BAN
FUKUOKA FALCONS @ KOBE BULLS
07/15/1974
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Roku Yamakawa
Pitching: RHP Roku Yamakawa
Batting: RHB Hirobumi Takahashi 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
1-2: Ball
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MD, EV 100.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Toshifumi Shibuya 0-0: Sac Bunt to P - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Hirobumi Takahashi to second
Batting: RHB Ayato Sugiura 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Batting: LHB Yasuhiko Kawasaki 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 70.0 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 0 - Kobe 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Minoru Yamamoto
Pitching: RHP Minoru Yamamoto
Batting: RHB Takaki Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tango Kurokawa 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 103.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tatsuharu Oto 0-0: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 5L, EV 68.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kouyuu Kira 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 0 - Kobe 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Roku Yamakawa
Batting: RHB Kazunari Suzuki 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 76.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Shoshichi Hanzawa 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 85.0 MPH)
Batting: LHB Warren Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Fukuoka 0 - Kobe 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Minoru Yamamoto
Batting: LHB Tadahisa Ryu 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 5DF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Oscar Abbott 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Masu Osaki 0-0: Sac Bunt to 13 - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Tadahisa Ryu to second
Batting: RHB Roku Yamakawa 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 96.9 MPH)
Tadahisa Ryu to third
Batting: RHB Matabei Harada 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
3-2: Base on Balls
Roku Yamakawa to second
Batting: RHB Takaki Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 6MD, EV 70.6 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 left on base; Fukuoka 0 - Kobe 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Roku Yamakawa
Batting: RHB Ray Auerbach 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 3F
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
DELAY Rain delay of 30 minutes in the 3rd inning.
Batting: RHB Minoru Yamamoto 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Hirobumi Takahashi 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Fukuoka 0 - Kobe 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Minoru Yamamoto
Batting: RHB Tango Kurokawa 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tatsuharu Oto 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kouyuu Kira 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 4-6 (Groundball, 4, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tadahisa Ryu 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 81.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 0 - Kobe 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Roku Yamakawa
Batting: LHB Toshifumi Shibuya 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4, EV 86.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ayato Sugiura 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7S, EV 96.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Yasuhiko Kawasaki 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 23F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 85.0 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Fukuoka 0 - Kobe 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Minoru Yamamoto
Batting: RHB Oscar Abbott 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Masu Osaki 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 110.6 MPH), Distance : 415 ft
Batting: RHB Roku Yamakawa 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56, EV 86.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Matabei Harada 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89S, EV 106.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Takaki Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Swinging Strike
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LSF, EV 96.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 4th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 0 - Kobe 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Roku Yamakawa
Batting: RHB Kazunari Suzuki 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 95.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Shoshichi Hanzawa 0-0: Sac Bunt to 2R - play at first, batter OUT! 2-3
Kazunari Suzuki to second
Batting: LHB Warren Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMFF
0-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 87.5 MPH)
Kazunari Suzuki to third
Batting: RHB Ray Auerbach 0-0: Intentional Walk
Batting: RHB Minoru Yamamoto 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out looking
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Fukuoka 0 - Kobe 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Minoru Yamamoto
Batting: RHB Tango Kurokawa 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 107.5 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tatsuharu Oto 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Single, Error in OF, E8, batter to second base (Groundball, 4MD, EV 98.8 MPH)
Tango Kurokawa to third
Batting: RHB Kouyuu Kira 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 2R, EV 61.9 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: LHB Tadahisa Ryu 0-0: Ball
1-0: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 103.8 MPH)
Tango Kurokawa scores
Tatsuharu Oto to third
Batting: RHB Oscar Abbott 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
3-2: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 80.0 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 0 - Kobe 2
TOP OF THE 6TH
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Roku Yamakawa
