 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON FUKUOKA FALCONS AT NAGASAKI STARS 06/01/1961 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | FUKUOKA FALCONS AT NAGASAKI STARS | | GAME ID: 6973 - THURSDAY, JUNE 1ST , 1961 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Fukuoka Falcons (11-14) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 1 | | Nagasaki Stars (14-12) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | | |  | |
| Falcons Win, 5-2, Over Nagasaki | Fukuoka beat Nagasaki on the strength of starting pitcher Minoru Yamamoto's fine effort. The right-hander led his team to a win, 5-2. Yamamoto, now 2-3, was the winner. In 8 innings, he gave up 9 hits, while striking out 1, walking 1, and allowing 1 run. The Falcons sit in 5th place in the Western League with a record of 11-14.
Fukuoka left fielder Yuigo Fukunaga contributed a timely at-bat in the top of the third. With two down, he hit a cutter to left field for a run-scoring single. It was his 32nd hit of the season and put the Falcons ahead, 1-0.
"Really good pitchers have that ability to raise their game when they need to," said Fukuoka manager Horace Jackson.
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| FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | |
BATTING
Doubles: H. Smith (7, 2nd Inning off T. Masuda, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Nakanishi 2 , G. Nakayama 3 , Y. Fukunaga , H. Smith 3 , M. Morioka , M. Yamamoto 2
2-out RBI: Y. Fukunaga , M. Yamamoto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , J. Murakami 2 , N. Katagiri , M. Yamamoto 2
Sac Bunt: G. Nakayama , M. Morioka
Team LOB: 11
FIELDING
Errors: H. Smith (5)
Double Plays: 2 (Katagiri-Nakayama-Smith, Murakami-Katagiri-Smith) | | | a - Y. Nakano pinch hit for O. Maehara in the 7th
b - Y. Sakai pinch hit for T. Iwamoto in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: K. Nagasawa 2 (4, 1st Inning off M. Yamamoto, 1 on, 2 outs; 8th Inning off M. Yamamoto, 0 on, 2 outs) , T. Hirai (5, 3rd Inning off M. Yamamoto, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: S. Okuda (4, 8th Inning off M. Yamamoto, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Hirai 5 , S. Okuda 4 , K. Nagasawa 4 , W. Hancock , I. Fujimori 2 , Y. Sakai
2-out RBI: T. Hirai , S. Okuda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Okuda , W. Hancock 2 , S. Yamashita
GIDP: H. Araki , Y. Nakano
Hit by Pitch: I. Fujimori
Team LOB: 10
FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Nagasawa) | | |
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| FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | M. Yamamoto W (2-3) | 8.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 117 | 5.05 | | R. Suga | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5.84 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Masuda L (3-1) | 6.1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 123 | 5.35 | | O. Maehara | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2.70 | | T. Iwamoto | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 4.63 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Minoru Yamamoto
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (65 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 7 mph
Start Time: 1:35 PM JST
Time: 3:28
Attendance: 31102
Special Notes: Rain delay of 25 minutes in the 3rd inning. |
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