 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON SAPPORO BEARS AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS 09/28/1962 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | SAPPORO BEARS AT YOKOHAMA KINGFISHERS | GAME ID: 6869 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH , 1962 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Sapporo Bears (52-72) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Yokohama Kingfishers (76-48) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | X | 13 | 11 | 0 | | |  | |
Kingfishers Whack Bears, 13-1 | The Yokohama Kingfishers defeated the Sapporo Bears, 13-1, at Kanagawa Stadium. Leading the charge for Yokohama was shortstop Daijiro Sato. He hit 3 home runs, while adding 8 RBI and scoring three times. Sapporo, at 52-72, has lost 6 straight.
In the bottom of the first, Sato had a 2-run home run for Yokohama. It was his 16th home run of the season and put the Kingfishers on top, 2-0.
"They just got us," said Sapporo manager Earl Higgins, "and that's all I can say." | |
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SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE | | YOKOHAMA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - T. Nakamura pinch hit for T. Ide in the 8th b - M. Ishikawa substituted for T. Nakamura in the 8th c - K. Yamamoto pinch hit for S. Takahashi in the 9th d - T. Ishii pinch hit for T. Igarashi in the 9th e - T. Tanaka pinch hit for T. Yamamoto in the 9th
BATTING Total Bases: T. Yamamoto , K. Takayama , S. Nishimoto , U. Ota , R. Onishi , M. Ishikawa 2-out RBI: S. Nishimoto Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Yamamoto , T. Tanaka , H. Yoshida , U. Ota , M. de los Santos Sac Bunt: M. de los Santos Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: T. Yamamoto (14)
FIELDING Errors: S. Takahashi (6) OF assists: 1 (Ota(Sonoda at 2nd base)) | | | a - Y. Maeda substituted for S. Fukuda in the 8th b - K. Aoki pinch hit for H. Sasaki in the 8th c - M. Yamamoto pinch hit for T. Kaneshige in the 8th d - K. Matsuda pinch hit for Y. Okazaki in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: Y. Okazaki (19, 1st Inning off M. de los Santos, 0 on, 1 out) Home Runs: D. Sato 3 (16, 1st Inning off M. de los Santos, 1 on, 1 out; 8th Inning off M. de los Santos, 1 on, 0 outs; 8th Inning off K. Takashima, 3 on, 1 out) , Y. Okazaki (20, 4th Inning off M. de los Santos, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: S. Fukuda , D. Sato 13 , Y. Okazaki 6 , F. Sonoda 2 , S. Tamura , S. Fukui Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Tamura Hit by Pitch: S. Fukui Team LOB: 5 | | |
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SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE | | YOKOHAMA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | M. Sakai W (15-8) | 7.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 96 | 2.68 | H. Sasaki H (3) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4.01 | K. Yagi | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2.80 | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Daijiro Sato Ballpark: Kanagawa Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (71 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 10 mph Start Time: 11:35 AM JST Time: 2:56 Attendance: 40501 Special Notes: Daijiro Sato ties the EL regular season game record for home runs with 3. Daijiro Sato ties the EL regular season game record for RBI with 8. |
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