BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT KINBOSHI KITES
06/25/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT KINBOSHI KITES
GAME ID: 7037 - TUESDAY, JUNE 25TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Osaka Sailors (12-40) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 0
Kinboshi Kites (27-23) 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 X 5 11 1
Kites Knock Off Sailors at Konohana Stadium
The Kinboshi Kites topped the Osaka Sailors, 5-3, with first baseman Fusao Tokunaga playing a big role. Tokunaga was 3 for 3 with 3 singles and a walk for the Kites in the win. John Moss earned the win to go to 3-3. He allowed 3 runs on 8 hits, with 4 walks and 3 strikeouts in 7 innings of work. Getting the save was Matoba Miwa, his 4th.

Kinboshi took control in the bottom of the seventh. With one out and runners on 1st and 3rd, Munemitsu Kawasaki hit a run-scoring single to make it 4-3, Kites.

Kinboshi manager Frank Moore called it "a pretty good win."

Kinboshi currently is in third place in the Western League at 27-23.
OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Hino LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .190 5 14
C. Okada 2B 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 .297 3 8
   d-S. Sato PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295 5 22
T. Takahashi 1B, 3B 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 .312 2 23
S. Abe RF 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 .186 3 12
K. Urushihara C 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .149 2 9
M. Yamamoto CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .173 2 13
R. Tamura 3B 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 .239 8 18
   a-Z. Abe PH, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 4 14
Y. Okamura SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .130 0 3
   b-N. Yamada PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .381 1 4
   K. Usui P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
T. Kobayashi P 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 .227 1 2
   c-A. Kamai PH, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .246 3 12
Totals 34 3 9 3 4 3 16      
a - Z. Abe pinch hit for R. Tamura in the 8th
b - N. Yamada pinch hit for Y. Okamura in the 8th
c - A. Kamai pinch hit for T. Kobayashi in the 8th
d - S. Sato pinch hit for C. Okada in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: N. Yamada (2, 8th Inning off M. Miwa, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: S. Hino , C. Okada 3 , S. Abe , M. Yamamoto , R. Tamura 2 , N. Yamada 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Abe , Y. Okamura , T. Kobayashi , A. Kamai
GIDP: K. Urushihara , Y. Okamura
Sac Bunt: S. Hino
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Hino (7) , M. Yamamoto (4)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Tamura-Takahashi, Okamura-Okada-Takahashi)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kanazawa CF 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 .233 6 21
F. Muramoto 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .274 9 26
F. Tokunaga 1B 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 .337 13 34
   c-K. Masuda 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 1 2
H. Kitamura 2B 3 0 1 1 1 0 4 .239 5 23
M. Kawasaki LF 4 0 2 1 0 1 5 .203 7 28
K. Kurosawa C 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .233 5 19
   M. Miwa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
K. Kikuchi RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .199 3 16
A. Goto SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .180 3 5
J. Moss P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 1
   a-R. Okamoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0
   b-T. Kobayashi C 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .242 2 5
Totals 33 5 11 4 4 6 14      
a - R. Okamoto pinch hit for J. Moss in the 7th
b - T. Kobayashi substituted for R. Okamoto in the 8th
c - K. Masuda substituted for F. Tokunaga in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Kanazawa (4, 1st Inning off T. Kobayashi, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: T. Kobayashi (2, 8th Inning off K. Usui, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kanazawa 4 , F. Muramoto , F. Tokunaga 3 , H. Kitamura , M. Kawasaki 2 , T. Kobayashi 4
2-out RBI: T. Kobayashi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , M. Kawasaki 2 , K. Kurosawa
GIDP: K. Kurosawa
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Errors: A. Goto (3)
Double Plays: 2 (Muramoto-Kitamura-Tokunaga, Goto-Kitamura-Tokunaga)
OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Kobayashi L (0-7) 7.0 10 4 4 4 6 0 128 5.99   
K. Usui 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15 4.24   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Kobayashi 43
Batters Faced: T. Kobayashi 33, K. Usui 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Kobayashi 5-8, K. Usui 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Kobayashi 128-76, K. Usui 15-9
WP: T. Kobayashi
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Moss W (3-3) 7.0 8 3 2 4 3 0 99 3.10   
M. Miwa SV (4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 2.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Moss 50
Batters Faced: J. Moss 32, M. Miwa 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Moss 7-9, M. Miwa 3-3
Pitches - Strikes: J. Moss 99-61, M. Miwa 25-14
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Fusao Tokunaga
Ballpark: Konohana Stadium
Weather: Rain (69 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 7 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 3:01
Attendance: 15480
Special Notes: Rain delay of 16 minutes in the 6th inning.
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