BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT VESUTAN BEES
07/29/1974
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 7047 - MONDAY, JULY 29TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (44-38) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 0
Vesutan Bees (37-45) 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 X 7 12 2
Kinboshi Dispatched, 7-2, by Vesutan
The rain came, as predicted, but the Vesutan Bees and Kinboshi Kites were able to complete their ballgame.

The Kinboshi Kites went down to defeat to Shuhei Ichikawa and his Vesutan teammates. The final score was 7-2, in favor of the Bees. The Bees move to 37-45 with the win, while the Kites drop to 44-38.

Shougo Iwai, who finished 2nd in the WL in OPS with 1.020 in 1971, took Kinboshi hurler Bill Baker deep in the bottom of the first. His 2-run home run put the Bees on top, 2-0. In all, Iwai had 1 single in addition to the home run, while going 2 for 3.

Ichikawa said his team "played with determination."
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kanazawa CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .263 7 29
F. Muramoto 3B 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 .271 14 39
H. Kitamura 2B 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 .258 9 43
K. Kikuchi RF 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 .186 6 24
Z. Yoemon LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .184 0 3
R. Okamoto 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .240 1 1
Y. Hirata SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 7 25
   b-F. Tokunaga PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .334 21 60
   c-A. Goto SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 3 6
T. Kobayashi C 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .286 3 8
B. Baker P 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 .100 0 0
   a-M. Kawasaki PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .194 8 34
   K. Yoshikawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-K. Kurosawa PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .245 9 33
Totals 34 2 7 2 5 6 18      
a - M. Kawasaki pinch hit for B. Baker in the 7th
b - F. Tokunaga pinch hit for Y. Hirata in the 8th
c - A. Goto substituted for F. Tokunaga in the 8th
d - K. Kurosawa pinch hit for K. Yoshikawa in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: R. Okamoto (1, 4th Inning off S. Ichikawa, 0 on, 1 out) , F. Tokunaga (12, 8th Inning off T. Doi, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: F. Muramoto , H. Kitamura , R. Okamoto 2 , Y. Hirata , F. Tokunaga 2 , T. Kobayashi , K. Kurosawa
2-out RBI: F. Tokunaga
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , H. Kitamura 2 , K. Kikuchi 2 , T. Kobayashi , B. Baker
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: H. Kitamura 2 (11) , M. Kawasaki (1)
CS: T. Kobayashi (1)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Kitamura-Hirata-Okamoto)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Omori LF 5 0 2 2 0 1 2 .227 10 51
K. Okano 2B 5 1 1 0 0 1 5 .278 6 31
H. Ikegami RF 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 .308 9 43
S. Iwai 1B 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 .333 2 5
I. Kawase CF 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 .251 11 42
T. Miyakawa 3B 3 2 2 2 0 0 3 .252 14 32
Y. Ueda SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .222 5 19
M. Yamamoto C 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .161 0 4
S. Ichikawa P 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .192 0 0
   T. Doi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-K. Kawano PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .224 0 7
   K. Inouye P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 33 7 12 7 3 6 19      
a - K. Kawano pinch hit for T. Doi in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Ikegami (17, 5th Inning off B. Baker, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: K. Omori (3, 8th Inning off K. Yoshikawa, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: S. Iwai (2, 1st Inning off B. Baker, 1 on, 2 outs) , T. Miyakawa (14, 8th Inning off K. Yoshikawa, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Omori 4 , K. Okano , H. Ikegami 2 , S. Iwai 5 , I. Kawase , T. Miyakawa 5 , M. Yamamoto 2 , S. Ichikawa
2-out RBI: , K. Omori 2 , S. Iwai
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , K. Okano 3 , Y. Ueda
GIDP: T. Miyakawa
Sac Bunt: S. Ichikawa
Sac Fly: T. Miyakawa
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: Y. Ueda (14) , S. Ichikawa (1)
OF assists: 1 (Omori(Tokunaga at 3rd base))
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Baker L (3-2) 6.0 10 5 5 2 4 1 95 3.51   
K. Yoshikawa 2.0 2 2 2 1 2 1 37 5.40   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Baker 34
Batters Faced: B. Baker 29, K. Yoshikawa 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Baker 5-8, K. Yoshikawa 3-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. Baker 95-62, K. Yoshikawa 37-20
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Ichikawa W (5-4) 6.1 5 1 1 2 4 0 97 6.01   
T. Doi 1.2 1 1 1 2 1 0 19 1.42   
K. Inouye 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 2.85   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Ichikawa 61
Batters Faced: S. Ichikawa 27, T. Doi 7, K. Inouye 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Ichikawa 5-9, T. Doi 1-2, K. Inouye 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: S. Ichikawa 97-63, T. Doi 19-9, K. Inouye 16-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Doi 1-0
Balk: S. Ichikawa
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Shuhei Ichikawa
Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (74 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 8 mph
Start Time: 12:05 PM JST
Time: 3:25
Attendance: 9229
Special Notes: Rain delay of 37 minutes in the 7th inning.
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