 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KOBE BULLS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS 06/13/1963 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | KOBE BULLS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS | GAME ID: 6996 - THURSDAY, JUNE 13TH , 1963 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Kobe Bulls (17-18) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | Fukuoka Falcons (21-15) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | |  | |
Matsuda at His Best, Whips Falcons | The strong arm of Gunji Matsuda dealt a lot of misery to the Falcons. He tossed a complete-game shutout to spark the Kobe Bulls to a 5-0 win. In today's contest at Fukuoka Stadium, Matsuda limited Fukuoka to 2 hits and had 4 strikeouts and 3 walks.
Looking at his season stats, Matsuda has won 2 and lost 4, collecting 34 strikeouts and 18 walks in 66 innings with a 2.45 ERA. | |
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KOBE BATTING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
BATTING Doubles: S. Inoue (6, 9th Inning off M. Yamamoto, 1 on, 0 outs) , A. Tanaka (6, 9th Inning off M. Yamamoto, 1 on, 1 out) Triples: T. Smith 2 (4, 4th Inning off M. Yamamoto, 0 on, 0 outs; 6th Inning off M. Yamamoto, 0 on, 1 out) Home Runs: S. Yamanaka (3, 8th Inning off M. Yamamoto, 0 on, 1 out) Total Bases: T. Smith 6 , A. Nevill , S. Inoue 2 , S. Abe , A. Tanaka 3 , M. Osaki , S. Yamanaka 4 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Inoue , G. Matsuda Sac Fly: R. Okamoto Team LOB: 4
FIELDING Errors: T. Smith (8) Double Plays: 1 (Osaki-Smith-Inoue) | | | | |
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KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | G. Matsuda W (2-4) | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 120 | 2.45 | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | M. Yamamoto L (3-3) | 8.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 5.14 | M. Watanabe | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.00 | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Gunji Matsuda Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium Weather: Cloudy (72 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph Start Time: 7:35 PM JST Time: 3:00 Attendance: 15791 Special Notes: Rain delay of 33 minutes in the 4th inning. Takaki Smith ties the WL regular season game record for triples with 2. |
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