BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
07/09/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 7068 - TUESDAY, JULY 9TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Osaka Sailors (17-48) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Fukuoka Falcons (38-25) 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 5 10 3
Matsumura, Falcons Beat Sailors, 5-1
The Fukuoka Falcons beat the Osaka Sailors, 5-1. Fukuoka starter Rei Matsumura pitched a gem. Fukuoka now owns a record of 38-25.

Matsumura, the starting pitcher for Fukuoka, like a boss, imposed his will. The right-hander, who led the WL in strikeouts with 263 in 1970, racked up 9 Ks, while allowing just 3 hits. Opposing hitters had trouble making good contact.

"Rei pitched a very professional game from start to finish," said Fukuoka manager Kamlyn Kadota.
OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Hino LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .187 5 18
C. Okada 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .293 3 11
T. Takahashi 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .298 2 26
S. Sato RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .305 7 27
K. Urushihara C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .164 2 10
   b-N. Yamada PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 2 7
M. Yamamoto CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .177 4 22
B. Matsumura 3B 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .211 3 6
Y. Okamura SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .140 0 6
M. Carroll P 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .206 0 0
   a-Z. Abe PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 5 17
   W. Otsuki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 31 1 3 1 1 9 10      
a - Z. Abe pinch hit for M. Carroll in the 8th
b - N. Yamada pinch hit for K. Urushihara in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: B. Matsumura (3, 3rd Inning off R. Matsumura, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: M. Yamamoto , B. Matsumura 4 , M. Carroll
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Sato , N. Yamada
Team LOB: 4

FIELDING
OF assists: 2 (Hino(Sugiura at 3rd base), Yamamoto(Akamine at 2nd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Takahashi CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .278 7 27
I. Nakamura SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .292 5 17
T. Akamine RF 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 .329 16 54
A. Sugiura LF 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 .276 9 41
Y. Kawasaki 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .313 20 54
S. Hanzawa 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .273 6 26
T. Shibuya 3B 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 .243 10 21
S. Yamanaka C 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .215 3 9
R. Matsumura P 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .263 0 3
Totals 31 5 10 5 2 4 6      
BATTING
Home Runs: A. Sugiura (9, 6th Inning off M. Carroll, 1 on, 0 outs) , T. Shibuya (10, 6th Inning off M. Carroll, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: H. Takahashi , T. Akamine 3 , A. Sugiura 4 , Y. Kawasaki 2 , S. Hanzawa , T. Shibuya 4 , R. Matsumura
2-out RBI: Y. Kawasaki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: I. Nakamura
Sac Bunt: S. Hanzawa
Hit by Pitch: I. Nakamura
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: I. Nakamura 2 (13) , Y. Kawasaki (6)
Double Plays: 1 (Shibuya)
OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Carroll L (2-8) 7.0 10 5 5 2 3 2 109 3.62   
W. Otsuki 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.42   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Carroll 38
Batters Faced: M. Carroll 32, W. Otsuki 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Carroll 12-4, W. Otsuki 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Carroll 109-65, W. Otsuki 11-9
Hit Batsmen: M. Carroll
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Matsumura W (11-1) 9.0 3 1 1 1 9 1 107 2.10   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Matsumura 85
Batters Faced: R. Matsumura 32
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Matsumura 6-11
Pitches - Strikes: R. Matsumura 107-77
WP: R. Matsumura
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Rei Matsumura
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (79 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:23
Attendance: 13289
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