BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT NAGASAKI STARS
09/24/1974
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT NAGASAKI STARS
GAME ID: 8434 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH , 1974 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (67-67) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1
Nagasaki Stars (57-76) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 X 3 7 0
Mitsunaga Tames Kites, 3-2
The Nagasaki Stars earned a close win over the Kinboshi Kites, thanks in part to Koson Mitsunaga. The Nagasaki right-hander, who finished 5th in the EL in strikeouts with 133 last year, played a key role in the 3-2 victory. Tetsushi Kondo was called on to finish, recording his 18th save. Nagasaki is now 57-76, Kinboshi 67-67.

Mitsunaga was charged with 1 run on 1 hit over 8 innings for the Stars. With the win, the 6-foot-4 , 210-pound right-hander goes to 8-14.

"I made some pitches when I had to," said Mitsunaga.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kanazawa CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .256 13 53
A. Goto SS 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 .165 4 11
F. Tokunaga 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .340 34 92
H. Kitamura 3B, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .271 14 70
M. Kawasaki LF 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 .202 15 55
K. Kikuchi RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 13 46
Y. Hirata 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 14 46
   M. Miwa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
T. Kobayashi C 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .245 4 13
K. Tamura P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .212 0 7
   a-K. Masuda 2B, 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .235 2 3
Totals 29 2 3 2 1 2 6      
a - K. Masuda substituted for K. Tamura in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: M. Kawasaki (15, 2nd Inning off K. Mitsunaga, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Kanazawa , M. Kawasaki 4 , K. Masuda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Kitamura
Sac Fly: A. Goto
Team LOB: 2

FIELDING
Errors: T. Kobayashi (1)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Ibe SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .276 3 9
S. Sakata 2B 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 .233 6 36
R. Kodama CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .251 12 50
B. Nishi 1B 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .286 13 44
   T. Kondo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
I. Matsuda RF, LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .238 8 39
Y. Toyota LF 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .203 9 31
   a-K. Bai PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .319 2 15
   b-K. Takamatsu LF, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 0 5
S. Yamaguchi C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .241 12 40
Y. Sakai 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .289 0 0
K. Mitsunaga P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 1 2
   c-S. Inoue PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .235 16 50
   d-J. Hale 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171 0 4
Totals 29 3 7 3 1 3 8      
a - K. Bai pinch hit for Y. Toyota in the 7th
b - K. Takamatsu substituted for K. Bai in the 8th
c - S. Inoue pinch hit for K. Mitsunaga in the 8th
d - J. Hale substituted for S. Inoue in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: S. Sakata (6, 8th Inning off M. Miwa, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: S. Sakata 4 , B. Nishi 3 , I. Matsuda , Y. Sakai , S. Inoue
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Kodama , I. Matsuda
Sac Bunt: S. Ibe
Sac Fly: K. Bai
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: B. Nishi (22)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Tamura L (12-13) 7.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 95 3.53   
M. Miwa 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 12 3.07   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Tamura 61
Batters Faced: K. Tamura 27, M. Miwa 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Tamura 7-11, M. Miwa 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: K. Tamura 95-61, M. Miwa 12-9
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Miwa 1-1
WP: K. Tamura
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Mitsunaga W (8-14) 8.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 82 4.26   
T. Kondo SV (18) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 21 4.69   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Mitsunaga 78
Batters Faced: K. Mitsunaga 25, T. Kondo 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Mitsunaga 8-14, T. Kondo 0-3
Pitches - Strikes: K. Mitsunaga 82-52, T. Kondo 21-10
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Koson Mitsunaga
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (79 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 8 mph
Start Time: 2:05 PM JST
Time: 2:20
Attendance: 11507
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