BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KOBE BULLS AT NAGASAKI STARS
09/02/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KOBE BULLS AT NAGASAKI STARS
GAME ID: 8172 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kobe Bulls (68-45) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 8 0
Nagasaki Stars (58-55) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Oto Puts Screws to Nagasaki
Kobe's Tatsuharu Oto brought his best stuff to Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium, shutting down and shutting out the Nagasaki Stars, 3-0. He racked up 3 strikeouts, surrendered 2 hits, and issued 2 walks on his way to the victory.

"We barely made him work at all," Nagasaki manager Okura Ichimura said later. "Kobe could probably pitch him again tomorrow if they wanted."

This season, Oto has gone 18-5 with an ERA of 2.42, posting 91 strikeouts in 193.1 innings.
KOBE BATTING LINESCORE NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .264 7 29
T. Ide SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .216 9 31
T. Oto P 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .261 17 53
J. Hayashida CF 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .288 34 86
K. Kira C 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .271 8 38
T. Amano RF 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .268 9 32
O. Abbott LF 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 .246 6 36
R. Funakoshi 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .265 4 27
M. Osaki 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .197 6 30
Totals 33 3 8 3 3 6 11      
BATTING
Doubles: J. Hayashida (14, 8th Inning off S. Ishiguro, 1 on, 2 outs) , O. Abbott (7, 9th Inning off Y. Fujitate, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: K. Kira (8, 7th Inning off M. Suzuki, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Smith , T. Oto , J. Hayashida 2 , K. Kira 4 , T. Amano , O. Abbott 4
2-out RBI: J. Hayashida , O. Abbott
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Kira , M. Osaki 2
GIDP: T. Oto , M. Osaki
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Amano (2)
CS: T. Amano (1)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Ide-Smith-Funakoshi)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Takamatsu 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .261 4 26
S. Sakata 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249 10 31
M. Ichikawa SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .304 14 58
T. Ueda RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .285 18 56
I. Matsuda LF 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 .270 9 34
S. Inoue 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .235 16 61
I. Kawase CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 2 10
B. Wada C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .247 10 29
K. Mitsunaga P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .140 0 0
   M. Suzuki P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   S. Ishiguro P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-B. Nishi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 14 40
   Y. Fujitate P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 2
Totals 28 0 2 0 2 3 10      
a - B. Nishi pinch hit for S. Ishiguro in the 8th

BATTING
Total Bases: K. Takamatsu , M. Ichikawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: I. Matsuda
GIDP: S. Inoue
Sac Bunt: S. Sakata
Team LOB: 4

FIELDING
Errors: M. Ichikawa (25)
Double Plays: 2 (Ishiguro-Sakata-Takamatsu, Sakata-Ichikawa-Takamatsu)
KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Oto W (18-5) 9.0 2 0 0 2 3 0 126 2.42   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Oto 84
Batters Faced: T. Oto 31
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Oto 9-15
Pitches - Strikes: T. Oto 126-77
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Mitsunaga 2.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 35 4.73   
M. Suzuki L (0-1) 3.2 5 2 2 1 2 1 64 5.83   
S. Ishiguro 1.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 27 4.60   
Y. Fujitate 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 20 3.59   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Mitsunaga 56
Batters Faced: K. Mitsunaga 8, M. Suzuki 17, S. Ishiguro 7, Y. Fujitate 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Mitsunaga 1-5, M. Suzuki 2-7, S. Ishiguro 3-0, Y. Fujitate 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: K. Mitsunaga 35-24, M. Suzuki 64-40, S. Ishiguro 27-14, Y. Fujitate 20-12
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Ishiguro 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tatsuharu Oto
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (80 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 6 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 2:43
Attendance: 15220
Special Notes: SP Koson Mitsunaga was injured while throwing the ball.
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