BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
RAKISUTA RAMS AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS
06/20/1963
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
RAKISUTA RAMS AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS
GAME ID: 6578 - THURSDAY, JUNE 20TH , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rakisuta Rams (16-20) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 7 1
Yokohama Kingfishers (24-15) 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 8 9 1
Yokohama 24-15 After 8-5 Victory
Behind the hitting of Hidetsugu Yoshida, the Yokohama Kingfishers stopped the Rakisuta Rams, 8-5. Yoshida was 2 for 3 with a home run and a walk. He scored 2 runs and drove in 3 for the Kingfishers. Yokohama pitcher Masatoshi Sakai earned the win, hiking his record to 3-1. Ikuo Kanazawa suffered the loss. Yokohama is now 24-15, 2 games up in the Eastern League.

Thoki Kaneshige, who leads the EL in extra base hits with 22, contributed to the Yokohama win with a 2-run home run in the bottom of the first. For the game, the right fielder had 2 hits in 4 at-bats with 1 home run, 1 single, 1 run scored, and 2 runs batted in.

"It was sure nice to get the win but there's a lot of baseball left," Kaneshige after the game.
RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Mitsui CF 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .130 0 0
F. Sato RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263 0 3
S. Onodera LF 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .138 0 1
D. Finch 1B, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .185 1 6
Y. Ogawa 3B 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 .241 1 3
   a-S. Nishimura PH, 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .268 2 11
O. Nishimura 2B 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .169 1 4
M. Ezaki SS 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .204 4 12
T. Otani C 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .324 4 9
   b-T. Hashiguchi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 4
I. Kanazawa P 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0
   S. Tanabe P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 0 0
   c-K. Harada PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 2 18
Totals 32 5 7 5 3 7 9      
a - S. Nishimura pinch hit for Y. Ogawa in the 8th
b - T. Hashiguchi pinch hit for T. Otani in the 9th
c - K. Harada pinch hit for S. Tanabe in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: Y. Ogawa (1, 4th Inning off M. Sakai, 0 on, 0 outs) , M. Ezaki (4, 6th Inning off M. Sakai, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: S. Onodera , Y. Ogawa 5 , S. Nishimura , M. Ezaki 4 , T. Otani 2
2-out RBI: M. Ezaki , T. Otani
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: I. Kanazawa
GIDP: O. Nishimura
Sac Fly: O. Nishimura
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
CS: K. Mitsui (1)

FIELDING
Errors: D. Finch (4)
OF assists: 1 (Mitsui(Onishi at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Yoshida LF 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 .255 9 24
   M. Mori P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-Y. Maeda PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .296 0 1
   H. Sasaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
T. Kaneshige RF 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 .337 7 24
D. Sato SS 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 .266 6 17
Y. Okazaki 1B, LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 .250 5 21
F. Sonoda 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .234 3 28
S. Tamura CF 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .205 4 22
S. Fukui 2B 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 .230 1 11
H. Onishi C 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 .143 2 5
M. Sakai P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .154 0 0
   a-K. Aoki PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .273 0 0
   b-G. Lacey 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296 0 2
Totals 34 8 9 8 6 0 17      
a - K. Aoki pinch hit for M. Sakai in the 6th
b - G. Lacey substituted for K. Aoki in the 7th
c - Y. Maeda pinch hit for M. Mori in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: Y. Maeda (4, 8th Inning off S. Tanabe, 0 on, 1 out)
Triples: K. Aoki (1, 6th Inning off S. Tanabe, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: T. Kaneshige (7, 1st Inning off I. Kanazawa, 1 on, 0 outs) , H. Onishi (2, 2nd Inning off I. Kanazawa, 1 on, 1 out) , H. Yoshida (9, 2nd Inning off I. Kanazawa, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: H. Yoshida 5 , Y. Maeda 2 , T. Kaneshige 5 , S. Fukui , H. Onishi 5 , K. Aoki 3
2-out RBI: H. Yoshida
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , Y. Okazaki 2 , F. Sonoda
Hit by Pitch: S. Fukui
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
Errors: D. Sato (11)
Double Plays: 1 (Fukui-Sato-Lacey)
RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
I. Kanazawa L (0-1) 3.2 6 7 7 2 0 3 67 8.40   
S. Tanabe 4.1 3 1 1 4 0 0 73 2.70   
PITCHING
Game Score: I. Kanazawa 17
Batters Faced: I. Kanazawa 19, S. Tanabe 22
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: I. Kanazawa 3-7, S. Tanabe 9-5
Pitches - Strikes: I. Kanazawa 67-36, S. Tanabe 73-38
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Tanabe 1-0
Hit Batsmen: I. Kanazawa
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Sakai W (3-1) 6.0 6 5 4 3 4 2 86 3.44   
M. Mori H (2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 28 1.80   
H. Sasaki SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4.15   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Sakai 43
Batters Faced: M. Sakai 27, M. Mori 6, H. Sasaki 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Sakai 6-7, M. Mori 2-0, H. Sasaki 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Sakai 86-50, M. Mori 28-18, H. Sasaki 8-5
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Hidetsugu Yoshida
Ballpark: Kanagawa Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (71 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 9 mph
Start Time: 2:35 PM JST
Time: 2:43
Attendance: 19979
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