BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
09/16/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 8172 - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (52-72) 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 11 0
Fukuoka Falcons (75-50) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 0
Stars Claim 6-4 Win
Nagasaki and Fukuoka got after it at Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium.

Good production from shortstop Michiki Ichikawa helped the Nagasaki Stars topple the Fukuoka Falcons, 6-4. Ichikawa went 2 for 5 with a home run, while adding 4 RBI and scoring once for the Stars. After today's action, Nagasaki sits at 52-72; Fukuoka slips to 75-50.

In the top of the first, Ichikawa had a 3-run home run for Nagasaki. It was his 12th home run of the season and put the Stars on top, 3-0.

"I'm just happy to help the team win," Ichikawa told the Nagasaki Herald.
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi 1B 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 .276 9 36
S. Sakata 2B 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .227 4 30
R. Kodama CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 .243 11 44
M. Ichikawa SS 5 1 2 4 0 0 2 .284 12 73
S. Inoue 3B 5 2 2 2 0 1 3 .223 16 45
T. Ueda RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .212 10 33
Y. Toyota LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .195 8 25
B. Wada C 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .271 5 20
Y. Koyama P 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .107 0 1
   a-K. Bai PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 2 12
   Y. Kameda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
   b-I. Matsuda PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .230 7 33
   T. Kondo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6 4 7 16      
a - K. Bai pinch hit for Y. Koyama in the 6th
b - I. Matsuda pinch hit for Y. Kameda in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: S. Inoue 2 (16, 1st Inning off I. Muraoka, 0 on, 1 out; 3rd Inning off I. Muraoka, 0 on, 2 outs) , M. Ichikawa (12, 1st Inning off I. Muraoka, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: S. Sakata , R. Kodama , M. Ichikawa 5 , S. Inoue 8 , T. Ueda 2 , B. Wada , Y. Koyama , I. Matsuda
2-out RBI: S. Inoue
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Nishi , S. Inoue
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Sakata-Ichikawa-Nishi)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Takahashi CF 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 .260 11 43
T. Shibuya 3B 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 .259 25 55
T. Akamine RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 4 .321 28 80
A. Sugiura LF 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .301 32 102
Y. Kawasaki 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 .317 34 102
S. Hanzawa 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .222 9 42
S. Yamanaka C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 7 20
   b-K. Suzuki PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .255 6 15
R. Auerbach SS 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 .174 5 15
I. Muraoka P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .151 1 3
   S. Ikeda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 1 2
   a-K. Kikuchi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0
   S. Ishii P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 1
   c-Y. Fukunaga PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1 2
Totals 34 4 8 4 5 4 11      
a - K. Kikuchi pinch hit for S. Ikeda in the 7th
b - K. Suzuki pinch hit for S. Yamanaka in the 9th
c - Y. Fukunaga pinch hit for S. Ishii in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Akamine (17, 8th Inning off T. Kondo, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: T. Shibuya (25, 3rd Inning off Y. Koyama, 1 on, 1 out) , R. Auerbach (5, 9th Inning off T. Kondo, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: H. Takahashi , T. Shibuya 5 , T. Akamine 3 , A. Sugiura , S. Hanzawa , R. Auerbach 4
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Akamine , Y. Kawasaki 2
GIDP: Y. Kawasaki
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Akamine (42)

FIELDING
OF assists: 1 (Takahashi(Matsuda at 2nd base))
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Koyama W (12-9) 5.0 5 2 2 2 3 1 74 3.63   
Y. Kameda H (5) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 3.31   
T. Kondo SV (16) 2.0 3 2 2 3 0 1 41 4.57   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Koyama 50
Batters Faced: Y. Koyama 21, Y. Kameda 6, T. Kondo 12
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Koyama 8-3, Y. Kameda 3-2, T. Kondo 2-4
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Koyama 74-43, Y. Kameda 22-15, T. Kondo 41-20
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
I. Muraoka L (12-11) 5.1 7 5 5 2 4 3 89 3.08   
S. Ikeda 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 17 3.57   
S. Ishii 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 32 4.04   
PITCHING
Game Score: I. Muraoka 36
Batters Faced: I. Muraoka 25, S. Ikeda 7, S. Ishii 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: I. Muraoka 6-6, S. Ikeda 2-2, S. Ishii 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: I. Muraoka 89-53, S. Ikeda 17-10, S. Ishii 32-19
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Ikeda 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Michiki Ichikawa
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (78 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 6 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 3:55
Attendance: 8630
Special Notes: Rain delay of 63 minutes in the 4th inning.
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