 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON HOSHO RELIABLES AT DENKI DYNAMICS 07/18/1962 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | HOSHO RELIABLES AT DENKI DYNAMICS | | GAME ID: 6652 - WEDNESDAY, JULY 18TH , 1962 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Hosho Reliables (40-27) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 2 | | Denki Dynamics (25-42) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | | |  | |
| 5-for-5 Day for Yamaguchi | Getting 5 hits in a game has always been memorable feat in baseball. In the Hosho's 8-3 win over Denki, right fielder Masaki Yamaguchi was red-hot, scorching them for hit after hit at Kanda Stadium.
"To hit the ball consistently well, you have to relax," Yamaguchi said afterward. "I was relaxed for the first four hits, but I have to admit, I got a little tight when I realized I had a chance for five. On the last at-bat, I was ready to swing at anything close."
Masaki Yamaguchi hit an RBI single in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, singled in the 6th, singled in the 8th and hit an RBI single in the 9th.
Yamaguchi is batting .343 with 5 home runs and 23 RBIs this season. | |
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| HOSHO BATTING LINESCORE | | DENKI BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - J. Kono substituted for S. Kimura in the 8th
BATTING
Doubles: S. Kawakami (10, 8th Inning off Y. Shiina, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Kono (9, 9th Inning off Y. Okamura, 1 on, 2 outs)
Triples: C. Sato (1, 9th Inning off Y. Okamura, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Hamano , Y. Hirata 2 , Z. Abe , S. Kawakami 2 , M. Yamaguchi 5 , C. Sato 4 , J. Kono 3
2-out RBI: M. Yamaguchi , C. Sato , J. Kono
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Hamano , Y. Hirata , Y. Kawata 2 , C. Sato
GIDP: Z. Abe
Sac Bunt: S. Kimura
Hit by Pitch: Z. Abe , S. Kawakami
Team LOB: 11
FIELDING
Errors: S. Kawakami (8) , C. Sato (7)
Double Plays: 1 (Kawakami-Hirata) | | | a - O. Ichimura substituted for E. Yoshimura in the 8th
b - Y. Okazaki substituted for Y. Shiina in the 9th
c - K. Hirao pinch hit for M. Matsumoto in the 9th
d - K. Tsuda pinch hit for M. Nakamura in the 9th
BATTING
Total Bases: E. Yoshimura , M. Nakasone , R. Iwasa , M. Onishi , M. Nakamura
2-out RBI: M. Onishi , M. Nakamura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Shiina
GIDP: M. Onishi
Team LOB: 7
FIELDING
Errors: H. Kajioka (8)
Double Plays: 2 (Nakamura-Iwasa-Nakasone, Kajioka-Nakasone) | | |
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| HOSHO PITCHING LINESCORE | | DENKI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | S. Kimura | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 118 | 2.21 | | K. Ota W (5-5) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2.43 | | | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Masaki Yamaguchi
Ballpark: Kanda Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (75 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 3:02
Attendance: 14413 |
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