning off M. Sakai, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Kawabata (1, 7th Inning off A. Ba, 0 on, 1 out) Total Bases: T. Smith , T. Kurokawa 3 , T. Kawabata 4 , J. Hayashida , O. Abbott , R. Funakoshi 4 , T. Ide , M. Osaki Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , T. Oto 2 Sac Fly: T. Oto Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING SB: J. Hayashida (7) , M. Osaki (3) | | |
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| VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE | | KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | M. Sakai L (3-4) | 5.0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 3.70 | | A. Ba | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 7.12 | | T. Ohira | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.63 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Oto W (7-3) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 86 | 3.69 | | S. Soga | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2.57 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Tatsuharu Oto Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium Weather: Cloudy (81 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 11 mph Start Time: 1:35 PM JST Time: 2:49 Attendance: 19678 Special Notes: Rain delay of 17 minutes in the 4th inning. SP Tatsuharu Oto was injured while pitching. |
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