BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT VESUTAN BEES
07/09/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 7074 - WEDNESDAY, JULY 9TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (32-32) 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 3 0 12 17 0
Vesutan Bees (32-32) 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 15 0
Kawasaki, Kites Too Much for Bees
Munemitsu Kawasaki made an impact in the 12-9 Kinboshi win over Vesutan. Kawasaki, who is tied for 10th in the WL in home runs with 9, was 3-5 with a home run and a double. He scored 2 times and drove in 4. Kinboshi is now 32-32, while Vesutan is 32-32.

With Kinboshi leading 7-6 in the top of the sixth, Kawasaki hit a run-scoring single off Vesutan hurler Shungo Yasuda. It was the 59th hit of the season for Kawasaki and put his team ahead, 8-6.

"Every time you put a 'W' on the board is always good," said Kawasaki.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Goto SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 5 .199 7 21
M. Kawasaki LF 5 2 3 4 0 0 1 .262 9 34
F. Tokunaga 1B 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 .289 9 37
T. Kanazawa CF 4 1 3 2 1 0 2 .300 4 28
K. Kikuchi RF 5 1 1 1 0 1 4 .220 5 23
Y. Hirata 2B 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 .232 4 26
H. Hanada 3B 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 .160 0 3
T. Kobayashi C 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 .238 0 3
K. Tamura P 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .259 0 2
   a-M. Oyama PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .378 1 4
   J. Neff P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-F. Muramoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .263 9 25
   N. Nagaoka P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 0 1
Totals 40 12 17 12 4 3 18      
a - M. Oyama pinch hit for K. Tamura in the 8th
b - F. Muramoto pinch hit for J. Neff in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Kanazawa (12, 1st Inning off B. Knox, 1 on, 2 outs) , Y. Hirata (7, 2nd Inning off B. Knox, 0 on, 0 outs) , M. Kawasaki (10, 6th Inning off B. Knox, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: M. Kawasaki (9, 8th Inning off S. Yasuda, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: A. Goto , M. Kawasaki 7 , F. Tokunaga 2 , T. Kanazawa 4 , K. Kikuchi , Y. Hirata 3 , H. Hanada , T. Kobayashi 3 , K. Tamura
2-out RBI: F. Tokunaga , T. Kanazawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Kanazawa , K. Kikuchi , H. Hanada , F. Muramoto
GIDP: T. Kobayashi
Sac Fly: Y. Hirata
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Kobayashi (1)
CS: Y. Hirata (2)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Goto-Hirata-Tokunaga)
OF assists: 1 (Kanazawa(Ikegami at 2nd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Kawano CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 .250 6 13
T. Miyakawa 3B 3 3 1 1 2 0 0 .276 6 20
K. Omori LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .206 4 26
S. Iwai 1B 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 .304 12 44
H. Ikegami RF 5 0 3 3 0 1 0 .308 8 45
T. Ito 2B 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 .268 5 25
A. Nakamura C 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 .263 9 25
Y. Ueda SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .172 3 6
B. Knox P 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .148 0 0
   S. Yasuda P 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0
   a-R. Mikami PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .118 0 1
Totals 39 9 15 8 3 5 13      
a - R. Mikami pinch hit for S. Yasuda in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: T. Miyakawa (6, 1st Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 1 out) , T. Ito (5, 2nd Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 0 outs) , A. Nakamura 2 (9, 3rd Inning off K. Tamura, 1 on, 2 outs; 8th Inning off J. Neff, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Kawano , T. Miyakawa 4 , K. Omori 2 , S. Iwai 2 , H. Ikegami 3 , T. Ito 4 , A. Nakamura 8 , Y. Ueda , B. Knox , R. Mikami
2-out RBI: H. Ikegami , A. Nakamura 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Kawano , T. Ito
GIDP: T. Ito
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
CS: K. Kawano (6)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Miyakawa-Ito-Iwai)
OF assists: 1 (Ikegami(Kobayashi at home))
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Tamura W (9-3) 7.0 11 6 6 2 5 3 115 3.80   
J. Neff 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16 3.18   
N. Nagaoka 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 23 3.15   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Tamura 34
Batters Faced: K. Tamura 31, J. Neff 4, N. Nagaoka 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Tamura 7-6, J. Neff 1-2, N. Nagaoka 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: K. Tamura 115-70, J. Neff 16-10, N. Nagaoka 23-13
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Knox L (6-7) 5.0 10 9 9 3 2 0 98 5.42   
S. Yasuda 4.0 7 3 3 1 1 1 55 3.38   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Knox 10
Batters Faced: B. Knox 27, S. Yasuda 18
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Knox 9-3, S. Yasuda 4-5
Pitches - Strikes: B. Knox 98-56, S. Yasuda 55-39
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Yasuda 3-2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Munemitsu Kawasaki
Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 11 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM JST
Time: 3:09
Attendance: 12170
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