 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON OSAKA SAILORS AT KOBE BULLS 05/04/1963 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | OSAKA SAILORS AT KOBE BULLS | | GAME ID: 6887 - SATURDAY, MAY 4TH , 1963 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Osaka Sailors (1-2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | | Kobe Bulls (2-1) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 10 | 1 | | |  | |
| Bulls Edge Sailors, 3-2 | Kobe Bulls starter Toshitada Morino hurled his team past the Osaka Sailors, 3-2. The winner was Morino. He threw 7.0 innings of 5-hit ball. The loser was Atsuhiro Smith. Shiroku Terada was called on to finish, recording his 1st save.
In the bottom of the third, Kobe right fielder Ryuunosuke Okamoto had a productive at-bat. With runners on 1st and 2nd and one out, Okamoto stroked a run-scoring single to center. It made the score 3-2, Kobe. For the game, he went 1 for 3.
"I think every team will tell you that the pitching sets the tone, especially the starters," said Kobe skipper Joe Davis.
With the win, Kobe lifts its record to 2-1.
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| OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | | KOBE BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - F. Anderson pinch hit for G. Smith in the 7th
b - M. Hino pinch hit for A. Smith in the 7th
c - Y. Ishikawa pinch hit for T. Drill in the 9th
BATTING
Home Runs: K. Shirai (1, 1st Inning off T. Morino, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Ota , K. Shirai 4 , K. Kikuchi , B. Matsumura , G. Smith
2-out RBI: K. Shirai
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Smith
Team LOB: 6
FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Matsumura)
OF assists: 1 (Ishii(Yamanaka at home)) | | | a - S. Murata pinch hit for R. Okamoto in the 8th
b - Y. Abe substituted for S. Murata in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: S. Abe (2, 5th Inning off A. Smith, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: M. Osaki (1, 2nd Inning off A. Smith, 0 on, 1 out) , T. Smith (1, 3rd Inning off A. Smith, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Smith 6 , S. Inoue 2 , S. Abe 2 , R. Okamoto , M. Osaki 4 , S. Yamanaka 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Okamoto , A. Tanaka , M. Osaki
Sac Bunt: A. Nevill , T. Morino
Team LOB: 7
FIELDING
Errors: A. Tanaka (1) | | |
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| OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE | | KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | A. Smith L (0-1) | 6.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 94 | 4.50 | | T. Drill | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.00 |
| | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Morino W (1-0) | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 98 | 2.57 | | S. Terada SV (1) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2.25 |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Toshitada Morino
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (59 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 2:40
Attendance: 18601
Special Notes: Rain delay of 15 minutes in the 5th inning. |
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