BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT KOBE BULLS
09/26/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 8438 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (61-74) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 2
Kobe Bulls (81-53) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 11 5
Bulls Rally to Win
Kobe starter Yoshimatsu Yamamura pitched well against the Kinboshi Kites at Matsunoki Stadium. The right-hander led his team to a win, 4-3, in 11 innings. Kobe reliever Shinya Kawakami got the win, raising his record to 4-0. Toyoji Tsuda was tagged with the loss. The win for the Bulls raised their record to 81-53.

The Bulls got a clutch hit from pinch hitter Yasumasa Yamazaki. In the bottom of the 11th, he delivered a run-scoring single to win the game for the Bulls.

"Sometimes winning takes more than 27 outs," said Bulls manager Ikuhiko Murata.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Goto SS 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 .223 13 42
M. Kawasaki LF 6 1 2 2 0 1 3 .255 22 74
F. Tokunaga 1B 6 0 1 0 0 1 6 .317 24 76
T. Kanazawa CF 5 0 3 0 0 0 4 .301 11 58
K. Kurosawa C 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 .236 7 32
K. Kikuchi RF 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 .227 14 47
Y. Hirata 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .227 7 35
   a-M. Oyama PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .292 1 8
   c-H. Hanada 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 2 12
   d-Z. Yoemon PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .156 0 1
   e-S. Arakaki 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .450 1 2
F. Muramoto 3B 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 .244 10 30
K. Tamura P 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .220 0 6
   b-H. Kitamura PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .235 11 31
   M. Miwa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 1
   f-R. Okamoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .171 0 1
   T. Tsuda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 40 3 8 3 3 10 28      
a - M. Oyama pinch hit for Y. Hirata in the 8th
b - H. Kitamura pinch hit for K. Tamura in the 8th
c - H. Hanada substituted for M. Oyama in the 8th
d - Z. Yoemon pinch hit for H. Hanada in the 10th
e - S. Arakaki substituted for Z. Yoemon in the 10th
f - R. Okamoto pinch hit for M. Miwa in the 11th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Kanazawa (21, 5th Inning off Y. Yamamura, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: M. Kawasaki (22, 3rd Inning off Y. Yamamura, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: A. Goto 2 , M. Kawasaki 5 , F. Tokunaga , T. Kanazawa 4
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Goto , K. Kurosawa 2 , K. Kikuchi , Z. Yoemon
GIDP: F. Tokunaga 2
Sac Bunt: A. Goto , K. Kurosawa , K. Tamura 2
Hit by Pitch: K. Kurosawa
Team LOB: 12

FIELDING
Errors: A. Goto (17) , Y. Hirata (13)
Double Plays: 2 (Muramoto-Hirata-Tokunaga, Tokunaga)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 .277 8 35
T. Ide SS 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .216 14 39
   d-S. Inoue PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .433 0 5
   e-M. Harada SS, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 2 4
T. Oto 1B 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 .252 21 61
J. Hayashida CF 5 0 1 0 0 2 6 .297 40 97
T. Kurokawa LF 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 .256 19 59
K. Kira C 5 2 1 0 0 0 4 .253 8 39
O. Abbott RF 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 .259 9 43
M. Osaki 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .192 7 35
   a-T. Ryu PH 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .295 9 30
   c-T. Endo 3B, SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .207 1 4
Y. Yamamura P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203 1 5
   b-T. Amano PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 10 40
   S. Terada P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   f-R. Funakoshi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 6 34
   S. Kawakami P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   g-Y. Yamazaki PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .273 0 1
Totals 42 4 11 4 2 6 17      
a - T. Ryu pinch hit for M. Osaki in the 7th
b - T. Amano pinch hit for Y. Yamamura in the 7th
c - T. Endo substituted for T. Ryu in the 8th
d - S. Inoue pinch hit for T. Ide in the 8th
e - M. Harada substituted for S. Inoue in the 9th
f - R. Funakoshi pinch hit for S. Terada in the 10th
g - Y. Yamazaki pinch hit for S. Kawakami in the 11th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Hayashida (16, 9th Inning off M. Miwa, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: T. Ryu (9, 7th Inning off K. Tamura, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Smith , T. Oto 2 , J. Hayashida 2 , T. Kurokawa 2 , K. Kira , O. Abbott 2 , T. Ryu 4 , Y. Yamazaki
2-out RBI: T. Ryu , Y. Yamazaki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , J. Hayashida 2 , T. Endo
GIDP: K. Kira
Sac Bunt: T. Ide
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Smith (62) , K. Kira (1)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Smith (16) , T. Ide 2 (18) , T. Endo (13) , S. Kawakami (1)
Double Plays: 2 (Oto-Endo, Smith-Kira-Oto)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Tamura 7.0 6 3 2 1 5 1 100 3.86   
M. Miwa 3.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 44 2.25   
T. Tsuda L (4-5) 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 19 4.93   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Tamura 59
Batters Faced: K. Tamura 27, M. Miwa 13, T. Tsuda 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Tamura 10-4, M. Miwa 3-5, T. Tsuda 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: K. Tamura 100-65, M. Miwa 44-28, T. Tsuda 19-15
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Yamamura 7.0 6 3 2 2 6 1 121 3.62   
S. Terada 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 44 2.62   
S. Kawakami W (4-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 21 0.74   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Yamamura 59
Batters Faced: Y. Yamamura 32, S. Terada 11, S. Kawakami 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Yamamura 8-7, S. Terada 3-2, S. Kawakami 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Yamamura 121-71, S. Terada 44-28, S. Kawakami 21-11
Hit Batsmen: Y. Yamamura
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Yoshimatsu Yamamura
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (67 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 12 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:37
Attendance: 27798
Wednesday, February 25th , 2026 - OOTP Baseball 26.8 Build 82