BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT NAGASAKI STARS
05/24/1961
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT NAGASAKI STARS
GAME ID: 6945 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 24TH , 1961 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (14-8) 0 2 2 0 5 3 1 0 0 13 18 2
Nagasaki Stars (13-8) 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 1
Shimabukuro Powers Kites Offense
The Kinboshi Kites beat the Nagasaki Stars, 13-8, with major props going to left fielder Taketoshi Shimabukuro. On the day, Shimabukuro hit 2 home runs, while scoring 3 and driving in 3 for the Kites. Nagasaki drops to 13-8.

Kinboshi used the clutch hitting of Mitsuyasu Takeno to capture the win. The right fielder drilled a 2-run double in the top of the sixth inning to give the Kites the lead, 12-8. For the game, Takeno had 1 single and 1 double in 4 at-bats.

"This game had a little bit of everything," said Shimabukuro.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. Takeno RF 4 0 2 2 2 1 0 .298 5 15
S. Hashizume 1B 6 0 0 0 0 2 5 .231 1 4
H. Orido C 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 .345 1 8
T. Shimabukuro LF 4 3 3 3 2 0 0 .318 5 17
S. Shimabukuro 2B 5 2 3 1 1 0 2 .500 3 13
K. Masuda SS 5 2 2 2 1 0 4 .297 3 18
Y. Kobayashi CF 6 2 2 0 0 0 5 .263 0 6
T. Koyama P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 0 2
   T. Igarashi P 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0
   a-M. Kobashi PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274 3 12
   I. Takagi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
H. Kitamura 3B 4 2 2 5 1 0 1 .200 3 7
Totals 45 13 18 13 7 4 22      
a - M. Kobashi pinch hit for T. Igarashi in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Orido (8, 1st Inning off T. Masuda, 0 on, 2 outs) , M. Takeno (4, 6th Inning off T. Iwamoto, 3 on, 2 outs) , T. Shimabukuro (2, 7th Inning off T. Iwamoto, 0 on, 1 out) , S. Shimabukuro (2, 9th Inning off O. Maehara, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: H. Kitamura 2 (3, 2nd Inning off T. Masuda, 1 on, 2 outs; 5th Inning off R. Yamakawa, 2 on, 2 outs) , K. Masuda (3, 3rd Inning off T. Masuda, 1 on, 2 outs) , T. Shimabukuro 2 (5, 5th Inning off T. Masuda, 1 on, 0 outs; 6th Inning off R. Yamakawa, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: M. Takeno 3 , H. Orido 3 , T. Shimabukuro 10 , S. Shimabukuro 4 , K. Masuda 5 , Y. Kobayashi 2 , T. Igarashi , M. Kobashi , H. Kitamura 8
2-out RBI: M. Takeno , K. Masuda , H. Kitamura 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Hashizume , H. Orido , S. Shimabukuro , Y. Kobayashi 2
Team LOB: 12

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Shimabukuro (2)

FIELDING
Errors: S. Hashizume (4) , K. Masuda (5)
Double Plays: 1 (Takeno-Orido)
OF assists: 1 (Takeno(Fujimori at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi SS 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 .333 4 18
T. Hirai LF 3 1 0 1 2 1 3 .227 4 14
S. Okuda CF 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 .425 3 16
K. Nagasawa 1B 5 0 0 1 0 0 7 .286 5 21
W. Hancock C 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 .222 1 12
H. Araki RF 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 .288 1 12
Y. Sakai 3B 5 1 1 1 0 1 5 .375 0 4
K. Okazaki 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .231 1 3
   R. Yamakawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   T. Iwamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-Y. Nakano PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 0 1
   O. Maehara P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-S. Yamashita PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .287 2 18
T. Masuda P 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0 3
   a-I. Fujimori 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .179 2 5
Totals 35 8 7 8 10 3 26      
a - I. Fujimori substituted for T. Masuda in the 5th
b - Y. Nakano pinch hit for T. Iwamoto in the 7th
c - S. Yamashita pinch hit for O. Maehara in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Nishi 2 (6, 2nd Inning off T. Koyama, 3 on, 1 out; 4th Inning off T. Koyama, 1 on, 1 out) , H. Araki (6, 9th Inning off I. Takagi, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: B. Nishi 4 , S. Okuda , H. Araki 2 , Y. Sakai , T. Masuda , I. Fujimori
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Okuda , K. Okazaki , I. Fujimori
Team LOB: 10

FIELDING
Errors: B. Nishi (11)
Double Plays: 1 (Fujimori-Nagasawa)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Koyama 3.1 4 8 4 6 1 0 72 3.41   
T. Igarashi W (2-0) 3.2 2 0 0 3 1 0 59 2.08   
I. Takagi 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 29 2.25   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Koyama 21
Batters Faced: T. Koyama 21, T. Igarashi 16, I. Takagi 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Koyama 4-5, T. Igarashi 2-7, I. Takagi 3-2
Pitches - Strikes: T. Koyama 72-36, T. Igarashi 59-35, I. Takagi 29-18
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Igarashi 3-3
WP: I. Takagi
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Masuda 4.0 8 6 6 2 3 3 84 4.97   
R. Yamakawa L (0-1) 1.0 3 4 4 2 1 2 30 6.75   
T. Iwamoto 2.0 5 3 3 1 0 0 42 6.00   
O. Maehara 2.0 2 0 0 2 0 0 27 2.89   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Masuda 23
Batters Faced: T. Masuda 22, R. Yamakawa 9, T. Iwamoto 12, O. Maehara 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Masuda 5-4, R. Yamakawa 1-1, T. Iwamoto 1-5, O. Maehara 2-3
Pitches - Strikes: T. Masuda 84-51, R. Yamakawa 30-16, T. Iwamoto 42-27, O. Maehara 27-16
Balk: T. Iwamoto
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Taketoshi Shimabukuro
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (69 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 7 mph
Start Time: 12:35 PM JST
Time: 4:14
Attendance: 31342
Special Notes: Rain delay of 45 minutes in the 3rd inning.
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