BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT KINBOSHI KITES
09/07/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT KINBOSHI KITES
GAME ID: 8195 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (50-67) 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 8 15 1
Kinboshi Kites (63-55) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 5 9 1
Stars Topple Kites, 8-5
Kinboshi second baseman Hideyuki Kitamura had a terrific game, but it still wasn't enough to get his team a win. Kitamura went 2-3 with a home run and a walk. He drove in 3 runs and scored once, even as Nagasaki beat the Kites, 8-5. Togai Ota earned the win to go to 5-11. He allowed 4 runs on 8 hits, with 1 walk and 5 strikeouts in 8 innings of work. Nagasaki has now won 3 in a row.

The Stars got an important contribution from left fielder Yoritomo Toyota, who in the top of the second hit a 3-1 cutter to left for a solo home run. It was his 8th home run of the season and put the Stars ahead, 2-0.

"I just tried to see the ball and put a good swing on it," said Toyota.
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi 1B 6 3 4 0 0 0 1 .281 8 35
S. Sakata 2B 5 1 2 2 1 0 3 .225 4 30
R. Kodama CF 4 0 1 1 1 0 3 .242 10 43
M. Ichikawa SS 5 1 2 2 0 1 5 .281 10 67
T. Ueda RF 4 0 1 1 1 0 3 .215 10 33
S. Inoue 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 .224 14 42
Y. Toyota LF 5 1 1 1 0 2 3 .207 8 25
S. Yamaguchi C 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 .248 12 36
T. Ota P 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 0 0
   a-I. Matsuda PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .236 7 32
   Y. Kameda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
Totals 41 8 15 7 3 3 28      
a - I. Matsuda pinch hit for T. Ota in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: M. Ichikawa (10, 2nd Inning off S. Hayashida, 0 on, 0 outs) , Y. Toyota (8, 2nd Inning off S. Hayashida, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: B. Nishi 4 , S. Sakata 2 , R. Kodama , M. Ichikawa 5 , T. Ueda , Y. Toyota 4 , S. Yamaguchi 3 , I. Matsuda
2-out RBI: S. Sakata , Y. Toyota
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Sakata , S. Inoue 2 , Y. Toyota 2
GIDP: S. Inoue
Sac Bunt: T. Ota 2
Hit by Pitch: S. Inoue
Team LOB: 12

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Kodama (31)

FIELDING
Errors: M. Ichikawa (16)
Double Plays: 1 (Nishi-Ichikawa-Nishi)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kanazawa CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .259 13 51
A. Goto SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .176 4 10
F. Tokunaga 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .346 32 84
H. Kitamura 2B 3 1 2 3 1 0 2 .268 11 61
M. Kawasaki LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .199 12 48
K. Kurosawa C 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 .234 12 43
K. Kikuchi RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .203 11 39
H. Hanada 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .205 2 7
   b-M. Oyama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 1 7
S. Hayashida P 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .113 2 2
   a-Z. Yoemon PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .224 0 4
   K. Yoshikawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-R. Okamoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .205 2 3
Totals 35 5 9 5 1 6 6      
a - Z. Yoemon pinch hit for S. Hayashida in the 7th
b - M. Oyama pinch hit for H. Hanada in the 9th
c - R. Okamoto pinch hit for K. Yoshikawa in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Kawasaki (10, 4th Inning off T. Ota, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: H. Kitamura (11, 6th Inning off T. Ota, 2 on, 0 outs) , K. Kurosawa (12, 9th Inning off Y. Kameda, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kanazawa , A. Goto , F. Tokunaga , H. Kitamura 5 , M. Kawasaki 2 , K. Kurosawa 5 , K. Kikuchi
2-out RBI: K. Kurosawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Kikuchi
GIDP: H. Kitamura
Team LOB: 4

FIELDING
Errors: H. Hanada (4)
Double Plays: 1 (Goto-Kitamura-Tokunaga)
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Ota W (5-11) 8.0 8 4 3 1 5 1 107 5.47   
Y. Kameda 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18 3.55   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Ota 56
Batters Faced: T. Ota 32, Y. Kameda 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Ota 11-6, Y. Kameda 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: T. Ota 107-71, Y. Kameda 18-14
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Hayashida L (10-8) 7.0 12 7 5 2 3 2 124 2.74   
K. Yoshikawa 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 35 2.84   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Hayashida 30
Batters Faced: S. Hayashida 36, K. Yoshikawa 11
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Hayashida 10-7, K. Yoshikawa 4-3
Pitches - Strikes: S. Hayashida 124-83, K. Yoshikawa 35-20
WP: S. Hayashida
Hit Batsmen: S. Hayashida
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Hideyuki Kitamura
Ballpark: Konohana Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (80 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 9 mph
Start Time: 12:35 PM JST
Time: 2:54
Attendance: 16234
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