 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON OSAKA SAILORS AT NAGASAKI STARS 07/17/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | OSAKA SAILORS AT NAGASAKI STARS | | GAME ID: 7094 - THURSDAY, JULY 17TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E | | Osaka Sailors (25-47) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | | Nagasaki Stars (38-32) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | | |  | |
| Triumph Number 250 for Sailors Takahiko Kurata | Sailors ace Takahiko Kurata reeled in his 250th career victory by beating the Nagasaki Stars 6-4 at Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium. In his historic win, he notched 3 strikeouts in 7 innings, yielded 4 runs and 9 hits, while surrendering 3 walks.
"I tried to focus on each batter," said Kurata after the game, "but as the game goes by, I couldn't help but think about the possibility. 250 is a big number. It's an exclusive club and I'm honored to be a member."
Kurata has authored a 250-252 won-lost record in his career with a 3.41 ERA. | |
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| OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | |
BATTING Doubles: A. Kamai (3, 1st Inning off Y. Koyama, 0 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: T. Takahashi (7, 1st Inning off Y. Koyama, 2 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: A. Kamai 3 , T. Takahashi 6 , K. Urushihara , R. Tamura 2-out RBI: , T. Takahashi 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , N. Yamada 2 GIDP: K. Urushihara Sac Bunt: T. Kurata Team LOB: 4
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Tamura-Takahashi) | | | a - K. Bai pinch hit for Y. Koyama in the 6th
BATTING Doubles: T. Ueda (7, 3rd Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 1 out) Triples: S. Sakata (1, 1st Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 1 out) Total Bases: S. Sakata 5 , M. Ichikawa 2 , S. Inoue , T. Ueda 3 , I. Matsuda 2-out RBI: M. Ichikawa , T. Ueda , I. Matsuda Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Fujimoto , B. Wada Sac Fly: T. Fujimoto Team LOB: 7
FIELDING Errors: B. Nishi (3) Double Plays: 1 (Ichikawa-Sakata-Nishi) | | |
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| OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Kurata W (2-7) | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 131 | 5.82 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | Y. Koyama L (9-6) | 6.0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 96 | 4.25 | | S. Ishiguro | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.40 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Tomohito Takahashi Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium Weather: Rain (75 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 5 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 2:46 Attendance: 12693 Special Notes: The game was called in the 8th inning due to bad weather. |
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