BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT NAGASAKI STARS
05/03/1963
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT NAGASAKI STARS
GAME ID: 6882 - FRIDAY, MAY 3RD , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fukuoka Falcons (2-1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 9 0
Nagasaki Stars (1-2) 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 3
Falcons Drop Stars, 9-4, with Late Score
The Fukuoka Falcons defeated the Nagasaki Stars, 9-4, at Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium. Leading the charge for Fukuoka was first baseman Takuo Kanemura. He went 1 for 1 with a home run. He drove in 4 runs and scored once. Fukuoka goes to 2-1 with the win.

Had Kanemura not come through in the top of the ninth, who knows how the game would've ended? But with two down, Kanemura hit a grand slam home run. The Falcons took the lead, 6-4, and never looked back.

"Our approach was just to try to see something over the plate and be aggressive," Kanemura told the Fukuoka Times.
FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Nakanishi RF 5 1 1 1 0 3 0 .143 1 3
Y. Smith SS 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
A. Otani CF 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 .308 0 0
Y. Fukunaga LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .154 0 0
J. Murakami 3B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .417 0 1
K. Mukai 1B, C 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .250 0 1
M. Morioka C 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 1
   b-T. Kanemura PH, 1B 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 4
N. Katagiri 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .200 0 0
E. Yamamoto P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   a-H. Smith PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 4
   S. Minami P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-R. Nakazawa PH 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1 2
   K. Takashima P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 38 9 9 8 0 9 9      
a - H. Smith pinch hit for E. Yamamoto in the 8th
b - T. Kanemura pinch hit for M. Morioka in the 9th
c - R. Nakazawa pinch hit for S. Minami in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: N. Katagiri (1, 9th Inning off K. Okazaki, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: R. Nakazawa (1, 9th Inning off K. Okazaki, 1 on, 2 outs) , T. Nakanishi (1, 9th Inning off K. Okazaki, 0 on, 2 outs) , T. Kanemura (1, 9th Inning off T. Masuda, 3 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Nakanishi 4 , A. Otani , Y. Fukunaga , J. Murakami 2 , K. Mukai , T. Kanemura 4 , N. Katagiri 2 , R. Nakazawa 4
2-out RBI: T. Nakanishi , T. Kanemura , R. Nakazawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Morioka
Team LOB: 2

BASERUNNING
CS: Y. Fukunaga (1)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Oishi LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .300 0 2
   a-H. Araki RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
T. Hirai RF 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 .231 0 2
   b-Y. Nakano LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
B. Nishi SS 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 .538 1 2
K. Nagasawa 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 0 1
S. Okuda CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 0 0
Y. Sakai 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 0 0
I. Fujimori 2B 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .333 0 1
K. Tsuji C 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
T. Masuda P 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .333 0 0
   K. Okazaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 31 4 5 4 1 7 7      
a - H. Araki substituted for T. Oishi in the 9th
b - Y. Nakano substituted for T. Hirai in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Masuda (1, 3rd Inning off E. Yamamoto, 0 on, 1 out) , S. Okuda (1, 7th Inning off E. Yamamoto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: T. Hirai (1, 3rd Inning off E. Yamamoto, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: B. Nishi (1, 3rd Inning off E. Yamamoto, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Hirai 3 , B. Nishi 4 , S. Okuda 2 , Y. Sakai , T. Masuda 2
2-out RBI: T. Hirai , B. Nishi
Sac Fly: I. Fujimori
Hit by Pitch: K. Tsuji
Team LOB: 3

FIELDING
Errors: B. Nishi (2) , Y. Sakai 2 (4)
FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
E. Yamamoto 7.0 4 4 4 1 6 1 89 5.14   
S. Minami W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00   
K. Takashima 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: E. Yamamoto 58
Batters Faced: E. Yamamoto 27, S. Minami 3, K. Takashima 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Yamamoto 7-8, S. Minami 0-2, K. Takashima 3-0
Pitches - Strikes: E. Yamamoto 89-58, S. Minami 10-6, K. Takashima 13-10
Hit Batsmen: E. Yamamoto
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Masuda L (0-1) 8.2 6 6 2 0 9 1 115 2.08   
K. Okazaki 0.1 3 3 0 0 0 2 8 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Masuda 65
Batters Faced: T. Masuda 34, K. Okazaki 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Masuda 8-8, K. Okazaki 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: T. Masuda 115-74, K. Okazaki 8-7
WP: T. Masuda
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Takuo Kanemura
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (59 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 7 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:34
Attendance: 18678
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