BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT KOBE BULLS
08/25/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 8153 - MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (47-58) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 0
Kobe Bulls (64-42) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 X 6 9 2
Kinboshi Sent Home with 6-2 Loss
Kobe Bulls starter Yoshimatsu Yamamura found his groove in his team's 6-2 win over the Kinboshi Kites. Yamamura yielded 2 runs over 9 innings to notch the win. He scattered 8 hits, walked 0, and struck out 4. His record improves to 10-10. Kobe is now 64-42, 6 games up in the Western League.

Tango Kurokawa, who is tied for 7th in the WL in runs scored with 62, chipped in a solo home run for Kobe in the bottom of the third. For the game, the left fielder had 2 hits in 4 at-bats with 1 home run, 1 single, 2 runs scored, and 1 RBI.

"Yoshimatsu is a tough competitor," said Kobe manager Ikuhiko Murata.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Goto SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .220 9 34
M. Kawasaki LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .265 14 59
F. Tokunaga 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .313 16 57
T. Kanazawa CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .300 7 48
K. Kurosawa C 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .230 6 24
K. Kikuchi RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .226 10 34
Y. Hirata 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .228 5 28
H. Hanada 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 .189 1 10
K. Tamura P 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .208 0 3
   B. Baker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 1 2
Totals 34 2 8 1 0 4 12      
BATTING
Home Runs: K. Kikuchi (10, 9th Inning off Y. Yamamura, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: F. Tokunaga , T. Kanazawa 2 , K. Kurosawa , K. Kikuchi 4 , Y. Hirata , H. Hanada 2
2-out RBI: K. Kikuchi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Kurosawa , Y. Hirata , H. Hanada
Sac Bunt: K. Kurosawa
Team LOB: 6
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .261 7 26
T. Kurokawa LF 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 .253 17 48
T. Oto 1B 4 2 2 2 0 1 1 .269 17 52
J. Hayashida CF 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 .279 32 80
K. Kira C 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 .281 7 36
T. Amano RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .269 9 31
T. Ide SS 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 .214 9 30
T. Endo 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 2
Y. Yamamura P 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .175 0 4
Totals 32 6 9 6 1 6 6      
BATTING
Doubles: T. Oto (12, 6th Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 1 out)
Triples: J. Hayashida (3, 4th Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: T. Ide (9, 2nd Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 2 outs) , T. Kurokawa (17, 3rd Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 2 outs) , T. Oto (17, 8th Inning off K. Tamura, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Smith , T. Kurokawa 5 , T. Oto 6 , J. Hayashida 5 , T. Ide 4
2-out RBI: T. Kurokawa , T. Ide
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Hayashida
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Smith (49)
CS: J. Hayashida (8)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Kurokawa 2 (5)
Double Plays: 1 (Smith-Oto)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Tamura L (12-6) 7.0 8 6 6 1 6 3 115 3.86   
B. Baker 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.79   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Tamura 42
Batters Faced: K. Tamura 30, B. Baker 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Tamura 7-8, B. Baker 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: K. Tamura 115-77, B. Baker 12-7
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Yamamura W (10-10) 9.0 8 2 1 0 4 1 112 3.65   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Yamamura 69
Batters Faced: Y. Yamamura 35
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Yamamura 12-10
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Yamamura 112-76
WP: Y. Yamamura
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Yoshimatsu Yamamura
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (78 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 10 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 2:35
Attendance: 29774
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