BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
08/21/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 8143 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vesutan Bees (48-54) 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 8 9 1
Fukuoka Falcons (62-40) 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 3 X 10 11 2
Akamine Powers Falcons to 10-8 Win
Tsuruo Akamine impressed in the 10-8 Fukuoka win over Vesutan. Akamine, who is tied for 5th in the WL in RBI with 70, went 3 for 3 with 3 singles and a walk, while scoring 2 runs and driving in 3. Sadakuno Ikeda came out of the bullpen to earn the win. The right-hander allowed no runs on no hits in 2 innings. His record now stands at 7-3. With the win, Fukuoka goes to 62-40, while the Bees fall to 48-54.

Fukuoka took the lead, 10-8, on Ayato Sugiura's 24th home run of the season. The 3-run home run came off Vesutan pitcher Kiyoshi Inouye in the bottom of the eighth.

"Good win for us," said Sugiura. "Now we'll focus on the next one."
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Miyakawa 3B 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 .268 19 45
K. Okano 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .263 7 34
H. Ikegami RF 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 .312 16 58
K. Omori LF 4 2 1 2 1 0 3 .257 16 65
S. Iwai 1B 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 .310 4 14
I. Kawase CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .249 12 48
A. Nakamura C 3 2 1 3 0 1 2 .274 9 45
Y. Ueda SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .227 6 23
H. Walker P 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 .116 0 5
   T. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 2
   a-M. Tamura PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 2 12
   K. Inouye P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 8 9 8 7 3 17      
a - M. Tamura pinch hit for T. Yamamoto in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: A. Nakamura (9, 4th Inning off M. Yamamoto, 2 on, 1 out) , K. Omori (16, 5th Inning off M. Yamamoto, 1 on, 2 outs) , T. Miyakawa (19, 6th Inning off M. Yamamoto, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Miyakawa 5 , H. Ikegami , K. Omori 4 , S. Iwai 3 , A. Nakamura 4 , H. Walker
2-out RBI: K. Omori
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: I. Kawase , Y. Ueda
GIDP: H. Ikegami
Sac Bunt: I. Kawase
Hit by Pitch: A. Nakamura
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Omori (27)
CS: T. Miyakawa (10) , I. Kawase (7)

FIELDING
Errors: Y. Ueda (17)
PB: A. Nakamura
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Takahashi CF 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 .249 9 36
I. Nakamura SS 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 .271 6 24
T. Akamine RF 3 2 3 3 1 0 0 .302 25 70
   c-W. Adams RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 1 9
A. Sugiura LF 3 2 1 3 2 0 2 .288 24 78
Y. Kawasaki 1B 5 1 2 0 0 0 4 .319 28 82
   d-R. Auerbach 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .166 4 13
S. Hanzawa 2B 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .243 7 35
T. Shibuya 3B 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .255 17 39
K. Suzuki C 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 .258 6 14
   S. Ishii P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 1
   b-K. Kikuchi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .148 0 0
   S. Ikeda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 1 2
M. Yamamoto P 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .097 0 3
   a-S. Yamanaka C 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .208 6 17
Totals 32 10 11 10 5 2 19      
a - S. Yamanaka substituted for M. Yamamoto in the 6th
b - K. Kikuchi pinch hit for S. Ishii in the 7th
c - W. Adams substituted for T. Akamine in the 9th
d - R. Auerbach substituted for Y. Kawasaki in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Hanzawa (12, 7th Inning off H. Walker, 2 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: A. Sugiura (24, 8th Inning off K. Inouye, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Akamine 3 , A. Sugiura 4 , Y. Kawasaki 2 , S. Hanzawa 3 , T. Shibuya , M. Yamamoto , S. Yamanaka
2-out RBI: T. Akamine , A. Sugiura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Sugiura , Y. Kawasaki , K. Kikuchi , M. Yamamoto
Sac Bunt: I. Nakamura , S. Hanzawa
Sac Fly: T. Akamine
Hit by Pitch: H. Takahashi
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
CS: S. Yamanaka (4)

FIELDING
Errors: Y. Kawasaki (11) , S. Hanzawa (11)
Double Plays: 1 (Nakamura-Hanzawa-Kawasaki)
OF assists: 1 (Takahashi(Ueda at 3rd base))
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
H. Walker 6.1 9 7 3 4 1 0 97 4.71   
T. Yamamoto H (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.31   
K. Inouye L (5-6), BS (7) 1.0 2 3 3 1 0 1 26 3.42   
PITCHING
Game Score: H. Walker 32
Batters Faced: H. Walker 33, T. Yamamoto 2, K. Inouye 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: H. Walker 7-10, T. Yamamoto 1-0, K. Inouye 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: H. Walker 97-58, T. Yamamoto 11-7, K. Inouye 26-17
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Yamamoto 1-0
Hit Batsmen: H. Walker
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Yamamoto 5.1 8 8 6 5 2 3 106 6.05   
S. Ishii 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 26 4.48   
S. Ikeda W (7-3) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 36 3.48   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Yamamoto 21
Batters Faced: M. Yamamoto 28, S. Ishii 6, S. Ikeda 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Yamamoto 7-4, S. Ishii 1-2, S. Ikeda 4-2
Pitches - Strikes: M. Yamamoto 106-61, S. Ishii 26-13, S. Ikeda 36-21
WP: M. Yamamoto
Hit Batsmen: M. Yamamoto
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tsuruo Akamine
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (85 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 3:09
Attendance: 20277
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