BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT KOBE BULLS
07/23/1974
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 7118 - TUESDAY, JULY 23RD , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (40-36) 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 8 15 0
Kobe Bulls (54-24) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 7 12 0
Kites Earn 8-7 Win Versus Kobe
The Kinboshi Kites defeated the Kobe Bulls by the score of 8-7, with the biggest share of the credit going to first baseman Fusao Tokunaga. Tokunaga was 3 for 4 with a home run, 2 singles, and a walk. He scored 2 times for the Kites on the day. The winning pitcher was Keiji Tamura. He tossed 124 pitches over 8 innings, allowing 7 runs on 11 hits. The Kites saw their win-loss record go to 40-36. At the same time, the Bulls fell to 54-24.

Tokunaga had a big hit for Kinboshi with no one out in the top of the sixth. With Kinboshi leading 7-4, Tokunaga hit a solo home run. It was his 20th home run of the season and put the Kites up, 8-4.

"Winning is seldom easy in this league," said Tokunaga.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kanazawa CF 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 .254 6 28
F. Muramoto 3B 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 .281 14 38
F. Tokunaga 1B 4 2 3 1 1 0 1 .339 20 55
   b-K. Masuda 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1 2
H. Kitamura 2B 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 .260 9 42
M. Kawasaki LF 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 .190 8 34
K. Kurosawa C 5 0 2 1 0 2 2 .233 7 30
K. Kikuchi RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .187 6 23
   M. Miwa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Y. Hirata SS 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 .246 6 21
K. Tamura P 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .154 0 5
   a-Z. Yoemon RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 0 3
Totals 36 8 15 7 3 3 20      
a - Z. Yoemon substituted for K. Tamura in the 9th
b - K. Masuda substituted for F. Tokunaga in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: F. Tokunaga (20, 6th Inning off S. Soga, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kanazawa 2 , F. Tokunaga 6 , H. Kitamura 2 , M. Kawasaki 2 , K. Kurosawa 2 , K. Kikuchi , Y. Hirata 2 , K. Tamura
2-out RBI: M. Kawasaki , K. Kurosawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Muramoto , K. Kurosawa , K. Kikuchi 2
GIDP: H. Kitamura
Sac Bunt: K. Tamura 2
Sac Fly: T. Kanazawa , H. Kitamura
Team LOB: 8
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kurokawa LF 5 1 2 1 0 2 1 .227 8 34
O. Abbott RF 5 0 1 1 0 1 2 .232 4 21
T. Oto 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .322 12 44
J. Hayashida CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .290 24 64
K. Kira C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .215 2 28
T. Ide SS 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 .260 4 21
M. Osaki 3B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 .263 10 32
   c-T. Amano PH 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .279 2 19
T. Yagi 2B 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 .292 3 9
   d-S. Inoue PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353 0 0
A. Komatsu P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .171 1 4
   a-T. Ryu PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 1 11
   S. Soga P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-R. Funakoshi PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .260 5 10
   N. Evans P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   e-T. Kawabata PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 3 6
Totals 37 7 12 7 1 10 7      
a - T. Ryu pinch hit for A. Komatsu in the 5th
b - R. Funakoshi pinch hit for S. Soga in the 7th
c - T. Amano pinch hit for M. Osaki in the 9th
d - S. Inoue pinch hit for T. Yagi in the 9th
e - T. Kawabata pinch hit for N. Evans in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Hayashida (19, 2nd Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Yagi (2, 2nd Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 2 outs) , T. Ide (6, 9th Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: T. Kurokawa (2, 5th Inning off K. Tamura, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: T. Ide (4, 2nd Inning off K. Tamura, 1 on, 1 out) , M. Osaki (10, 7th Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Amano (2, 9th Inning off K. Tamura, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kurokawa 4 , O. Abbott , J. Hayashida 2 , T. Ide 7 , M. Osaki 4 , T. Amano 4 , T. Yagi 3 , R. Funakoshi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Komatsu
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
CS: T. Ide (4)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Yagi-Ide-Oto)
OF assists: 1 (Hayashida(Tokunaga at 3rd base))
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Tamura W (6-8) 8.0 11 7 7 1 9 3 124 4.11   
M. Miwa SV (8) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 3.47   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Tamura 40
Batters Faced: K. Tamura 34, M. Miwa 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Tamura 4-9, M. Miwa 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: K. Tamura 124-85, M. Miwa 14-10
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Komatsu L (10-4) 5.0 13 7 7 2 2 0 111 2.79   
S. Soga 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 24 3.00   
N. Evans 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 24 1.23   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Komatsu 13
Batters Faced: A. Komatsu 29, S. Soga 8, N. Evans 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Komatsu 4-8, S. Soga 1-5, N. Evans 2-2
Pitches - Strikes: A. Komatsu 111-72, S. Soga 24-16, N. Evans 24-15
WP: A. Komatsu
Balk: A. Komatsu
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Fusao Tokunaga
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (82 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 3:01
Attendance: 29798
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