BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
06/14/1962
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 7003 - THURSDAY, JUNE 14TH , 1962 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vesutan Bees (14-21) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 9 0
Fukuoka Falcons (25-14) 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 7 10 0
Multi-HR Day for Otani as Falcons Overpower Bees, 7-5
The Fukuoka Falcons downed the Vesutan Bees, 7-5, at Fukuoka Stadium. The Falcons were led by Akihito Otani. Otani was 3 for 4 with 2 home runs and a double, while scoring 3 runs and driving in 2. Norito Yamazaki got the win, improving to 5-3. He held the Bees to 4 runs on 6 hits over 6.2 innings, while striking out 6 and walking 4. Kijuro Fukushima nailed down his 9th save.

Jotaro Murakami, who is tied for 4th in the WL in RBI with 26, aided the Fukuoka cause with a solo home run in the bottom of the third. For the game, the third baseman went 1 for 5 with a home run.

"You can never predict what'll happen," Otani said. "That's why you play the game."

With the win, Fukuoka pushed its record to 25-14.
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Ishii LF 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 .361 4 21
M. Shiotani SS 4 1 2 2 1 0 4 .250 3 22
S. Iwai 1B 3 1 1 1 1 0 4 .399 2 28
T. Okinaka RF 3 0 0 0 1 3 4 .218 6 23
   c-M. Hirano PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 0 1
K. Aoyagi C 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 .228 2 17
Y. Isobe CF 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 .170 1 12
K. Morinaga 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .219 2 17
H. Fujioka 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267 4 12
A. Marx P 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .056 0 1
   a-T. Watanabe PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 2 5
   S. Tanabe P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   b-T. Ikeda PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .211 1 2
Totals 35 5 9 5 4 7 23      
a - T. Watanabe pinch hit for A. Marx in the 4th
b - T. Ikeda pinch hit for S. Tanabe in the 9th
c - M. Hirano pinch hit for T. Okinaka in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Shiotani (13, 2nd Inning off N. Yamazaki, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: S. Ishii 3 , M. Shiotani 3 , S. Iwai , Y. Isobe , H. Fujioka , T. Ikeda
2-out RBI: Y. Isobe
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , T. Okinaka 2 , M. Hirano , Y. Isobe , K. Morinaga
Sac Fly: S. Iwai
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Ishii (10)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Shiotani-Fujioka-Iwai)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Nakanishi RF 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 .284 4 16
J. Murakami 3B 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 .267 2 26
A. Otani CF 4 3 3 2 0 0 2 .316 8 17
Y. Fukunaga LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .253 6 22
K. Mukai C 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 .314 3 17
H. Smith 1B 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 .227 4 12
Y. Smith SS 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 .285 8 18
N. Katagiri 2B 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 .234 1 13
N. Yamazaki P 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 .050 0 1
   Y. Nakata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-T. Kanemura PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 1 5
   K. Fukushima P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 30 7 10 7 5 3 18      
a - T. Kanemura pinch hit for Y. Nakata in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Mukai 2 (8, 2nd Inning off A. Marx, 0 on, 0 outs; 5th Inning off S. Tanabe, 0 on, 1 out) , A. Otani (3, 3rd Inning off A. Marx, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: A. Otani 2 (8, 1st Inning off A. Marx, 0 on, 2 outs; 7th Inning off S. Tanabe, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Murakami (2, 3rd Inning off A. Marx, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Nakanishi , J. Murakami 4 , A. Otani 10 , Y. Fukunaga , K. Mukai 4 , H. Smith , Y. Smith
2-out RBI: A. Otani
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Otani , Y. Smith 2
GIDP: N. Katagiri
Sac Fly: H. Smith , N. Katagiri , N. Yamazaki
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: Y. Fukunaga (4)
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Marx L (3-4) 3.0 5 5 5 2 3 2 59 4.85   
S. Tanabe 5.0 5 2 2 3 0 1 61 5.87   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Marx 28
Batters Faced: A. Marx 16, S. Tanabe 22
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Marx 2-4, S. Tanabe 9-5
Pitches - Strikes: A. Marx 59-34, S. Tanabe 61-35
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Yamazaki W (5-3) 6.2 6 4 4 4 6 0 114 4.65   
Y. Nakata H (4) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.02   
K. Fukushima SV (9) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 14 1.82   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Yamazaki 48
Batters Faced: N. Yamazaki 30, Y. Nakata 4, K. Fukushima 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Yamazaki 6-8, Y. Nakata 2-1, K. Fukushima 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: N. Yamazaki 114-62, Y. Nakata 11-7, K. Fukushima 14-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: Y. Nakata 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Akihito Otani
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 7 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 2:44
Attendance: 33427
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