BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT VESUTAN BEES
05/10/1963
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 6911 - FRIDAY, MAY 10TH , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Osaka Sailors (4-4) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 6 8 0
Vesutan Bees (2-7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Sailors Suffer 6-0 Home Loss
Starting Pitcher Atsuhiro Smith was lights out, as the Osaka Sailors beat the Vesutan Bees, 6-0. Smith yielded no runs over 8 innings to notch the win. He scattered 7 hits, walked 2, and struck out 1. His record improves to 1-1. Osaka sits at 4-4.

Bunmei Matsumura had a big 2-run home run for the Sailors in the top of the fourth inning. With Osaka leading 1-0 and a runner on 1st, he sized up a fastball from 27-year old right-handed pitcher Sadatake Suzuki and punished it. The result was his 2nd home run of the season, which put the Sailors on top, 3-0.

"It's no secret that good defense follows around people who throw strikes," said Osaka manager Heikichi Kawasaki.
OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Nakasone 2B 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 .212 1 2
S. Hino LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 1 2
K. Ota C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .179 0 1
K. Shirai 1B 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 .258 3 5
K. Kikuchi RF 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 .300 0 1
B. Matsumura 3B 3 2 1 2 1 0 1 .226 2 4
G. Smith SS 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 .231 0 1
T. Ishii CF 3 0 0 1 0 2 4 .069 1 3
A. Smith P 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .167 0 0
   T. Drill P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 6 3 4 13      
BATTING
Doubles: S. Hino (2, 5th Inning off S. Suzuki, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: B. Matsumura (2, 4th Inning off S. Suzuki, 1 on, 2 outs) , K. Shirai (3, 6th Inning off S. Suzuki, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: F. Nakasone , S. Hino 2 , K. Shirai 4 , B. Matsumura 4 , G. Smith 3 , A. Smith
2-out RBI: F. Nakasone , B. Matsumura , G. Smith
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Hino , K. Ota
GIDP: F. Nakasone
Sac Fly: T. Ishii
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Matsumura-Nakasone-Shirai)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Ishii LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .324 0 1
T. Okinaka RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 1 4
S. Iwai 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 1 5
M. Shiotani SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .278 1 5
S. Yamashita 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .125 0 2
K. Aoyagi C 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .379 2 5
Y. Isobe CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 .226 0 5
   a-T. Ikeda PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0
H. Fujioka 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .258 1 3
   b-M. Hirano PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 0 0
S. Suzuki P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   T. Okamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-T. Watanabe PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0
Totals 35 0 9 0 2 1 17      
a - T. Ikeda pinch hit for Y. Isobe in the 9th
b - M. Hirano pinch hit for H. Fujioka in the 9th
c - T. Watanabe pinch hit for T. Okamoto in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Shiotani (3, 6th Inning off A. Smith, 1 on, 1 out) , S. Ishii (5, 7th Inning off A. Smith, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: S. Ishii 2 , T. Okinaka , S. Iwai 2 , M. Shiotani 2 , K. Aoyagi , Y. Isobe , T. Ikeda , T. Watanabe
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Ishii , T. Okinaka , Y. Isobe 2 , H. Fujioka
GIDP: S. Iwai
Team LOB: 10

FIELDING
Errors: H. Fujioka (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Iwai-Shiotani-Iwai)
OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Smith W (1-1) 8.0 7 0 0 2 1 0 96 1.93   
T. Drill 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.17   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Smith 67
Batters Faced: A. Smith 32, T. Drill 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Smith 8-14, T. Drill 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: A. Smith 96-60, T. Drill 13-9
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Suzuki L (0-2) 8.0 6 4 4 2 3 2 115 9.58   
T. Okamoto 1.0 2 2 0 1 1 0 26 5.68   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Suzuki 55
Batters Faced: S. Suzuki 31, T. Okamoto 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Suzuki 12-8, T. Okamoto 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: S. Suzuki 115-71, T. Okamoto 26-15
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Atsuhiro Smith
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (63 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 11 mph
Start Time: 2:35 PM JST
Time: 2:48
Attendance: 11103
Special Notes: Rain delay of 15 minutes in the 6th inning.
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