BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT KOBE BULLS
05/18/1963
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 6924 - SATURDAY, MAY 18TH , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (8-8) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 1
Kobe Bulls (8-5) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 X 6 8 1
Bulls Use Late Rally to Win
Soggy conditions did not keep Kobe and Kinboshi from playing their scheduled game.

Kobe Bulls starter Gunji Matsuda pitched a strong game against the Kinboshi Kites at Matsunoki Stadium, leading the Bulls to victory, 6-2. Kobe pitcher Shiroku Terada got the win, upping his record to 1-1. Kinya Kodama got the loss.

Kobe took the lead, 6-2, on Shunsuke Murata's 2nd home run of the season. The grand slam home run came off Kinboshi pitcher Kinya Kodama in the bottom of the eighth.

"Gunji did a good job of managing their lineup," said Kobe manager Joe Davis.

The loss has the Kites at 8-8.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Shimabukuro 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .210 1 6
H. Orido C 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .361 2 6
H. Kitamura 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .345 1 4
A. Yamamoto SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .219 1 7
   a-S. Hashizume PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .400 0 4
   K. Kodama P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   I. Takagi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
T. Shimabukuro LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .238 0 5
M. Takeno RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .193 1 6
K. Masuda 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .283 2 5
Y. Kobayashi CF 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 .200 1 5
Y. Hidaka P 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273 0 4
   b-R. Stone SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 0 2
Totals 32 2 5 2 2 8 7      
a - S. Hashizume pinch hit for A. Yamamoto in the 8th
b - R. Stone substituted for Y. Hidaka in the 8th

BATTING
Home Runs: Y. Kobayashi (1, 5th Inning off G. Matsuda, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: H. Kitamura 2 , T. Shimabukuro , Y. Kobayashi 4 , Y. Hidaka
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Yamamoto , T. Shimabukuro
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: H. Kitamura (4) , M. Takeno (3)
CS: S. Shimabukuro (4)

FIELDING
Errors: H. Kitamura (4)
Double Plays: 1 (Masuda-Yamamoto-Shimabukuro)
OF assists: 1 (Takeno(Inoue at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .231 5 8
A. Nevill CF 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .214 2 11
S. Inoue 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 .333 0 3
S. Abe LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .310 1 3
M. Osaki 3B 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 .340 2 9
   b-T. Oto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 0 2
   e-C. Kawano RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 1
A. Tanaka SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .211 2 6
Y. Abe RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 0 0
   c-R. Okamoto PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .256 0 3
   T. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
S. Yamanaka C 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 .227 1 4
G. Matsuda P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 0
   a-S. Tashiro PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 0 1
   S. Terada P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-S. Murata PH, 3B 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 .455 2 9
Totals 29 6 8 6 4 2 15      
a - S. Tashiro pinch hit for G. Matsuda in the 7th
b - T. Oto pinch hit for M. Osaki in the 8th
c - R. Okamoto pinch hit for Y. Abe in the 8th
d - S. Murata pinch hit for S. Terada in the 8th
e - C. Kawano substituted for T. Oto in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: S. Murata (2, 8th Inning off K. Kodama, 3 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: S. Inoue , S. Abe , M. Osaki 2 , A. Tanaka 2 , S. Yamanaka , S. Murata 4
2-out RBI: M. Osaki , S. Murata
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Osaki , Y. Abe
GIDP: Y. Abe
Sac Bunt: G. Matsuda
Sac Fly: A. Nevill
Hit by Pitch: S. Inoue , S. Tashiro
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: A. Tanaka (3)

FIELDING
Errors: S. Inoue (1)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Hidaka 7.0 6 2 0 2 2 0 100 2.70   
K. Kodama L (0-1) 0.2 2 4 4 2 0 1 21 10.29   
I. Takagi 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Hidaka 61
Batters Faced: Y. Hidaka 30, K. Kodama 6, I. Takagi 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Hidaka 10-8, K. Kodama 0-2, I. Takagi 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Hidaka 100-58, K. Kodama 21-9, I. Takagi 1-1
Hit Batsmen: Y. Hidaka 2
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
G. Matsuda 7.0 4 2 2 2 6 1 92 4.23   
S. Terada W (1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 0.79   
T. Yamamoto 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: G. Matsuda 65
Batters Faced: G. Matsuda 27, S. Terada 4, T. Yamamoto 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Matsuda 8-6, S. Terada 1-0, T. Yamamoto 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: G. Matsuda 92-62, S. Terada 16-11, T. Yamamoto 12-7
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Gunji Matsuda
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Rain (67 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 11 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 3:08
Attendance: 21463
Special Notes: Rain delay of 36 minutes in the 8th inning.
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