BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT SAPPORO BEARS
09/14/1961
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT SAPPORO BEARS
GAME ID: 6830 - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH , 1961 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kyoto Owls (58-56) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 11 2
Sapporo Bears (66-47) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 X 5 9 1
Bears Stick Owls with 5-4 Loss
The Sapporo Bears and Kyoto Owls played an entertaining game for Sapporo Stadium patrons.

Sapporo Bears starter Seikichi Nagamatsu pitched a strong game against the Kyoto Owls at Sapporo Stadium, leading the Bears to victory, 5-4. Sapporo now sits at 66-47, while Kyoto falls to 58-56.

Sapporo took the lead, 5-3, on Kannon Yamamoto's 7th home run of the season. The 2-run home run came off Kyoto pitcher Tadanori Miyata in the bottom of the eighth.

"Say want you want about this team, they play nine innings hard," said Sapporo manager Earl Higgins.
KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Shimada 3B 5 1 2 0 0 2 2 .301 17 76
T. Hayashi LF 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .264 15 69
Y. Yoshida 1B 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 .276 15 65
B. Arai SS 4 1 3 0 1 1 1 .307 24 73
N. Nishio CF 5 0 0 1 0 1 4 .228 22 82
T. Matsui 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .312 14 62
K. Taira RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .280 4 22
K. Seki C 3 0 1 1 1 2 1 .282 5 16
T. Miyata P 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .288 0 8
   a-S. Nojima PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305 5 16
Totals 38 4 11 2 3 9 15      
a - S. Nojima pinch hit for T. Miyata in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Shimada (27, 1st Inning off S. Nagamatsu, 0 on, 0 outs) , Y. Yoshida (21, 3rd Inning off S. Nagamatsu, 0 on, 2 outs) , K. Seki (5, 4th Inning off S. Nagamatsu, 1 on, 1 out) , B. Arai (17, 8th Inning off S. Nagamatsu, 0 on, 1 out)
Triples: T. Matsui (4, 8th Inning off S. Soga, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Shimada 3 , Y. Yoshida 2 , B. Arai 4 , T. Matsui 3 , K. Taira 2 , K. Seki 2 , T. Miyata
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Hayashi , B. Arai , N. Nishio 2 , K. Taira , T. Miyata
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
CS: B. Arai (2)

FIELDING
Errors: Y. Yoshida 2 (15)
Double Plays: 1 (Shimada-Matsui-Yoshida)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Yamamoto 2B 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 .254 8 52
K. Takayama 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .246 1 39
S. Nishimoto LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .298 22 84
   a-T. Tanaka LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 7 24
H. Yoshida CF 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 .273 14 79
U. Kikuchi 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .243 3 12
   b-M. Smith 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 4 15
U. Ota RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .304 12 55
M. Ishikawa SS 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 .242 8 56
   c-T. Ishii PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .259 5 28
   d-H. Fujioka SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 1 6
K. Yamamoto C 4 1 1 2 0 2 4 .235 7 33
S. Nagamatsu P 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 .244 0 3
   S. Soga P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5 3 6 13      
a - T. Tanaka substituted for S. Nishimoto in the 8th
b - M. Smith substituted for U. Kikuchi in the 8th
c - T. Ishii pinch hit for M. Ishikawa in the 8th
d - H. Fujioka substituted for T. Ishii in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Yoshida (31, 3rd Inning off T. Miyata, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: K. Yamamoto (7, 8th Inning off T. Miyata, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: K. Takayama 2 , S. Nishimoto , H. Yoshida 2 , U. Ota , M. Ishikawa 2 , T. Ishii , K. Yamamoto 4
2-out RBI: K. Takayama , H. Yoshida
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Nishimoto , U. Kikuchi , U. Ota , K. Yamamoto
GIDP: K. Yamamoto
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Errors: K. Takayama (22)
KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Miyata L (11-9) 8.0 9 5 5 3 6 1 125 4.68   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Miyata 47
Batters Faced: T. Miyata 37
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Miyata 12-5
Pitches - Strikes: T. Miyata 125-78
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Nagamatsu 7.1 8 2 2 2 7 0 121 3.94   
S. Soga W (11-4), BS (5) 1.2 3 2 1 1 2 0 39 2.20   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Nagamatsu 59
Batters Faced: S. Nagamatsu 31, S. Soga 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Nagamatsu 7-7, S. Soga 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: S. Nagamatsu 121-75, S. Soga 39-25
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Soga 1-1
WP: S. Soga 2
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Seikichi Nagamatsu
Ballpark: Sapporo Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (60 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:07
Attendance: 33137
Special Notes: Rain delay of 15 minutes in the 4th inning.
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