BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT SAPPORO BEARS
07/20/1961
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT SAPPORO BEARS
GAME ID: 6653 - THURSDAY, JULY 20TH , 1961 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yokohama Kingfishers (37-32) 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 10 1
Sapporo Bears (39-29) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 11 0
Okazaki Stars in 4-2 Kingfishers Win
Yonekichi Okazaki knocked in all 4 runs for the Yokohama Kingfishers, helping them beat the Sapporo Bears, 4-2. Picking up the save was Hirotsugu Sasaki, his 5th. The Kingfishers improved their record to 37-32 with the win over Sapporo.

Okazaki had a key at-bat for Yokohama in the top of the first. With runners on 1st and 2nd, he hit a 3-run home run. It was his 13th home run of the season and gave Yokohama an early 3-0 lead.

"Anytime I can help the team, I feel good about it," said Okazaki.
YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Aoki 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .172 7 21
   a-S. Fukuda 1B 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .273 3 8
D. Sato SS 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 .326 17 56
Y. Okazaki LF 4 2 2 4 0 0 1 .337 13 45
K. Mukai C 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .217 7 29
T. Kaneshige RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .275 1 8
F. Sonoda 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .252 6 29
Y. Maeda 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .242 7 29
M. Kobayashi CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .214 5 40
F. Yamauchi P 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .235 1 4
   b-T. Oishi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .270 11 51
   H. Sasaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 2
Totals 34 4 10 4 3 2 15      
a - S. Fukuda substituted for K. Aoki in the 7th
b - T. Oishi pinch hit for F. Yamauchi in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: Y. Okazaki 2 (13, 1st Inning off A. Komatsu, 2 on, 0 outs; 5th Inning off A. Komatsu, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Aoki , D. Sato , Y. Okazaki 8 , K. Mukai 2 , T. Kaneshige , F. Sonoda , M. Kobayashi , F. Yamauchi
2-out RBI: Y. Okazaki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Sonoda
GIDP: D. Sato , Y. Maeda , T. Oishi
Hit by Pitch: K. Aoki
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: F. Sonoda (12)
Double Plays: 3 (Sonoda-Maeda-Aoki, Sato-Mukai-Aoki, Maeda-Sato-Fukuda)
OF assists: 1 (Okazaki(Nishimoto at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Yamamoto 2B 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 .266 4 33
U. Ota RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 .291 7 35
T. Nakamura 1B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .296 5 40
S. Nishimoto LF 5 0 2 0 0 1 4 .284 15 54
H. Yoshida CF 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .260 10 46
M. Ishikawa SS 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .230 3 32
K. Takayama 3B 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .266 1 30
   a-T. Ishii PH, 3B 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 .150 0 4
K. Yamamoto C 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .216 3 17
   b-T. Tanaka PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .329 3 10
A. Komatsu P 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .268 0 6
   c-U. Kikuchi PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .192 0 2
Totals 34 2 11 2 5 3 21      
a - T. Ishii pinch hit for K. Takayama in the 6th
b - T. Tanaka pinch hit for K. Yamamoto in the 9th
c - U. Kikuchi pinch hit for A. Komatsu in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Yamamoto (1, 3rd Inning off F. Yamauchi, 0 on, 1 out) , M. Ishikawa (11, 8th Inning off F. Yamauchi, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: U. Ota 2 , T. Nakamura , S. Nishimoto 2 , M. Ishikawa 3 , T. Ishii , K. Yamamoto 2 , A. Komatsu , U. Kikuchi
2-out RBI: T. Nakamura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Yamamoto , U. Ota 2 , S. Nishimoto , K. Takayama
GIDP: T. Yamamoto , T. Ishii , T. Tanaka
Sac Bunt: A. Komatsu
Team LOB: 11

FIELDING
Double Plays: 3 (Ishikawa-Yamamoto-Nakamura, Yamamoto-Ishikawa-Nakamura, Yamamoto-Ishikawa-Nakamura)
YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
F. Yamauchi W (6-5) 8.0 8 1 1 3 3 0 119 2.90   
H. Sasaki SV (5) 1.0 3 1 1 2 0 0 32 5.92   
PITCHING
Game Score: F. Yamauchi 62
Batters Faced: F. Yamauchi 33, H. Sasaki 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: F. Yamauchi 11-7, H. Sasaki 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: F. Yamauchi 119-69, H. Sasaki 32-17
WP: H. Sasaki
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Komatsu L (4-7) 9.0 10 4 4 3 2 2 126 3.54   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Komatsu 50
Batters Faced: A. Komatsu 38
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Komatsu 11-11
Pitches - Strikes: A. Komatsu 126-75
Hit Batsmen: A. Komatsu
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Yonekichi Okazaki
Ballpark: Sapporo Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (62 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 2:47
Attendance: 33144
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