BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES
09/28/1975
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 8446 - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH , 1975 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (67-70) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 1
Vesutan Bees (67-70) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 10 1
Stars Raise Rally Flag, Beat Vesutan, 5-4
Michiki Ichikawa batted in 3 runs to lead Nagasaki to a win over Vesutan. The final score was 5-4. Ichikawa chipped in 1 single and 1 home run. Yoshiharu Fujitate earned the save, his 11th in 14 tries. The Stars improved to 67-70.

The most important at-bat for Nagasaki came in the top of the ninth inning. With two out, Sakan Inoue reached on an error by the 3B, driving in 2 runs, putting Nagasaki up, 5-4.

"We were able to put some good swings on some pitches," Ichikawa told the Nagasaki Daily News.
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Takamatsu 1B 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 .247 6 31
   b-J. Hale 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 1 7
S. Sakata 2B 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .259 11 34
I. Matsuda LF 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 .266 11 38
M. Ichikawa SS 5 2 2 3 0 0 1 .305 22 74
T. Ueda RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .264 19 59
S. Inoue 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .243 19 72
I. Kawase CF 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 .218 4 16
S. Yamaguchi C 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 .230 9 26
   Y. Fujitate P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 2
K. Mitsunaga P 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .115 0 0
   a-B. Wada C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 12 32
Totals 36 5 10 3 5 7 19      
a - B. Wada substituted for K. Mitsunaga in the 9th
b - J. Hale substituted for K. Takamatsu in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Ueda (14, 7th Inning off C. Abe, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: M. Ichikawa (22, 3rd Inning off C. Abe, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Takamatsu 2 , S. Sakata 2 , M. Ichikawa 5 , T. Ueda 3 , S. Inoue , I. Kawase
2-out RBI: M. Ichikawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Sakata , M. Ichikawa , S. Inoue 2 , I. Kawase , S. Yamaguchi 2 , K. Mitsunaga
GIDP: I. Matsuda
Sac Bunt: S. Sakata
Hit by Pitch: T. Ueda , S. Inoue
Team LOB: 12

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Takamatsu (6) , I. Kawase 2 (7)

FIELDING
Errors: I. Matsuda (1)
Double Plays: 2 (Sakata-Ichikawa-Takamatsu, Sakata-Ichikawa-Takamatsu)
OF assists: 1 (Ueda(Okano at 2nd base))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Kawano CF 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 .236 12 32
K. Omori LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .248 13 58
H. Ikegami RF 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 .298 18 86
S. Iwai 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .282 19 82
K. Bai 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .278 7 21
K. Okano 3B 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 .257 2 18
Y. Ueda SS 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .205 5 26
   a-T. Ito PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .258 8 41
   c-S. Fujiwara SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 5 10
   d-R. Mikami PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .212 0 3
A. Nakamura C 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 .250 14 41
C. Abe P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .077 0 0
   T. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-S. Ibe PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .257 2 10
   S. Yasuda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   e-I. Hirano PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .215 10 30
Totals 33 4 10 4 3 3 14      
a - T. Ito pinch hit for Y. Ueda in the 7th
b - S. Ibe pinch hit for T. Yamamoto in the 7th
c - S. Fujiwara substituted for T. Ito in the 8th
d - R. Mikami pinch hit for S. Fujiwara in the 9th
e - I. Hirano pinch hit for S. Yasuda in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Okano (7, 7th Inning off K. Mitsunaga, 0 on, 1 out)
Triples: K. Kawano (2, 7th Inning off K. Mitsunaga, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Kawano 3 , K. Omori , S. Iwai , K. Bai , K. Okano 4 , R. Mikami , A. Nakamura , S. Ibe
2-out RBI: K. Kawano , A. Nakamura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Kawano , K. Omori
GIDP: A. Nakamura 2
Sac Bunt: A. Nakamura
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Kawano (38)

FIELDING
Errors: K. Okano (4)
Double Plays: 1 (Iwai-Ueda-Abe)
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Mitsunaga W (7-16) 8.0 9 4 4 3 3 0 116 4.74   
Y. Fujitate SV (11) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 2.80   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Mitsunaga 48
Batters Faced: K. Mitsunaga 33, Y. Fujitate 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Mitsunaga 10-8, Y. Fujitate 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: K. Mitsunaga 116-70, Y. Fujitate 17-8
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
C. Abe 6.2 8 2 2 3 4 1 137 4.84   
T. Yamamoto 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.70   
S. Yasuda L (1-2), BS (1) 2.0 2 3 1 2 2 0 33 2.45   
PITCHING
Game Score: C. Abe 51
Batters Faced: C. Abe 32, T. Yamamoto 1, S. Yasuda 11
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Abe 9-6, T. Yamamoto 0-0, S. Yasuda 2-2
Pitches - Strikes: C. Abe 137-82, T. Yamamoto 6-4, S. Yasuda 33-17
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Yamamoto 1-0
WP: S. Yasuda
Hit Batsmen: C. Abe 2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Michiki Ichikawa
Ballpark: Vesutan Stadium
Weather: Rain (71 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:11
Attendance: 12318
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