 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON EASTERN LEAGUE ALL-STARS AT WESTERN LEAGUE ALL-STARS 08/02/1975 |  |  | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | EASTERN LEAGUE ALL-STARS AT WESTERN LEAGUE ALL-STARS | | GAME ID: 9459 - SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND , 1975 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Eastern League All-Stars | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | | Western League All-Stars | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | | |  | |
| Eastern League Defeats Western League, 6-5 | Although his team came out on the losing end, nobody could deny Michiki Ichikawa's performance in this year's all-star game.
The Western League All-Stars fell to the Eastern League All-Stars by a score of 6-5, but Ichikawa was still named the game's MVP.
"You would have liked to have won the game of course, but being named the MVP is a great honor," he said from his team's dressing room at Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium.
In the contest, Ichikawa went 3 for 4. | | | | |
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| EASTERN LEAGUE BATTING LINESCORE | | WESTERN LEAGUE BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - B. Arai pinch hit for Y. Shiina in the 4th b - T. Wada pinch hit for J. Kaji in the 4th c - S. Smith pinch hit for Y. Watanabe in the 5th d - K. Ihara substituted for J. Yamagata in the 5th e - N. Toyama pinch hit for H. Dunham in the 6th f - K. Hotta substituted for S. Kanehara in the 6th
BATTING Home Runs: S. Jimbo (1, 1st Inning off T. Oto, 0 on, 1 out) , H. Yamashita (1, 2nd Inning off N. Nagaoka, 1 on, 0 outs) , H. Dunham (1, 2nd Inning off N. Nagaoka, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Wada (1, 4th Inning off A. Komatsu, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: T. Wada 4 , S. Jimbo 6 , H. Nomura , K. Hotta , H. Yamashita 4 , K. Nakamura , H. Dunham 4 , K. Ihara 2-out RBI: T. Wada , K. Hotta Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Watanabe , T. Iwamoto Team LOB: 6 | | | a - T. Akamine pinch hit for A. Murakami in the 3rd b - I. Nakamura pinch hit for I. Muraoka in the 5th c - T. Ueda pinch hit for H. Ikegami in the 6th d - Y. Kawasaki pinch hit for S. Iwai in the 6th e - A. Nakamura pinch hit for K. Kira in the 7th f - T. Kanazawa pinch hit for S. Terada in the 7th
BATTING Doubles: M. Ichikawa 3 (3, 3rd Inning off Y. Shiina, 0 on, 1 out; 5th Inning off S. Kanehara, 1 on, 0 outs; 7th Inning off K. Nakamura, 2 on, 0 outs) , T. Smith (1, 3rd Inning off Y. Shiina, 1 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: T. Smith 2 , Y. Kawasaki , T. Miyakawa , M. Ichikawa 6 , T. Kanazawa 2-out RBI: T. Smith Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , A. Sugiura 2 , T. Ueda Sac Fly: A. Sugiura Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING SB: T. Smith (1)
FIELDING Errors: T. Ueda | | |
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| EASTERN LEAGUE PITCHING LINESCORE | | WESTERN LEAGUE PITCHING LINESCORE | |
PITCHING Game Score: K. Harada 48 Batters Faced: K. Harada 3, U. Tomita 3, Y. Shiina 5, J. Yamagata 4, S. Kanehara 5, M. Taira 3, K. Nakamura 7, T. Tanoue 7 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Harada 1-1, U. Tomita 1-2, Y. Shiina 1-1, J. Yamagata 0-2, S. Kanehara 1-1, M. Taira 0-2, K. Nakamura 1-1, T. Tanoue 1-3 Pitches - Strikes: K. Harada 11-8, U. Tomita 13-7, Y. Shiina 19-13, J. Yamagata 22-13, S. Kanehara 20-12, M. Taira 11-8, K. Nakamura 32-15, T. Tanoue 19-12 | | | PITCHING Game Score: T. Oto 40 Batters Faced: T. Oto 5, N. Nagaoka 8, A. Murakami 3, A. Komatsu 4, I. Muraoka 3, S. Kawakami 3, S. Terada 6, S. Yamasaki 4, M. Miwa 3 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Oto 2-1, N. Nagaoka 1-0, A. Murakami 1-1, A. Komatsu 1-2, I. Muraoka 1-2, S. Kawakami 3-0, S. Terada 1-1, S. Yamasaki 2-0, M. Miwa 1-2 Pitches - Strikes: T. Oto 23-13, N. Nagaoka 36-22, A. Murakami 7-7, A. Komatsu 17-10, I. Muraoka 21-15, S. Kawakami 12-7, S. Terada 18-13, S. Yamasaki 16-10, M. Miwa 7-5 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Michiki Ichikawa Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium Weather: Cloudy (85 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 7 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM GMT Time: 3:53 Attendance: 44400 Special Notes: Rain delay of 51 minutes in the 4th inning. |
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