 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KINBOSHI KITES AT OSAKA SAILORS 09/16/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | KINBOSHI KITES AT OSAKA SAILORS | | GAME ID: 8218 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kinboshi Kites (57-69) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | | Osaka Sailors (47-78) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | | |  | |
| Kites Pin 4-1 Loss on Osaka | The Osaka Sailors went down to defeat to Kyuso Ikeda and his Kinboshi teammates. The final score was 4-1, in favor of the Kites. The loss makes Osaka 47-78.
Kesanori Kikuchi, who finished 2nd in the WL in OPS with .789 in 1967, had a direct impact on the outcome. Kikuchi contributed a 2-run home run in the top of the sixth inning to put Kinboshi up, 4-0.
Kikuchi called the win "a collective effort." | |
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| KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | | OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - M. Oyama pinch hit for K. Ikeda in the 9th
BATTING Home Runs: T. Kanazawa (10, 6th Inning off T. Kobayashi, 0 on, 1 out) , K. Kikuchi (13, 6th Inning off T. Kobayashi, 1 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: F. Tokunaga 2 , T. Kanazawa 4 , Y. Hirata , K. Kikuchi 4 2-out RBI: K. Kikuchi Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Kawasaki , Y. Hirata GIDP: Y. Hirata , F. Muramoto Sac Bunt: M. Kawasaki , K. Ikeda Hit by Pitch: K. Kurosawa Team LOB: 5
FIELDING Errors: K. Ikeda (3) | | | a - Z. Abe pinch hit for T. Kobayashi in the 8th
BATTING Total Bases: S. Hino , S. Sato , T. Takahashi , K. Urushihara , M. Yamamoto 2-out RBI: T. Takahashi Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , T. Takahashi 2 , N. Yamada 2 Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: S. Hino 2 (17) , S. Sato (11)
FIELDING Errors: A. Kamai (31) , N. Yamada (8) Double Plays: 2 (Kamai-Takahashi-Yamada, Tamura-Takahashi-Yamada) | | |
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| KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE | | OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Ikeda W (9-13) | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 108 | 3.74 | | M. Miwa SV (20) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.42 | | | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Kyuso Ikeda Ballpark: Kotei Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (81 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 6 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 2:40 Attendance: 12352 |
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