BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT KINBOSHI KITES
09/02/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT KINBOSHI KITES
GAME ID: 8178 - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Osaka Sailors (31-82) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 8 0
Kinboshi Kites (61-52) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 4 11 0
Kites Bump Off Sailors, 4-3
The Kinboshi Kites nipped the Osaka Sailors, 4-3, at Konohana Stadium. Kinboshi first baseman Fusao Tokunaga, in particular, starred. Saimei Hayashida picked up the win with 7 innings of work. He allowed 3 runs on 7 hits, while walking 3 and striking out 2. On the season, he is now 10-7. Toyoji Tsuda recorded his 7th save for Kinboshi.

Munemitsu Kawasaki had a clutch hit in the bottom of the seventh inning. With two men out and runners on 1st and 2nd, the Kinboshi left fielder hit a run-scoring single. That put the Kites in the lead, 4-3.

"I'm just trying to make good contact," said Tokunaga, "one at-bat at a time."

The third-place Kites go to 61-52.
OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Kamai SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .233 5 20
C. Okada 2B 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 .277 4 15
T. Takahashi 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .287 3 41
S. Sato RF 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 .289 14 48
S. Hino LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .192 9 27
K. Urushihara C 3 1 1 3 0 0 2 .181 5 23
B. Matsumura 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .209 7 12
S. Hara CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .225 3 8
   a-Z. Abe PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 7 21
T. Kobayashi P 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .196 1 3
   K. Usui P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-N. Yamada PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241 4 16
Totals 31 3 8 3 3 5 15      
a - Z. Abe pinch hit for S. Hara in the 9th
b - N. Yamada pinch hit for K. Usui in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: K. Urushihara (5, 6th Inning off S. Hayashida, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: C. Okada 2 , T. Takahashi , S. Sato 2 , S. Hino , K. Urushihara 4 , B. Matsumura
2-out RBI: K. Urushihara
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Matsumura , S. Hara
GIDP: A. Kamai , T. Takahashi
Sac Bunt: A. Kamai , K. Urushihara
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Sato (7)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Kamai-Okada-Takahashi, Urushihara-Kamai-Takahashi)
OF assists: 1 (Hino(Hirata at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kanazawa CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .262 13 50
Y. Hirata SS 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 .257 12 40
F. Tokunaga 1B 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 .348 32 83
   c-M. Oyama PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .173 1 6
   T. Tsuda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
H. Kitamura 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .254 10 56
M. Kawasaki LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .194 10 44
K. Kurosawa C 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .236 11 41
K. Kikuchi RF 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .197 9 35
H. Hanada 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 2 5
   b-K. Murakami PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 0 0
   d-R. Okamoto 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 2 3
S. Hayashida P 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .117 2 2
   a-A. Goto PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .175 4 10
   e-K. Masuda 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 1 2
Totals 31 4 11 4 4 3 12      
a - A. Goto pinch hit for S. Hayashida in the 7th
b - K. Murakami pinch ran for H. Hanada in the 7th
c - M. Oyama pinch ran for F. Tokunaga in the 7th
d - R. Okamoto substituted for K. Murakami in the 8th
e - K. Masuda substituted for A. Goto in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Kitamura (16, 6th Inning off T. Kobayashi, 0 on, 0 outs) , Y. Hirata (9, 7th Inning off T. Kobayashi, 2 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: F. Tokunaga (32, 4th Inning off T. Kobayashi, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: Y. Hirata 3 , F. Tokunaga 5 , H. Kitamura 3 , M. Kawasaki 2 , K. Kurosawa , K. Kikuchi , H. Hanada
2-out RBI: M. Kawasaki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Hanada
GIDP: K. Kurosawa , R. Okamoto
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Kitamura-Hirata-Tokunaga, Hayashida-Hirata-Tokunaga)
OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Kobayashi L (3-14) 7.1 11 4 4 4 3 1 125 5.42   
K. Usui 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.23   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Kobayashi 39
Batters Faced: T. Kobayashi 34, K. Usui 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Kobayashi 9-7, K. Usui 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: T. Kobayashi 125-77, K. Usui 3-1
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Usui 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Hayashida W (10-7) 7.0 7 3 3 3 2 1 115 2.60   
T. Tsuda SV (7) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 20 2.30   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Hayashida 50
Batters Faced: S. Hayashida 29, T. Tsuda 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Hayashida 8-9, T. Tsuda 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: S. Hayashida 115-72, T. Tsuda 20-15
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Fusao Tokunaga
Ballpark: Konohana Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 7 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:10
Attendance: 16164
Special Notes: Rain delay of 28 minutes in the 5th inning.
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