 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON VESUTAN BEES AT KINBOSHI KITES 09/19/1974 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | VESUTAN BEES AT KINBOSHI KITES | | GAME ID: 8426 - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH , 1974 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Vesutan Bees (64-63) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | | Kinboshi Kites (65-64) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | | |  | |
| Kites Handed 6-3 Loss by Bees | Masatoshi Sakai, who is tied for 3rd in the WL in innings pitched with 220.0, propelled his team to victory over the Kinboshi Kites. The final score was 6-3, Vesutan. Kiyoshi Inouye, who finished 3rd in the WL in saves with 14 in 1971, earned the save for Vesutan. Vesutan, at 64-63, holds down third place in the Western League.
Who knows how it might've ended, had it not been for Ikku Kawase? The Vesutan center fielder had a run-scoring ground out in the top of the third inning to put the Bees on top, 2-0. For the game, Kawase had 1 double and 1 single in 4 at-bats.
Sakai called the win "a team effort."
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| VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - Y. Isobe pinch ran for K. Omori in the 3rd
b - K. Kawano substituted for M. Sakai in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: I. Kawase (13, 7th Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: K. Okano (13, 6th Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Okano 4 , H. Ikegami 2 , I. Kawase 3 , A. Nakamura , Y. Ueda , M. Sakai
2-out RBI: K. Okano , A. Nakamura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Miyakawa , A. Nakamura , Y. Ueda
Hit by Pitch: K. Omori
Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING
SB: Y. Isobe (4) , I. Kawase (11)
FIELDING
Errors: Y. Isobe (2)
Double Plays: 1 (Okano-Ueda-Iwai) | | | a - K. Kikuchi pinch hit for K. Tamura in the 7th
b - H. Kitamura pinch hit for S. Yamashita in the 9th
c - M. Oyama pinch hit for F. Muramoto in the 9th
BATTING
Home Runs: F. Tokunaga (34, 8th Inning off M. Sakai, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kanazawa , F. Muramoto , F. Tokunaga 6 , M. Kawasaki , A. Goto , R. Okamoto , Y. Hirata , T. Kobayashi , K. Tamura , H. Kitamura
2-out RBI: Y. Hirata
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Muramoto , M. Kawasaki , Y. Hirata
GIDP: R. Okamoto
Sac Bunt: K. Tamura
Team LOB: 10
FIELDING
Errors: T. Kanazawa (10) , Y. Hirata (16) | | |
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| VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | M. Sakai W (15-9) | 8.1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 133 | 3.64 | | K. Inouye SV (21) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.97 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Tamura L (12-12) | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 126 | 3.56 | | S. Yamashita | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1.95 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Masatoshi Sakai
Ballpark: Konohana Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (80 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 7 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:58
Attendance: 11388
Special Notes: LF Kyozo Omori was injured being hit by a pitch. |
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