| BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KINBOSHI KITES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS 06/06/1961 | | | | | |
| BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | KINBOSHI KITES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS | GAME ID: 6981 - TUESDAY, JUNE 6TH , 1961 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Kinboshi Kites (19-14) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | Fukuoka Falcons (14-16) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 | 11 | 0 | | | | |
Kinboshi Falters Again, Loses, 5-1, to Fukuoka | Fukuoka right-hander Minoru Yamamoto pitched his team to victory over the Kinboshi Kites at Fukuoka Stadium. The final score was 5-1. Yamamoto, who is tied for 7th in the WL in innings pitched with 50.0, went the distance for Fukuoka. He gave up 1 run on 7 hits. The slumping Kites have dropped 6 in a row.
The Falcons got a big at-bat from shortstop Go Nakayama. For the game, Nakayama was 1 for 4 with a home run. He drove in 3 runs and scored once. In the bottom of the third, with runners on 1st and 2nd, he stroked a 3-run home run. His 8th home run of the season gave Fukuoka a 3-0 lead.
"We've hit a rough patch right now," said Kinboshi skipper Kaita Kurosawa. | |
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KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
| | BATTING Doubles: A. Otani 2 (6, 6th Inning off R. Maeda, 0 on, 0 outs; 7th Inning off R. Maeda, 2 on, 2 outs) , N. Kodama (4, 7th Inning off R. Maeda, 0 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: G. Nakayama (8, 3rd Inning off R. Maeda, 2 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: T. Nakanishi 2 , G. Nakayama 4 , A. Otani 5 , Y. Fukunaga , H. Smith , M. Morioka , N. Kodama 2 , M. Yamamoto 2-out RBI: G. Nakayama , A. Otani Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Fukunaga , H. Smith , N. Katagiri , M. Yamamoto GIDP: G. Nakayama Team LOB: 7 | | |
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KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | R. Maeda L (2-4) | 6.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 5.28 | I. Takagi | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4.86 | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | M. Yamamoto W (3-3) | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 104 | 4.32 | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Minoru Yamamoto Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (66 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 10 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 2:14 Attendance: 23714 |
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