 | | 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. | |
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| OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | |
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)) | | | 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) | | |
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| 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 | | | | 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 | | |
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| 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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