BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
SAPPORO BEARS AT DENKI DYNAMICS
07/11/1963
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
SAPPORO BEARS AT DENKI DYNAMICS
GAME ID: 6627 - THURSDAY, JULY 11TH , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sapporo Bears (32-26) 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 2 8 16 1
Denki Dynamics (16-40) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 11 0
Bears Rough Up Dynamics, 8-2
The exploits of shortstop Naota Kodama helped the Sapporo Bears defeat the Denki Dynamics, 8-2. Kodama was 3 for 5 with 2 home runs and a double, while scoring 3 times and driving in 5. The third-place Bears lifted their record to 32-26.

With Sapporo leading 1-0 in the top of the fourth, Kodama hit a fastball from Tom Hodges for a 3-run home run. It was his 2nd home run of the season and put the Bears ahead, 4-0.

"Another day, another win. On to the next one," Kodama told the Sapporo Times.
SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE DENKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Tanaka LF 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 .247 10 18
T. Yamamoto 2B 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .257 0 11
U. Ota RF 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 .284 6 28
S. Nishimoto 1B 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 .227 8 28
R. Onishi CF 5 1 2 0 0 1 5 .256 5 25
N. Kodama 3B, SS 5 3 3 5 0 1 3 .329 2 9
M. Ishikawa SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .220 4 25
   b-K. Hayashida PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .154 1 2
   c-K. Takayama SS, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232 1 15
S. Takahashi C 5 1 2 2 0 1 1 .196 7 19
T. Takada P 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .273 0 1
   a-H. Sato PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .182 0 0
   S. Soga P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0
Totals 43 8 16 8 2 7 24      
a - H. Sato pinch hit for T. Takada in the 8th
b - K. Hayashida pinch hit for M. Ishikawa in the 9th
c - K. Takayama substituted for K. Hayashida in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: N. Kodama (3, 6th Inning off T. Hodges, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: T. Yamamoto (7, 5th Inning off T. Hodges, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: T. Tanaka (10, 3rd Inning off T. Hodges, 0 on, 2 outs) , N. Kodama 2 (2, 4th Inning off T. Hodges, 2 on, 1 out; 9th Inning off M. Kanda, 1 on, 1 out) , S. Takahashi (7, 6th Inning off T. Hodges, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Tanaka 5 , T. Yamamoto 3 , U. Ota 2 , S. Nishimoto , R. Onishi 2 , N. Kodama 10 , S. Takahashi 5 , T. Takada 2 , H. Sato
2-out RBI: T. Tanaka
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Tanaka , U. Ota , R. Onishi , M. Ishikawa
Team LOB: 10

FIELDING
Errors: T. Tanaka (2)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Tamura 2B 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .253 4 9
H. Kajioka 3B 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 .212 3 11
S. Kamo CF 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 .300 1 25
K. Hirao 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .288 13 44
J. Bullock RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .223 2 9
S. Takahashi LF 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 .293 2 16
R. Iwasa SS 4 0 0 0 1 1 7 .212 6 25
M. Onishi C 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 .155 4 13
T. Hodges P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .130 0 1
   F. Iwamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-T. Inoue PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 0 2
   T. Takanezawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-K. Tsuda PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .222 0 6
   M. Kanda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 37 2 11 2 4 3 22      
a - T. Inoue pinch hit for F. Iwamoto in the 7th
b - K. Tsuda pinch hit for T. Takanezawa in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Kajioka 2 (13, 7th Inning off T. Takada, 0 on, 2 outs; 9th Inning off S. Soga, 0 on, 0 outs) , S. Kamo (20, 9th Inning off S. Soga, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: R. Tamura , H. Kajioka 5 , S. Kamo 4 , J. Bullock , S. Takahashi 3
2-out RBI: S. Kamo
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Tamura , S. Kamo , R. Iwasa , M. Onishi 3
Hit by Pitch: J. Bullock 2
Team LOB: 14
SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE DENKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Takada W (8-5) 7.0 7 1 1 2 2 0 110 3.12   
S. Soga 2.0 4 1 1 2 1 0 38 0.56   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Takada 59
Batters Faced: T. Takada 31, S. Soga 12
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Takada 11-7, S. Soga 4-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Takada 110-68, S. Soga 38-22
Hit Batsmen: T. Takada 2
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Hodges L (5-7) 5.1 10 6 6 1 4 3 96 5.22   
F. Iwamoto 1.2 2 0 0 0 3 0 25 1.80   
T. Takanezawa 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 3.77   
M. Kanda 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 1 16 3.56   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Hodges 27
Batters Faced: T. Hodges 27, F. Iwamoto 7, T. Takanezawa 5, M. Kanda 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Hodges 4-8, F. Iwamoto 0-2, T. Takanezawa 0-3, M. Kanda 0-3
Pitches - Strikes: T. Hodges 96-61, F. Iwamoto 25-20, T. Takanezawa 14-10, M. Kanda 16-9
Inherited Runners - Scored: F. Iwamoto 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Naota Kodama
Ballpark: Kanda Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (82 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 10 mph
Start Time: 2:05 PM JST
Time: 3:00
Attendance: 8528
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