 | | 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." | |
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| KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | | OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
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 | | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | 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 | | |
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| 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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