BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT KOBE BULLS
07/05/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 7065 - FRIDAY, JULY 5TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (27-31) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 0
Kobe Bulls (42-19) 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 X 5 6 0
Bulls Deal Stars 5-2 Defeat
The Nagasaki Stars went down to defeat to Roku Yamakawa and his Kobe teammates. The final score was 5-2, in favor of the Bulls. With the win, the Bulls have a record of 42-19.

Tatsuharu Oto had a big solo home run for the Bulls in the bottom of the fourth inning. With Kobe leading 1-0 and the bases empty, he sized up a fastball from Yugoro Koyama, who is tied for 9th in the WL with a 3.17 ERA, and punished it. The result was his 10th home run of the season, which put the Bulls on top, 2-0.

"If we play like this, we can win a lot of games," Oto told the Kobe Times.
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi 1B 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 .281 5 19
S. Sakata 2B 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .214 2 12
R. Kodama CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .255 6 19
M. Ichikawa SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .311 2 23
T. Ueda RF 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 .197 2 11
S. Inoue 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 .275 9 30
   a-K. Bai PH, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .316 1 5
Y. Toyota LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 .143 2 5
B. Wada C 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 2 10
Y. Koyama P 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .115 0 1
   D. Champ P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-I. Matsuda PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 4 21
Totals 33 2 6 2 4 3 23      
a - K. Bai pinch hit for S. Inoue in the 8th
b - I. Matsuda pinch hit for D. Champ in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: B. Nishi , S. Sakata , R. Kodama 2 , T. Ueda 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Toyota , B. Wada
Hit by Pitch: M. Ichikawa
Team LOB: 9
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 4 19
T. Kurokawa LF 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .206 7 27
T. Oto 1B 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 .301 10 38
J. Hayashida CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .299 20 52
K. Kira C 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .194 2 17
O. Abbott RF 4 0 0 1 0 1 6 .257 4 15
T. Ide SS 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 .253 1 13
M. Osaki 3B 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 .286 6 24
R. Yamakawa P 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .289 0 3
Totals 30 5 6 5 3 5 16      
BATTING
Triples: T. Ide (1, 5th Inning off Y. Koyama, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: T. Oto (10, 4th Inning off Y. Koyama, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kurokawa , T. Oto 5 , J. Hayashida , K. Kira , T. Ide 3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: O. Abbott , M. Osaki , R. Yamakawa
Sac Fly: M. Osaki
Hit by Pitch: T. Oto , T. Ide
Team LOB: 7
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Koyama L (5-3) 6.2 6 5 5 3 4 1 133 3.17   
D. Champ 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 6.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Koyama 43
Batters Faced: Y. Koyama 32, D. Champ 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Koyama 13-4, D. Champ 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Koyama 133-86, D. Champ 11-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Champ 3-0
WP: Y. Koyama
Hit Batsmen: Y. Koyama 2
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Yamakawa W (5-3) 9.0 6 2 2 4 3 0 131 3.12   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Yamakawa 66
Batters Faced: R. Yamakawa 38
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Yamakawa 12-12
Pitches - Strikes: R. Yamakawa 131-72
Hit Batsmen: R. Yamakawa
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Roku Yamakawa
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (71 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 7 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:42
Attendance: 27596
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