BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES
07/20/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 7020 - SUNDAY, JULY 20TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (39-32) 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 8 12 2
Vesutan Bees (38-36) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1
Stars Win at Vesutan, 8-1
Conditions were not ideal but Nagasaki and Vesutan were able to put their game in the books.

Akimasa Murakami pitched a gem to lead Nagasaki to victory over the Vesutan Bees, 8-1. The defeat makes Vesutan 38-36.

With Nagasaki leading 1-0 in the top of the third, Murakami hit a slider from Bill Knox for a solo home run. It was his 2nd home run of the season and put the Stars ahead, 2-0.

"I thought we played a nice game," Murakami told the Nagasaki Daily News. "Good pitching, timely hitting, it was all there."
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Hale 1B 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 .129 0 1
S. Sakata 2B 5 2 3 1 0 0 2 .252 9 24
M. Ichikawa SS 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .332 9 40
T. Fujimoto CF 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 .223 12 39
T. Ueda RF 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .286 10 28
S. Inoue 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .245 12 48
   b-Y. Sakai PH, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 0 1
B. Wada C 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 .247 6 17
Y. Toyota LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .245 3 24
A. Murakami P 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 .211 2 8
   a-K. Bai PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .279 0 4
   Y. Fujitate P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 8 4 2 17      
a - K. Bai pinch hit for A. Murakami in the 8th
b - Y. Sakai pinch hit for S. Inoue in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Fujimoto (12, 9th Inning off T. Doi, 2 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: B. Wada (6, 2nd Inning off B. Knox, 0 on, 2 outs) , A. Murakami (2, 3rd Inning off B. Knox, 0 on, 0 outs) , S. Sakata (9, 5th Inning off B. Knox, 0 on, 1 out) , T. Ueda (10, 6th Inning off B. Knox, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Hale , S. Sakata 6 , M. Ichikawa 2 , T. Fujimoto 3 , T. Ueda 4 , B. Wada 5 , A. Murakami 4
2-out RBI: J. Hale , B. Wada
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Sakata , T. Fujimoto , Y. Sakai , A. Murakami
GIDP: M. Ichikawa , T. Fujimoto
Sac Fly: T. Ueda
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: J. Hale (1) , S. Sakata (8)
Double Plays: 2 (Inoue-Sakata-Hale, Sakata-Ichikawa-Hale)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Omori LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .219 5 30
T. Miyakawa 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .265 7 23
H. Ikegami RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .295 9 51
   b-Y. Isobe PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 0 4
S. Iwai 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .290 13 47
A. Nakamura C 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .257 10 28
T. Ito 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .263 7 33
I. Kawase CF 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 .181 1 7
S. Fujiwara SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .176 4 7
   c-R. Mikami PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200 0 2
B. Knox P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .129 0 0
   T. Ohira P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-I. Hirano PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .157 3 11
   T. Doi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 0 3 4 12      
a - I. Hirano pinch hit for T. Ohira in the 8th
b - Y. Isobe pinch hit for H. Ikegami in the 9th
c - R. Mikami pinch hit for S. Fujiwara in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Iwai (13, 9th Inning off Y. Fujitate, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: K. Omori , T. Miyakawa 2 , S. Iwai 2 , T. Ito
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Iwai , I. Kawase , S. Fujiwara , R. Mikami
GIDP: T. Miyakawa , H. Ikegami
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Omori (24) , T. Ito (1) , I. Kawase (4)

FIELDING
Errors: A. Nakamura (3)
Double Plays: 2 (Fujiwara-Ito-Iwai, Fujiwara-Ito-Iwai)
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Murakami W (9-2) 7.0 2 1 0 1 2 0 96 2.13   
Y. Fujitate 2.0 3 0 0 2 2 0 49 5.03   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Murakami 72
Batters Faced: A. Murakami 25, Y. Fujitate 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Murakami 9-9, Y. Fujitate 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: A. Murakami 96-60, Y. Fujitate 49-29
WP: A. Murakami
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Knox L (7-8) 5.0 6 5 4 2 1 4 88 5.49   
T. Ohira 3.0 3 1 1 2 1 0 54 2.95   
T. Doi 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 18 1.74   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Knox 36
Batters Faced: B. Knox 23, T. Ohira 13, T. Doi 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Knox 5-8, T. Ohira 2-5, T. Doi 0-3
Pitches - Strikes: B. Knox 88-55, T. Ohira 54-28, T. Doi 18-11
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Akimasa Murakami
Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 15 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 3:36
Attendance: 14158
Special Notes: Rain delay of 30 minutes in the 3rd inning.
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