BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT SAPPORO BEARS
06/02/1963
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT SAPPORO BEARS
GAME ID: 5526 - SUNDAY, JUNE 2ND , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yokohama Kingfishers (15-8) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 7 13 3
Sapporo Bears (13-13) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 1
Kingfishers Deal Bears 7-2 Defeat
Yokohama Kingfishers starter Kinzo Yoshimura hurled his team past the Sapporo Bears, 7-2. Yoshimura, the winner, moves to 3-0. He threw 5.1 innings of 3-hit ball, while fanning 4 and giving up 2 walks. Yokohama is now 15-8.

In the top of the eighth, Yokohama third baseman Fujimaro Sonoda had a productive at-bat. With runners on 1st and 2nd and one out, Sonoda stroked a run-scoring single to right. It made the score 4-2, Yokohama. For the game, he was 3 for 5 with 3 singles. He drove in 2 runs.

"If we keep hitting the ball well, the wins will pile up," said Yokohama skipper Tommy McDonell.
YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Yoshida LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .243 3 11
   T. Osada P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 0 1
   M. Akagi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Y. Okazaki 1B, LF 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 .241 1 13
D. Sato SS 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .286 3 9
   c-Y. Maeda PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 0 1
   d-M. Kobashi SS, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 0 0
T. Kaneshige RF 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 .385 5 18
F. Sonoda 3B, SS 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 .209 3 21
S. Tamura CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 5 .229 4 19
S. Arakawa C 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 .333 6 17
   M. Mori P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-G. Lacey 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 0 2
S. Fukui 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .255 0 6
K. Yoshimura P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 0 0
   a-H. Onishi C 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .286 1 1
Totals 39 7 13 6 2 1 12      
a - H. Onishi substituted for K. Yoshimura in the 6th
b - G. Lacey substituted for M. Mori in the 7th
c - Y. Maeda pinch ran for D. Sato in the 8th
d - M. Kobashi substituted for Y. Maeda in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Tamura (3, 2nd Inning off T. Wada, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: H. Yoshida (3, 3rd Inning off T. Wada, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: H. Yoshida 4 , Y. Okazaki , D. Sato 3 , F. Sonoda 3 , S. Tamura 2 , S. Arakawa , G. Lacey , S. Fukui , H. Onishi
2-out RBI: F. Sonoda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , S. Tamura 2 , S. Arakawa
Sac Bunt: T. Osada
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: F. Sonoda (2) , S. Tamura (2)

FIELDING
Errors: F. Sonoda (1) , M. Mori (1) , S. Fukui (2)
Double Plays: 2 (Sato-Fukui-Lacey, Sonoda-Lacey)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Tanaka LF 4 0 2 0 1 1 3 .223 7 8
T. Yamamoto 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 .250 0 3
U. Ota RF 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 .246 4 15
S. Nishimoto 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .265 3 13
R. Onishi CF 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 .273 2 12
   c-T. Ishii PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 1 2
   d-K. Hayashida CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
K. Takayama 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .241 1 6
   a-H. Sato PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0
   b-N. Kodama 3B 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .345 0 1
M. Ishikawa SS 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 .198 0 6
S. Takahashi C 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .146 4 6
T. Wada P 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 0 0
   W. Shibata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   e-M. Jenks PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 0 3
Totals 35 2 8 2 4 6 20      
a - H. Sato pinch hit for K. Takayama in the 6th
b - N. Kodama substituted for H. Sato in the 7th
c - T. Ishii pinch hit for R. Onishi in the 8th
d - K. Hayashida substituted for T. Ishii in the 9th
e - M. Jenks pinch hit for W. Shibata in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: T. Tanaka 2 , T. Yamamoto , S. Nishimoto , R. Onishi , H. Sato , M. Ishikawa 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Tanaka , T. Yamamoto , U. Ota , S. Nishimoto
GIDP: U. Ota
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Tanaka (1)
CS: R. Onishi (1)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Yamamoto (7)
OF assists: 1 (Onishi(Kaneshige at home))
YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Yoshimura W (3-0) 5.1 3 0 0 2 4 0 97 3.07   
M. Mori H (1) 0.2 3 2 1 1 2 0 14 2.25   
T. Osada H (2) 2.2 2 0 0 1 0 0 48 2.10   
M. Akagi 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.17   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Yoshimura 64
Batters Faced: K. Yoshimura 21, M. Mori 7, T. Osada 10, M. Akagi 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Yoshimura 7-4, M. Mori 0-0, T. Osada 4-2, M. Akagi 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: K. Yoshimura 97-58, M. Mori 14-11, T. Osada 48-32, M. Akagi 4-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Akagi 2-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Wada L (2-1) 7.2 8 4 3 1 1 1 102 3.09   
W. Shibata 1.1 5 3 3 1 0 0 31 6.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Wada 49
Batters Faced: T. Wada 33, W. Shibata 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Wada 9-13, W. Shibata 3-0
Pitches - Strikes: T. Wada 102-66, W. Shibata 31-17
Inherited Runners - Scored: W. Shibata 2-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kinzo Yoshimura
Ballpark: Sapporo Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (64 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 10 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 2:59
Attendance: 15413
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