BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT KINBOSHI KITES
07/20/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT KINBOSHI KITES
GAME ID: 7020 - SATURDAY, JULY 20TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Fukuoka Falcons (44-30) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 8 12 1
Kinboshi Kites (37-35) 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 12 0
Falcons Earn 8-7 Win Versus Kites
The Fukuoka Falcons got a hard-earned win over the Kinboshi Kites, 8-7, in 12 innings. Ayato Sugiura provided some offensive muscle for Fukuoka. He hit 2 home runs, while scoring 3 runs and driving in 2. The winner was Fukuoka reliever Minoru Yamamoto, now 3-5. The loser was Satoshi Yamashita. The second-place Falcons improved to 44-30.

In the top of the 12th, Sugiura hit a tie-breaking solo home run to help the Falcons capture the win.

"I'm glad this one's going in the books as a 'W'," Sugiura said.
FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Takahashi CF 5 0 0 0 1 0 3 .260 7 28
T. Shibuya 3B 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 .248 14 30
T. Akamine RF 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 .301 16 54
A. Sugiura LF 6 3 3 2 0 1 1 .284 14 51
Y. Kawasaki 1B 6 1 2 2 0 1 1 .325 23 64
S. Hanzawa 2B 5 1 1 0 1 1 1 .269 6 29
S. Yamanaka C 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .211 4 11
R. Auerbach SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .170 1 6
   b-T. Nakanishi PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .417 2 3
   d-S. Okamoto SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   e-K. Kikuchi PH, SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 0 0
S. Ishii P 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 0 0
   S. Ikeda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .148 1 2
   a-W. Adams PH 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .286 1 9
   S. Yamasaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
   T. Watanabe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-K. Suzuki PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .287 5 11
   T. Ishibashi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0
   f-Y. Fukunaga PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 1 2
   M. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .050 0 1
Totals 46 8 12 8 3 10 15      
a - W. Adams pinch hit for S. Ikeda in the 7th
b - T. Nakanishi pinch hit for R. Auerbach in the 9th
c - K. Suzuki pinch hit for T. Watanabe in the 9th
d - S. Okamoto substituted for T. Nakanishi in the 9th
e - K. Kikuchi pinch hit for S. Okamoto in the 11th
f - Y. Fukunaga pinch hit for T. Ishibashi in the 11th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Hanzawa (9, 7th Inning off T. Tsuda, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: A. Sugiura 2 (14, 2nd Inning off J. Moss, 0 on, 0 outs; 12th Inning off S. Yamashita, 0 on, 2 outs) , T. Shibuya (14, 3rd Inning off J. Moss, 0 on, 1 out) , Y. Kawasaki (23, 8th Inning off M. Miwa, 1 on, 2 outs) , K. Suzuki (5, 9th Inning off M. Miwa, 0 on, 1 out) , T. Nakanishi (2, 9th Inning off M. Miwa, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Shibuya 4 , A. Sugiura 9 , Y. Kawasaki 5 , S. Hanzawa 2 , S. Yamanaka , R. Auerbach , T. Nakanishi 4 , S. Ishii , K. Suzuki 4
2-out RBI: A. Sugiura , Y. Kawasaki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Takahashi , T. Akamine , S. Ishii
GIDP: H. Takahashi
Sac Bunt: T. Shibuya
Hit by Pitch: T. Akamine
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: W. Adams (4)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Akamine (4)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kanazawa CF 6 1 2 0 0 1 1 .248 6 25
F. Muramoto 3B 4 0 1 1 1 0 2 .285 13 37
F. Tokunaga 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .330 19 51
   c-K. Murakami PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 0 0
   d-K. Masuda 1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .222 1 2
H. Kitamura 2B 6 1 1 2 0 0 4 .251 8 38
M. Kawasaki LF 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 .181 8 33
K. Kurosawa C 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 .232 7 27
K. Kikuchi RF 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .187 6 22
Y. Hirata SS 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 .229 6 20
   e-M. Oyama PH, SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147 0 3
J. Moss P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .174 0 1
   a-A. Goto PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .132 3 6
   T. Tsuda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-Z. Yoemon PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 0 3
   M. Miwa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   B. Baker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0
   f-R. Okamoto PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .235 1 1
   S. Yamashita P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
Totals 47 7 12 6 2 6 16      
a - A. Goto pinch hit for J. Moss in the 5th
b - Z. Yoemon pinch hit for T. Tsuda in the 7th
c - K. Murakami pinch ran for F. Tokunaga in the 8th
d - K. Masuda substituted for K. Murakami in the 9th
e - M. Oyama pinch hit for Y. Hirata in the 9th
f - R. Okamoto pinch hit for B. Baker in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Kikuchi (9, 6th Inning off S. Ishii, 0 on, 2 outs) , F. Muramoto (8, 9th Inning off T. Ishibashi, 2 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: Y. Hirata (6, 5th Inning off S. Ishii, 0 on, 2 outs) , H. Kitamura (8, 6th Inning off S. Ishii, 1 on, 1 out) , K. Kurosawa (7, 6th Inning off S. Ishii, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kanazawa 2 , F. Muramoto 2 , F. Tokunaga 2 , H. Kitamura 4 , K. Kurosawa 4 , K. Kikuchi 3 , Y. Hirata 4 , J. Moss , R. Okamoto
2-out RBI: K. Kurosawa , Y. Hirata
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Muramoto , H. Kitamura , K. Kikuchi , Y. Hirata
Sac Bunt: F. Muramoto
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Muramoto-Kitamura-Tokunaga)
FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Ishii 5.2 8 6 6 0 3 3 87 5.36   
S. Ikeda 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.73   
S. Yamasaki 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 29 1.89   
T. Watanabe 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0.82   
T. Ishibashi BS (1) 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 31 5.45   
M. Yamamoto W (3-5) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 26 6.07   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Ishii 32
Batters Faced: S. Ishii 25, S. Ikeda 1, S. Yamasaki 6, T. Watanabe 2, T. Ishibashi 9, M. Yamamoto 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Ishii 8-6, S. Ikeda 0-1, S. Yamasaki 1-3, T. Watanabe 0-1, T. Ishibashi 3-3, M. Yamamoto 1-3
Pitches - Strikes: S. Ishii 87-56, S. Ikeda 1-1, S. Yamasaki 29-20, T. Watanabe 5-1, T. Ishibashi 31-21, M. Yamamoto 26-15
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Ikeda 1-0 , T. Watanabe 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Moss 5.0 4 2 2 1 4 2 72 3.36   
T. Tsuda 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 35 2.62   
M. Miwa BS (1) 1.1 4 4 4 0 2 3 34 3.63   
B. Baker 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 3.54   
S. Yamashita L (1-1) 3.0 2 1 1 1 2 1 58 1.10   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Moss 54
Batters Faced: J. Moss 19, T. Tsuda 9, M. Miwa 8, B. Baker 3, S. Yamashita 12
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Moss 3-7, T. Tsuda 1-4, M. Miwa 1-1, B. Baker 1-0, S. Yamashita 4-3
Pitches - Strikes: J. Moss 72-45, T. Tsuda 35-22, M. Miwa 34-22, B. Baker 12-6, S. Yamashita 58-39
WP: M. Miwa
Hit Batsmen: T. Tsuda
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Ayato Sugiura
Ballpark: Konohana Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (76 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 9 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 3:58
Attendance: 15652
Special Notes: SP John Moss was injured while pitching.
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