 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON OSAKA SAILORS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS 09/09/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | OSAKA SAILORS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS | | GAME ID: 8200 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Osaka Sailors (44-76) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | | Fukuoka Falcons (70-50) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | X | 6 | 13 | 1 | | |  | |
| Fukuoka Makes It 11 Straight with 6-4 Win | Yasuhiko Kawasaki batted in 4 runs to lead Fukuoka to a win over Osaka. The final score was 6-4. Kawasaki chipped in 2 singles and 1 home run. Yutaka Kameda snagged the win in relief. The right-hander allowed 1 run on 1 hit over 2 innings. He's now 1-0 on the season. Fukuoka, having won 11 in a row, is now 70-50.
Kawasaki had a game-changing home run in the bottom of the eighth. On a 2-0 fastball from Yukinobu Nobuhara, he banged a grand slam home run to left, giving the Falcons a 6-4 lead. It was the 44th home run of the year for Kawasaki.
"This team is playing at a high level right now," said Falcons manager Kamlyn Kadota. | |
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| OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
| | | a - K. Kikuchi pinch hit for I. Yamamoto in the 6th b - S. Horimoto pinch hit for Y. Kameda in the 8th c - T. Akamine pinch hit for H. Takahashi in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: S. Yamanaka (10, 2nd Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: Y. Kawasaki (44, 8th Inning off Y. Nobuhara, 3 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: H. Takahashi , T. Akamine , I. Nakamura , Y. Kawasaki 6 , T. Shibuya , S. Hanzawa , W. Adams 2 , S. Yamanaka 4 2-out RBI: Y. Kawasaki Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , I. Nakamura 3 , S. Hanzawa , W. Adams GIDP: A. Sugiura Sac Bunt: I. Yamamoto Sac Fly: A. Sugiura Team LOB: 10
FIELDING Errors: I. Nakamura (20) Double Plays: 1 (Hanzawa-Nakamura-Kawasaki) | | |
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| OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Kurata | 7.1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 132 | 4.85 | | Y. Nobuhara L (2-4), BS (4) | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 2.36 | | | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Yasuhiko Kawasaki Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph Start Time: 1:05 PM JST Time: 2:55 Attendance: 20681 |
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