 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES 07/25/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES | | GAME ID: 7113 - THURSDAY, JULY 25TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | | Nagasaki Stars (36-42) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Vesutan Bees (35-43) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 7 | 1 | | |  | |
| Razor-Sharp Nagao Blanks Nagasaki | Niou Nagao pitched a strong game at Vesutan Stadium, blanking the Nagasaki Stars, 4-0. Nagao, who finished 4th in the EL in strikeouts with 135 in 1968, allowed no runs on 1 hit, totaled 7 strikeouts and gave up 1 walk.
Vesutan manager Jack Fletchings said he could tell immediately it was going to be a good game for Nagao.
"Right from the start, you could see how economical he was," Fletchings said. "He threw a lot of strikes."
This season, Nagao has compiled a 5-4 record with a 4.18 ERA. | |
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| NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | | VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE | |
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI | | B. Nishi 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .298 | 7 | 23 | | S. Sakata 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .214 | 2 | 15 | | R. Kodama CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 | 8 | 27 | | M. Ichikawa SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .301 | 2 | 39 | | T. Ueda RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .195 | 5 | 23 | | S. Inoue 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .240 | 11 | 35 | | Y. Toyota LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .152 | 4 | 12 | | B. Wada C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .232 | 2 | 11 | | Y. Koyama P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .114 | 0 | 1 | | Totals | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | a - T. Miyakawa substituted for K. Okano in the 7th
BATTING Doubles: Y. Isobe (8, 1st Inning off Y. Koyama, 0 on, 1 out) , A. Nakamura (8, 4th Inning off Y. Koyama, 1 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: Y. Isobe 2 , S. Iwai , K. Okano , A. Nakamura 2 , Y. Ueda , N. Nagao 2 2-out RBI: N. Nagao Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Omori , Y. Isobe , A. Nakamura Sac Bunt: N. Nagao Sac Fly: K. Okano Team LOB: 4
FIELDING Errors: H. Ikegami (5) | | |
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| NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | | VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | Y. Koyama L (7-5) | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 2.99 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | N. Nagao W (5-4) | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 81 | 4.18 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Niou Nagao Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium Weather: Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 10 mph Start Time: 7:35 PM JST Time: 3:14 Attendance: 9999 Special Notes: The game was called in the 7th inning due to bad weather. |
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