 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KOBE BULLS AT OSAKA SAILORS 06/02/1961 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | KOBE BULLS AT OSAKA SAILORS | | GAME ID: 6967 - FRIDAY, JUNE 2ND , 1961 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kobe Bulls (8-20) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | | Osaka Sailors (12-11) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | X | 7 | 13 | 0 | | |  | |
| Ota goes 4-for-5 to Fuel Sailors Offense | Kousei Ota, who finished 5th in the WL in on-base percentage with .403 in 1959, had a 4-RBI night to help the Osaka Sailors down the Kobe Bulls, 7-2. The winning pitcher was Natsuhiko Sugiura. His record now stands at 3-2. The right-hander went 6.2 innings, allowing 1 run on 6 hits for the Sailors. Osaka is now 12-11, while Kobe is 8-20.
The Sailors had to work out of trouble in the top of the seventh. The score was 4-1, Osaka, with one out. Kobe, with runners on 1st and 2nd, was mounting a threat. Tatsuharu Oto dug in at the plate, but on a 0-1 fastball, he flied out.
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| KOBE BATTING LINESCORE | | OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - K. Yamashita substituted for M. Osaki in the 7th
b - S. Inoue pinch hit for C. Kawano in the 8th
c - R. Okamoto substituted for S. Inoue in the 8th
BATTING
Doubles: C. Kawano (6, 7th Inning off N. Sugiura, 0 on, 0 outs) , S. Murata (9, 8th Inning off Y. Niwa, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Abe , S. Murata 3 , C. Kawano 2 , Y. Abe , K. Tsuji , T. Oto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Abe , S. Tashiro
GIDP: S. Murata
Sac Fly: Y. Arakawa
Team LOB: 6
FIELDING
Errors: S. Abe (2)
Double Plays: 2 (Tashiro-Osaki-Arakawa, Osaki-Tashiro-Arakawa) | | | a - I. Kaneda pinch hit for Y. Niwa in the 8th
BATTING
Doubles: F. Nakasone (5, 1st Inning off T. Oto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: F. Nakasone (4, 5th Inning off T. Oto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: K. Ota (4, 8th Inning off T. Oto, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: F. Nakasone 5 , K. Ota 7 , K. Shirai , Y. Ishikawa 2 , W. Okazaki , O. Nishimura , G. Smith , N. Sugiura
2-out RBI: K. Ota , W. Okazaki , N. Sugiura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Nakasone , W. Okazaki , O. Nishimura , N. Sugiura
GIDP: A. Kaneshiro 2
Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING
SB: W. Okazaki (2) , O. Nishimura (2)
FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Sugiura-Nishimura-Ishikawa) | | |
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| KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE | | OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Oto L (1-2) | 7.2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 119 | 4.24 | | M. Tabata | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.75 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | N. Sugiura W (3-2) | 6.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 4.25 | | Y. Niwa H (2) | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5.68 | | T. Miyamoto | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7.91 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Kousei Ota
Ballpark: Kotei Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (74 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 6 mph
Start Time: 6:05 PM JST
Time: 2:31
Attendance: 21481
Special Notes: SS Masu Osaki was injured in a collision at a base. |
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