BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES
09/26/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 8444 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (66-69) 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 6 10 2
Vesutan Bees (66-69) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Stars Hand Bees 6-0 Loss
Nagasaki Stars starter Akimasa Murakami turned in a top-notch performance against the Vesutan Bees at Vesutan Stadium. The result was a win for the Stars, 6-0. In 8 innings, Murakami surrendered 6 hits, while striking out 2 and walking 1. He allowed no runs. Nagasaki has now won 4 straight.

With Nagasaki leading 2-0 in the top of the sixth, Murakami hit a 2-run single off Vesutan hurler Masatoshi Sakai. It was the 16th hit of the season for Murakami and put his team ahead, 4-0.

"I'm happy we won," said Murakami. "That's first and foremost. My goal is for the team to win the day I pitch, however it's done."
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Takamatsu 1B 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 .237 5 29
S. Sakata 2B 4 0 1 1 1 2 1 .259 11 34
I. Matsuda LF 5 1 2 0 0 2 4 .271 11 38
M. Ichikawa SS 5 2 2 2 0 1 2 .305 21 71
T. Ueda RF 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .262 19 59
S. Inoue 3B 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 .240 18 70
I. Kawase CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .222 4 16
B. Wada C 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 .236 12 32
A. Murakami P 4 0 1 2 0 0 3 .222 2 14
   Y. Fujitate P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 2
Totals 37 6 10 6 5 6 18      
BATTING
Doubles: I. Matsuda 2 (16, 6th Inning off M. Sakai, 0 on, 0 outs; 9th Inning off T. Ohira, 0 on, 1 out) , S. Inoue (14, 6th Inning off M. Sakai, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: M. Ichikawa 2 (21, 2nd Inning off M. Sakai, 0 on, 0 outs; 7th Inning off T. Doi, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Sakata , I. Matsuda 4 , M. Ichikawa 8 , T. Ueda , S. Inoue 2 , I. Kawase 2 , A. Murakami
2-out RBI: S. Sakata , S. Inoue , A. Murakami
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Takamatsu , I. Matsuda , S. Inoue
GIDP: I. Matsuda
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
Errors: S. Sakata (17) , A. Murakami (2)
Double Plays: 3 (Ichikawa-Sakata-Takamatsu, Ichikawa-Sakata-Takamatsu, Inoue-Sakata-Takamatsu)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Kawano CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .233 12 29
K. Omori LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .243 13 57
H. Ikegami RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .303 18 85
S. Iwai 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .282 19 79
K. Bai 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .279 7 21
K. Okano 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .252 2 18
Y. Ueda SS 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .206 5 26
I. Hirano C 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .220 10 30
M. Sakai P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .171 0 4
   T. Doi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-T. Ito PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .261 8 41
   T. Ohira P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0 1 2 16      
a - T. Ito pinch hit for T. Doi in the 8th

BATTING
Triples: H. Ikegami (5, 6th Inning off A. Murakami, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Omori , H. Ikegami 4 , Y. Ueda 2 , T. Ito
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Iwai , K. Bai , M. Sakai
GIDP: K. Okano 2 , I. Hirano
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: K. Okano (3)
Double Plays: 1 (Bai-Ueda-Iwai)
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Murakami W (18-3) 8.0 6 0 0 1 2 0 111 1.89   
Y. Fujitate 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.85   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Murakami 71
Batters Faced: A. Murakami 31, Y. Fujitate 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Murakami 13-7, Y. Fujitate 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: A. Murakami 111-70, Y. Fujitate 5-4
Inherited Runners - Scored: Y. Fujitate 1-0
WP: A. Murakami
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Sakai L (10-12) 5.2 8 5 5 4 5 1 124 3.51   
T. Doi 2.1 1 1 1 0 1 1 24 3.04   
T. Ohira 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 21 2.79   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Sakai 34
Batters Faced: M. Sakai 29, T. Doi 8, T. Ohira 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Sakai 4-7, T. Doi 5-1, T. Ohira 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: M. Sakai 124-73, T. Doi 24-16, T. Ohira 21-11
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Doi 3-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Akimasa Murakami
Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (69 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:59
Attendance: 13226
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