BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT SAPPORO BEARS
06/01/1963
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT SAPPORO BEARS
GAME ID: 5525 - SATURDAY, JUNE 1ST , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yokohama Kingfishers (14-8) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 8 0
Sapporo Bears (13-12) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 2
Arakawa Lifts Kingfishers to 5-3 Win
Kingfishers catcher Sukeyasu Arakawa put his stamp on his team's 5-3 win over the Sapporo Bears. Arakawa went 3-4 with a home run and 2 singles, while adding 4 RBI and scoring once for Yokohama in the contest. Masatoshi Sakai earned the win to go to 1-1. He allowed 3 runs on 6 hits, with 4 walks and 4 strikeouts in 7.2 innings of work. Sapporo falls to 13-12.

Yokohama third baseman Fujimaro Sonoda helped his team take an early lead. In the top of the first, with the bases loaded, he grounded out, driving in 1 run.

"Just trying to keep things simple and helping the team win any way I can," Arakawa told a local reporter after the game.
YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Yoshida LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .243 2 10
   a-G. Lacey 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .294 0 2
D. Sato SS 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 .269 3 9
Y. Okazaki 1B, LF 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 .245 1 11
T. Kaneshige RF 4 2 2 0 1 1 3 .396 5 18
F. Sonoda 3B 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 .190 3 19
S. Arakawa C 4 1 3 4 0 0 2 .333 6 16
S. Tamura CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .230 4 19
S. Fukui 2B 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .256 0 6
M. Sakai P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0
   H. Sasaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-T. Nakamura PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 1 3
   N. Shimada P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 5 3 5 22      
a - G. Lacey substituted for H. Yoshida in the 7th
b - T. Nakamura pinch hit for H. Sasaki in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: S. Arakawa (6, 7th Inning off T. Takada, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Kaneshige 2 , S. Arakawa 6 , S. Fukui 2 , T. Nakamura
2-out RBI: S. Arakawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Yoshida , T. Kaneshige , S. Arakawa
Sac Bunt: M. Sakai
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Fukui-Sato-Okazaki, Fukui-Sato-Lacey)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Tanaka LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .213 7 8
T. Yamamoto 2B 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .252 0 3
U. Ota RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .257 4 15
S. Nishimoto 1B 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 .265 3 13
R. Onishi CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .268 2 12
K. Takayama 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .247 1 6
   b-H. Sato PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 0 0
M. Ishikawa SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .184 0 4
S. Takahashi C 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 .152 4 6
T. Takada P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 0 1
   K. Suenaga P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0
   a-T. Ishii PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .280 1 2
   K. Nakamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-N. Kodama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .345 0 1
Totals 31 3 6 2 5 5 14      
a - T. Ishii pinch hit for K. Suenaga in the 8th
b - H. Sato pinch hit for K. Takayama in the 9th
c - N. Kodama pinch hit for K. Nakamoto in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: T. Yamamoto , S. Nishimoto 2 , R. Onishi , M. Ishikawa , T. Ishii
2-out RBI: S. Nishimoto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Takayama , M. Ishikawa
GIDP: U. Ota , R. Onishi
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: S. Nishimoto (1) , K. Takayama (2)
YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Sakai W (1-1) 7.2 6 3 3 4 4 0 103 3.23   
H. Sasaki H (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.97   
N. Shimada SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Sakai 55
Batters Faced: M. Sakai 31, H. Sasaki 1, N. Shimada 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Sakai 11-6, H. Sasaki 0-1, N. Shimada 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Sakai 103-65, H. Sasaki 2-2, N. Shimada 18-11
Inherited Runners - Scored: H. Sasaki 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Takada L (5-2) 6.2 5 3 3 2 5 1 97 1.82   
K. Suenaga 1.1 1 2 0 1 0 0 19 5.82   
K. Nakamoto 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 4.66   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Takada 55
Batters Faced: T. Takada 27, K. Suenaga 7, K. Nakamoto 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Takada 8-7, K. Suenaga 1-3, K. Nakamoto 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Takada 97-62, K. Suenaga 19-11, K. Nakamoto 21-13
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Suenaga 1-0
WP: T. Takada
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Sukeyasu Arakawa
Ballpark: Sapporo Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (55 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 3:07
Attendance: 17934
Special Notes: Rain delay of 25 minutes in the 7th inning.
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