BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT KOBE BULLS
07/14/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 7088 - SUNDAY, JULY 14TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fukuoka Falcons (41-28) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
Kobe Bulls (48-22) 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 X 4 7 1
Bulls Topple Falcons, 4-1
Pitcher Kakuya Izumi was sensational for the Kobe Bulls in his team's 4-1 triumph over the Fukuoka Falcons. Izumi earned the win. With the win over Fukuoka, the Bulls improved to 48-22.

Takanori Ide cracked a home run off Sadakuno Ikeda in the bottom of the fifth. His solo blast put the Bulls on top, 2-1. In all, Ide had 1 single in addition to the home run, while going 2 for 4.

"At the end of the day, it's about putting up zeros," said Izumi.
FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
W. Adams CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .281 1 8
R. Auerbach SS 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .173 1 5
T. Akamine RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .316 16 54
A. Sugiura LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .283 12 48
Y. Kawasaki 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .318 20 56
S. Hanzawa 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .273 6 28
S. Yamanaka C 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .211 3 10
   b-K. Suzuki PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .277 4 10
S. Okamoto 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0
S. Ikeda P 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .148 1 2
   T. Watanabe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-H. Takahashi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 7 28
   S. Yamasaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1 2 4 16      
a - H. Takahashi pinch hit for T. Watanabe in the 8th
b - K. Suzuki pinch hit for S. Yamanaka in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: R. Auerbach (1, 1st Inning off K. Izumi, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: W. Adams , R. Auerbach 5 , A. Sugiura , Y. Kawasaki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Sugiura , S. Okamoto
GIDP: T. Akamine
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: Y. Kawasaki (8) , S. Okamoto (1)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Ide SS 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .251 3 17
T. Kurokawa LF 4 0 0 1 1 1 3 .208 8 30
J. Hayashida CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 .294 23 58
K. Kira C 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 .215 2 23
T. Amano RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .286 1 16
R. Funakoshi 1B 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 .239 4 8
M. Osaki 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 7 27
T. Yagi 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .214 2 4
   a-T. Ryu PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .233 1 9
   c-T. Smith 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 5 20
K. Izumi P 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .083 0 1
   b-T. Oto PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .312 10 42
   S. Kawakami P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4 5 4 15      
a - T. Ryu pinch hit for T. Yagi in the 8th
b - T. Oto pinch hit for K. Izumi in the 8th
c - T. Smith substituted for T. Ryu in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: J. Hayashida (23, 3rd Inning off S. Ikeda, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Ide (3, 5th Inning off S. Ikeda, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Ide 5 , J. Hayashida 4 , K. Kira , T. Yagi , K. Izumi , T. Oto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Kurokawa , K. Kira , R. Funakoshi
Sac Bunt: M. Osaki
Team LOB: 10

FIELDING
Errors: T. Ide (13)
Double Plays: 1 (Funakoshi-Ide-Funakoshi)
FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Ikeda L (6-3) 5.1 5 3 3 3 1 2 95 3.74   
T. Watanabe 1.2 1 1 0 2 1 0 35 0.91   
S. Yamasaki 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 13 2.09   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Ikeda 44
Batters Faced: S. Ikeda 25, T. Watanabe 9, S. Yamasaki 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Ikeda 6-9, T. Watanabe 2-2, S. Yamasaki 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: S. Ikeda 95-54, T. Watanabe 35-20, S. Yamasaki 13-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Watanabe 1-1
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Izumi W (8-0) 8.0 4 1 1 2 3 1 103 2.73   
S. Kawakami SV (10) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0.78   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Izumi 71
Batters Faced: K. Izumi 30, S. Kawakami 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Izumi 6-14, S. Kawakami 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: K. Izumi 103-67, S. Kawakami 14-9
WP: K. Izumi
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kakuya Izumi
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (72 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 12 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 2:46
Attendance: 26143
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