 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KYOTO OWLS AT SAPPORO BEARS 06/22/1963 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | KYOTO OWLS AT SAPPORO BEARS | GAME ID: 6577 - SATURDAY, JUNE 22ND , 1963 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Kyoto Owls (27-22) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | Sapporo Bears (23-20) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | |  | |
Owls Victors, 2-0, at Sapporo | The Kyoto Owls used a great performance from Seishiro Kikuchi, who is tied for 4th in the EL in quality starts with 8, to beat the Sapporo Bears, 2-0, at Sapporo Stadium. The winning pitcher was Kikuchi, now 6-3. He tossed 7 innings of 4-hit ball, while walking 3 and fanning 5. The setback makes Sapporo 23-20.
With Kyoto leading 1-0 in the top of the fifth, Kikuchi hit a run-scoring single off Sapporo hurler Mario de los Santos. It was the 2nd hit of the season for Kikuchi and put his team ahead, 2-0.
"We leaned on our pitching tonight," Kikuchi said. | |
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KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE | | SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - T. Endo substituted for S. Kikuchi in the 8th b - K. Taira substituted for Y. Yoshida in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: G. Yokoyama (1, 2nd Inning off M. de los Santos, 0 on, 1 out) , T. Hasegawa (3, 9th Inning off K. Nakamoto, 0 on, 1 out) Triples: T. Hasegawa (1, 5th Inning off M. de los Santos, 0 on, 2 outs) Home Runs: N. Nishio (8, 2nd Inning off M. de los Santos, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: T. Shimada , N. Nishio 5 , G. Yokoyama 2 , T. Hasegawa 6 , S. Kikuchi 2-out RBI: S. Kikuchi Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. McDonald , G. Yokoyama , T. Hasegawa Team LOB: 8 | | | | |
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KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE | | SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | S. Kikuchi W (6-3) | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 115 | 1.87 | N. Sano SV (4) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 4.02 | | | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Seishiro Kikuchi Ballpark: Sapporo Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (55 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 8 mph Start Time: 7:35 PM JST Time: 2:45 Attendance: 21801 Special Notes: 2B Honoo Fujioka was injured in a collision at a base. |
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