BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES
08/27/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 8161 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (46-62) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 10 1
Vesutan Bees (53-55) 1 0 2 0 5 1 3 0 X 12 12 1
Tamura Helps Bees Defeat Stars, 12-4
Motoshige Tamura was a major factor in the 12-4 Vesutan win over Nagasaki. The Bees right fielder went 2 for 3 with a home run and 2 walks. He scored 3 times and drove in 5. Shuhei Ichikawa picked up the win, improving his season record to 7-5. He struck out 1 in 7 innings. The setback makes Nagasaki 46-62.

Ichiro Hirano contributed to the Vesutan win with a run-scoring walk in the bottom of the third. For the game, the catcher had 2 hits in 3 at-bats with 1 home run, 1 single, 1 run scored, and 4 RBI.

"Winning never gets dull," said Hirano.
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .277 7 33
   a-S. Ibe PH, 1B 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .257 3 9
S. Sakata 2B 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 .224 4 27
R. Kodama CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 .245 10 39
M. Ichikawa SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 .286 7 57
T. Ueda RF 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 .211 8 28
S. Inoue 3B 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 .231 14 42
Y. Toyota LF 4 2 1 2 0 0 1 .211 7 23
S. Yamaguchi C 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 .238 12 34
T. Ota P 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .116 0 0
   H. Kawamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 0
   D. Champ P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4 6 2 21      
a - S. Ibe pinch hit for B. Nishi in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Yamaguchi (6, 2nd Inning off S. Ichikawa, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: T. Ueda (8, 2nd Inning off S. Ichikawa, 0 on, 1 out) , Y. Toyota (7, 8th Inning off T. Ohira, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: B. Nishi , S. Sakata , M. Ichikawa , T. Ueda 5 , S. Inoue , Y. Toyota 4 , S. Yamaguchi 3 , D. Champ
2-out RBI: S. Yamaguchi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Sakata , R. Kodama , M. Ichikawa , Y. Toyota , T. Ota
GIDP: M. Ichikawa , S. Inoue
Sac Bunt: T. Ota , H. Kawamoto
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
CS: S. Inoue (4)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Ota (2)
Double Plays: 2 (Inoue-Sakata-Nishi, Nishi-Yamaguchi-Nishi)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Miyakawa 3B 5 2 1 0 1 1 3 .261 19 47
K. Kawano CF 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 .229 0 7
S. Iwai 1B 4 2 1 0 1 1 4 .339 5 18
M. Tamura RF 3 3 2 5 2 1 0 .265 3 17
I. Hirano C 3 1 2 4 2 0 0 .200 2 6
Y. Isobe LF 5 1 2 1 0 0 4 .249 2 24
Y. Ueda SS 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 .229 6 23
F. Okada 2B 4 0 0 1 0 1 6 .188 5 17
S. Ichikawa P 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .194 0 0
   a-K. Omori PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 18 68
   T. Ohira P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 0 1
Totals 32 12 12 11 10 5 22      
a - K. Omori pinch hit for S. Ichikawa in the 7th

BATTING
Home Runs: I. Hirano (2, 5th Inning off T. Ota, 2 on, 0 outs) , M. Tamura (3, 7th Inning off H. Kawamoto, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Miyakawa , K. Kawano 2 , S. Iwai , M. Tamura 5 , I. Hirano 5 , Y. Isobe 2 , Y. Ueda , S. Ichikawa
2-out RBI: M. Tamura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Miyakawa , K. Kawano , Y. Ueda , F. Okada
GIDP: S. Iwai , F. Okada
Sac Bunt: Y. Ueda , T. Ohira , S. Ichikawa
Sac Fly: F. Okada
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Kawano (4) , Y. Isobe (3)

FIELDING
Errors: F. Okada (10)
Double Plays: 2 (Ueda-Okada-Iwai, Ueda-Okada-Iwai)
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Ota L (4-11) 4.0 7 7 7 4 5 1 95 5.60   
H. Kawamoto 2.2 5 5 5 4 0 1 58 4.91   
D. Champ 1.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 4.87   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Ota 21
Batters Faced: T. Ota 23, H. Kawamoto 17, D. Champ 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Ota 4-2, H. Kawamoto 3-5, D. Champ 3-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Ota 95-51, H. Kawamoto 58-33, D. Champ 21-9
Balk: T. Ota
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Ichikawa W (7-5) 7.0 8 2 2 4 1 1 107 5.55   
T. Ohira 2.0 2 2 2 2 1 1 36 4.25   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Ichikawa 50
Batters Faced: S. Ichikawa 31, T. Ohira 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Ichikawa 11-6, T. Ohira 3-2
Pitches - Strikes: S. Ichikawa 107-68, T. Ohira 36-18
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Motoshige Tamura
Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (74 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:14
Attendance: 12007
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