BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KOBE BULLS AT VESUTAN BEES
09/25/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KOBE BULLS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 8220 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kobe Bulls (94-40) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Vesutan Bees (67-66) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1 4 0
Bulls Defeated, 1-0
Fans saw a dandy of a game between the Vesutan Bees and Kobe Bulls.

The Vesutan Bees racked up a win at Vesutan Stadium, bumping off the Kobe Bulls, 1-0. Shuhei Ichikawa, who started for Vesutan, pitched effectively for his team. The winner was Ichikawa. He threw 7.0 innings of shutout ball. The loser was Arata Komatsu.

With the game tied, 0-0, in the bottom of the fifth, Ichikawa had a key at-bat for Vesutan. With a runner on 3rd, Ichikawa hit a run-scoring single off Arata Komatsu, making the score 1-0, Bees.

"Shuhei gains confidence in the confidence we have in him," said Vesutan manager Jack Fletchings.

The third-place Bees go to 67-66.
KOBE BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kurokawa LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .248 17 66
O. Abbott RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .227 5 36
   c-T. Ryu PH, RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 5 24
T. Oto 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .325 17 84
J. Hayashida CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .279 33 104
K. Kira C 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .228 3 54
T. Ide SS 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .269 8 34
   d-S. Inoue PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 0 1
M. Osaki 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .249 17 46
   e-R. Funakoshi PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .256 13 29
T. Endo 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 0 0
   a-T. Amano PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .294 2 27
   b-M. Harada 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 4 8
A. Komatsu P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 .229 1 7
   S. Terada P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 30 0 7 0 2 5 13      
a - T. Amano pinch hit for T. Endo in the 7th
b - M. Harada substituted for T. Amano in the 7th
c - T. Ryu pinch hit for O. Abbott in the 8th
d - S. Inoue pinch hit for T. Ide in the 9th
e - R. Funakoshi pinch hit for M. Osaki in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Endo (1, 5th Inning off S. Ichikawa, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Kurokawa , O. Abbott , T. Oto , J. Hayashida , K. Kira , T. Endo 2 , A. Komatsu
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: O. Abbott , T. Oto , M. Osaki , A. Komatsu
GIDP: T. Ide
Sac Bunt: T. Kurokawa , T. Ide
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Ide (7)
CS: T. Kurokawa (7)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Miyakawa 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .267 22 58
K. Okano 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .252 14 49
H. Ikegami RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320 22 73
K. Omori LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 23 86
S. Iwai 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299 9 30
I. Kawase CF 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 .246 12 57
A. Nakamura C 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .279 10 56
   K. Inouye P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Y. Ueda SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .206 8 27
S. Ichikawa P 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .209 0 1
   a-R. Mikami C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 4
Totals 27 1 4 1 1 4 7      
a - R. Mikami substituted for S. Ichikawa in the 8th

BATTING
Triples: T. Miyakawa (2, 8th Inning off S. Terada, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Miyakawa 3 , I. Kawase 2 , S. Ichikawa
2-out RBI: S. Ichikawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Okano , A. Nakamura
Sac Bunt: A. Nakamura
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: I. Kawase (13)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Ueda-Okano-Iwai)
KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Komatsu L (18-7) 7.1 3 1 1 1 4 0 95 2.80   
S. Terada 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 1.51   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Komatsu 71
Batters Faced: A. Komatsu 26, S. Terada 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Komatsu 9-9, S. Terada 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: A. Komatsu 95-61, S. Terada 15-10
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Ichikawa W (9-7) 7.0 6 0 0 2 3 0 99 5.49   
K. Inouye SV (23) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 18 2.93   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Ichikawa 66
Batters Faced: S. Ichikawa 27, K. Inouye 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Ichikawa 9-7, K. Inouye 0-4
Pitches - Strikes: S. Ichikawa 99-61, K. Inouye 18-14
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Shuhei Ichikawa
Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (73 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 10 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM JST
Time: 2:24
Attendance: 11285
Special Notes: SP Arata Komatsu was injured while pitching.
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