BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KOBE BULLS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
09/03/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KOBE BULLS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 8179 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kobe Bulls (77-37) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 6 11 0
Fukuoka Falcons (68-45) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 1
Kobe Gets 6-2 Win
Kobe Bulls starter Tatsuharu Oto pitched his team past the Fukuoka Falcons, 6-2. With this game in the books, Kobe is 77-37, Fukuoka 68-45.

In the top of the fifth, Kobe second baseman Takaki Smith had a run-producing at-bat. Facing Fukuoka hurler Tsuneteru Fujiwara, Smith hit a sacrifice fly. That made the score 2-1, Kobe. For the day, Smith drove in one run.

"We'll sip on a cold one and savor this win," said Oto.
KOBE BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 4 0 0 1 0 1 4 .244 10 34
T. Kurokawa LF 5 0 1 1 0 2 3 .251 12 54
T. Oto P 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 .320 14 71
J. Hayashida CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .279 30 88
K. Kira C 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .236 3 47
T. Ryu RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .237 3 17
R. Funakoshi 1B 4 2 2 1 0 2 2 .236 8 17
T. Ide SS 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .255 6 28
M. Osaki 3B 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 .271 17 44
Totals 36 6 11 6 1 6 16      
BATTING
Doubles: M. Osaki (12, 3rd Inning off T. Fujiwara, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: T. Kurokawa (8, 5th Inning off T. Fujiwara, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: T. Ide (6, 3rd Inning off T. Fujiwara, 0 on, 0 outs) , R. Funakoshi (8, 7th Inning off T. Fujiwara, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kurokawa 3 , J. Hayashida , K. Kira , T. Ryu , R. Funakoshi 5 , T. Ide 4 , M. Osaki 5
2-out RBI: T. Kurokawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , T. Oto 2 , T. Ide
Sac Fly: T. Smith , K. Kira
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Smith-Funakoshi, Smith-Ide-Funakoshi)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Takahashi CF 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .260 11 43
I. Nakamura SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .246 6 24
T. Akamine RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 .318 27 76
A. Sugiura LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .300 30 96
Y. Kawasaki 1B 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .313 31 92
S. Hanzawa 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .228 8 38
T. Shibuya 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .254 21 47
S. Yamanaka C 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .226 7 20
T. Fujiwara P 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 0 0
   S. Yamasaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
   a-K. Suzuki PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .261 6 14
   S. Ishii P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 1
Totals 32 2 8 2 2 2 14      
a - K. Suzuki pinch hit for S. Yamasaki in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: Y. Kawasaki (31, 2nd Inning off T. Oto, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: H. Takahashi , T. Akamine 2 , A. Sugiura , Y. Kawasaki 4 , T. Shibuya , T. Fujiwara , K. Suzuki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Akamine , Y. Kawasaki , T. Shibuya
GIDP: S. Hanzawa
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Akamine (37)
CS: T. Akamine (3)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Akamine (5)
PB: S. Yamanaka 3
KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Oto W (17-6) 9.0 8 2 2 2 2 1 125 2.26   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Oto 63
Batters Faced: T. Oto 34
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Oto 13-9
Pitches - Strikes: T. Oto 125-75
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Fujiwara L (3-2) 7.1 10 6 5 1 4 2 122 3.30   
S. Yamasaki 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 1.79   
S. Ishii 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 4.23   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Fujiwara 39
Batters Faced: T. Fujiwara 33, S. Yamasaki 2, S. Ishii 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Fujiwara 11-7, S. Yamasaki 0-0, S. Ishii 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: T. Fujiwara 122-77, S. Yamasaki 10-7, S. Ishii 14-9
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Yamasaki 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tatsuharu Oto
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (67 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 2:46
Attendance: 20591
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