BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT KOBE BULLS
05/18/1961
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 6930 - THURSDAY, MAY 18TH , 1961 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Osaka Sailors (7-7) 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 8 1
Kobe Bulls (4-12) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 2
Sailors Triumphant, 5-2, at Matsunoki Stadium
Osaka starter Mitsukuni Yoshimura pitched effectively against the Kobe Bulls at Matsunoki Stadium. The right-hander led his team to a win, 5-2. Yoshimura yielded 2 runs over 9 innings to notch the win. He scattered 7 hits, walked 0, and struck out 3. His record improves to 2-0. The win has Osaka at 7-7.

Washi Okazaki, who led the WL in triples with 15 in 1955, aided the Osaka cause with a run-scoring hit-by-pitch in the top of the fifth. For the game, the center fielder was 1-3 with a double, a walk, and was hit by a pitch.

"This level of focus will win us a lot of ballgames," Okazaki said after the game.
OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Nakasone LF 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 .455 5 18
K. Ota C 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 .340 2 7
K. Shirai 3B 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 .284 2 11
Y. Ishikawa 1B 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 .236 3 15
A. Kaneshiro RF 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .206 1 6
W. Okazaki CF 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 .226 1 4
O. Nishimura 2B 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 .189 0 1
G. Smith SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 .297 4 13
M. Yoshimura P 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 0 1
Totals 36 5 8 4 4 5 24      
BATTING
Doubles: K. Shirai (4, 1st Inning off B. O'Grady, 1 on, 0 outs) , K. Ota (3, 1st Inning off B. O'Grady, 1 on, 0 outs) , W. Okazaki (3, 7th Inning off H. Takaoka, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: F. Nakasone , K. Ota 4 , K. Shirai 2 , Y. Ishikawa , A. Kaneshiro , W. Okazaki 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Shirai , G. Smith 3 , M. Yoshimura
GIDP: K. Shirai
Sac Fly: O. Nishimura
Hit by Pitch: W. Okazaki
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: F. Nakasone 2 (9)

FIELDING
Errors: G. Smith (3)
Double Plays: 1 (Yoshimura-Ota-Ishikawa)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Abe LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .299 0 2
S. Murata 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .415 5 13
S. Inoue 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .254 0 2
S. Tashiro 2B 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 .111 1 5
C. Kawano RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .228 2 8
A. Tanaka SS 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .246 1 5
Y. Abe CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 0 7
K. Tsuji C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 1 5
B. O'Grady P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   H. Takaoka P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2 0 3 10      
BATTING
Doubles: S. Murata 2 (6, 1st Inning off M. Yoshimura, 0 on, 1 out; 6th Inning off M. Yoshimura, 0 on, 0 outs) , A. Tanaka (1, 4th Inning off M. Yoshimura, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: S. Abe , S. Murata 4 , S. Tashiro , C. Kawano , A. Tanaka 3
2-out RBI: A. Tanaka
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Tashiro , Y. Abe
GIDP: Y. Abe
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Errors: A. Tanaka (2) , B. O'Grady (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Tanaka-Tashiro-Inoue)
OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Yoshimura W (2-0) 9.0 7 2 2 0 3 0 117 3.98   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Yoshimura 68
Batters Faced: M. Yoshimura 34
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Yoshimura 14-9
Pitches - Strikes: M. Yoshimura 117-79
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. O'Grady L (1-2) 6.0 6 4 4 4 4 0 118 5.32   
H. Takaoka 3.0 2 1 0 0 1 0 30 6.43   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. O'Grady 44
Batters Faced: B. O'Grady 30, H. Takaoka 12
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. O'Grady 6-8, H. Takaoka 3-5
Pitches - Strikes: B. O'Grady 118-67, H. Takaoka 30-22
WP: B. O'Grady
Hit Batsmen: B. O'Grady
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Mitsukuni Yoshimura
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (51 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 2:41
Attendance: 20928
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