 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON NAGASAKI STARS AT KOBE BULLS 09/11/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | NAGASAKI STARS AT KOBE BULLS | | GAME ID: 8205 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Nagasaki Stars (51-70) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | Kobe Bulls (83-39) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 4 | 0 | | |  | |
| Bulls Blank Stars, Yamakawa Winner | Roku Yamakawa pitched a strong game at Matsunoki Stadium, blanking the Nagasaki Stars, 2-0. Yamakawa, who is tied for 5th in the WL in wins with 12, allowed no runs on 5 hits, totaled 5 strikeouts and gave up 2 walks.
Kobe manager Shojiro Tasaka said he could tell immediately it was going to be a good game for Yamakawa.
"Right from the start, you could see how economical he was," Tasaka said. "He threw a lot of strikes."
Yamakawa has posted a 12-9 record for the year with a 3.13 ERA. Teams are hitting .231 against him and he has rung up 116 strikeouts in 201 innings. | |
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| NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | | KOBE BATTING LINESCORE | |
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI | | R. Kodama CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .243 | 11 | 44 | | S. Ibe SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .248 | 3 | 9 | | I. Matsuda RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .227 | 7 | 33 | | M. Ichikawa 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .278 | 10 | 68 | | S. Inoue 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .224 | 14 | 42 | | a-K. Bai PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .328 | 2 | 12 | | B. Wada C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .270 | 5 | 20 | | Y. Toyota LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .199 | 8 | 25 | | J. Hale 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .164 | 0 | 4 | | S. Shiraishi P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | 2 | 7 | | Totals | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 14 | | | | | | | |
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| NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | | KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | S. Shiraishi L (8-7) | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 103 | 3.54 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | R. Yamakawa W (12-9) | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 112 | 3.13 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Roku Yamakawa Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium Weather: Cloudy (71 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 2:31 Attendance: 27507 Special Notes: Rain delay of 17 minutes in the 8th inning. |
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