BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT VESUTAN BEES
07/22/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 7107 - MONDAY, JULY 22ND , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Osaka Sailors (22-55) 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 7 0
Vesutan Bees (33-41) 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 8 2
Bees Dumped, 6-4, by Osaka
Osaka Sailors starter Tsuneteru Fujiwara pitched a strong game against the Vesutan Bees at Vesutan Stadium, leading the Sailors to victory, 6-4. Haruki Ogawa, who led the WL in saves with 23 last year, nailed down the save. The Sailors improved their record to 22-55 with the win over Vesutan.

Osaka used a clutch hit from Sotatsu Sato to get the win. The right fielder drilled a 3-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to put the Sailors ahead, 6-4. It was his only hit in 4 at-bats, but it was a doozy.

"At the end of the day, wins and losses are really the only thing that matters," said Sato.
OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Hino LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .201 7 22
   a-N. Yamada PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .296 3 10
   c-S. Abe LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 3 13
C. Okada 2B 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 .290 4 13
   b-Z. Abe PH, 1B 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .294 6 19
T. Takahashi 1B, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .286 2 29
S. Sato RF 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 .278 8 31
M. Yamamoto CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 4 26
B. Matsumura 3B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .225 5 9
Y. Okamura SS 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .172 1 7
Z. Miyamoto C 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 0 0
T. Fujiwara P 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .158 0 1
   d-A. Kamai PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 4 15
   H. Ogawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
Totals 35 6 7 5 3 5 12      
a - N. Yamada pinch hit for S. Hino in the 7th
b - Z. Abe pinch hit for C. Okada in the 7th
c - S. Abe substituted for N. Yamada in the 7th
d - A. Kamai pinch hit for T. Fujiwara in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: C. Okada (4, 1st Inning off H. Walker, 0 on, 1 out) , B. Matsumura (5, 2nd Inning off H. Walker, 0 on, 1 out) , S. Sato (8, 7th Inning off H. Walker, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: C. Okada 4 , Z. Abe , S. Sato 4 , B. Matsumura 5 , Y. Okamura , Z. Miyamoto
2-out RBI: S. Sato
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Okada , T. Takahashi , Z. Miyamoto
Team LOB: 5
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Omori LF 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .231 10 49
K. Okano 3B, 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .284 6 29
H. Ikegami RF 3 1 0 0 2 1 3 .309 8 38
S. Iwai 1B 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 .316 0 2
I. Kawase CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .243 10 37
A. Nakamura C 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 .269 6 31
F. Okada 2B 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .202 3 10
   b-T. Miyakawa PH, SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .257 13 30
Y. Ueda SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 4 17
   c-Y. Isobe PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .239 2 20
   e-S. Yamashita 2B, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 1 5
H. Walker P 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .100 0 2
   K. Inouye P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-M. Tamura PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .298 2 11
   T. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-R. Mikami PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .263 1 2
   T. Doi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4 4 7 20      
a - M. Tamura pinch hit for K. Inouye in the 7th
b - T. Miyakawa pinch hit for F. Okada in the 8th
c - Y. Isobe pinch hit for Y. Ueda in the 8th
d - R. Mikami pinch hit for T. Yamamoto in the 8th
e - S. Yamashita substituted for Y. Isobe in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Iwai (2, 6th Inning off T. Fujiwara, 2 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Omori , K. Okano 2 , S. Iwai 2 , I. Kawase 2 , A. Nakamura , H. Walker
2-out RBI: H. Walker
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Iwai , Y. Ueda , R. Mikami
Hit by Pitch: K. Okano
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
Errors: K. Okano (11) , I. Kawase (3)
OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Fujiwara W (4-5) 8.0 7 4 4 4 6 0 134 2.68   
H. Ogawa SV (5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 8.03   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Fujiwara 54
Batters Faced: T. Fujiwara 36, H. Ogawa 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Fujiwara 11-7, H. Ogawa 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Fujiwara 134-83, H. Ogawa 18-12
Hit Batsmen: T. Fujiwara
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
H. Walker L (4-8) 6.2 7 6 5 3 2 3 103 5.27   
K. Inouye 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.90   
T. Yamamoto 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 2.31   
T. Doi 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: H. Walker 37
Batters Faced: H. Walker 31, K. Inouye 1, T. Yamamoto 3, T. Doi 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: H. Walker 6-12, K. Inouye 1-0, T. Yamamoto 0-1, T. Doi 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: H. Walker 103-62, K. Inouye 3-2, T. Yamamoto 13-10, T. Doi 16-10
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tsuneteru Fujiwara
Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (79 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 10 mph
Start Time: 2:35 PM JST
Time: 2:52
Attendance: 11403
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