BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
08/16/1975
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 8133 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vesutan Bees (52-45) 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 6 2
Fukuoka Falcons (53-45) 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 X 7 6 3
Kawasaki Hits 2 home runs in Falcons Win
The Fukuoka Falcons beat the Vesutan Bees, 7-4, at Fukuoka Stadium. The Falcons got a fine performance from first baseman Yasuhiko Kawasaki, who was 2 for 3 with 2 home runs and a walk. He drove in 3 runs and scored twice. The second-place Falcons have won 4 in a row.

Hirobumi Takahashi, who finished 4th in the WL in batting average with .260 in 1970, helped out the Fukuoka cause in the bottom of the sixth inning with a run-scoring walk. For the game, the center fielder was 1-2 with a double and 3 walks. He scored 2 times.

"As well as we've been playing, I think we can play even better," said Fukuoka manager Kamlyn Kadota.
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Kawano CF 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 .236 10 21
K. Omori LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .244 7 41
H. Ikegami RF 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .310 11 69
S. Iwai 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .275 15 60
T. Miyakawa SS, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .266 10 31
K. Bai 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 2 6
A. Nakamura C 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .258 13 37
K. Okano 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .312 2 15
   K. Inouye P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-I. Hirano PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .161 5 18
B. Knox P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .116 0 0
   a-Y. Ueda 3B, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .184 5 16
   b-S. Ibe PH, SS 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .226 2 8
Totals 33 4 6 3 4 4 13      
a - Y. Ueda substituted for B. Knox in the 6th
b - S. Ibe pinch hit for Y. Ueda in the 7th
c - I. Hirano pinch hit for K. Inouye in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: S. Ibe (2, 7th Inning off T. Fujiwara, 0 on, 0 outs) , I. Hirano (5, 9th Inning off T. Watanabe, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: K. Omori , H. Ikegami , K. Bai , I. Hirano 4 , B. Knox , S. Ibe 4
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Miyakawa , K. Bai
GIDP: S. Iwai , K. Bai
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: K. Bai (3) , S. Ibe (3)
Double Plays: 1 (Okano-Bai-Iwai)
OF assists: 1 (Omori(Nakamura at 3rd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Takahashi CF 2 2 1 1 3 1 0 .250 14 51
I. Nakamura SS 5 0 2 3 0 0 3 .284 12 45
A. Sugiura LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .245 17 61
Y. Kawasaki 1B 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 .318 37 78
S. Hanzawa 2B 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .282 11 42
T. Shibuya 3B 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 .252 12 28
W. Adams RF 4 1 0 0 0 2 5 .221 4 11
S. Yamanaka C 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 .194 4 23
T. Fujiwara P 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 .146 1 4
   a-S. Horimoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .302 3 10
   T. Watanabe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 29 7 6 7 8 5 20      
a - S. Horimoto pinch hit for T. Fujiwara in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Takahashi (10, 5th Inning off B. Knox, 0 on, 1 out) , I. Nakamura (17, 6th Inning off K. Inouye, 3 on, 2 outs) , S. Yamanaka (7, 8th Inning off K. Inouye, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: Y. Kawasaki 2 (37, 1st Inning off B. Knox, 1 on, 2 outs; 6th Inning off B. Knox, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: H. Takahashi 2 , I. Nakamura 3 , Y. Kawasaki 8 , S. Yamanaka 2
2-out RBI: H. Takahashi , I. Nakamura , Y. Kawasaki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: I. Nakamura , A. Sugiura , T. Shibuya , S. Yamanaka
GIDP: A. Sugiura
Sac Bunt: S. Hanzawa
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: S. Hanzawa 3 (10)
Double Plays: 2 (Hanzawa-Nakamura-Kawasaki, Hanzawa-Nakamura-Kawasaki)
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Knox L (9-9) 5.2 4 7 7 7 4 2 104 4.85   
K. Inouye 2.1 2 0 0 1 1 0 34 2.82   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Knox 30
Batters Faced: B. Knox 28, K. Inouye 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Knox 6-6, K. Inouye 1-4
Pitches - Strikes: B. Knox 104-56, K. Inouye 34-18
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Inouye 3-3
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Fujiwara W (9-12) 8.0 5 3 1 4 3 1 128 3.82   
T. Watanabe 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13 3.65   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Fujiwara 63
Batters Faced: T. Fujiwara 33, T. Watanabe 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Fujiwara 11-7, T. Watanabe 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: T. Fujiwara 128-77, T. Watanabe 13-10
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Yasuhiko Kawasaki
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (86 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 8 mph
Start Time: 1:35 PM JST
Time: 2:49
Attendance: 23026
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