 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS 07/29/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS | | GAME ID: 7136 - TUESDAY, JULY 29TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Vesutan Bees (46-38) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | | Osaka Sailors (28-54) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | | |  | |
| Vesutan Beats Osaka, 5-3 | The Vesutan Bees and Osaka Sailors completed their game despite the rain.
The Vesutan Bees defeated the Osaka Sailors, 5-3, in Western League action at Kotei Stadium. Vesutan pitcher Bill Knox had a standout performance. Vesutan now has a record of 46-38 with the win.
Vesutan took advantage of an error in the top of the seventh inning. The game was tied, 2-2, when Kichiro Okano hit a 2-run single that was misplayed. It put the Bees in front, 4-2.
"When Bill is on, he can really move the ball around," said Vesutan manager Jack Fletchings. | |
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| VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE | | OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - K. Okano pinch hit for I. Kawase in the 7th b - Y. Isobe substituted for K. Okano in the 7th c - I. Hirano pinch hit for Y. Isobe in the 9th d - R. Mikami pinch hit for S. Yasuda in the 9th e - K. Kawano substituted for I. Hirano in the 9th
BATTING Home Runs: A. Nakamura (13, 2nd Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: K. Omori , H. Ikegami 2 , S. Iwai , A. Nakamura 4 , T. Ito , K. Okano , Y. Ueda Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Miyakawa , S. Iwai GIDP: K. Omori , S. Iwai Sac Bunt: T. Miyakawa Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING CS: K. Omori (8)
FIELDING Errors: T. Ito (15) , Y. Isobe (1) , Y. Ueda (10) Double Plays: 1 (Ueda-Ito-Iwai) | | | | Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI | | A. Kamai SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .214 | 5 | 13 | | S. Hino CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .209 | 6 | 26 | | S. Sato RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .245 | 10 | 32 | | N. Yamada 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .227 | 7 | 14 | | K. Urushihara C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .223 | 4 | 25 | | S. Abe LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 5 | | J. Koda 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .221 | 9 | 20 | | B. Matsumura 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .197 | 2 | 2 | | a-Z. Abe PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .170 | 0 | 3 | | T. Kurata P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 3 | | Totals | 32 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | | | | a - Z. Abe pinch hit for B. Matsumura in the 9th
BATTING Home Runs: S. Hino (6, 3rd Inning off B. Knox, 1 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: A. Kamai , S. Hino 4 , S. Abe , B. Matsumura , Z. Abe , T. Kurata 2-out RBI: S. Hino Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Hino , N. Yamada , S. Abe , J. Koda GIDP: S. Abe Sac Bunt: T. Kurata Sac Fly: T. Kurata Hit by Pitch: S. Sato Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: S. Sato (7) , S. Abe (4)
FIELDING Errors: A. Kamai (26) , S. Abe (1) , J. Koda 2 (7) Double Plays: 2 (Matsumura-Koda-Yamada, Koda-Kamai-Yamada) | | |
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| VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE | | OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | B. Knox W (8-8) | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 110 | 5.04 | | S. Yasuda H (1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2.19 | | T. Doi SV (2) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3.33 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Kurata L (2-9) | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 121 | 5.56 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Bill Knox Ballpark: Kotei Stadium Weather: Rain (78 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 10 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 3:18 Attendance: 9903 Special Notes: Rain delay of 29 minutes in the 3rd inning. |
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