BAN
FUKUOKA FALCONS @ KOBE BULLS
05/26/1975
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Tatsuharu Oto
Pitching: RHP Tatsuharu Oto
Batting: LHB Tsuruo Akamine 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Reaches on Catchers interference
Batting: RHB Hirobumi Takahashi 0-0: Ball
Tsuruo Akamine steals 2nd base (no throw)
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-1: Sac Bunt to 15S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Tsuruo Akamine to third
Batting: LHB Yasuhiko Kawasaki 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89XD, EV 95.6 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by RF
Batting: LHB Toshifumi Shibuya 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Shoshichi Hanzawa 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 5, EV 105.0 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 1 - Kobe 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Rei Matsumura
Pitching: RHP Rei Matsumura
Batting: RHB Takaki Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Toshitake Amano 0-0: Sac Bunt to 13 - play at second, runner OUT! 1-6
Batting: LHB Tatsuharu Oto 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LM, EV 108.1 MPH)
Toshitake Amano to third
Batting: LHB Jouta Hayashida 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Tango Kurokawa 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Toshitake Amano scores
Tatsuharu Oto to third
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 15S, EV 91.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 1 - Kobe 1
TOP OF THE 2ND
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Tatsuharu Oto
Batting: RHB Kohei Kikuchi 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 101.9 MPH)
Batting: LHB Shunji Yamanaka 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: SHB Shinsaku Okamoto 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-1: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 76.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rei Matsumura 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LDF
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 91.9 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 1 - Kobe 1
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Rei Matsumura
Batting: RHB Kouyuu Kira 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Ryuichi Funakoshi 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Sac Bunt to 15 - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Kouyuu Kira to second
Batting: RHB Takanori Ide 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Masu Osaki 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 105.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 1 - Kobe 1
TOP OF THE 3RD
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Tatsuharu Oto
Batting: LHB Tsuruo Akamine 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 89M, EV 88.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hirobumi Takahashi 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 80.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Yasuhiko Kawasaki 0-0: DOUBLE (Groundball, 3L, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Toshifumi Shibuya 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 90.0 MPH)
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 1 - Kobe 1
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Rei Matsumura
Batting: RHB Takaki Smith 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Toshitake Amano 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 87.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tatsuharu Oto 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSFF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Fukuoka 1 - Kobe 1
TOP OF THE 4TH
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Tatsuharu Oto
Batting: RHB Shoshichi Hanzawa 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 83.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kohei Kikuchi 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 73.1 MPH)
Batting: LHB Shunji Yamanaka 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 70.6 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Fukuoka 1 - Kobe 1
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Rei Matsumura
Batting: LHB Jouta Hayashida 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Tango Kurokawa 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Bunted foul
2-1: Ball
3-1: Ball
Jouta Hayashida to second
Batting: RHB Kouyuu Kira 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
3-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-6 (Groundball, 34S, EV 75.6 MPH)
Jouta Hayashida to third
Batting: RHB Ryuichi Funakoshi 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 100.0 MPH)
Jouta Hayashida scores
Kouyuu Kira to third
Batting: RHB Takanori Ide 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 110.6 MPH)
Kouyuu Kira scores
Ryuichi Funakoshi to third
Batting: RHB Masu Osaki 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 102.5 MPH)
Ryuichi Funakoshi scores
Takanori Ide to second
Batting: RHB Takaki Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
Takanori Ide steals 3rd base
Masu Osaki to second
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 100.0 MPH)
Takanori Ide scores
Masu Osaki to third
Batting: LHB Toshitake Amano 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56, EV 103.8 MPH)
Masu Osaki scores
Batting: LHB Tatsuharu Oto 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 1 - Kobe 6
TOP OF THE 5TH
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Tatsuharu Oto
Batting: SHB Shinsaku Okamoto 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Rei Matsumura 0-0: Sac Bunt to 3S - play at first, batter OUT! 3-4
Shinsaku Okamoto to second
Batting: LHB Tsuruo Akamine 0-0: Ball
1-0: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D, EV 93.8 MPH), Distance : 351 ft
Batting: RHB Hirobumi Takahashi 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 110.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Yasuhiko Kawasaki 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: LHB Toshifumi Shibuya 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
Hirobumi Takahashi steals 2nd base
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 80.6 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 3 - Kobe 6
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Rei Matsumura
Batting: LHB Jouta Hayashida 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Tango Kurokawa 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Kouyuu Kira 0-0: Ball
Jouta Hayashida steals 2nd base
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 106.9 MPH)
Jouta Hayashida to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home
Kouyuu Kira to second
Batting: RHB Ryuichi Funakoshi 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 15S, EV 73.8 MPH)
Batting: RHB Takanori Ide 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first.
