 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KINBOSHI KITES AT VESUTAN BEES 07/07/1963 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | KINBOSHI KITES AT VESUTAN BEES | GAME ID: 6984 - SUNDAY, JULY 7TH , 1963 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Kinboshi Kites (30-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | Vesutan Bees (20-37) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | | |  | |
Bees Win Squeaker, 5-4, Over Kites | Well, that's how to end a game in style.
Vesutan left fielder Susumu Ishii made his presence felt in the 5-4 Bees triumph over the Kinboshi Kites. Ishii went 4 for 5 with 4 singles. Reliever Hirokatsu Funakoshi picked up the win. His record improves to 2-0. Josuke Fujimori, who is tied for 8th in the WL in holds with 1, took the loss.
Wei-Tzu Matsumoto was the walk-off hero for Vesutan. With the game tied in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Bees pinch hitter hit a dramatic run-scoring single to send the teams home.
"The crowd was raucous," said Ishii.
The defeat makes Kinboshi 30-25. | |
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KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | | VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - S. Hashizume pinch hit for R. Stone in the 8th b - M. Takeno pinch hit for S. Nakada in the 8th c - R. Furukawa substituted for T. Igarashi in the 8th d - K. Nojima substituted for S. Hashizume in the 8th
BATTING Triples: R. Stone (1, 2nd Inning off A. Marx, 0 on, 2 outs) Home Runs: S. Nakada (2, 5th Inning off A. Marx, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: S. Shimabukuro , H. Kitamura 2 , T. Shimabukuro 2 , H. Orido 2 , K. Masuda , R. Stone 3 , S. Nakada 4 2-out RBI: H. Orido , K. Masuda Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , H. Orido 2 , K. Masuda , Y. Kobayashi , S. Nakada GIDP: H. Kitamura Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: H. Kitamura 2 (7)
FIELDING Errors: K. Masuda (6) | | | a - K. Morinaga pinch hit for K. Takahashi in the 6th b - M. Hirano pinch hit for Y. Isobe in the 7th c - T. Ikeda pinch hit for H. Fujioka in the 7th d - T. Watanabe pinch hit for H. Ogawa in the 7th e - W. Matsumoto pinch hit for H. Funakoshi in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: T. Okinaka (15, 1st Inning off R. Maeda, 1 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: S. Ishii 4 , T. Okinaka 2 , S. Iwai 3 , M. Shiotani , M. Hirano , H. Fujioka , W. Matsumoto 2-out RBI: S. Ishii Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , T. Okinaka 2 , S. Yamashita 2 , K. Aoyagi Sac Fly: M. Shiotani , M. Hirano Team LOB: 16
FIELDING Errors: S. Yamashita (4) , Y. Isobe (4) Double Plays: 1 (Fujioka-Shiotani-Iwai) | | |
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KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE | | VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Susumu Ishii Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium Weather: Cloudy (77 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 12 mph Start Time: 3:05 PM JST Time: 3:59 Attendance: 7788 Special Notes: The game on the original date was suspended in the 5th inning due to bad weather and rescheduled. |
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