BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT KOBE BULLS
08/20/1974
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 8139 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 20TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E
Fukuoka Falcons (61-40) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Kobe Bulls (66-35) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1
Bulls Rally to Nose Past Fukuoka
The Kobe Bulls picked up a win at Matsunoki Stadium, defeating the Fukuoka Falcons, 2-1, in 13 innings. Starting pitcher Tatsuharu Oto was an essential part of his team's success. Kobe pitcher Senichi Soga got the win, upping his record to 4-0. Tatsuhito Watanabe got the loss. The first-place Bulls go to 66-35.

Kobe got a critical at-bat from Tango Kurokawa. The left fielder stroked a solo home run in the bottom of the 13th inning to win the game. It was his only hit in 6 at-bats, but it was huge.

"I like our mental toughness," said Kobe manager Shojiro Tasaka.
FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Akamine RF 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 .296 25 67
H. Takahashi CF 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 .251 9 35
Y. Kawasaki 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .318 28 82
A. Sugiura LF 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .288 23 75
T. Shibuya 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .255 17 38
   d-K. Kikuchi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 0 0
   e-R. Auerbach 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .166 4 13
I. Nakamura SS 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 .274 6 24
S. Yamanaka C 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 .206 6 17
S. Hanzawa 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .239 7 33
   b-W. Adams PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 1 9
   T. Watanabe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
R. Matsumura P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .197 0 6
   a-K. Suzuki PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 6 14
   S. Yamasaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
   c-T. Yamamoto 2B 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .125 0 1
Totals 41 1 2 1 2 7 9      
a - K. Suzuki pinch hit for R. Matsumura in the 9th
b - W. Adams pinch hit for S. Hanzawa in the 11th
c - T. Yamamoto substituted for S. Yamasaki in the 11th
d - K. Kikuchi pinch hit for T. Shibuya in the 13th
e - R. Auerbach substituted for K. Kikuchi in the 13th

BATTING
Home Runs: T. Akamine (25, 4th Inning off T. Oto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Akamine 4 , T. Shibuya
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Sugiura , S. Hanzawa
Team LOB: 3

FIELDING
Errors: T. Shibuya (14)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 .227 8 29
T. Kurokawa LF 6 1 1 1 0 1 1 .249 12 46
T. Oto P 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .319 14 57
   S. Kawakami P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   e-T. Kawabata PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 3 6
   S. Terada P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   h-Y. Yamazaki PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 0 3
   S. Soga P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
J. Hayashida CF 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 .281 27 77
K. Kira C 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .234 3 37
O. Abbott RF 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231 5 29
   a-T. Amano PH, RF 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 .273 2 22
R. Funakoshi 1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .238 7 16
   b-T. Ryu PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .239 2 14
   d-K. Nishimura SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 0 1
   f-K. Ono PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .235 3 9
   g-M. Harada SS, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 3 6
T. Ide SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .248 5 26
   c-S. Inoue PH, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 0 0
M. Osaki 3B, SS 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .269 15 40
Totals 42 2 5 1 4 7 13      
a - T. Amano pinch hit for O. Abbott in the 7th
b - T. Ryu pinch hit for R. Funakoshi in the 7th
c - S. Inoue pinch hit for T. Ide in the 7th
d - K. Nishimura substituted for T. Ryu in the 8th
e - T. Kawabata pinch hit for S. Kawakami in the 8th
f - K. Ono pinch hit for K. Nishimura in the 9th
g - M. Harada substituted for K. Ono in the 10th
h - Y. Yamazaki pinch hit for S. Terada in the 11th

BATTING
Home Runs: T. Kurokawa (12, 13th Inning off T. Watanabe, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kurokawa 4 , J. Hayashida 2 , K. Kira , T. Ryu
2-out RBI: T. Kurokawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Oto , S. Inoue 2 , M. Osaki
Sac Bunt: M. Harada
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
CS: J. Hayashida (7)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Oto (9)
Double Plays: 1 (Smith-Funakoshi)
FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Matsumura 8.0 3 1 0 2 6 0 126 2.00   
S. Yamasaki 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 27 1.49   
T. Watanabe L (5-1) 2.2 2 1 1 1 0 1 36 2.74   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Matsumura 78
Batters Faced: R. Matsumura 30, S. Yamasaki 7, T. Watanabe 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Matsumura 10-8, S. Yamasaki 3-2, T. Watanabe 2-5
Pitches - Strikes: R. Matsumura 126-77, S. Yamasaki 27-16, T. Watanabe 36-23
WP: R. Matsumura
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Oto 7.0 2 1 1 0 5 1 91 2.25   
S. Kawakami 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0.57   
S. Terada 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 1.71   
S. Soga W (4-0) 2.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 35 2.33   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Oto 74
Batters Faced: T. Oto 23, S. Kawakami 3, S. Terada 9, S. Soga 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Oto 6-9, S. Kawakami 1-1, S. Terada 5-4, S. Soga 1-4
Pitches - Strikes: T. Oto 91-56, S. Kawakami 12-8, S. Terada 34-19, S. Soga 35-17
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Kawakami 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tatsuharu Oto
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (78 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 3:41
Attendance: 25710
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