BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
09/17/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 8222 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vesutan Bees (63-64) 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 11 1
Fukuoka Falcons (74-53) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 1
Falcons Lose at Home, 5-4
The Vesutan Bees picked up a win at Fukuoka Stadium, downing the Fukuoka Falcons, 5-4. On the mound for Vesutan was right-hander Tsuneo Oda, who played a pivotal role in the win. The defeat makes Fukuoka 74-53.

Shougo Iwai, who won the Most Valuable Player Award in 1971, helped out the Vesutan cause in the top of the fifth inning with a run-scoring ground out. For the game, the first baseman drove in one run.

"Nice win for us," said Iwai. "Now we'll go after the next one."
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Kawano CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 .236 11 25
K. Omori LF 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 .243 13 56
H. Ikegami RF 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 .293 15 81
S. Iwai 1B 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 .283 18 71
K. Okano 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .254 2 18
K. Bai 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .286 5 18
Y. Ueda SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .201 5 23
I. Hirano C 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .205 8 26
   K. Inouye P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
T. Oda P 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .130 0 6
   a-R. Mikami C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 0 3
Totals 34 5 11 4 2 5 11      
a - R. Mikami substituted for T. Oda in the 8th

BATTING
Triples: H. Ikegami (4, 3rd Inning off I. Yamamoto, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Kawano , K. Omori 4 , H. Ikegami 4 , K. Bai , I. Hirano 2 , T. Oda
2-out RBI: I. Hirano , T. Oda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , K. Kawano 2 , H. Ikegami , S. Iwai , K. Okano , K. Bai
GIDP: S. Iwai
Sac Bunt: Y. Ueda , T. Oda
Sac Fly: S. Iwai
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Omori (43)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Oda (2)
Double Plays: 1 (Hirano-Bai)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Takahashi CF 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .257 19 61
I. Nakamura SS 5 0 3 1 0 0 1 .281 16 55
A. Sugiura LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .244 25 84
Y. Kawasaki 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .308 46 100
S. Hanzawa 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 14 46
T. Shibuya 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .257 14 42
W. Adams RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .230 7 20
K. Suzuki C 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .255 2 13
   E. Knight P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
   b-S. Horimoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312 4 14
   T. Watanabe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-T. Akamine PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 24 58
I. Yamamoto P 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 0 3
   a-S. Yamanaka C 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 .217 10 34
Totals 32 4 8 3 3 3 12      
a - S. Yamanaka substituted for I. Yamamoto in the 5th
b - S. Horimoto pinch hit for E. Knight in the 7th
c - T. Akamine pinch hit for T. Watanabe in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: I. Nakamura (20, 7th Inning off T. Oda, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: S. Yamanaka (10, 7th Inning off T. Oda, 0 on, 2 outs) , H. Takahashi (19, 7th Inning off T. Oda, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: H. Takahashi 5 , I. Nakamura 4 , Y. Kawasaki , K. Suzuki , S. Yamanaka 4
2-out RBI: H. Takahashi , S. Yamanaka
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Sugiura , Y. Kawasaki , W. Adams , K. Suzuki
Sac Bunt: H. Takahashi , S. Hanzawa , I. Yamamoto
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: I. Nakamura (22)
CS: I. Nakamura (7)

FIELDING
Errors: E. Knight (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Nakamura-Hanzawa-Kawasaki)
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Oda W (11-9) 7.0 6 4 2 3 3 2 95 3.75   
K. Inouye SV (21) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 2.31   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Oda 53
Batters Faced: T. Oda 30, K. Inouye 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Oda 7-11, K. Inouye 3-3
Pitches - Strikes: T. Oda 95-60, K. Inouye 21-17
Balk: T. Oda
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
I. Yamamoto L (12-9) 4.2 8 5 5 2 3 0 90 3.98   
E. Knight 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 31 7.18   
T. Watanabe 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 2.95   
PITCHING
Game Score: I. Yamamoto 29
Batters Faced: I. Yamamoto 23, E. Knight 9, T. Watanabe 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: I. Yamamoto 5-5, E. Knight 2-4, T. Watanabe 3-2
Pitches - Strikes: I. Yamamoto 90-60, E. Knight 31-20, T. Watanabe 21-15
Inherited Runners - Scored: E. Knight 2-0
WP: T. Watanabe
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tsuneo Oda
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (79 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 10 mph
Start Time: 2:05 PM JST
Time: 3:12
Attendance: 22649
Special Notes: Rain delay of 21 minutes in the 3rd inning.
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