BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT KOBE BULLS
08/22/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 8147 - FRIDAY, AUGUST 22ND , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Vesutan Bees (52-50) 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 9 1
Kobe Bulls (61-42) 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 9 2
Bulls Take Tight Tangle
The Kobe Bulls racked up a win at Matsunoki Stadium, bumping off the Vesutan Bees, 6-5, in 10 innings. Kakuya Izumi, who started for Kobe, pitched effectively for his team. The first-place Bulls, at 61-42, now lead their division by 5 games.

Kobe got a knockout punch from Toshitake Amano. The pinch hitter hammered a solo home run in the bottom of the tenth inning to win the game. It might've been his only hit, but it decided the outcome.

"The crowd was juiced," said Izumi.
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Kawano CF 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .231 10 21
K. Omori LF 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .238 8 43
   e-R. Mikami PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 0 3
   f-K. Itoh LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
H. Ikegami RF 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 .314 11 70
S. Iwai 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .278 16 61
   a-Y. Isobe PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 0 4
   b-T. Ito 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 8 40
K. Bai 2B 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 .296 2 9
K. Okano 3B 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 .301 2 15
I. Hirano C 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 .162 6 20
   T. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Y. Ueda SS 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .179 5 17
   c-S. Ibe PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .220 2 8
   K. Inouye P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   g-A. Nakamura C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 13 37
C. Abe P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .077 0 0
   d-T. Miyakawa PH, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .259 10 31
Totals 39 5 9 4 3 5 16      
a - Y. Isobe pinch ran for S. Iwai in the 7th
b - T. Ito substituted for Y. Isobe in the 7th
c - S. Ibe pinch hit for Y. Ueda in the 8th
d - T. Miyakawa pinch hit for C. Abe in the 8th
e - R. Mikami pinch hit for K. Omori in the 9th
f - K. Itoh substituted for R. Mikami in the 9th
g - A. Nakamura substituted for K. Inouye in the 10th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Ikegami (16, 7th Inning off K. Izumi, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: K. Omori , H. Ikegami 3 , K. Bai 3 , K. Okano , Y. Ueda , S. Ibe
2-out RBI: , K. Bai 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Kawano , K. Bai , K. Okano 2 , I. Hirano
Sac Bunt: C. Abe
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Omori (34) , H. Ikegami (17)
CS: T. Miyakawa (7)

FIELDING
Errors: Y. Ueda (14)
PB: I. Hirano
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 .264 7 26
T. Ide SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .211 7 27
   b-T. Oto PH, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 15 48
J. Hayashida CF 5 1 1 1 0 1 2 .268 30 77
T. Ryu RF 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 .310 7 23
O. Abbott LF 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 .216 6 33
R. Funakoshi 1B 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 .282 3 24
K. Ono C 4 1 1 0 1 0 4 .282 3 9
M. Osaki 3B, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .210 6 30
   c-T. Amano PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .278 9 31
K. Izumi P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .056 0 0
   S. Terada P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-K. Kira PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 7 35
   S. Kawakami P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 6 7 4 16      
a - K. Kira pinch hit for S. Terada in the 8th
b - T. Oto pinch hit for T. Ide in the 8th
c - T. Amano pinch hit for M. Osaki in the 10th

BATTING
Home Runs: J. Hayashida (30, 5th Inning off C. Abe, 0 on, 1 out) , T. Ryu (7, 7th Inning off C. Abe, 0 on, 1 out) , T. Amano (9, 10th Inning off T. Yamamoto, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Smith , J. Hayashida 4 , T. Ryu 5 , O. Abbott , R. Funakoshi 2 , K. Ono , T. Amano 4
2-out RBI: T. Smith
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , T. Ide 2 , O. Abbott , K. Ono 2 , M. Osaki
Sac Bunt: K. Izumi
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Smith 3 (48) , T. Ide (10) , O. Abbott (2)
CS: T. Ryu (4)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Ide (15) , R. Funakoshi (2)
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
C. Abe 7.0 8 5 4 6 4 2 129 5.33   
K. Inouye 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 2.63   
T. Yamamoto L (2-5) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 5 3.25   
PITCHING
Game Score: C. Abe 41
Batters Faced: C. Abe 35, K. Inouye 7, T. Yamamoto 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Abe 9-7, K. Inouye 2-4, T. Yamamoto 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: C. Abe 129-70, K. Inouye 27-14, T. Yamamoto 5-4
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Izumi 6.1 6 5 3 3 3 0 112 3.09   
S. Terada 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 32 2.29   
S. Kawakami W (2-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 29 0.49   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Izumi 45
Batters Faced: K. Izumi 30, S. Terada 6, S. Kawakami 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Izumi 7-9, S. Terada 3-0, S. Kawakami 2-3
Pitches - Strikes: K. Izumi 112-73, S. Terada 32-21, S. Kawakami 29-16
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Terada 2-1
WP: K. Izumi 2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kakuya Izumi
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (80 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 3:25
Attendance: 26731
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