BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT NAGASAKI STARS
09/22/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT NAGASAKI STARS
GAME ID: 8432 - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (66-66) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 7 1
Nagasaki Stars (56-75) 3 1 8 2 0 0 1 1 X 16 16 1
Nishi, Stars Beat Kites, 16-4
A 4-RBI performance from Binya Nishi, who finished 5th in the WL in OPS with .912 in 1963, helped the Nagasaki Stars beat the Kinboshi Kites, 16-4. Nagasaki pitcher Togai Ota earned the win, hiking his record to 7-11. Bill Baker suffered the loss. The 5th-place Stars go to 56-75.

Nishi made an early impact for Nagasaki when he stroked his 13th home run of the season. The 3-run home run, which came in the bottom of the third, put the Stars on top, 10-1.

"We maximized our offense today," said Nagasaki skipper Okura Ichimura. "That makes everyone's life easier."
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kanazawa CF 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 .255 13 53
F. Muramoto 3B 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 .264 18 45
F. Tokunaga 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .343 34 92
   b-K. Masuda PH, 1B 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 .188 2 3
H. Kitamura 2B 5 0 1 1 0 0 6 .271 13 67
K. Kurosawa C 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 .226 14 48
K. Kikuchi RF 5 0 0 0 0 3 5 .207 12 43
Z. Yoemon LF 3 1 0 0 2 1 3 .219 0 4
Y. Hirata SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .256 14 46
B. Baker P 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .074 0 0
   J. Neff P 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 0
   a-M. Oyama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 1 8
   T. Tsuda P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 4 6 8 25      
a - M. Oyama pinch hit for J. Neff in the 6th
b - K. Masuda pinch hit for F. Tokunaga in the 7th

BATTING
Triples: T. Kanazawa (3, 9th Inning off H. Kawamoto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: K. Masuda (2, 7th Inning off T. Ota, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kanazawa 4 , F. Muramoto 2 , K. Masuda 4 , H. Kitamura , K. Kurosawa
2-out RBI: F. Tokunaga
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Muramoto , H. Kitamura , K. Kikuchi , Z. Yoemon , B. Baker
Hit by Pitch: F. Tokunaga , Y. Hirata
Team LOB: 12

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Kanazawa (17) , Z. Yoemon (1)

FIELDING
Errors: Y. Hirata (17)
PB: K. Kurosawa 2
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi 1B 5 3 2 4 1 0 2 .282 13 44
S. Sakata 2B 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 .233 5 34
R. Kodama CF 3 2 2 4 1 0 0 .253 12 50
   b-I. Kinoshita PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 0 0
   c-I. Matsuda CF, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 7 38
M. Ichikawa SS 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 .288 13 80
   a-S. Ibe SS 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .273 3 9
T. Ueda RF, CF 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 .215 10 35
S. Inoue 3B 4 3 3 2 0 0 1 .234 16 50
Y. Toyota LF 5 2 1 2 0 0 6 .204 9 31
B. Wada C 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 .268 5 21
T. Ota P 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .132 0 0
   D. Champ P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
   d-K. Takamatsu PH 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .316 0 5
   H. Kawamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 0 0
Totals 42 16 16 15 3 6 15      
a - S. Ibe substituted for M. Ichikawa in the 4th
b - I. Kinoshita pinch hit for R. Kodama in the 7th
c - I. Matsuda substituted for I. Kinoshita in the 8th
d - K. Takamatsu pinch hit for D. Champ in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Sakata (12, 1st Inning off B. Baker, 1 on, 0 outs) , S. Inoue (11, 3rd Inning off B. Baker, 2 on, 1 out) , B. Wada (5, 8th Inning off T. Tsuda, 1 on, 1 out)
Triples: R. Kodama (4, 1st Inning off B. Baker, 2 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: B. Nishi 2 (13, 2nd Inning off B. Baker, 0 on, 2 outs; 3rd Inning off B. Baker, 2 on, 2 outs) , R. Kodama (12, 3rd Inning off J. Neff, 1 on, 2 outs) , Y. Toyota (9, 4th Inning off J. Neff, 1 on, 1 out) , S. Sakata (5, 7th Inning off T. Tsuda, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: B. Nishi 8 , S. Sakata 6 , R. Kodama 7 , M. Ichikawa , S. Ibe , T. Ueda 2 , S. Inoue 4 , Y. Toyota 4 , B. Wada 2 , T. Ota
2-out RBI: , B. Nishi 2 , R. Kodama
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Nishi , Y. Toyota , T. Ota
Hit by Pitch: S. Inoue
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: S. Ibe (6)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Baker L (7-6) 2.2 7 10 6 2 3 2 82 4.15   
J. Neff 2.1 6 4 2 1 0 2 47 6.35   
T. Tsuda 3.0 3 2 2 0 3 1 34 2.34   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Baker 9
Batters Faced: B. Baker 19, J. Neff 15, T. Tsuda 12
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Baker 2-4, J. Neff 5-2, T. Tsuda 4-2
Pitches - Strikes: B. Baker 82-51, J. Neff 47-25, T. Tsuda 34-23
Hit Batsmen: J. Neff
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Ota W (7-11) 6.0 4 3 3 6 6 1 114 5.26   
D. Champ 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 3.79   
H. Kawamoto 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 24 4.65   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Ota 52
Batters Faced: T. Ota 30, D. Champ 6, H. Kawamoto 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Ota 5-7, D. Champ 0-4, H. Kawamoto 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: T. Ota 114-63, D. Champ 21-14, H. Kawamoto 24-15
Hit Batsmen: T. Ota 2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Binya Nishi
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (74 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 5 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:08
Attendance: 13013
Special Notes: SS Michiki Ichikawa was injured in a collision at a base.
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