 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON RAKISUTA RAMS AT KYOTO OWLS 07/30/1963 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | RAKISUTA RAMS AT KYOTO OWLS | | GAME ID: 6709 - TUESDAY, JULY 30TH , 1963 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Rakisuta Rams (30-36) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | | Kyoto Owls (39-41) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | | |  | |
| Matsui Powers Rams to 7-2 Win | The game between Rakisuta and Kyoto is in the books, despite a little rain.
Rakisuta second baseman Takanori Matsui made his presence felt in the 7-2 Rams triumph over the Kyoto Owls. Matsui went 4-4 with 4 singles. He scored 2 times and drove in 2. Kiyoshige Abe snagged the win in relief. He goes to 1-0 on the season. Toshimasa Kobayashi suffered the loss.
The Rams got a big at-bat from third baseman Kihachi Harada. For the game, Harada was 2 for 4 with 2 home runs. He drove in 4 runs and scored twice. In the top of the second, with a runner on 1st, he stroked a 2-run home run. His 5th home run of the season gave Rakisuta a 2-0 lead.
"If you pitch well, you give yourself some opportunities," said Rakisuta manager Bob Lester.
The Rams improved their record to 30-36 with the win over Kyoto.
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| RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE | | KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - T. Ito pinch hit for K. Abe in the 7th
b - S. Onodera pinch hit for G. Tsukamoto in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: T. Hashiguchi (6, 3rd Inning off T. Kobayashi, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: K. Harada 2 (5, 2nd Inning off T. Kobayashi, 1 on, 0 outs; 6th Inning off N. Sano, 1 on, 1 out) , K. Yamamoto (2, 2nd Inning off T. Kobayashi, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Hashiguchi 2 , T. Matsui 4 , K. Harada 8 , K. Kawai 2 , K. Yamamoto 4 , S. Onodera
2-out RBI: T. Matsui
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Harada
GIDP: K. Harada , M. Ezaki
Team LOB: 2
BASERUNNING
CS: M. Ezaki (2) | | | a - J. Hara pinch hit for I. Furuta in the 5th
b - S. Miyazawa pinch hit for N. Sano in the 7th
c - K. Taira pinch hit for A. Perales in the 8th
BATTING
Doubles: B. Arai (8, 1st Inning off K. Arita, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: S. Nishimura (2, 6th Inning off K. Abe, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Shimada , B. Arai 3 , S. Nishimura 4 , T. Hayashi , K. Yamamoto 3 , K. Seki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. McDonald , S. Nishimura , Y. Yoshida , K. Taira
Team LOB: 12
FIELDING
Errors: J. McDonald (6) , Y. Yoshida (2)
Double Plays: 2 (McDonald-Arai-Hayashi, Shimada-McDonald-Hayashi)
OF assists: 2 (Yoshida(Kawai at 2nd base), Yamamoto(Onodera at 2nd base)) | | |
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| RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE | | KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE | |
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Game Score: T. Kobayashi 33
Batters Faced: T. Kobayashi 18, I. Furuta 2, N. Sano 8, A. Perales 4, S. Shindo 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Kobayashi 6-5, I. Furuta 1-1, N. Sano 2-1, A. Perales 2-0, S. Shindo 0-0
Pitches - Strikes: T. Kobayashi 0-43, I. Furuta 2-2, N. Sano 40-23, A. Perales 9-7, S. Shindo 17-8
WP: A. Perales
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Takanori Matsui
Ballpark: Owls Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (80 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 9 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 4:11
Attendance: 12148
Special Notes: The game on the original date was suspended in the 5th inning due to bad weather and rescheduled. |
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