BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
08/13/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 8118 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 13TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Osaka Sailors (27-68) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Fukuoka Falcons (57-38) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2 5 0
Fukuoka Claims 2-0 Victory
Fukuoka Stadium featured a tense pitchers' duel.

The Fukuoka Falcons, behind a great outing from Tsuneteru Fujiwara, who is a three-time All-Star, defeated the Osaka Sailors, 2-0, at Fukuoka Stadium. The Falcons raised their record to 57-38.

Fukuoka took the lead, 2-0, on Toshifumi Shibuya's 16th home run of the season. The solo home run came off Osaka pitcher Takahiko Kurata in the bottom of the seventh.

Fukuoka manager Kamlyn Kadota commended his team for "banging out a nice win."
OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Kamai SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .235 4 15
J. Koda 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 0 3
T. Takahashi 1B 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .280 3 33
S. Sato RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .276 13 41
S. Hino LF 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .194 7 22
   c-Z. Abe PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .293 7 21
   d-S. Abe LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .201 3 15
M. Yamamoto CF 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .178 7 30
K. Urushihara C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .180 4 17
B. Matsumura 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .213 6 11
   a-N. Yamada PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 4 13
   b-R. Tamura 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189 9 24
   e-H. Orido PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .233 4 11
T. Kurata P 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .222 0 0
   K. Usui P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   f-K. Yamada PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0 4 5 14      
a - N. Yamada pinch hit for B. Matsumura in the 7th
b - R. Tamura substituted for N. Yamada in the 7th
c - Z. Abe pinch hit for S. Hino in the 8th
d - S. Abe substituted for Z. Abe in the 8th
e - H. Orido pinch hit for R. Tamura in the 9th
f - K. Yamada pinch hit for K. Usui in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Takahashi (11, 1st Inning off T. Fujiwara, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Takahashi 4 , S. Sato , M. Yamamoto , T. Kurata
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Kamai , S. Hino , M. Yamamoto
GIDP: Z. Abe
Sac Bunt: K. Urushihara
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
Errors: A. Kamai (6)
Double Plays: 1 (Kamai-Koda-Takahashi)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Akamine RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .294 22 62
   b-H. Takahashi CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 9 35
I. Nakamura SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .287 6 22
Y. Kawasaki 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .322 25 76
A. Sugiura LF 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 .284 21 67
S. Hanzawa 2B 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 .242 7 33
W. Adams CF, RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .295 1 9
R. Auerbach 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 4 12
S. Yamanaka C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .206 6 14
T. Fujiwara P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0
   a-T. Shibuya PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .241 16 35
   S. Yamasaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
Totals 27 2 5 2 3 4 14      
a - T. Shibuya pinch hit for T. Fujiwara in the 7th
b - H. Takahashi substituted for T. Akamine in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: T. Shibuya (16, 7th Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Akamine , Y. Kawasaki , S. Hanzawa , R. Auerbach , T. Shibuya 4
2-out RBI: T. Shibuya
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Akamine , W. Adams 2
GIDP: S. Hanzawa
Sac Bunt: T. Fujiwara
Sac Fly: S. Hanzawa
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Hanzawa-Nakamura-Kawasaki)
OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Kurata L (7-7) 7.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 106 3.45   
K. Usui 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2.83   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Kurata 61
Batters Faced: T. Kurata 29, K. Usui 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Kurata 9-8, K. Usui 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Kurata 106-63, K. Usui 5-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Usui 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Fujiwara W (2-0) 7.0 4 0 0 3 3 0 92 0.00   
S. Yamasaki SV (16) 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 29 1.64   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Fujiwara 69
Batters Faced: T. Fujiwara 28, S. Yamasaki 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Fujiwara 11-7, S. Yamasaki 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Fujiwara 92-57, S. Yamasaki 29-16
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tsuneteru Fujiwara
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (84 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 9 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 2:48
Attendance: 15534
Special Notes: Rain delay of 22 minutes in the 5th inning.
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