 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON OSAKA SAILORS AT NAGASAKI STARS 09/04/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | OSAKA SAILORS AT NAGASAKI STARS | | GAME ID: 8183 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Osaka Sailors (32-83) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | | Nagasaki Stars (47-67) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | | |  | |
| Stars Lose Versus Osaka, 7-4 | The Osaka Sailors beat the Nagasaki Stars, 7-4. Osaka pitcher and Kobe, Japan, native Wei-Tzu Otsuki led the way. The Sailors now have a record of 32-83.
In the top of the seventh, Satoshi Hino, who finished 2nd in the WL in triples with 7 in 1967, delivered for Osaka. That's when he belted a 3-run home run, putting the Sailors up, 7-4. It was his lone hit in 4 at-bats, but it was a climactic one.
"Nice to tuck this win away," said Hino. | |
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| OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | |
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI | | A. Kamai SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .233 | 6 | 21 | | C. Okada 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 | 5 | 16 | | a-Z. Abe PH, 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 7 | 21 | | T. Takahashi 1B, 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | 3 | 41 | | S. Sato RF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .295 | 14 | 50 | | S. Hino LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .193 | 10 | 30 | | H. Orido C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .235 | 5 | 14 | | R. Tamura 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | 11 | 29 | | S. Hara CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .213 | 3 | 9 | | W. Otsuki P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | 0 | 0 | | Totals | 35 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | | | | a - Z. Abe pinch hit for C. Okada in the 7th
BATTING Doubles: A. Kamai (7, 7th Inning off K. Mitsunaga, 0 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: C. Okada (5, 3rd Inning off K. Mitsunaga, 0 on, 1 out) , S. Hino (10, 7th Inning off K. Mitsunaga, 2 on, 1 out) Total Bases: A. Kamai 2 , C. Okada 5 , T. Takahashi , S. Sato 3 , S. Hino 4 , R. Tamura 2 2-out RBI: S. Sato Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Kamai , S. Hino , W. Otsuki Sac Fly: S. Sato , S. Hara Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: S. Hino (12)
FIELDING Errors: C. Okada (9) Double Plays: 1 (Okada-Kamai-Takahashi) | | | | |
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| OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | W. Otsuki W (1-5) | 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 119 | 4.41 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Mitsunaga L (7-12) | 6.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 103 | 4.38 | | T. Kondo | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4.29 | | D. Champ | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 4.37 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Wei-Tzu Otsuki Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (81 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 5 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 2:46 Attendance: 9156 |
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