 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON SAPPORO BEARS AT KYOTO OWLS 07/27/1962 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | SAPPORO BEARS AT KYOTO OWLS | | GAME ID: 6701 - FRIDAY, JULY 27TH , 1962 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Sapporo Bears (29-45) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | | Kyoto Owls (37-39) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 | 11 | 0 | | |  | |
| Bears Suffer 6-2 Road Loss | Kyoto right-hander Seishiro Kikuchi pitched his team to victory over the Sapporo Bears at Owls Park. The final score was 6-2. Kikuchi yielded 2 runs over 8.2 innings to notch the win. He scattered 5 hits, walked 2, and struck out 8. His record improves to 8-7. Naizen Sano earned his 11th save in 17 chances.
Yutaka Yoshida, who finished 5th in the EL in runs with 82 in 1953, chipped in a 3-run home run for Kyoto in the bottom of the sixth. For the game, the first baseman had 2 hits in 3 at-bats with 1 home run, 1 single, 1 run scored, and 3 runs batted in.
"We're playing like we're capable of," said Kyoto manager Takejiro Yonemura.
The Owls, now 37-39, have won 4 in a row.
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| SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE | | KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - T. Ishii pinch hit for T. Ide in the 8th
b - S. Nishimoto pinch hit for A. Komatsu in the 8th
c - M. Ishikawa substituted for T. Ishii in the 8th
d - K. Yamamoto pinch hit for R. Onishi in the 9th
BATTING
Home Runs: T. Nakamura (10, 7th Inning off S. Kikuchi, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Yamamoto , K. Takayama 2 , T. Nakamura 4 , S. Takahashi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Onishi , K. Yamamoto
Sac Bunt: S. Takahashi
Sac Fly: U. Ota
Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING
CS: K. Takayama (6)
FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Ide-Yamamoto-Nakamura) | | | a - T. Watanabe substituted for S. Kikuchi in the 9th
BATTING
Home Runs: T. Shimada (9, 4th Inning off A. Komatsu, 0 on, 1 out) , Y. Yoshida (10, 6th Inning off A. Komatsu, 2 on, 2 outs) , N. Nishio (12, 7th Inning off A. Komatsu, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Matsui , B. Arai , T. Shimada 4 , Y. Yoshida 5 , K. Taira , T. Hasegawa , N. Nishio 5 , S. Kikuchi 2
2-out RBI: Y. Yoshida
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Arai , N. Nishio 2
GIDP: T. Matsui
Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING
CS: N. Nishio (2) | | |
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| SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE | | KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | A. Komatsu L (5-10) | 7.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 100 | 3.27 | | K. Takashima | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | S. Kikuchi W (8-7) | 8.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 112 | 3.65 | | N. Sano SV (11) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.40 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Seishiro Kikuchi
Ballpark: Owls Park
Weather: Cloudy (81 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 12 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM JST
Time: 2:54
Attendance: 36599
Special Notes: Rain delay of 33 minutes in the 3rd inning. |
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