BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT NAGASAKI STARS
08/10/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT NAGASAKI STARS
GAME ID: 7149 - SUNDAY, AUGUST 10TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vesutan Bees (49-42) 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 8 11 2
Nagasaki Stars (50-40) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 2
Bees Win at Nagasaki, 8-2
The performance of Shougo Iwai proved critical in helping Vesutan beat Nagasaki, 8-2. The Bees first baseman went 2-5 with a home run, while scoring 2 runs and driving in 5. Vesutan is now 49-42, Nagasaki 50-40.

With Vesutan leading 4-0 in the top of the seventh, Iwai came up to bat against Nagasaki pitcher Koson Mitsunaga. Iwai hit a slider to right-center for a grand slam home run. His 14th home run of the season put the Bees on top, 8-0.

Iwai called the win "a collective effort."
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Kawano CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .242 7 18
   a-K. Itoh PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0
   b-Y. Isobe CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 0 4
K. Omori LF 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 .233 7 37
H. Ikegami RF 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .308 11 63
S. Iwai 1B 5 2 2 5 0 2 1 .273 14 56
K. Okano 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 2 15
A. Nakamura C 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .265 13 37
T. Ito 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .278 8 39
Y. Ueda SS 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 .176 4 13
M. Sakai P 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .184 0 4
   K. Inouye P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 8 3 3 12      
a - K. Itoh pinch hit for K. Kawano in the 8th
b - Y. Isobe substituted for K. Itoh in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Kawano (12, 3rd Inning off K. Mitsunaga, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: S. Iwai (14, 7th Inning off K. Mitsunaga, 3 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Kawano 3 , K. Omori 2 , S. Iwai 5 , A. Nakamura 2 , Y. Ueda 2 , M. Sakai
2-out RBI: S. Iwai , A. Nakamura , Y. Ueda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Itoh , T. Ito , M. Sakai
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Kawano (24) , K. Omori (28)
CS: K. Omori (9) , Y. Ueda (1)

FIELDING
Errors: K. Okano (2) , T. Ito (16)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
I. Kawase CF 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 .360 0 2
S. Sakata 2B 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 .240 10 30
M. Ichikawa SS 4 0 2 1 1 1 3 .330 10 47
T. Ueda RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .302 16 49
   c-F. Mori PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 0 0
   d-K. Takamatsu RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .216 2 16
I. Matsuda LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 .296 8 29
S. Inoue 3B 5 0 0 0 0 1 8 .242 13 53
B. Nishi 1B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .249 10 32
   a-R. Hirata PH, 1B 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .500 0 0
S. Yamaguchi C 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .269 8 23
K. Mitsunaga P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .146 0 0
   M. Suzuki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-T. Fujimoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .224 14 46
   S. Ishiguro P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   e-J. Hale PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .182 0 2
Totals 34 2 7 2 6 6 33      
a - R. Hirata pinch hit for B. Nishi in the 7th
b - T. Fujimoto pinch hit for M. Suzuki in the 7th
c - F. Mori pinch hit for T. Ueda in the 8th
d - K. Takamatsu substituted for F. Mori in the 9th
e - J. Hale pinch hit for S. Ishiguro in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: I. Kawase , M. Ichikawa 2 , I. Matsuda , B. Nishi , R. Hirata , J. Hale
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: I. Kawase , S. Sakata , S. Inoue 2 , R. Hirata
Sac Bunt: K. Mitsunaga
Hit by Pitch: I. Matsuda
Team LOB: 13

FIELDING
Errors: M. Ichikawa (19) , T. Ueda (3)
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Sakai W (9-6) 8.0 5 2 2 5 5 0 121 2.79   
K. Inouye 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 20 2.73   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Sakai 64
Batters Faced: M. Sakai 36, K. Inouye 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Sakai 7-11, K. Inouye 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: M. Sakai 121-74, K. Inouye 20-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Inouye 2-2
Hit Batsmen: M. Sakai
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Mitsunaga L (4-12) 6.2 9 8 8 3 3 1 99 5.11   
M. Suzuki 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.60   
S. Ishiguro 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 4.78   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Mitsunaga 24
Batters Faced: K. Mitsunaga 31, M. Suzuki 1, S. Ishiguro 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Mitsunaga 6-9, M. Suzuki 0-1, S. Ishiguro 0-6
Pitches - Strikes: K. Mitsunaga 99-60, M. Suzuki 7-4, S. Ishiguro 22-17
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Shougo Iwai
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (88 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 5 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM JST
Time: 3:01
Attendance: 17703
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