 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KOBE BULLS AT KINBOSHI KITES 09/13/1974 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | KOBE BULLS AT KINBOSHI KITES | | GAME ID: 8212 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kobe Bulls (84-39) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | | Kinboshi Kites (63-60) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | | |  | |
| Bulls Drop Kites, 3-2, Behind Oto | Tatsuharu Oto, who led the WL in innings pitched with 243.2 in 1972, was locked in. The right-hander led the Kobe Bulls to a 3-2 win against the Kinboshi Kites at Konohana Stadium. Shinya Kawakami recorded the save for Kobe, his 16th of the season. The first-place Bulls lifted their record to 84-39.
Oto was in the zone all game. He frustrated Kinboshi hitters while giving the Bulls 8.2 innings of quality work. Oto threw 108 pitches, allowing 4 hits and getting 5 punchouts.
Said Kinboshi manager Frank Moore: "Different day, same result." | |
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| KOBE BATTING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - T. Amano pinch hit for T. Kurokawa in the 8th b - T. Kawabata substituted for T. Amano in the 8th c - T. Ryu pinch hit for O. Abbott in the 9th d - T. Smith pinch hit for M. Osaki in the 9th e - S. Inoue pinch hit for K. Nishimura in the 9th f - M. Harada substituted for S. Inoue in the 9th
BATTING Home Runs: T. Oto (16, 1st Inning off S. Hayashida, 1 on, 1 out) Total Bases: T. Amano , T. Ide , T. Oto 4 , R. Funakoshi , K. Nishimura 2-out RBI: S. Inoue Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Kawabata , T. Ide GIDP: T. Oto Sac Bunt: M. Osaki , K. Nishimura Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: J. Hayashida (11)
FIELDING Errors: T. Ide (22) , T. Oto (11) | | | a - A. Goto substituted for S. Hayashida in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: Y. Hirata (13, 1st Inning off T. Oto, 0 on, 1 out) Home Runs: M. Kawasaki (13, 2nd Inning off T. Oto, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: Y. Hirata 2 , H. Kitamura , M. Kawasaki 5 2-out RBI: H. Kitamura Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Kitamura , M. Kawasaki Team LOB: 4
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Hirata-Kitamura-Tokunaga) | | |
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| KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Oto W (19-6) | 8.2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 108 | 2.17 | | S. Kawakami SV (16) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.14 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | S. Hayashida | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 100 | 2.74 | | M. Miwa L (5-3) | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 2.82 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Tatsuharu Oto Ballpark: Konohana Stadium Weather: Cloudy (79 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 3:24 Attendance: 21328 Special Notes: Rain delay of 47 minutes in the 3rd inning. |
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