BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT SAPPORO BEARS
09/18/1962
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KYOTO OWLS AT SAPPORO BEARS
GAME ID: 6837 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH , 1962 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kyoto Owls (61-59) 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 7 10 1
Sapporo Bears (51-66) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
Matsui Rips 2 Homers in 7-2 Win
The Kyoto Owls beat the Sapporo Bears, 7-2, at Sapporo Stadium. Kyoto second baseman Takanori Matsui had the hot bat. He slugged 2 home runs. He drove in 5 runs and scored twice. The win elevated the Owls to 61-59.

With Kyoto leading 2-0 in the top of the fifth, Matsui hit a slider from Tomochika Takada for a grand slam home run. It was his 21st home run of the season and put the Owls ahead, 6-0.

"It was a team effort and I thought the guys had a good plan and approach," said Matsui after the game.
KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Shimada 3B 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 .265 15 54
T. Hayashi LF 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 .245 13 50
B. Arai SS 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .274 27 77
Y. Yoshida 1B 5 1 0 0 0 3 4 .270 17 61
T. Matsui 2B 4 2 2 5 0 0 1 .292 21 76
K. Taira RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .261 2 42
N. Nishio CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .279 21 74
T. Hasegawa C 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .250 12 44
I. Furuta P 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .119 0 4
   S. Shindo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-S. Miyazawa PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .238 2 10
   K. Miyaji P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 7 4 9 14      
a - S. Miyazawa pinch hit for S. Shindo in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Shimada (15, 2nd Inning off T. Takada, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: T. Matsui 2 (21, 5th Inning off T. Takada, 3 on, 1 out; 7th Inning off K. Takashima, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Shimada 2 , T. Hayashi 2 , T. Matsui 8 , K. Taira , N. Nishio 2 , T. Hasegawa , I. Furuta
2-out RBI: T. Shimada , T. Matsui , I. Furuta
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Hayashi , T. Matsui
GIDP: T. Shimada
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Shimada (27)

FIELDING
Errors: B. Arai (23)
Double Plays: 1 (Matsui-Arai-Yoshida)
PB: T. Hasegawa
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Yamamoto 2B 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 .273 2 42
K. Takayama 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .225 3 34
   b-M. Smith PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .254 1 10
   c-H. Fujioka 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 0 7
S. Nishimoto 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .289 14 54
H. Yoshida LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .284 6 37
U. Ota RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .240 7 61
S. Takahashi C 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .282 10 38
R. Onishi CF 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .217 4 36
T. Ide SS 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .218 4 24
   d-T. Ishii PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .210 0 3
   e-M. Ishikawa SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 5 22
T. Takada P 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 .216 1 7
   a-T. Nakamura PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .294 14 52
   K. Takashima P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   f-T. Tanaka PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .271 2 19
Totals 33 2 6 1 5 10 20      
a - T. Nakamura pinch hit for T. Takada in the 6th
b - M. Smith pinch hit for K. Takayama in the 7th
c - H. Fujioka substituted for M. Smith in the 8th
d - T. Ishii pinch hit for T. Ide in the 8th
e - M. Ishikawa substituted for T. Ishii in the 9th
f - T. Tanaka pinch hit for K. Takashima in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Yamamoto (29, 7th Inning off S. Shindo, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: T. Yamamoto (10, 5th Inning off I. Furuta, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Yamamoto 5 , H. Yoshida 2 , T. Takada , T. Tanaka
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , H. Yoshida 2 , U. Ota , R. Onishi , T. Ishii , T. Takada
GIDP: H. Fujioka
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: H. Yoshida (5)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Ide (29)
Double Plays: 1 (Yamamoto-Ide-Nishimoto)
OF assists: 1 (Onishi(Furuta at home))
KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
I. Furuta W (15-7) 6.0 4 2 1 4 7 0 106 2.73   
S. Shindo 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 18 3.27   
K. Miyaji 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 34 2.25   
PITCHING
Game Score: I. Furuta 61
Batters Faced: I. Furuta 27, S. Shindo 4, K. Miyaji 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: I. Furuta 6-5, S. Shindo 1-0, K. Miyaji 3-1
Pitches - Strikes: I. Furuta 106-65, S. Shindo 18-12, K. Miyaji 34-20
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Takada L (7-9) 6.0 8 6 5 3 6 1 128 3.71   
K. Takashima 3.0 2 1 1 1 3 1 32 2.63   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Takada 37
Batters Faced: T. Takada 29, K. Takashima 11
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Takada 3-8, K. Takashima 5-0
Pitches - Strikes: T. Takada 128-80, K. Takashima 32-21
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Takanori Matsui
Ballpark: Sapporo Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (65 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 12 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM JST
Time: 3:02
Attendance: 24680
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