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.
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Kawano CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .219 2 5
Y. Ueda SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .179 2 3
K. Omori LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .175 2 13
S. Iwai 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .255 7 22
H. Ikegami RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .291 4 25
T. Ito 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .255 4 17
A. Nakamura C 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 .239 4 15
S. Fujiwara 3B 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .308 2 4
M. Sakai P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 0 2
   A. Ba P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-R. Mikami PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 0 1
   T. Ohira P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2 1 4 9      
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)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .317 2 10
T. Kurokawa LF 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 .270 5 23
T. Oto P 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 .248 7 25
   a-T. Kawabata PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .571 1 1
   S. Soga P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
J. Hayashida CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .276 15 42
K. Kira C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .303 3 13
O. Abbott RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .194 3 19
R. Funakoshi 1B 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 .259 1 9
T. Ide SS 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .201 2 11
M. Osaki 3B 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .254 2 15
Totals 32 7 8 7 2 3 7      
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)
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   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Sakai 32
Batters Faced: M. Sakai 25, A. Ba 7, T. Ohira 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Sakai 8-6, A. Ba 1-3, T. Ohira 3-0
Pitches - Strikes: M. Sakai 88-57, A. Ba 27-19, T. Ohira 7-6
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   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Oto 69
Batters Faced: T. Oto 25, S. Soga 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Oto 7-10, S. Soga 2-4
Pitches - Strikes: T. Oto 86-62, S. Soga 23-17
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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