 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON DENKI DYNAMICS AT RAKISUTA RAMS 08/26/1963 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | DENKI DYNAMICS AT RAKISUTA RAMS | GAME ID: 6779 - MONDAY, AUGUST 26TH , 1963 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Denki Dynamics (32-59) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Rakisuta Rams (40-45) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 | 8 | 0 | | |  | |
Rams Shut Out Dynamics, 3-0 | Not everyone stuck through the 66-minute rain delay, but those who did went home happy.
The timely hitting of Takanori Matsui helped the Rakisuta Rams down the Denki Dynamics, 3-0. Matsui was 2-2 with a home run, a double, and 2 walks. He drove in 2 runs and scored once for the Rams. Morihiro Arakaki got the win, improving to 9-9. He held the Dynamics to no runs on 2 hits over 5.1 innings, while striking out 2 and walking 0. Kiyoshige Abe picked up the save, his 2nd.
Making an impact for the home team was Kihachi Harada. In the bottom of the fifth, the 26-year old third baseman had a run-scoring sacrifice fly. That made the score 2-0, Rams.
Matsui called the win "a collective effort."
With the win over Denki, the Rams improved to 40-45. | |
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DENKI BATTING LINESCORE | | RAKISUTA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - K. Tsuda pinch hit for H. Kajioka in the 7th b - S. Umeda substituted for K. Tsuda in the 7th c - J. Bullock pinch hit for T. Hara in the 8th d - R. Tamura pinch hit for K. Ashida in the 9th e - T. Inoue pinch hit for M. Onishi in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: S. Kamo (25, 7th Inning off F. Kodama, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: M. Nakasone , S. Kamo 2 , K. Hirao , K. Ashida , M. Onishi Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: E. Yoshimura , S. Kamo , M. Onishi , T. Inoue Team LOB: 8 | | | a - K. Mitsui substituted for M. Arakaki in the 6th b - S. Fukuda pinch hit for F. Kodama in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: T. Matsui (4, 1st Inning off Y. Nakamura, 1 on, 2 outs) , P. Ponder (3, 2nd Inning off Y. Nakamura, 0 on, 2 outs) , S. Onodera (6, 3rd Inning off Y. Nakamura, 0 on, 2 outs) Home Runs: T. Matsui (4, 7th Inning off T. Hara, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: S. Onodera 3 , T. Matsui 6 , K. Yamamoto , P. Ponder 4 2-out RBI: , T. Matsui 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Sato , K. Harada 2 , T. Ito , M. Arakaki Sac Bunt: P. Ponder Sac Fly: K. Harada Hit by Pitch: D. Finch Team LOB: 9 | | |
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DENKI PITCHING LINESCORE | | RAKISUTA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | Y. Nakamura L (7-9) | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.13 | T. Hara | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 5.30 | M. Toyama | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.55 | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | M. Arakaki W (9-9) | 5.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2.59 | F. Kodama H (3) | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1.52 | K. Abe SV (2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4.45 | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Takanori Matsui Ballpark: Rakisuta Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (82 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 11 mph Start Time: 3:05 PM JST Time: 3:32 Attendance: 17403 Special Notes: The game on the original date was suspended in the 5th inning due to bad weather and rescheduled. |
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