 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON DENKI DYNAMICS AT HOSHO RELIABLES 05/01/1963 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | DENKI DYNAMICS AT HOSHO RELIABLES | GAME ID: 5139 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 1ST , 1963 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Denki Dynamics (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Hosho Reliables (1-0) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 4 | 11 | 2 | | |  | |
Dynamics Suffer 4-1 Road Loss | The Hosho Reliables ushered in the 1963 season with a win versus the Denki Dynamics at Nagoya Minami Stadium. The final score was 4-1. Starting Pitcher Shinki Kimura, who finished 3rd in the EL in strikeouts with 168 in 1958, had a standout performance.
Sunao Morioka, who finished 4th in the EL in on-base percentage with .389 last year, contributed to the Hosho win with a 2-run home run in the bottom of the eighth. For the game, the third baseman had 3 hits in 4 at-bats with 1 home run, 2 singles, 1 run scored, and 2 runs batted in.
"It was a good effort all around," said Kimura. | |
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DENKI BATTING LINESCORE | | HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - R. Tamura pinch hit for Y. Nakamura in the 8th b - K. Tsuda pinch hit for E. Yoshimura in the 8th c - O. Ichimura substituted for R. Tamura in the 8th
BATTING Total Bases: K. Tsuda , S. Kamo , R. Iwasa , H. Kajioka Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Kamo , M. Nakasone GIDP: M. Nakasone , H. Kajioka Sac Bunt: Y. Nakamura Team LOB: 5
FIELDING Double Plays: 3 (Kamo-Kajioka, Iwasa-Nakasone-Hirao, Kajioka-Nakasone-Hirao) OF assists: 1 (Kamo(Kono at 3rd base)) | | | a - S. Kawakami substituted for B. Bloom in the 7th b - K. Hamasaki pinch ran for M. Yamaguchi in the 7th c - K. Katagiri substituted for K. Hamasaki in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: J. Kono (1, 2nd Inning off Y. Nakamura, 0 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: S. Morioka (1, 8th Inning off M. Toyama, 1 on, 1 out) Total Bases: Y. Hirata , S. Morioka 6 , J. Kono 2 , H. Dunham , M. Yamaguchi , T. Hamano , Y. Smith 2 , S. Kimura 2-out RBI: Y. Smith Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Bloom , M. Yamaguchi GIDP: B. Bloom , J. Kono Sac Bunt: S. Kimura Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING SB: K. Hamasaki (1) , T. Hamano (1)
FIELDING Errors: Y. Hirata (1) , S. Kimura (1) Double Plays: 2 (Smith-Hirata-Bloom, Smith-Hirata-Bloom) | | |
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DENKI PITCHING LINESCORE | | HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | Y. Nakamura L (0-1) | 7.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 2.57 | M. Toyama | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 18.00 | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | S. Kimura W (1-0) | 7.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 103 | 1.23 | M. Yanagi H (1) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.00 | I. Yamamoto | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Shinki Kimura Ballpark: Nagoya Minami Stadium Weather: Cloudy (56 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 11 mph Start Time: 7:35 PM JST Time: 3:07 Attendance: 26831 Special Notes: Rain delay of 39 minutes in the 8th inning. CL Michito Yanagi was injured while pitching. |
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