BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT KOBE BULLS
08/10/1974
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 8115 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 10TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (42-49) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 2
Kobe Bulls (61-31) 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 4 8 0
Bulls Saddle Stars with 4-3 Loss
The Kobe Bulls beat the Nagasaki Stars, 4-3. Kobe pitcher and Higashimatsuyama, Japan, native Tatsuharu Oto led the way. Oto got the win, improving to 14-5. He gave up 3 hits and walked 2 over 8 innings. He allowed 3 runs. Shinya Kawakami sewed up the save, his 12th.

Making an impact for the home team was Tango Kurokawa. In the bottom of the fifth, the former first round draft pick had a run-scoring ground out. That made the score 4-2, Bulls.

Kobe manager Shojiro Tasaka commended his team for delivering "maximum effort."

Kobe is now 61-31, Nagasaki 42-49.
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 7 27
   b-K. Bai PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 1 8
   T. Kondo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
S. Sakata 2B 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .229 4 20
M. Ichikawa SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .285 4 46
R. Kodama CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .253 9 31
T. Ueda RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .190 5 23
   d-J. Hale PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .158 0 3
S. Inoue 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .230 13 41
Y. Toyota LF 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .176 4 15
B. Wada C 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 .241 3 13
S. Shiraishi P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .122 2 6
   a-I. Matsuda PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 6 29
   c-S. Ibe 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 2 6
Totals 30 3 3 3 2 5 6      
a - I. Matsuda pinch hit for S. Shiraishi in the 8th
b - K. Bai pinch hit for B. Nishi in the 8th
c - S. Ibe substituted for I. Matsuda in the 8th
d - J. Hale pinch hit for T. Ueda in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: B. Wada (3, 5th Inning off T. Oto, 1 on, 2 outs) , S. Sakata (4, 6th Inning off T. Oto, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: S. Sakata 4 , Y. Toyota , B. Wada 4
2-out RBI: B. Wada
Hit by Pitch: S. Sakata
Team LOB: 3

FIELDING
Errors: M. Ichikawa (11) , Y. Toyota (6)
Double Plays: 1 (Ichikawa-Sakata-Nishi)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 .233 8 28
T. Kurokawa LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 .241 11 44
T. Oto P 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .324 14 52
   a-K. Nishimura SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 0 1
J. Hayashida CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .287 27 75
K. Kira C 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .228 3 33
O. Abbott RF 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .225 4 24
R. Funakoshi 1B 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 .242 6 12
T. Ide SS 4 1 0 0 0 1 4 .248 5 24
   S. Kawakami P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
M. Osaki 3B 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .270 12 34
Totals 32 4 8 4 1 4 17      
a - K. Nishimura substituted for T. Oto in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: T. Smith (8, 3rd Inning off S. Shiraishi, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Smith 5 , K. Kira 2 , O. Abbott 2 , M. Osaki 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Oto , J. Hayashida , T. Ide 2
GIDP: T. Kurokawa
Sac Fly: R. Funakoshi
Hit by Pitch: O. Abbott
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Smith (41)
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Shiraishi L (6-4) 7.0 7 4 2 1 2 1 112 2.90   
T. Kondo 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 25 3.84   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Shiraishi 52
Batters Faced: S. Shiraishi 30, T. Kondo 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Shiraishi 11-8, T. Kondo 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: S. Shiraishi 112-75, T. Kondo 25-17
Hit Batsmen: T. Kondo
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Oto W (14-5) 8.0 3 3 3 2 5 2 117 2.20   
S. Kawakami SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0.64   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Oto 67
Batters Faced: T. Oto 30, S. Kawakami 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Oto 9-10, S. Kawakami 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Oto 117-75, S. Kawakami 19-13
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Kawakami 1-0
Hit Batsmen: T. Oto
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tatsuharu Oto
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (74 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:40
Attendance: 26956
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