Batting: RHB Hirobumi Takahashi 0-0: Hit by Pitch
Batting: LHB Toshifumi Shibuya 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 80.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ayato Sugiura 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Grounds into double play, 5-4-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 83.8 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Fukuoka 0 - Kobe 2
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Minoru Yamamoto
Batting: RHB Masu Osaki 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34S, EV 85.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Roku Yamakawa 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Matabei Harada 0-0: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-4 (Groundball, 15S, EV 72.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Takaki Smith 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: 2-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 92.5 MPH), Distance : 362 ft
Batting: RHB Tango Kurokawa 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6M, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: LHB Tatsuharu Oto 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: DOUBLE (Flyball, 78D, EV 99.4 MPH)
Tango Kurokawa to third
Batting: RHB Kouyuu Kira 0-0: Ball
1-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9S, EV 98.8 MPH)
Tango Kurokawa scores
Tatsuharu Oto to third
Pitching: RHP Tousei Ishibashi
Batting: LHB Tadahisa Ryu 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 6M, EV 107.5 MPH)
Tatsuharu Oto scores
Kouyuu Kira to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, SAFE, throw by CF made to third
Tadahisa Ryu to second
Batting: RHB Oscar Abbott 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RD, EV 91.3 MPH)
Bottom of the 6th over - 4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Fukuoka 0 - Kobe 6
TOP OF THE 7TH
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Roku Yamakawa
Batting: LHB Yasuhiko Kawasaki 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 102.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Kazunari Suzuki 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Grounds into double play, 6-4-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 98.1 MPH)
Batting: RHB Shoshichi Hanzawa 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 95.0 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Fukuoka 0 - Kobe 6
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Tousei Ishibashi
Batting: RHB Masu Osaki 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 71.9 MPH)
Batting: RHB Roku Yamakawa 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Reached on error, E4 (Groundball, 4, EV 105.0 MPH)
Batting: RHB Matabei Harada 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4M, EV 84.4 MPH) (infield hit)
Roku Yamakawa to second
Batting: RHB Takaki Smith 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Ball
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 34D, EV 98.8 MPH)
Roku Yamakawa to third
Matabei Harada to second
Batting: RHB Tango Kurokawa 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Base on Balls
Roku Yamakawa scores
Matabei Harada to third
Takaki Smith to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Takechi Kawabata 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Matabei Harada scores
Takaki Smith to third
Tango Kurokawa to second
Batting: RHB Kouyuu Kira 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 110.6 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by CF
Pinch Hitting: RHB Yasumasa Yamazaki 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 98.1 MPH)
Tango Kurokawa to third
Takechi Kawabata to second
Batting: RHB Oscar Abbott 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 25F
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 102.5 MPH)
Bottom of the 7th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 3 left on base; Fukuoka 0 - Kobe 9
TOP OF THE 8TH
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Roku Yamakawa
Now at 1B: Shissho Inoue
Now in CF: Oscar Abbott
Now in RF: Takechi Kawabata
Batting: LHB Warren Adams 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 7LMF
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 105.6 MPH)
Batting: RHB Ray Auerbach 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 94.4 MPH)
Batting: RHB Tousei Ishibashi 0-0: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 91.3 MPH)
Warren Adams to second
Batting: RHB Hirobumi Takahashi 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MS, EV 68.8 MPH) (infield hit)
Warren Adams to third
Batting: LHB Toshifumi Shibuya 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 4MD, EV 103.8 MPH)
Warren Adams scores
Hirobumi Takahashi to second
Runner from 2nd tries for 3rd, OUT! 8-5
Top of the 8th over - 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 1 - Kobe 9
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Kobe Bulls batting - Pitching for Fukuoka Falcons : RHP Tousei Ishibashi
Batting: RHB Masu Osaki 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 82.5 MPH)
Batting: RHB Roku Yamakawa 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Matabei Harada 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 13, EV 81.3 MPH)
Batting: RHB Takaki Smith 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4D, EV 91.9 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Fukuoka 1 - Kobe 9
TOP OF THE 9TH
Fukuoka Falcons batting - Pitching for Kobe Bulls : RHP Roku Yamakawa
Batting: RHB Ayato Sugiura 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9LM, EV 98.8 MPH)
Batting: LHB Yasuhiko Kawasaki 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 78XD, EV 104.4 MPH), Distance : 393 ft
Batting: RHB Kazunari Suzuki 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Pinch Hitting: RHB Torai Yamamoto 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 84.4 MPH)
Batting: LHB Warren Adams 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Hit by Pitch
Kazunari Suzuki to second
Batting: RHB Ray Auerbach 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 9th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Fukuoka 2 - Kobe 9
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