JAPANESE BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
VESUTAN BEES AT TOKYO RAKISUTA RAMS
06/08/1949
 
JAPANESE BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
VESUTAN BEES AT TOKYO RAKISUTA RAMS
GAME ID: 8877 - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8TH , 1949 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vesutan Bees (8-10) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 7 12 0
Tokyo Rakisuta Rams (10-8) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 12 0
Bees Deal Rams 7-4 Loss
Vesutan shortstop Kikuzo Sakai contributed to his team's 7-4 win over the Tokyo Rakisuta Rams. Sakai, who is tied for 4th in the JBA with a .378 batting average, went 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored to lead the offensive attack for the Bees. The winning pitcher was Gou Sawamura. He tossed 138 pitches over 9 innings, allowing 4 runs on 12 hits. The Bees are off to an underwhelming start as they look to defend their championship, notching only their 8th win in 18 games.

Vesutan relied on the hitting of Souichi Nakashima to pick up the win. The right fielder ripped a run-scoring triple in the top of the seventh inning to put the Bees on top, 3-2. For the game, Nakashima had 1 triple and 1 single in 4 at-bats.

"We put a lot of pressure on ourselves," Nakashima told a Vesutan Times reporter. "Sometimes we just need to relax."
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE TOKYO RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
Y. Kajiyama CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0
S. Taguchi LF 4 0 1 1 1 0 3 .324 0 5
   a-S. Yamashita LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 0 0
T. Tanaka 1B 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 .307 1 7
Y. Smith 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 .338 1 6
H. Kimura 2B 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 .328 2 12
S. Tanaka C 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 .340 0 13
K. Sakai SS 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 .378 0 16
S. Nakashima RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .235 0 2
G. Sawamura P 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 .375 0 2
Totals 36 7 12 7 4 2 16      
a - S. Yamashita substituted for S. Taguchi in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Tanaka (4, 8th Inning off Z. Yukimoto, 0 on, 0 outs) , H. Kimura (2, 8th Inning off Z. Yukimoto, 2 on, 0 outs)
Triples: S. Tanaka (1, 2nd Inning off Z. Yukimoto, 0 on, 2 outs) , S. Nakashima (1, 7th Inning off Z. Yukimoto, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Taguchi , T. Tanaka 3 , Y. Smith , H. Kimura 2 , S. Tanaka 4 , K. Sakai 2 , S. Nakashima 4 , G. Sawamura
2-out RBI: S. Taguchi , K. Sakai
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Taguchi , H. Kimura , G. Sawamura
GIDP: S. Taguchi
Sac Bunt: G. Sawamura
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
CS: T. Tanaka (1)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Smith-Kimura-Tanaka)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
G. Okazaki RF 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 .329 1 9
T. Kitagawa 2B 5 0 2 3 0 0 2 .390 0 10
T. Matsumoto LF 4 1 1 0 1 0 4 .329 0 11
G. Nakamura 1B 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .190 0 1
T. Ando 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .338 1 8
   a-T. Ito PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 1
   b-A. Murakami 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 0 1
   c-Y. Fukumoto PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .304 0 2
N. Hamada CF 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 .258 0 7
H. Fujisawa C 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .375 0 8
   d-M. Hattori PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .083 0 0
Z. Yukimoto P 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 .355 1 4
   H. Yoshinaga P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
A. Kawai SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .133 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 3 5 0 23      
a - T. Ito pinch hit for T. Ando in the 7th
b - A. Murakami substituted for T. Ito in the 8th
c - Y. Fukumoto pinch hit for A. Murakami in the 9th
d - M. Hattori pinch hit for H. Fujisawa in the 9th

BATTING
Triples: G. Okazaki (2, 8th Inning off G. Sawamura, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: G. Okazaki 3 , T. Kitagawa 2 , T. Matsumoto , G. Nakamura , T. Ando , T. Ito , Y. Fukumoto , N. Hamada , H. Fujisawa , Z. Yukimoto 2
2-out RBI: T. Kitagawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , T. Matsumoto 2 , T. Ando , M. Hattori , Z. Yukimoto
GIDP: N. Hamada
Team LOB: 12

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Ando-Kitagawa-Nakamura)
OF assists: 1 (Hamada(Taguchi at 2nd base))
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE TOKYO RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
G. Sawamura W (3-1) 9.0 12 4 4 5 0 0 138 4.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: G. Sawamura 42
Batters Faced: G. Sawamura 43
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Sawamura 12-14
Pitches - Strikes: G. Sawamura 138-75
WP: G. Sawamura 2
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Z. Yukimoto L (3-1) 7.0 11 7 7 3 1 0 106 4.76   
H. Yoshinaga 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 37 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: Z. Yukimoto 25
Batters Faced: Z. Yukimoto 33, H. Yoshinaga 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Z. Yukimoto 9-9, H. Yoshinaga 2-3
Pitches - Strikes: Z. Yukimoto 106-62, H. Yoshinaga 37-25
Inherited Runners - Scored: H. Yoshinaga 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kikuzo Sakai
Ballpark: Rakisuta Stadium
Weather: Rain (73 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 13 mph
Start Time: 3:30 PM JST
Time: 2:52
Attendance: 18408
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