 | | 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." | |
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| OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
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) | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | 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 | | |
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| 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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