 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON FUKUOKA FALCONS AT KOBE BULLS 07/30/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | FUKUOKA FALCONS AT KOBE BULLS | | GAME ID: 7134 - WEDNESDAY, JULY 30TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Fukuoka Falcons (43-42) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | | Kobe Bulls (49-36) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | | |  | |
| Kobe Upended by Fukuoka, 4-0 | Fukuoka and Kobe got after it at Matsunoki Stadium.
The Fukuoka Falcons downed the Kobe Bulls, 4-0, at Matsunoki Stadium. Stellar pitching by Isaburo Muraoka had a lot to do with it. The left-hander, who is tied for 5th in the WL in quality starts with 12, handcuffed his opponent all game. Fukuoka is now 43-42, Kobe 49-36.
Fukuoka shortstop Itaru Nakamura delivered a solo home run in the top of the second. Overall, he went 3 for 4, picking up 1 home run, 1 single, and 1 double. He scored 2 runs and knocked in 1.
"Isaburo gave us a heck of an effort," said Fukuoka manager Kamlyn Kadota. | |
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| FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE | | KOBE BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - S. Yamanaka pinch hit for I. Muraoka in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: I. Nakamura (13, 5th Inning off R. Yamakawa, 0 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: Y. Kawasaki (29, 1st Inning off R. Yamakawa, 0 on, 2 outs) , I. Nakamura (11, 2nd Inning off R. Yamakawa, 0 on, 1 out) Total Bases: T. Akamine , Y. Kawasaki 4 , I. Nakamura 7 , K. Suzuki , S. Okamoto 2 2-out RBI: Y. Kawasaki Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Akamine , A. Sugiura , S. Yamanaka GIDP: I. Muraoka Hit by Pitch: Y. Kawasaki Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: T. Akamine (29) | | | | Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI | | T. Smith 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .280 | 6 | 19 | | T. Kurokawa LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .238 | 12 | 41 | | T. Oto 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .256 | 14 | 45 | | J. Hayashida CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .271 | 23 | 61 | | K. Kira C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .288 | 5 | 26 | | O. Abbott RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .228 | 5 | 29 | | T. Ide SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .228 | 7 | 25 | | M. Osaki 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .228 | 5 | 26 | | R. Yamakawa P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .240 | 2 | 5 | | Totals | 35 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 17 | | | | | |
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| FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE | | KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | I. Muraoka W (9-5) | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 139 | 2.68 | | T. Watanabe | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3.74 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | R. Yamakawa L (10-5) | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 120 | 2.55 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Isaburo Muraoka Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (84 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 8 mph Start Time: 7:35 PM JST Time: 2:45 Attendance: 20492 |
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