BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT OSAKA SAILORS
08/14/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT OSAKA SAILORS
GAME ID: 7080 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 14TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (44-50) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 11 0
Osaka Sailors (32-62) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 1
Kites Pick Up 4-1 Win Over Osaka
The Kinboshi Kites beat the Osaka Sailors, 4-1, at Kotei Stadium. Starting pitcher Saimei Hayashida was a big reason why. He held his opponent in check all game. Hayashida, who is tied for 9th in the WL with a 3.18 ERA, went the distance for Kinboshi. He gave up 1 run on 6 hits. Kinboshi now sits at 44-50, while Osaka falls to 32-62.

Kinboshi used the hitting of Kesanori Kikuchi to pick up the win. The right fielder clubbed a run-scoring single in the top of the sixth inning to put the Kites on top, 2-0. For the game, Kikuchi had 1 home run and 1 single in 5 at-bats.

Kikuchi attributed the win to his team's "grittiness."
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Goto SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .208 7 31
H. Kitamura 2B 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 .243 3 11
F. Tokunaga 1B 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 .298 13 51
T. Kanazawa CF 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .301 6 43
M. Kawasaki LF 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 .267 13 54
K. Kurosawa C 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 .238 6 24
K. Kikuchi RF 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 .230 7 29
H. Hanada 3B 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .188 0 9
S. Hayashida P 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 .106 2 5
Totals 37 4 11 4 4 1 18      
BATTING
Doubles: F. Tokunaga (15, 7th Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: K. Kikuchi (7, 2nd Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 2 outs) , K. Kurosawa (6, 8th Inning off T. Kurata, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: A. Goto 2 , F. Tokunaga 2 , M. Kawasaki 2 , K. Kurosawa 5 , K. Kikuchi 5 , H. Hanada 2
2-out RBI: , K. Kikuchi 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Kitamura , F. Tokunaga , T. Kanazawa , K. Kikuchi , S. Hayashida
GIDP: F. Tokunaga
Sac Bunt: S. Hayashida
Hit by Pitch: A. Goto
Team LOB: 12

BASERUNNING
SB: A. Goto (37)

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Kanazawa(Abe at 2nd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Kamai SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .209 6 15
S. Hino CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .224 9 34
N. Yamada LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 .216 7 14
Z. Abe 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .162 0 3
K. Urushihara C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .209 5 27
S. Abe RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .186 1 9
   a-S. Sato PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251 11 34
J. Koda 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .214 9 20
R. Tamura 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .208 8 19
T. Kurata P 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .152 0 3
   T. Ota P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1 1 4 13      
a - S. Sato pinch hit for S. Abe in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: A. Kamai , S. Hino 2 , Z. Abe , K. Urushihara , T. Kurata
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: N. Yamada , Z. Abe 2 , R. Tamura
Sac Bunt: A. Kamai
Hit by Pitch: A. Kamai
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: A. Kamai (30)

FIELDING
Errors: R. Tamura (9)
Double Plays: 1 (Kamai-Koda-Abe)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Hayashida W (6-11) 9.0 6 1 1 1 4 0 109 3.18   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Hayashida 74
Batters Faced: S. Hayashida 34
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Hayashida 13-9
Pitches - Strikes: S. Hayashida 109-75
Hit Batsmen: S. Hayashida
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Kurata L (3-10) 8.2 11 4 4 4 1 2 135 5.25   
T. Ota 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5.87   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Kurata 43
Batters Faced: T. Kurata 42, T. Ota 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Kurata 12-12, T. Ota 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Kurata 135-86, T. Ota 4-2
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Ota 1-0
WP: T. Ota
Hit Batsmen: T. Kurata
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Saimei Hayashida
Ballpark: Kotei Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (78 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 8 mph
Start Time: 12:35 PM JST
Time: 2:41
Attendance: 11209
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