BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT NAGASAKI STARS
06/29/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT NAGASAKI STARS
GAME ID: 7044 - SATURDAY, JUNE 29TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Osaka Sailors (13-43) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Nagasaki Stars (27-26) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Sailors Fall to Stars Late
Nagasaki right-hander Koson Mitsunaga shut out the Osaka Sailors, 1-0. Mitsunaga yielded no runs over 9 innings to notch the win. He scattered 3 hits, walked 1, and struck out 3. His record improves to 3-4. The win puts Nagasaki at 27-26 this season.

The game-ending blow was delivered by Ryunosuke Kodama in the bottom of the ninth. That's when he hit a run-scoring double off 30-year old right-handed pitcher Marty Carroll to win it for Nagasaki and cause the home crowd to erupt in celebration.

"That's us at our best," Kodama told the Nagasaki Herald. "Pitching and trying to prevent runs."
OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Hino LF 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .189 5 14
   a-Z. Abe PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .280 4 14
   b-S. Abe LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 3 12
C. Okada 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .301 3 8
T. Takahashi 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .295 2 24
N. Yamada RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .321 1 4
M. Yamamoto CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .165 3 15
R. Tamura 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .229 8 18
Z. Miyamoto C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .227 0 0
Y. Okamura SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .147 0 3
M. Carroll P 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .207 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0 1 3 5      
a - Z. Abe pinch hit for S. Hino in the 9th
b - S. Abe substituted for Z. Abe in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: C. Okada , R. Tamura , Y. Okamura
Team LOB: 4
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .268 5 18
   a-K. Bai PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 4
S. Sakata 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .223 2 12
M. Ichikawa SS 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .292 0 18
R. Kodama CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .258 5 17
T. Ueda RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .193 2 9
S. Inoue 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .287 9 28
Y. Toyota LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .151 2 4
S. Yamaguchi C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209 6 16
K. Mitsunaga P 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 .143 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1 1 5 4      
a - K. Bai pinch hit for B. Nishi in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Sakata (5, 6th Inning off M. Carroll, 0 on, 2 outs) , R. Kodama (11, 9th Inning off M. Carroll, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: B. Nishi , S. Sakata 2 , R. Kodama 3
2-out RBI: R. Kodama
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Ichikawa , Y. Toyota
Sac Bunt: T. Ueda
Team LOB: 4
OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Carroll L (2-7) 8.2 4 1 1 1 5 0 117 3.48   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Carroll 76
Batters Faced: M. Carroll 31
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Carroll 14-7
Pitches - Strikes: M. Carroll 117-77
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Mitsunaga W (3-4) 9.0 3 0 0 1 3 0 86 3.92   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Mitsunaga 83
Batters Faced: K. Mitsunaga 31
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Mitsunaga 11-13
Pitches - Strikes: K. Mitsunaga 86-56
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Koson Mitsunaga
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Rain (71 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 6 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:14
Attendance: 15449
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