BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KOBE BULLS AT VESUTAN BEES
08/06/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KOBE BULLS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 7146 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kobe Bulls (50-38) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Vesutan Bees (48-40) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2 8 1
Kobe Upended by Vesutan, 2-0
Bill Knox brought his A-game to help Vesutan defeat the Kobe Bulls, 2-0. Kiyoshi Inouye earned his 15th save, after closing out the game. The setback makes Kobe 50-38.

Taiji Miyakawa went 1-4 with a home run, while adding 2 RBI and scoring once for Vesutan. The three-time All-Star had a key at-bat in the bottom of the third. With one out and the bases loaded, he broke a 0-0 tie with a run-scoring ground out off Roku Yamakawa. It was his 28th RBI of the season.

"Bottom line," said Kobe skipper Ikuhiko Murata, "we didn't play well enough to win."
KOBE BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 .270 6 19
T. Kurokawa LF 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .236 12 41
   a-T. Ryu PH, RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 .295 5 20
T. Oto 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .266 15 46
J. Hayashida CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .268 25 64
K. Kira C 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .288 5 28
O. Abbott RF, LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 .225 5 29
T. Ide SS 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 .225 7 25
   b-T. Amano PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .285 7 27
M. Osaki 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .224 5 26
   c-S. Inoue PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .471 0 3
   d-T. Endo PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 0 2
R. Yamakawa P 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 .226 2 5
Totals 30 0 4 0 8 3 25      
a - T. Ryu pinch hit for T. Kurokawa in the 7th
b - T. Amano pinch hit for T. Ide in the 9th
c - S. Inoue pinch hit for M. Osaki in the 9th
d - T. Endo pinch ran for S. Inoue in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: T. Oto 2 , T. Ide , M. Osaki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Smith , T. Ryu 2 , O. Abbott
GIDP: O. Abbott , R. Yamakawa
Team LOB: 11

FIELDING
Errors: T. Smith (13)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Kawano CF 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 .245 7 18
K. Omori LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .236 7 36
H. Ikegami RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .313 11 63
S. Iwai 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .278 13 51
T. Miyakawa 3B 4 1 1 2 0 0 4 .268 9 28
I. Hirano C 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .152 4 17
T. Ito 2B 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .279 8 39
Y. Ueda SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .173 4 12
B. Knox P 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .103 0 0
   T. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-K. Bai PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 1 2
   K. Inouye P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2 2 7 20      
a - K. Bai pinch hit for T. Yamamoto in the 7th

BATTING
Home Runs: T. Miyakawa (9, 8th Inning off R. Yamakawa, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: K. Kawano , K. Omori , H. Ikegami , T. Miyakawa 4 , I. Hirano , T. Ito 2 , K. Bai
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Ikegami , S. Iwai , T. Miyakawa , I. Hirano , Y. Ueda
Sac Bunt: K. Kawano
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Kawano (23) , T. Ito (2)

FIELDING
Errors: K. Kawano (3)
Double Plays: 2 (Ito-Ueda-Iwai, Ueda-Ito-Iwai)
KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Yamakawa L (10-6) 8.0 8 2 2 2 7 1 118 2.53   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Yamakawa 63
Batters Faced: R. Yamakawa 35
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Yamakawa 10-7
Pitches - Strikes: R. Yamakawa 118-71
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Knox W (9-8) 6.1 4 0 0 5 2 0 106 4.76   
T. Yamamoto H (8) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.12   
K. Inouye SV (15) 2.0 0 0 0 3 0 0 41 2.77   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Knox 62
Batters Faced: B. Knox 27, T. Yamamoto 2, K. Inouye 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Knox 10-5, T. Yamamoto 0-1, K. Inouye 5-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. Knox 106-59, T. Yamamoto 6-5, K. Inouye 41-18
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Yamamoto 3-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Bill Knox
Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (78 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 10 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM JST
Time: 2:47
Attendance: 14787
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