 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON OSAKA SAILORS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS 05/04/1962 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | OSAKA SAILORS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS | | GAME ID: 6883 - FRIDAY, MAY 4TH , 1962 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Osaka Sailors (1-3) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | | Fukuoka Falcons (3-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | | |  | |
| Falcons Lose, 2-1, to Osaka | The Osaka Sailors did just enough to sneak past the Fukuoka Falcons, 2-1, at Fukuoka Stadium. Osaka pitcher Atsuhiro Smith, in particular, had a standout performance. Smith picked up the win for Osaka, going 6.2 innings. He gave up 1 run on 5 hits. He now sports a record of 1-0. Takatsugu Miyamoto earned the save, his 1st.
Kousei Ota, who finished 4th in the WL in slugging percentage with .545 in 1958, had a direct impact on the outcome. Ota contributed a solo home run in the top of the fourth inning to put Osaka up, 2-0.
"I felt good. I felt like I was locating the ball well and I was able to keep them off-balance," said Smith.
Fukuoka, with the loss, is still a robust 3-1.
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| OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - K. Kikuchi substituted for Y. Niwa in the 8th
BATTING
Triples: F. Nakasone (1, 3rd Inning off R. Saito, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: A. Sawada (2, 3rd Inning off R. Saito, 0 on, 0 outs) , K. Ota (1, 4th Inning off R. Saito, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: F. Nakasone 3 , K. Ota 4 , A. Kaneshiro , G. Smith 3 , A. Sawada 4
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Matsumura , A. Smith 2
Sac Bunt: A. Sawada
Team LOB: 8
FIELDING
Errors: F. Nakasone (1) | | | a - T. Kanemura pinch hit for Y. Fukunaga in the 7th
b - K. Sakai substituted for T. Kanemura in the 8th
c - R. Nakazawa pinch hit for Y. Nakata in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: Y. Smith (1, 4th Inning off A. Smith, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: T. Nakanishi (2, 5th Inning off A. Smith, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Nakanishi 5 , Y. Fukunaga , H. Smith , Y. Smith 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Mukai , R. Saito
Sac Bunt: J. Murakami
Team LOB: 9 | | |
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| OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | A. Smith W (1-0) | 6.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 105 | 1.35 | | Y. Niwa H (1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | | T. Miyamoto SV (1) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5.40 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | R. Saito L (0-1) | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 107 | 2.25 | | Y. Nakata | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Atsuhiro Smith
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (67 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM JST
Time: 2:38
Attendance: 35894 |
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