SOUTH KOREAN BASEBALL CHALLENGE LEAGUE
JEONJU THUNDERBIRDS AT CHANGWON GRANDSEROWS
04/22/2025
 
SOUTH KOREAN BASEBALL CHALLENGE LEAGUE
JEONJU THUNDERBIRDS AT CHANGWON GRANDSEROWS
GAME ID: 1803 - TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND , 2025 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Jeonju Thunderbirds (9-13) 0 0 0 3 4 2 3 0 0 12 18 2
Changwon Grandserows (9-13) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 1
Thunderbirds Spank Grandserows, 12-1
The Jeonju Thunderbirds pasted the Changwon Grandserows with a convincing 12-1 defeat at Nagano Olympic Stadium. Tadayuki Kaneko was a prime factor in the Jeonju win. He went 4-5 with 4 singles, while scoring 2 runs and driving in 4. Motoya Kinoshita, the winning pitcher, improved to 1-0. He pitched 7 innings, giving up 7 hits and no runs, while striking out 8 and walking 1. The Grandserows drop to 9-13 and continue their inconsistent start to the 2025 season.

Making an impact for Jeonju was designated hitter Masatoshi Okamura. He drilled a double off Yasugi Higashi in the top of the fourth. For the game, Okamura went 3-5 with 2 doubles and a walk, while scoring 3.

Said Changwon manager Susumu Kaneda: "It was a long, miserable day."
JEONJU BATTING LINESCORE CHANGWON BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. Fujimori RF 6 1 1 0 0 3 4 .333 3 4
G. Tanaka 3B 4 4 2 1 0 1 0 .215 0 2
   c-H. Kuroda PH, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .214 1 2
M. Okamura DH 5 3 3 0 1 1 1 .210 0 3
T. Kaneko CF 5 2 4 4 0 1 2 .247 1 9
N. Nozaki 2B 4 0 2 4 0 0 4 .309 3 17
Y. Taniguchi LF 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .119 0 0
J. de Leon SS 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 .228 1 4
   a-I. Tsugawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   b-T. Ouchi SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 1 1
A. Kawamura 1B 4 1 1 1 1 2 3 .159 1 4
K. Kawabata C 5 1 2 0 0 2 5 .179 1 2
Totals 44 12 18 12 2 12 23      
a - I. Tsugawa pinch hit for J. de Leon in the 7th
b - T. Ouchi substituted for I. Tsugawa in the 7th
c - H. Kuroda pinch hit for G. Tanaka in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Okamura 2 (4, 4th Inning off Y. Higashi, 1 on, 0 outs; 6th Inning off Y. Akamine, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: M. Fujimori , G. Tanaka 2 , M. Okamura 5 , T. Kaneko 4 , N. Nozaki 2 , Y. Taniguchi , J. de Leon 2 , A. Kawamura , K. Kawabata 2
2-out RBI: G. Tanaka , T. Kaneko , N. Nozaki , A. Kawamura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Fujimori , N. Nozaki , Y. Taniguchi , K. Kawabata 2
Sac Fly: N. Nozaki
Hit by Pitch: G. Tanaka
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: J. de Leon (3)
CS: T. Kaneko (2)

FIELDING
Errors: G. Tanaka (2) , A. Kawamura (2)
Double Plays: 1 (Nozaki-Ouchi-Kawamura)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Peralta 2B 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .276 0 0
T. Katayama 3B 5 0 0 0 0 1 6 .275 1 5
K. Nakamura DH 5 0 2 0 0 1 4 .392 0 10
T. Nagashima CF 5 0 1 0 0 2 4 .209 1 8
T. Chiba 1B 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 .246 2 4
T. Sato SS 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 .220 1 2
N. Higashi LF 3 0 1 0 0 2 3 .203 0 1
   a-K. Nishijima PH, RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .184 1 8
M. Imai RF, LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .319 2 4
K. Higuchi C 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .355 0 1
Totals 39 1 11 1 2 9 29      
a - K. Nishijima pinch hit for N. Higashi in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Higuchi (2, 7th Inning off M. Kinoshita, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: T. Chiba (2, 8th Inning off S. Miwa, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Nakamura 2 , T. Nagashima , T. Chiba 5 , T. Sato 2 , N. Higashi , M. Imai 2 , K. Higuchi 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Nakamura , T. Nagashima , T. Chiba , N. Higashi , K. Higuchi
GIDP: K. Nishijima
Team LOB: 13

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Sato (1)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Katayama (3)
JEONJU PITCHING LINESCORE CHANGWON PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Kinoshita W (1-0) 7.0 7 0 0 1 8 0 103 0.74   
S. Miwa 2.0 4 1 1 1 1 1 33 3.38   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Kinoshita 70
Batters Faced: M. Kinoshita 31, S. Miwa 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Kinoshita 4-9, S. Miwa 2-2
Pitches - Strikes: M. Kinoshita 103-67, S. Miwa 33-19
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Higashi L (0-2) 4.2 11 7 7 0 7 0 82 5.87   
Y. Akamine 2.0 5 5 3 2 3 0 46 3.07   
Y. Kato 1.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 25 8.79   
T. Okamoto 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.02   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Higashi 21
Batters Faced: Y. Higashi 25, Y. Akamine 14, Y. Kato 7, T. Okamoto 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Higashi 1-5, Y. Akamine 1-2, Y. Kato 1-2, T. Okamoto 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Higashi 82-56, Y. Akamine 46-25, Y. Kato 25-20, T. Okamoto 4-2
Inherited Runners - Scored: Y. Akamine 2-1 , Y. Kato 3-2 , T. Okamoto 1-0
Hit Batsmen: Y. Higashi
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tadayuki Kaneko
Ballpark: Nagano Olympic Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (73 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:28
Attendance: 2301
Special Notes: Gou Tanaka ties the JT regular season game record for runs with 4.
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