BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT OSAKA SAILORS
05/11/1962
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT OSAKA SAILORS
GAME ID: 6904 - FRIDAY, MAY 11TH , 1962 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (8-2) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1
Osaka Sailors (4-7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 2 5 2
Sailors Best Stars in Pitching Duel
The Nagasaki Stars went down to defeat to Takahiko Kurata and his Osaka teammates. The final score was 2-1, in favor of the Sailors. The winning pitcher was Kurata, now 2-1. He tossed 7 innings of 4-hit ball, while walking 2 and fanning 5. The save was credited to Takatsugu Miyamoto, his 3rd.

Osaka took the lead, 2-1, on Itsuma Kaneda's 2nd home run of the season. The 2-run home run came off Nagasaki pitcher Naoto Yoshinaga in the bottom of the seventh.

"I was able to change speeds effectively tonight," said Kurata.

Nagasaki, with the loss, is still a stout 8-2.
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 1 5
T. Hirai RF 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .281 2 4
K. Nagasawa 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .286 3 7
S. Okuda CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .293 1 11
S. Yamashita 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .278 0 2
I. Fujimori 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222 0 3
Y. Nakano LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .200 2 5
W. Hancock C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .185 1 6
   a-R. Nakagawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0
N. Yoshinaga P 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .333 0 1
   b-Y. Sakai PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 0 2
Totals 34 1 6 1 2 5 15      
a - R. Nakagawa pinch hit for W. Hancock in the 9th
b - Y. Sakai pinch hit for N. Yoshinaga in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Okuda (3, 3rd Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Hirai , S. Okuda 2 , S. Yamashita , Y. Nakano , N. Yoshinaga 2
2-out RBI: N. Yoshinaga
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Nishi , K. Nagasawa , S. Yamashita 2 , I. Fujimori , Y. Nakano
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Errors: S. Yamashita (1)
PB: W. Hancock
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Nakasone 2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .186 0 0
B. Matsumura 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .167 0 2
K. Shirai 1B 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 .318 3 7
A. Kaneshiro RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .308 3 4
G. Smith SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .415 2 4
Z. Miyamoto C 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .100 0 0
A. Sawada CF 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .207 2 4
   a-I. Kaneda PH 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .400 2 4
   c-K. Kikuchi CF, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0
W. Okazaki LF, CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 0 1
T. Kurata P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 0 0
   b-F. Anderson PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   T. Miyamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2 2 9 9      
a - I. Kaneda pinch hit for A. Sawada in the 7th
b - F. Anderson pinch hit for T. Kurata in the 7th
c - K. Kikuchi substituted for I. Kaneda in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: Z. Miyamoto (1, 2nd Inning off N. Yoshinaga, 0 on, 2 outs) , K. Shirai (5, 6th Inning off N. Yoshinaga, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: I. Kaneda (2, 7th Inning off N. Yoshinaga, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: K. Shirai 3 , G. Smith , Z. Miyamoto 2 , I. Kaneda 4
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Shirai , A. Kaneshiro , A. Sawada
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: F. Nakasone (2) , K. Shirai (2)
PB: Z. Miyamoto
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Yoshinaga L (2-1) 8.0 5 2 2 2 9 1 137 1.04   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Yoshinaga 71
Batters Faced: N. Yoshinaga 33
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Yoshinaga 10-6
Pitches - Strikes: N. Yoshinaga 137-86
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Kurata W (2-1) 7.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 100 3.66   
T. Miyamoto SV (3) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 1.74   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Kurata 68
Batters Faced: T. Kurata 28, T. Miyamoto 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Kurata 6-10, T. Miyamoto 2-4
Pitches - Strikes: T. Kurata 100-59, T. Miyamoto 28-19
WP: T. Kurata
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Takahiko Kurata
Ballpark: Kotei Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (59 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:04
Attendance: 18945
Special Notes: Rain delay of 33 minutes in the 4th inning.
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