 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON FUKUOKA FALCONS AT NAGASAKI STARS 09/16/1974 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | FUKUOKA FALCONS AT NAGASAKI STARS | | GAME ID: 8215 - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Fukuoka Falcons (76-50) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | | Nagasaki Stars (52-73) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | | |  | |
| Takahashi slugs 2 home runs to Ignite Falcons Offense | Though the conditions were not ideal, the Fukuoka Falcons and Nagasaki Stars came back from a rain delay to finish their game.
Behind a fine performance from Hirobumi Takahashi, the Fukuoka Falcons knocked off the Nagasaki Stars, 8-1. Takahashi belted 2 home runs. He drove in 5 runs and scored twice for the Falcons. Minoru Yamamoto, who finished 4th in the WL in ERA with 3.97 in 1955, was the winning pitcher. Over 8 innings, he allowed 1 run on 8 hits, with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts.
Fukuoka grabbed the momentum in the top of the fifth, when Takahashi hit a 3-run home run off Shinsaku Shiraishi. His 13th home run of the season put the Falcons out in front, 4-1.
"It doesn't matter if you're 10 games over .500 or 10 games under, it feels good to win," Takahashi told the Fukuoka Daily News.
Their 76-50 record puts the Falcons second in the Western League.
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| FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - J. Ishikawa pinch hit for Y. Kawasaki in the 8th
b - T. Yamamoto substituted for J. Ishikawa in the 8th
BATTING
Doubles: S. Hanzawa (13, 6th Inning off S. Shiraishi, 0 on, 0 outs) , M. Yamamoto (3, 8th Inning off H. Kawamoto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: H. Takahashi 2 (13, 1st Inning off S. Shiraishi, 0 on, 1 out; 5th Inning off S. Shiraishi, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Akamine , H. Takahashi 8 , S. Hanzawa 2 , K. Suzuki 3 , M. Yamamoto 3
2-out RBI: K. Suzuki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Suzuki , R. Auerbach
Sac Bunt: S. Hanzawa
Team LOB: 7
FIELDING
Errors: T. Shibuya (17) , M. Yamamoto (1)
Double Plays: 3 (Shibuya-Hanzawa-Kawasaki, Auerbach-Hanzawa-Kawasaki, Auerbach-Hanzawa-Yamamoto) | | | a - K. Bai pinch hit for D. Champ in the 7th
b - Y. Sakai pinch hit for S. Sakata in the 8th
c - K. Takamatsu pinch hit for R. Kodama in the 8th
d - J. Hale substituted for Y. Sakai in the 9th
e - I. Kinoshita pinch hit for T. Ueda in the 9th
f - I. Matsuda pinch hit for H. Kawamoto in the 9th
BATTING
Total Bases: B. Nishi , S. Sakata 2 , Y. Sakai , R. Kodama , I. Kinoshita , S. Inoue , S. Yamaguchi
2-out RBI: S. Inoue
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Kodama , Y. Toyota 2 , I. Matsuda
GIDP: B. Nishi , M. Ichikawa 2
Team LOB: 8 | | |
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| FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | M. Yamamoto W (7-7) | 8.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 5.18 | | S. Ikeda | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3.53 | | | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Hirobumi Takahashi
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (80 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 6 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:31
Attendance: 8813
Special Notes: Rain delay of 37 minutes in the 3rd inning. |
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