 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS 09/10/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS | | GAME ID: 8200 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Vesutan Bees (59-61) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | | Osaka Sailors (33-87) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | | |  | |
| Sailors Lose Contest, 5-2 | The Vesutan Bees took on the Osaka Sailors at Kotei Stadium.
Vesutan Bees starter Niou Nagao turned in an exceptional performance against the Osaka Sailors at Kotei Stadium, resulting in a Vesutan win, 5-2. Vesutan is 59-61 and Osaka, with the loss, 33-87.
Taiji Miyakawa was 1-3 with a home run and 2 walks, while adding 2 RBI and scoring once for Vesutan. With one out and the game tied in the top of the seventh inning, Miyakawa, who is tied for 6th in the WL in home runs with 22, had a clutch at-bat. Facing Osaka hurler Kinnosuke Shimabukuro, he grounded out, driving in 1 run to give the Bees a 3-2 lead.
"I'm just trying to make sure I'm focused for each and every pitch," said Nagao. | |
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| VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE | | OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - K. Kawano pinch hit for Y. Ueda in the 7th b - S. Fujiwara substituted for K. Kawano in the 7th
BATTING Home Runs: T. Miyakawa (22, 3rd Inning off K. Shimabukuro, 0 on, 2 outs) , K. Okano (12, 7th Inning off K. Shimabukuro, 1 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: T. Miyakawa 4 , K. Okano 5 , H. Ikegami 2 , K. Omori , S. Iwai 2 2-out RBI: T. Miyakawa , K. Okano Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Ikegami , A. Nakamura 2 GIDP: A. Nakamura Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: H. Ikegami (14) , K. Omori (34)
FIELDING Errors: S. Fujiwara (7) Double Plays: 1 (Okano-Ueda-Iwai) | | | a - N. Yamada pinch hit for K. Shimabukuro in the 7th b - Z. Abe pinch hit for R. Tamura in the 9th c - S. Abe pinch hit for Y. Fujitate in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: T. Takahashi (18, 3rd Inning off N. Nagao, 1 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: C. Okada 2 , T. Takahashi 2 , S. Sato , S. Hino 2-out RBI: C. Okada , T. Takahashi Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Sato , K. Shimabukuro GIDP: T. Takahashi Sac Bunt: A. Kamai , M. Yamamoto Hit by Pitch: R. Tamura Team LOB: 8
FIELDING Errors: T. Takahashi (8) , M. Yamamoto (5) Double Plays: 1 (Kamai-Okada-Takahashi) | | |
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| VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE | | OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | N. Nagao W (10-6) | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 109 | 3.92 | | | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Niou Nagao Ballpark: Kotei Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (71 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 8 mph Start Time: 1:05 PM JST Time: 2:33 Attendance: 9376 |
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