BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT OSAKA SAILORS
07/11/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT OSAKA SAILORS
GAME ID: 7082 - THURSDAY, JULY 11TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (35-28) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 10 1
Osaka Sailors (18-49) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 0
Sailors Earn Win with Late Rally
The Osaka Sailors scored a tight, 4-3 win versus the Kinboshi Kites at Kotei Stadium. Osaka pitcher Takahiko Kurata held his own in the contest. The last-place Sailors go to 18-49.

Atsumi Kamai was the walk-off hero for Osaka. With the game tied in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Sailors pinch hitter hit a dramatic run-scoring single to send the teams home.

"This place went berserk," Kurata said.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kanazawa CF 4 0 0 1 0 1 3 .246 6 24
F. Muramoto 3B 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 .290 12 33
F. Tokunaga 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .329 19 45
   b-K. Murakami PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0
   T. Tsuda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
H. Kitamura 2B 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 .263 7 33
M. Kawasaki LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 .193 8 32
K. Kurosawa C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .232 6 26
   d-M. Oyama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 0 3
   e-T. Kobayashi C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 3 7
K. Kikuchi RF 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .188 6 22
Y. Hirata SS 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .246 5 19
S. Hayashida P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .147 1 1
   a-A. Goto PH 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 .161 3 6
   c-K. Masuda 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 1 2
Totals 34 3 10 3 2 8 16      
a - A. Goto pinch hit for S. Hayashida in the 8th
b - K. Murakami pinch ran for F. Tokunaga in the 8th
c - K. Masuda substituted for A. Goto in the 8th
d - M. Oyama pinch hit for K. Kurosawa in the 9th
e - T. Kobayashi substituted for M. Oyama in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: Y. Hirata (6, 8th Inning off T. Kurata, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: F. Muramoto 2 , F. Tokunaga , H. Kitamura 3 , K. Kikuchi , Y. Hirata 3 , K. Masuda
2-out RBI: H. Kitamura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Kanazawa , M. Kawasaki , K. Kikuchi
GIDP: F. Tokunaga , M. Kawasaki , S. Hayashida
Sac Fly: T. Kanazawa
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: T. Kanazawa (7)
Double Plays: 2 (Hirata-Kitamura-Tokunaga, Hirata-Kitamura-Tokunaga)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Hino LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .193 5 18
C. Okada 2B 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .286 3 11
T. Takahashi 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .301 2 27
N. Yamada RF 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 .319 3 10
M. Yamamoto CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .184 4 22
R. Tamura 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .216 8 19
   b-Z. Abe PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .293 5 17
Y. Okamura SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .150 0 6
   c-A. Kamai PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .257 4 15
Z. Miyamoto C 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .192 0 0
   H. Ogawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
   K. Usui P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
T. Kurata P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 0 0
   a-H. Orido C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 3 9
Totals 31 4 7 4 2 5 7      
a - H. Orido substituted for T. Kurata in the 8th
b - Z. Abe pinch hit for R. Tamura in the 9th
c - A. Kamai pinch hit for Y. Okamura in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Yamamoto (4, 9th Inning off T. Tsuda, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: N. Yamada (3, 1st Inning off S. Hayashida, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: S. Hino , C. Okada , T. Takahashi , N. Yamada 4 , M. Yamamoto 2 , Y. Okamura , A. Kamai
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Z. Miyamoto
GIDP: C. Okada , T. Takahashi
Hit by Pitch: S. Hino
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Double Plays: 3 (Takahashi-Okamura-Takahashi, Kurata-Okamura-Takahashi, Takahashi-Okamura)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Hayashida 7.0 5 3 3 0 5 1 83 3.10   
T. Tsuda L (2-3) 1.1 2 1 1 2 0 0 33 2.52   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Hayashida 60
Batters Faced: S. Hayashida 26, T. Tsuda 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Hayashida 9-5, T. Tsuda 2-2
Pitches - Strikes: S. Hayashida 83-59, T. Tsuda 33-17
Hit Batsmen: S. Hayashida
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Kurata 7.1 7 3 3 1 6 0 97 3.65   
H. Ogawa BS (8) 1.1 3 0 0 1 2 0 46 9.19   
K. Usui W (5-4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.63   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Kurata 57
Batters Faced: T. Kurata 28, H. Ogawa 8, K. Usui 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Kurata 9-5, H. Ogawa 1-1, K. Usui 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Kurata 97-63, H. Ogawa 46-30, K. Usui 6-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: H. Ogawa 1-1 , K. Usui 2-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Takahiko Kurata
Ballpark: Kotei Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (86 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 8 mph
Start Time: 2:05 PM JST
Time: 2:47
Attendance: 10825
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