 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON HOSHO RELIABLES AT SAPPORO BEARS 06/13/1963 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | HOSHO RELIABLES AT SAPPORO BEARS | GAME ID: 5585 - THURSDAY, JUNE 13TH , 1963 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Hosho Reliables (19-19) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Sapporo Bears (17-16) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | |  | |
Bears Capture Close Win | Mario de los Santos, who is tied for 4th in the EL with a 7.5 K/9 rate, never let the Reliables get in a groove. The right-hander used his bread and butter, his fastball, to pitch the Bears to a win, 1-0. The winner was Senichi Soga in relief. His record improves to 1-1. Kinichi Ota took the loss. The win lifted the Sapporo record to 17-16.
Sapporo got a knockout punch from Tetsuya Tanaka. The left fielder hammered a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the game. It might've been his only hit, but it decided the outcome.
"This place went bonkers at the end," de los Santos said. | |
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HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE | | SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - K. Hamasaki substituted for T. Smith in the 7th b - Z. Abe pinch hit for K. Hamasaki in the 8th c - K. Katagiri substituted for Z. Abe in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: Y. Hirata (10, 1st Inning off M. de los Santos, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: S. Morioka , Y. Hirata 3 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Kono , H. Dunham , T. Smith GIDP: B. Bloom Sac Bunt: M. Yamaguchi Team LOB: 5
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Bloom) | | | a - T. Ishii pinch hit for K. Takayama in the 7th b - N. Kodama substituted for T. Ishii in the 8th c - H. Fujioka substituted for M. de los Santos in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: U. Ota (8, 4th Inning off T. Smith, 0 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: T. Tanaka (9, 9th Inning off K. Ota, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: T. Tanaka 4 , U. Ota 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Yamamoto , K. Takayama Sac Bunt: M. de los Santos Team LOB: 3
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Ishikawa-Yamamoto-Nishimoto) | | |
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HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE | | SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | T. Smith | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 3.12 | K. Ota L (2-4) | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6.00 | | | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Mario de los Santos Ballpark: Sapporo Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (64 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 10 mph Start Time: 2:05 PM JST Time: 2:24 Attendance: 14271 |
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