BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS
05/26/1963
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS
GAME ID: 6956 - SUNDAY, MAY 26TH , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vesutan Bees (7-17) 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 8 9 0
Osaka Sailors (8-11) 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 7 9 1
Bees Use Late-Game Magic to Beat Sailors, 8-7
Masao Shiotani was a vital contributor to the 8-7 Vesutan victory over Osaka. The Bees shortstop went 1 for 4 with a home run and a walk. He scored 2 runs and drove in 3. Vesutan is off to a sluggish start, getting just their 7th win in 25 games.

Had Shiotani not come through in the top of the ninth, who knows how the game would've ended? But with two down, Shiotani hit a 3-run home run. The Bees took the lead, 8-7, and never looked back.

"I like the grit of this ballclub," Shiotani said.
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Ishii LF 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 .396 2 12
   c-W. Matsumoto LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
T. Okinaka RF 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .160 4 15
S. Iwai 1B 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 .212 2 7
M. Shiotani SS 4 2 1 3 1 1 4 .340 5 22
S. Yamashita 3B 5 2 1 2 0 0 4 .239 4 11
K. Aoyagi C 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .284 3 7
Y. Isobe CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .200 0 12
H. Fujioka 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .271 3 8
T. Sunada P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0
   a-T. Ikeda PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 0 1
   S. Suzuki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0
   K. Takahashi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-M. Hirano PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .412 0 2
   T. Watanabe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 0 0
Totals 36 8 9 8 5 2 17      
a - T. Ikeda pinch hit for T. Sunada in the 7th
b - M. Hirano pinch hit for K. Takahashi in the 9th
c - W. Matsumoto substituted for S. Ishii in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Fujioka (2, 5th Inning off Y. Imoto, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: S. Yamashita (4, 4th Inning off Y. Imoto, 1 on, 2 outs) , S. Ishii (2, 5th Inning off Y. Imoto, 1 on, 2 outs) , M. Shiotani (5, 9th Inning off C. Teramoto, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: S. Ishii 4 , M. Shiotani 4 , S. Yamashita 4 , K. Aoyagi 2 , Y. Isobe , H. Fujioka 2 , T. Ikeda , M. Hirano
2-out RBI: S. Ishii , M. Shiotani , S. Yamashita , Y. Isobe
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Yamashita , H. Fujioka
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
CS: S. Ishii (2)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Nakasone 2B 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 .228 3 8
T. Ishii CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .093 2 9
K. Shirai 1B 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 .326 5 15
K. Ota C 4 2 1 2 1 0 1 .278 3 7
K. Kikuchi RF 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 .303 1 8
B. Matsumura 3B 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 .271 5 14
   T. Drill P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-Y. Ishikawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 1 4
   C. Teramoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
A. Kaneshiro LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0
G. Smith SS 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .211 2 11
Y. Imoto P 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .083 0 3
   a-T. Shibuya 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 7 5 2 8      
a - T. Shibuya substituted for Y. Imoto in the 6th
b - Y. Ishikawa pinch hit for T. Drill in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Shirai 2 (9, 1st Inning off T. Sunada, 0 on, 2 outs; 7th Inning off S. Suzuki, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: K. Ota (3, 7th Inning off S. Suzuki, 1 on, 1 out) , F. Nakasone (3, 8th Inning off S. Suzuki, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: F. Nakasone 4 , T. Ishii , K. Shirai 4 , K. Ota 4 , K. Kikuchi , B. Matsumura , G. Smith , T. Shibuya
2-out RBI: F. Nakasone , B. Matsumura , G. Smith
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Nakasone , K. Ota , A. Kaneshiro
Sac Bunt: B. Matsumura
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: B. Matsumura (6)
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Sunada 6.0 4 2 2 5 2 0 103 3.65   
S. Suzuki BS (2) 1.2 5 5 5 0 0 2 30 8.14   
K. Takahashi W (2-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8.31   
T. Watanabe SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6.23   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Sunada 53
Batters Faced: T. Sunada 27, S. Suzuki 10, K. Takahashi 1, T. Watanabe 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Sunada 6-10, S. Suzuki 2-3, K. Takahashi 1-0, T. Watanabe 0-3
Pitches - Strikes: T. Sunada 103-61, S. Suzuki 30-17, K. Takahashi 3-2, T. Watanabe 7-5
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Imoto 5.2 5 5 5 2 0 2 72 4.08   
T. Drill 1.1 2 0 0 2 1 0 22 2.74   
C. Teramoto L (0-1) 2.0 2 3 3 1 1 1 25 4.32   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Imoto 37
Batters Faced: Y. Imoto 24, T. Drill 8, C. Teramoto 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Imoto 10-6, T. Drill 2-1, C. Teramoto 2-3
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Imoto 72-49, T. Drill 22-11, C. Teramoto 25-14
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Drill 2-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Masao Shiotani
Ballpark: Kotei Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (62 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:49
Attendance: 11409
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