BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
SAPPORO BEARS AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS
07/21/1963
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
SAPPORO BEARS AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS
GAME ID: 6657 - SUNDAY, JULY 21ST , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sapporo Bears (34-31) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 1
Yokohama Kingfishers (38-26) 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 X 6 9 0
Bears Drop 6-3 Decision to Kingfishers
Yokohama registered a win at Kanagawa Stadium by beating the Sapporo Bears, 6-3. Pitcher Masatoshi Sakai was one reason why the Kingfishers triumphed. The Kingfishers saw their win-loss record go to 38-26. At the same time, the Bears fell to 34-31.

Souhei Tamura, who is a two-time All-Star, helped out the Yokohama cause in the bottom of the fourth inning with a run-scoring single. For the game, the center fielder was 1-4, while adding 2 RBI and scoring once.

"If I do my job, we've usually got a good chance to win the game," said Sakai.
SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Tanaka LF 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .261 12 24
T. Yamamoto 2B 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .264 0 14
U. Ota RF 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .294 7 32
S. Nishimoto 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .237 10 33
R. Onishi CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .255 5 27
N. Kodama 3B 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 .307 2 9
M. Ishikawa SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .202 4 25
S. Takahashi C 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 .192 8 22
A. Komatsu P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 2 7
   a-T. Ishii PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 3 11
   W. Shibata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-H. Sato PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .194 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3 3 7 11      
a - T. Ishii pinch hit for A. Komatsu in the 8th
b - H. Sato pinch hit for W. Shibata in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Yamamoto (12, 8th Inning off M. Sakai, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Tanaka , T. Yamamoto 2 , U. Ota 2 , R. Onishi 2 , M. Ishikawa , S. Takahashi
2-out RBI: S. Takahashi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Takahashi , H. Sato
GIDP: T. Yamamoto
Sac Bunt: N. Kodama
Sac Fly: U. Ota
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: N. Kodama (2)
CS: U. Ota (3)

FIELDING
Errors: M. Ishikawa (15)
Double Plays: 1 (Kodama-Yamamoto-Nishimoto)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Yoshida LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .263 14 37
   a-G. Lacey 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316 1 5
Y. Okazaki 1B, LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 .249 6 27
D. Sato SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .260 10 29
T. Kaneshige RF 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 .310 11 44
F. Sonoda 3B 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 .241 4 43
S. Tamura CF 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 .218 5 34
S. Arakawa C 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 .271 12 47
S. Fukui 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .226 2 18
M. Sakai P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6 2 3 8      
a - G. Lacey substituted for H. Yoshida in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: Y. Okazaki (5, 3rd Inning off A. Komatsu, 0 on, 2 outs) , F. Sonoda (14, 5th Inning off A. Komatsu, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: S. Arakawa (12, 4th Inning off A. Komatsu, 2 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: Y. Okazaki 3 , T. Kaneshige 2 , F. Sonoda 3 , S. Tamura , S. Arakawa 4 , M. Sakai
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Sato , F. Sonoda
GIDP: Y. Okazaki
Sac Bunt: M. Sakai
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Sato-Fukui-Okazaki, Arakawa-Fukui)
SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Komatsu L (7-6) 7.0 9 6 6 2 3 1 103 2.65   
W. Shibata 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.42   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Komatsu 36
Batters Faced: A. Komatsu 32, W. Shibata 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Komatsu 12-5, W. Shibata 3-0
Pitches - Strikes: A. Komatsu 103-62, W. Shibata 10-6
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Sakai W (6-3) 9.0 8 3 3 3 7 0 127 3.32   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Sakai 63
Batters Faced: M. Sakai 36
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Sakai 9-9
Pitches - Strikes: M. Sakai 127-77
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Masatoshi Sakai
Ballpark: Kanagawa Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 10 mph
Start Time: 2:05 PM JST
Time: 2:28
Attendance: 19620
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