BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT KYOTO OWLS
09/22/1962
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS AT KYOTO OWLS
GAME ID: 6853 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND , 1962 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yokohama Kingfishers (72-48) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 3
Kyoto Owls (62-62) 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 X 8 14 0
Owls Even Record with 8-2 Victory
Starting pitcher Toshimasa Kobayashi was a major factor in the 8-2 Kyoto Owls triumph over the Yokohama Kingfishers. Kobayashi yielded 2 runs over 9 innings to notch the win. He scattered 7 hits, walked 1, and struck out 2. His record improves to 11-10. The 4th-place Owls bumped their record to 62-62.

Takanori Matsui, who finished 5th in the EL in runs with 81 in 1960, contributed to the Kyoto win with a 2-run home run in the bottom of the third. For the game, the shortstop had 2 hits in 5 at-bats with 1 home run, 1 single, 2 runs scored, and 2 RBI.

"You come to the ballpark to do your job and that's what I did today," Kobayashi told the Kyoto Times.
YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE KYOTO BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Kaneshige RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .245 9 57
T. Oishi LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 9 37
   b-K. Matsuda PH, 1B 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .281 0 1
Y. Okazaki 1B, LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .296 18 64
D. Sato SS 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 .261 13 76
F. Sonoda 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .287 16 101
S. Tamura CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .219 12 57
S. Arakawa C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .289 8 69
S. Fukui 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .221 8 33
K. Yoshimura P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .206 0 7
   a-Y. Maeda PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 5 32
   Y. Mizuno P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 0 0
   c-S. Fukuda PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 2 11
Totals 30 2 7 2 1 2 10      
a - Y. Maeda pinch hit for K. Yoshimura in the 6th
b - K. Matsuda pinch hit for T. Oishi in the 7th
c - S. Fukuda pinch hit for Y. Mizuno in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Matsuda (1, 7th Inning off T. Kobayashi, 1 on, 0 outs) , Y. Okazaki (17, 9th Inning off T. Kobayashi, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: T. Kaneshige (9, 9th Inning off T. Kobayashi, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Kaneshige 5 , T. Oishi , K. Matsuda 3 , Y. Okazaki 2 , S. Arakawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Sonoda
GIDP: Y. Okazaki , F. Sonoda
Sac Fly: D. Sato
Team LOB: 3

FIELDING
Errors: T. Oishi (5) , Y. Okazaki (4) , F. Sonoda (12)
Double Plays: 1 (Sato-Okazaki)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Shimada 3B 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 .268 15 54
T. Matsui SS 5 2 2 2 0 2 6 .291 22 81
Y. Yoshida 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .272 18 62
   a-E. Cone PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .171 1 6
   b-C. Tokunaga 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 4 12
K. Seki LF 4 0 1 2 1 1 2 .215 4 17
K. Taira RF 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 .260 2 45
G. Yokoyama 2B 5 1 1 1 0 1 4 .291 4 9
T. Hasegawa C 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .251 12 44
T. Watanabe CF 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 .263 3 4
T. Kobayashi P 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .238 0 8
Totals 38 8 14 8 3 6 25      
a - E. Cone pinch hit for Y. Yoshida in the 7th
b - C. Tokunaga substituted for E. Cone in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: T. Matsui (22, 3rd Inning off K. Yoshimura, 1 on, 0 outs) , T. Watanabe (3, 4th Inning off K. Yoshimura, 1 on, 1 out) , G. Yokoyama (4, 7th Inning off Y. Mizuno, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Shimada 3 , T. Matsui 5 , K. Seki , K. Taira 2 , G. Yokoyama 4 , T. Hasegawa 2 , T. Watanabe 5 , T. Kobayashi
2-out RBI: K. Taira
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Yoshida , E. Cone , G. Yokoyama , T. Watanabe
Sac Bunt: T. Kobayashi
Team LOB: 10

FIELDING
Double Plays: 3 (Shimada-Yokoyama-Yoshida, Matsui-Yokoyama-Yoshida, Kobayashi-Tokunaga)
YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE KYOTO PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Yoshimura L (14-8) 5.0 8 5 4 2 3 2 75 4.22   
Y. Mizuno 3.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 53 6.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Yoshimura 34
Batters Faced: K. Yoshimura 26, Y. Mizuno 16
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Yoshimura 5-7, Y. Mizuno 3-2
Pitches - Strikes: K. Yoshimura 75-48, Y. Mizuno 53-35
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Kobayashi W (11-10) 9.0 7 2 2 1 2 1 100 4.37   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Kobayashi 66
Batters Faced: T. Kobayashi 32
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Kobayashi 10-12
Pitches - Strikes: T. Kobayashi 100-63
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Toshimasa Kobayashi
Ballpark: Owls Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (70 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:25
Attendance: 28077
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