Bottom of the 5th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 3 - Kobe 7
TOP OF THE 6TH
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Tatsuharu Oto
Batting: RHB Shoshichi Hanzawa 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kohei Kikuchi 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 104.4 MPH)
Shoshichi Hanzawa to second
Shoshichi Hanzawa to third
Batting: LHB Shunji Yamanaka 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
Balk!
Shoshichi Hanzawa scores
Kohei Kikuchi to second
2-2: Ball
3-2: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6M, EV 98.8 MPH)
Kohei Kikuchi to third
Batting: SHB Shinsaku Okamoto 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 100.6 MPH)
Kohei Kikuchi scores
Shunji Yamanaka to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Itaru Nakamura 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 79.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tsuruo Akamine 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 90.0 MPH)
Runner from 2nd tags up, SAFE at 3rd, no throw by CF
Batting: RHB Hirobumi Takahashi 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6MS, EV 83.8 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 left on base; Fukuoka 5 - Kobe 7
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Rei Matsumura
Pitching: RHP Yutaka Kameda
Batting: RHB Masu Osaki 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Swinging Strike
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Takaki Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 4S, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Toshitake Amano 0-0: Called Strike
Takaki Smith is caught stealing 2nd base 2-6
0-1: Ball
1-1: TRIPLE (Flyball, 78XD, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tatsuharu Oto 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 84.4 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 5 - Kobe 7
TOP OF THE 7TH
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Tatsuharu Oto
Batting: LHB Yasuhiko Kawasaki 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Toshifumi Shibuya 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Shoshichi Hanzawa 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
Pickoff Throw by Catcher to First - Out!
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 3DF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7D, EV 94.4 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Fukuoka 5 - Kobe 7
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Yutaka Kameda
Batting: LHB Jouta Hayashida 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Tango Kurokawa 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
2-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 5-4 (Groundball, 56, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kouyuu Kira 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34, EV 100.6 MPH)
Tango Kurokawa to second
Batting: RHB Ryuichi Funakoshi 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78S, EV 86.3 MPH)
Tango Kurokawa to third
Kouyuu Kira to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by LF to home
Batting: RHB Takanori Ide 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 107.5 MPH)
Kouyuu Kira to third
Ryuichi Funakoshi to second
Batting: RHB Masu Osaki 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Grounds into fielders choice 3-2 (Groundball, 3L, EV 83.1 MPH)
Ryuichi Funakoshi to third
Takanori Ide to second
Batting: RHB Takaki Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Ryuichi Funakoshi scores
Takanori Ide to third
Masu Osaki to second
Batting: LHB Toshitake Amano 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: DOUBLE (Groundball, 3L, EV 109.4 MPH)
Takanori Ide scores
Masu Osaki scores
Takaki Smith to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to trailing runner, OUT at third! 9-3-5
Bottom of the 7th over - 5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Fukuoka 5 - Kobe 12
TOP OF THE 8TH
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Tatsuharu Oto
Pinch Hitting: RHB Josuke Ishikawa 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 62.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Shunji Yamanaka 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: SHB Shinsaku Okamoto 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 90.0 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Ayato Sugiura 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 5 - Kobe 12
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Yutaka Kameda
Pitching: RHP Sadakuno Ikeda
Now in LF: Ayato Sugiura
Batting: LHB Tatsuharu Oto 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 79.4 MPH)
DELAY Rain delay of 21 minutes in the 8th inning.
Pinch Hitting: RHB Yasumasa Yamazaki 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LM, EV 106.3 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: RHB Matabei Harada 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 104.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kouyuu Kira 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 91.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 5 - Kobe 12
TOP OF THE 9TH
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Tatsuharu Oto
Now in LF: Shissho Inoue
Now in CF: Oscar Abbott
Batting: LHB Tsuruo Akamine 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Hirobumi Takahashi 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34S, EV 63.8 MPH) (infield hit)
Tsuruo Akamine to second
Batting: LHB Yasuhiko Kawasaki 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 96.3 MPH)
Tsuruo Akamine to third
Hirobumi Takahashi to second
Batting: LHB Toshifumi Shibuya 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 7S, EV 93.8 MPH)
Tsuruo Akamine scores
Hirobumi Takahashi to third
Yasuhiko Kawasaki to second
Pitching: RHP Tenshou Hirata
Batting: RHB Shoshichi Hanzawa 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8LS, EV 97.5 MPH)
Pinch Hitting: LHB Sadao Horimoto 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 92.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Shunji Yamanaka 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: GRAND SLAM HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 104.4 MPH), Distance : 389 ft
Batting: SHB Shinsaku Okamoto 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 93.1 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Fukuoka 10 - Kobe 12
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