BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT KINBOSHI KITES
08/18/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT KINBOSHI KITES
GAME ID: 8140 - SUNDAY, AUGUST 18TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vesutan Bees (46-53) 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 0
Kinboshi Kites (53-46) 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 X 5 10 0
Bees Done In By Kites, 5-4
Kinboshi beat Vesutan at Konohana Stadium, eking out a 5-4 win. The triumph was primarily due to second baseman Hideyuki Kitamura. He was 2-2 with 2 singles and 2 walks. He scored 2 times. Matoba Miwa nailed down his 13th save. The third-place Kites go to 53-46.

Munemitsu Kawasaki hit a 2-run double off Tsuneo Oda in the bottom of the seventh, which put the Kites in front, 5-4. In addition to the double, Kawasaki had 1 single, while going 2 for 4.

"Just trying to help my team," said Kitamura. "That's all I want."
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Miyakawa 3B 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 .260 18 41
K. Okano 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .267 6 33
H. Ikegami RF 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 .317 16 58
K. Omori LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .245 14 61
S. Iwai 1B 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 .289 4 13
   a-K. Kawano PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .223 0 7
   b-Y. Isobe 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 2 21
I. Kawase CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .249 12 47
I. Hirano C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .133 0 0
Y. Ueda SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .229 6 23
   c-S. Fujiwara PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 1 6
T. Oda P 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .179 0 1
   T. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 2
   d-M. Tamura PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .267 2 12
Totals 34 4 9 4 3 8 14      
a - K. Kawano pinch hit for S. Iwai in the 8th
b - Y. Isobe substituted for K. Kawano in the 8th
c - S. Fujiwara pinch hit for Y. Ueda in the 9th
d - M. Tamura pinch hit for T. Yamamoto in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Ikegami (19, 1st Inning off S. Hayashida, 2 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: S. Iwai (4, 4th Inning off S. Hayashida, 0 on, 0 outs) , H. Ikegami (16, 5th Inning off S. Hayashida, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Miyakawa 2 , K. Okano , H. Ikegami 6 , S. Iwai 4 , I. Kawase , I. Hirano , T. Oda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Miyakawa , K. Omori , I. Kawase , T. Oda
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Okano-Iwai)
OF assists: 1 (Kawase(Tokunaga at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kanazawa CF 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 .264 12 41
Y. Hirata SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .259 9 32
   a-M. Oyama PH 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .174 1 4
   b-A. Goto SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .168 4 9
F. Tokunaga 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .352 28 75
   e-R. Okamoto RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 2 3
H. Kitamura 2B 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 .259 9 48
M. Kawasaki LF 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 .188 9 40
K. Kurosawa C 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .230 10 36
K. Kikuchi RF 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 .197 9 32
   d-K. Murakami PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 0 0
   f-K. Masuda 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 1 2
H. Hanada 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .150 1 2
S. Hayashida P 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .127 2 2
   c-Z. Yoemon PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .203 0 4
   M. Miwa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5 6 1 20      
a - M. Oyama pinch hit for Y. Hirata in the 7th
b - A. Goto substituted for M. Oyama in the 8th
c - Z. Yoemon pinch hit for S. Hayashida in the 8th
d - K. Murakami pinch ran for K. Kikuchi in the 8th
e - R. Okamoto substituted for F. Tokunaga in the 9th
f - K. Masuda substituted for K. Murakami in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Kanazawa (11, 1st Inning off T. Oda, 0 on, 0 outs) , M. Kawasaki (7, 7th Inning off T. Oda, 2 on, 2 outs) , K. Kikuchi (12, 8th Inning off T. Yamamoto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kanazawa 3 , F. Tokunaga , H. Kitamura 2 , M. Kawasaki 3 , K. Kurosawa , K. Kikuchi 3
2-out RBI: M. Kawasaki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Goto , K. Kurosawa 2 , K. Kikuchi , S. Hayashida
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: H. Kitamura (14)

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Kawasaki(Fujiwara at 3rd base))
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Oda L (4-9) 6.2 9 5 5 5 1 0 121 4.17   
T. Yamamoto 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 2.35   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Oda 32
Batters Faced: T. Oda 32, T. Yamamoto 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Oda 10-7, T. Yamamoto 2-2
Pitches - Strikes: T. Oda 121-69, T. Yamamoto 16-9
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Yamamoto 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Hayashida W (9-6) 8.0 8 4 4 2 7 2 105 2.57   
M. Miwa SV (13) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 2.80   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Hayashida 55
Batters Faced: S. Hayashida 33, M. Miwa 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Hayashida 7-9, M. Miwa 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: S. Hayashida 105-74, M. Miwa 16-8
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Hideyuki Kitamura
Ballpark: Konohana Stadium
Weather: Rain (86 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 8 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 2:39
Attendance: 14784
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