BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT VESUTAN BEES
05/10/1961
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 6903 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 10TH , 1961 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fukuoka Falcons (4-5) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 2
Vesutan Bees (5-2) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 6 0
Bees Stop Falcons, 3-1
In a tight tilt between the Vesutan Bees and the Fukuoka Falcons, Kiichi Takahashi was the deciding factor. The Vesutan left-hander spearheaded the 3-1 win. Fukuoka falls to 4-5.

Making an impact for the home team was Yusuke Matsuoka. In the bottom of the fifth, the 26-year old third baseman had a run-scoring sacrifice fly. That made the score 3-1, Bees.

Matsuoka called the win a testament to his team's "grit."
FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
Y. Smith SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 1 3
A. Otani RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .455 3 10
H. Smith 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 3 5
G. Nakayama 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .154 0 0
K. Sakai LF, CF 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 1 1
N. Kodama 3B 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .429 0 1
S. Yamanaka C 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .167 0 0
T. Horiuchi CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0
   a-Y. Fukunaga PH, LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .316 3 7
E. Yamamoto P 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0
   H. Saito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-T. Nakanishi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .273 0 2
Totals 35 1 9 1 0 3 15      
a - Y. Fukunaga pinch hit for T. Horiuchi in the 7th
b - T. Nakanishi pinch hit for H. Saito in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: N. Kodama (1, 2nd Inning off K. Takahashi, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: K. Sakai (1, 2nd Inning off K. Takahashi, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: A. Otani , H. Smith , K. Sakai 4 , N. Kodama 4 , S. Yamanaka , Y. Fukunaga , E. Yamamoto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , E. Yamamoto 2 , T. Nakanishi
GIDP: H. Smith
Hit by Pitch: K. Sakai
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Errors: Y. Smith (3) , N. Kodama (1)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
O. Miyaji LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .375 1 2
   b-T. Watanabe RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 4 10
W. Matsumoto RF, LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0
S. Iwai 1B 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 .421 1 8
K. Aoyagi C 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .194 0 2
T. Okinaka CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .263 2 9
H. Kimura SS 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .250 0 0
Y. Matsuoka 3B 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 .250 0 1
H. Fujioka 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .250 1 3
K. Takahashi P 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 0 0
   H. Funakoshi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-S. Ishii PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .242 1 4
   T. Okamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3 4 4 21      
a - S. Ishii pinch hit for H. Funakoshi in the 8th
b - T. Watanabe substituted for O. Miyaji in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: S. Iwai (1, 3rd Inning off E. Yamamoto, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: O. Miyaji , W. Matsumoto , S. Iwai 5 , K. Aoyagi 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Okinaka , Y. Matsuoka , H. Fujioka
Sac Fly: Y. Matsuoka
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Matsuoka-Fujioka-Iwai)
FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
E. Yamamoto L (0-2) 7.0 6 3 3 4 3 1 111 7.59   
H. Saito 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 8.10   
PITCHING
Game Score: E. Yamamoto 52
Batters Faced: E. Yamamoto 33, H. Saito 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Yamamoto 10-8, H. Saito 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: E. Yamamoto 111-72, H. Saito 11-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: H. Saito 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Takahashi W (2-0) 7.1 6 1 1 0 3 1 109 1.80   
H. Funakoshi H (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00   
T. Okamoto SV (1) 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 23 13.50   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Takahashi 65
Batters Faced: K. Takahashi 29, H. Funakoshi 1, T. Okamoto 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Takahashi 7-12, H. Funakoshi 1-0, T. Okamoto 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: K. Takahashi 109-67, H. Funakoshi 7-4, T. Okamoto 23-15
Inherited Runners - Scored: H. Funakoshi 1-0
Hit Batsmen: K. Takahashi
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kiichi Takahashi
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (68 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:35
Attendance: 17394
Special Notes: Hyuuga Kimura ties the VES regular season game record for bases on balls with 4.
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