BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES
07/24/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 7112 - WEDNESDAY, JULY 24TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (36-41) 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 6 5 1
Vesutan Bees (34-43) 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 X 9 9 1
Bees Sink Stars, 9-6
Vesutan took on Nagasaki in front of a lively crowd.

The Vesutan Bees defeated the Nagasaki Stars, 9-6. Center Fielder Ikku Kawase deserved a large share of the credit. Kawase went 2-4 with a home run, while scoring 2 and driving in 2 for the Bees. Earning his 1st save for Vesutan was Taku Doi.

With Vesutan leading 7-6 in the bottom of the eighth, Kawase came up to bat against Nagasaki pitcher Dick Champ. Kawase hit a fastball to left for a 2-run home run. His 11th home run of the season put the Bees on top, 9-6.

"We take it day by day here," said Kawase, "and today was a good one for us."

The 5th-place Bees hiked their record to 34-43.
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi 1B 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 .302 7 23
S. Sakata 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .217 2 15
R. Kodama CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .242 8 27
M. Ichikawa SS 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .304 2 39
T. Ueda RF 4 1 1 4 0 0 0 .198 5 23
S. Inoue 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .240 11 35
Y. Toyota LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .148 4 12
S. Yamaguchi C 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .235 9 24
T. Ota P 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0
   a-K. Bai PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .298 1 6
   D. Champ P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-I. Matsuda PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 5 24
Totals 32 6 5 6 2 6 8      
a - K. Bai pinch hit for T. Ota in the 7th
b - I. Matsuda pinch hit for D. Champ in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: T. Ueda (5, 6th Inning off S. Ichikawa, 3 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: S. Sakata , R. Kodama , T. Ueda 4 , S. Yamaguchi , T. Ota
2-out RBI: S. Sakata
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Sakata , Y. Toyota
Sac Bunt: T. Ota
Hit by Pitch: B. Nishi
Team LOB: 3

FIELDING
Errors: B. Nishi (5)
Double Plays: 1 (Inoue-Sakata-Nishi)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Omori LF 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 .228 10 49
K. Okano 3B 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .283 6 30
   a-M. Tamura 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295 2 11
H. Ikegami RF 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 .311 9 43
T. Miyakawa 1B, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 13 30
I. Kawase CF 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 .250 11 39
F. Okada 2B 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 .198 4 12
Y. Ueda SS 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .225 5 19
M. Yamamoto C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .140 0 4
S. Ichikawa P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 0 0
   T. Doi P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
Totals 30 9 9 9 0 2 3      
a - M. Tamura substituted for K. Okano in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Omori (10, 1st Inning off T. Ota, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: K. Okano (2, 5th Inning off T. Ota, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: Y. Ueda (5, 2nd Inning off T. Ota, 1 on, 1 out) , F. Okada (4, 4th Inning off T. Ota, 1 on, 1 out) , I. Kawase (11, 8th Inning off D. Champ, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Omori 2 , K. Okano 3 , H. Ikegami , I. Kawase 5 , F. Okada 4 , Y. Ueda 5 , S. Ichikawa
2-out RBI: I. Kawase
GIDP: M. Yamamoto
Sac Bunt: K. Okano
Sac Fly: H. Ikegami 2
Team LOB: 0

FIELDING
Errors: F. Okada (6)
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Ota L (4-7) 6.0 7 7 6 0 1 2 91 4.99   
D. Champ 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 37 5.10   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Ota 33
Batters Faced: T. Ota 25, D. Champ 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Ota 11-5, D. Champ 2-3
Pitches - Strikes: T. Ota 91-60, D. Champ 37-26
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Ichikawa W (4-4) 6.2 5 6 6 2 5 1 98 6.45   
T. Doi SV (1) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Ichikawa 43
Batters Faced: S. Ichikawa 29, T. Doi 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Ichikawa 7-8, T. Doi 3-3
Pitches - Strikes: S. Ichikawa 98-61, T. Doi 25-19
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Doi 1-0
Hit Batsmen: S. Ichikawa
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Ikku Kawase
Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (84 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 11 mph
Start Time: 10:35 AM JST
Time: 2:38
Attendance: 9233
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