JAPAN BASEBALL NI-GUN LEAGUE
OR (NI-GUN) BUFFALOES AT HA (NI-GUN) TIGERS
04/25/2025
 
JAPAN BASEBALL NI-GUN LEAGUE
OR (NI-GUN) BUFFALOES AT HA (NI-GUN) TIGERS
GAME ID: 1026 - FRIDAY, APRIL 25TH , 2025 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
OR (Ni-Gun) Buffaloes (16-8) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1
HA (Ni-Gun) Tigers (9-16) 0 3 0 0 2 4 2 0 X 11 17 0
Kuwahara gets 5 RBI to Light Tigers Fuse
The HA (Ni-Gun) Tigers bested the OR (Ni-Gun) Buffaloes, 11-4, at Naruohama Baseball Ground. Shuji Kuwahara was one of the standouts. He was 2 for 2 with a home run and 3 walks, while scoring 2 runs and driving in 5. The loss puts OR (Ni-Gun) at 16-8.

With HA (Ni-Gun) leading 5-4 in the bottom of the sixth, Kuwahara hit a curveball from Soichiro Yamazaki for a grand slam home run. It was his 2nd home run of the season and put the Tigers ahead, 9-4.

"It was great to come out and swing the bats," Kuwahara told the HA (Ni-Gun) Observer.
OR (NI-GUN) BATTING LINESCORE HA (NI-GUN) BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
Y. Murase RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .290 2 8
K. Kagawa 2B 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 .298 3 11
T. Nakano 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .256 1 11
K. Matsui CF 4 2 2 4 0 0 0 .237 6 17
T. Tsukamoto LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .283 0 3
T. Tanaka 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .247 0 9
S. Takaki SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .265 1 9
H. Kawase DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .224 0 7
Y. Uchida C 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 .146 2 6
Totals 32 4 7 4 0 7 8      
BATTING
Home Runs: K. Matsui 2 (6, 1st Inning off Y. Kobayashi, 1 on, 2 outs; 3rd Inning off Y. Kobayashi, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: Y. Murase , K. Kagawa 2 , K. Matsui 8 , T. Tanaka , H. Kawase
2-out RBI: K. Matsui
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Murase
GIDP: T. Nakano
Sac Bunt: K. Kagawa
Hit by Pitch: T. Tanaka
Team LOB: 3

FIELDING
Errors: K. Kagawa (4)
Double Plays: 1 (Kagawa-Takaki-Nakano)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
D. Adams LF 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 .204 1 5
R. Aoki 2B 5 1 2 0 1 2 1 .281 1 3
Y. Ozawa DH 5 2 1 0 1 1 2 .258 1 10
K. Kinoshita 1B 4 2 3 1 1 1 0 .371 0 7
N. Watanabe SS 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 .273 2 7
S. Kuwahara 3B 2 2 2 5 3 0 0 .297 2 13
K. Watanabe RF 5 1 1 0 0 1 7 .255 2 10
T. Ito CF 5 1 3 3 0 0 5 .216 2 11
K. Fujita C 5 0 3 1 0 0 4 .267 0 3
Totals 40 11 17 11 8 7 25      
BATTING
Doubles: N. Watanabe (3, 5th Inning off H. Honda, 1 on, 0 outs) , K. Kinoshita 2 (8, 5th Inning off H. Honda, 0 on, 0 outs; 7th Inning off R. Yoshida, 2 on, 1 out) , R. Aoki (2, 8th Inning off D. Takeyasu, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: T. Ito (2, 2nd Inning off H. Honda, 2 on, 0 outs) , S. Kuwahara (2, 6th Inning off S. Yamazaki, 3 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: R. Aoki 3 , Y. Ozawa , K. Kinoshita 5 , N. Watanabe 3 , S. Kuwahara 5 , K. Watanabe , T. Ito 6 , K. Fujita 3
2-out RBI: K. Fujita
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Adams , Y. Ozawa , N. Watanabe , T. Ito , K. Fujita
GIDP: D. Adams
Team LOB: 13

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Aoki (1)
CS: R. Aoki (1)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Watanabe-Aoki-Kinoshita)
OR (NI-GUN) PITCHING LINESCORE HA (NI-GUN) PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
H. Honda L (1-3) 5.0 10 5 5 2 6 1 108 8.03   
K. Uchiyama 0.1 2 3 3 2 0 0 21 3.86   
S. Yamazaki 1.0 2 3 3 2 0 1 30 1.29   
R. Yoshida 0.2 2 0 0 2 0 0 29 1.69   
D. Takeyasu 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 1.17   
PITCHING
Game Score: H. Honda 31
Batters Faced: H. Honda 28, K. Uchiyama 4, S. Yamazaki 7, R. Yoshida 6, D. Takeyasu 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: H. Honda 3-6, K. Uchiyama 0-0, S. Yamazaki 1-2, R. Yoshida 1-1, D. Takeyasu 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: H. Honda 108-68, K. Uchiyama 21-11, S. Yamazaki 30-13, R. Yoshida 29-14, D. Takeyasu 10-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Yamazaki 3-3 , R. Yoshida 2-2 , D. Takeyasu 1-0
WP: H. Honda
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Kobayashi W (2-3) 8.0 6 4 4 0 7 2 106 4.45   
K. Teraoka 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Kobayashi 61
Batters Faced: Y. Kobayashi 30, K. Teraoka 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Kobayashi 4-12, K. Teraoka 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Kobayashi 106-72, K. Teraoka 20-12
Hit Batsmen: Y. Kobayashi
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Shuji Kuwahara
Ballpark: Naruohama Baseball Ground
Weather: Cloudy (59 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 7 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:44
Attendance: 465
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