 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON DENKI DYNAMICS AT KYOTO OWLS 07/18/1963 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | DENKI DYNAMICS AT KYOTO OWLS | GAME ID: 6649 - THURSDAY, JULY 18TH , 1963 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Denki Dynamics (19-43) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | Kyoto Owls (36-33) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 | 10 | 0 | | |  | |
Owls Turn Away Dynamics, 4-3 | Kyoto Owls starter Tsugunosuke Takeuchi pitched well against the Denki Dynamics at Owls Park, leading his team to a win, 4-3. Naizen Sano earned his 8th save, after closing out the game. The 'W' lifts Kyoto's record to 36-33.
In the bottom of the seventh, Kyoto left fielder Naonobu Nishio had a productive at-bat. With a runner on 3rd and one out, Nishio stroked a run-scoring single to center. It made the score 4-0, Kyoto. For the game, he went 3 for 5 with a double and 2 singles, while adding 3 RBI.
"Being able to play a game for a living is one thing. Being able to play it well and contribute to a win is even better," Nishio told the Kyoto Today. | |
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DENKI BATTING LINESCORE | | KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE | |
| | a - Y. Yoshida pinch ran for T. Shimada in the 7th b - T. Endo substituted for Y. Yoshida in the 8th c - E. Cone substituted for T. Takeuchi in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: K. Yamamoto (5, 2nd Inning off Y. Nakamura, 1 on, 2 outs) , T. Matsui 2 (7, 3rd Inning off Y. Nakamura, 1 on, 0 outs; 5th Inning off Y. Nakamura, 0 on, 0 outs) , N. Nishio (3, 3rd Inning off Y. Nakamura, 2 on, 1 out) Triples: T. Shimada (3, 7th Inning off Y. Nakamura, 1 on, 1 out) Total Bases: J. McDonald , T. Matsui 4 , T. Shimada 3 , N. Nishio 4 , K. Seki 2 , K. Yamamoto 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: N. Nishio , K. Seki , K. Taira , K. Yamamoto , T. Takeuchi Hit by Pitch: J. McDonald , T. Matsui Team LOB: 12 | | |
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DENKI PITCHING LINESCORE | | KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | Y. Nakamura L (5-7) | 6.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 109 | 3.57 | M. Toyama | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5.91 | K. Usui | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3.24 | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | T. Takeuchi W (7-3) | 7.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 97 | 4.05 | N. Sano SV (8) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.12 | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Tsugunosuke Takeuchi Ballpark: Owls Park Weather: Partly Cloudy (80 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 9 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 2:40 Attendance: 14476 Special Notes: 3B Tomonori Shimada was injured while running the bases. |
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