 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KYOTO OWLS AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS 07/18/1961 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | KYOTO OWLS AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS | | GAME ID: 6649 - TUESDAY, JULY 18TH , 1961 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kyoto Owls (31-36) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | | Yokohama Kingfishers (36-32) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | X | 5 | 5 | 1 | | |  | |
| Kingfishers Slip Past Owls, 5-2 | Eager fans turned out for a matchup between the Yokohama Kingfishers and Kyoto Owls.
Kyoto wasted an exceptional performance by pitcher Kuniaki Usui, falling to the Yokohama Kingfishers, 5-2. Usui threw 7.0 innings of 3-hit ball for the losing team. Hirotsugu Sasaki earned the win after being brought in from the bullpen. The right-hander allowed no runs on 2 hits in 2 innings. His record is now 4-4. Earning his 4th save of the year was Katsusaburo Yagi.
Yokohama took a 5-2 lead on Sukeyasu Arakawa's 3rd home run of the season. The 3-run home run, which Arakawa hit in the bottom of the eighth, left Kyoto pitcher Naizen Sano visibly frustrated.
In comments to the Yokohama Herald, Arakawa admitted that he doesn't always push himself. "But the results," he said, "speak for themselves."
The 5th-place Owls dropped to 31-36.
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| KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE | | YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - S. Nojima pinch hit for N. Nishio in the 7th
b - I. Miyata substituted for S. Nojima in the 7th
c - C. Tokunaga pinch hit for K. Usui in the 8th
BATTING
Doubles: T. Matsui (6, 7th Inning off H. Sasaki, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: Y. Yoshida , B. Arai , T. Matsui 2
2-out RBI: T. Matsui
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: N. Nishio , K. Taira
GIDP: B. Arai , S. Nojima
Team LOB: 2
BASERUNNING
CS: T. Hayashi (3)
FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Hasegawa-Matsui) | | | a - S. Fukuda substituted for M. Sakai in the 7th
b - K. Aoki pinch hit for Y. Maeda in the 7th
c - M. Kozuka pinch hit for M. Kobayashi in the 7th
d - T. Oishi substituted for K. Aoki in the 8th
e - S. Ishii substituted for M. Kozuka in the 8th
f - S. Arakawa pinch hit for H. Sasaki in the 8th
BATTING
Doubles: K. Mukai (4, 8th Inning off N. Sano, 2 on, 1 out)
Triples: F. Sonoda (1, 3rd Inning off K. Usui, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: S. Arakawa (3, 8th Inning off N. Sano, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: F. Sonoda 3 , Y. Okazaki , K. Mukai 2 , S. Arakawa 4 , M. Sakai
2-out RBI: S. Arakawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Kobayashi , M. Sakai
Sac Bunt: S. Fukuda
Hit by Pitch: T. Kaneshige
Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING
CS: Y. Okazaki (3)
FIELDING
Errors: K. Yagi (1)
Double Plays: 3 (Sonoda-Maeda-Fukuda, Fukuda-Sato-Fukuda, Mukai-Ishii) | | |
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| KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE | | YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Usui | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 100 | 4.95 | | N. Sano L (3-3), BS (3) | 0.2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5.17 | | C. Sasaki | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.79 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | M. Sakai | 6.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 4.17 | | H. Sasaki W (4-4) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5.85 | | K. Yagi SV (4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2.51 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Kuniaki Usui
Ballpark: Kanagawa Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (78 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 8 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 2:36
Attendance: 25047 |
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