BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES
07/20/1963
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 7020 - SATURDAY, JULY 20TH , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (35-32) 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 8 3
Vesutan Bees (26-43) 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 X 7 12 0
Stars Lose, 7-5, at Fukuoka Stadium
The Vesutan Bees and Nagasaki Stars completed their game despite the inclement weather.

The Vesutan Bees defeated the Nagasaki Stars, 7-5. Left Fielder Susumu Ishii deserved a large share of the credit. Ishii went 3-5 with a home run and 2 doubles. He drove in 3 runs and scored once for the Bees. Vesutan is in last place in the Western League with a record of 26-43.

The Bees got a big at-bat from second baseman Kazou Hirakawa. For the game, Hirakawa went 1-3 with a triple, while adding 2 RBI. In the bottom of the fifth, with runners on 1st and 2nd, he stroked a 2-run triple. His 1st triple of the season gave Vesutan a 6-4 lead.

"We take it day by day here," said Ishii, "and today was a good one for us."
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Oishi LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .264 12 42
T. Hirai RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .214 8 30
B. Nishi SS 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 .338 11 35
K. Nagasawa 1B 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .238 8 34
Y. Sakai 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .282 5 35
K. Okazaki CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .222 1 11
S. Kinoshita 2B 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .180 0 2
K. Tsuji C 3 1 1 4 0 0 1 .213 4 17
   b-R. Nakagawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315 0 1
T. Masuda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 0 1
   S. Ikeda P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
   a-S. Ando PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 1 2
   H. Kobayashi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-W. Hancock PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 1 7
Totals 34 5 8 5 3 2 12      
a - S. Ando pinch hit for S. Ikeda in the 6th
b - R. Nakagawa pinch hit for K. Tsuji in the 9th
c - W. Hancock pinch hit for H. Kobayashi in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: K. Tsuji (4, 4th Inning off G. Fujii, 3 on, 1 out) , B. Nishi (11, 7th Inning off G. Fujii, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: B. Nishi 5 , K. Nagasawa , Y. Sakai , K. Okazaki , S. Kinoshita , K. Tsuji 4 , S. Ikeda
2-out RBI: B. Nishi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Sakai , S. Ando
GIDP: S. Kinoshita
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Kinoshita (2)

FIELDING
Errors: B. Nishi (14) , Y. Sakai 2 (17)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Ishii LF 5 1 3 3 0 0 1 .363 5 25
   d-W. Matsumoto LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 1 5
T. Okinaka RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .205 8 31
S. Iwai 1B 5 1 1 0 0 2 4 .313 5 34
M. Shiotani SS 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .263 9 54
S. Yamashita 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .260 9 39
K. Aoyagi C 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .237 7 36
Y. Isobe CF 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 .224 2 28
H. Fujioka 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 6 22
   a-T. Watanabe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .344 1 3
   b-K. Hirakawa 2B 3 0 1 2 0 0 3 .333 0 2
   H. Ogawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
G. Fujii P 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .179 0 3
   c-M. Hirano 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .397 2 14
Totals 38 7 12 7 1 5 19      
a - T. Watanabe substituted for H. Fujioka in the 3rd
b - K. Hirakawa substituted for T. Watanabe in the 3rd
c - M. Hirano substituted for G. Fujii in the 8th
d - W. Matsumoto substituted for S. Ishii in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Ishii 2 (20, 1st Inning off T. Masuda, 0 on, 0 outs; 2nd Inning off T. Masuda, 2 on, 2 outs) , Y. Isobe (16, 7th Inning off H. Kobayashi, 0 on, 2 outs)
Triples: K. Hirakawa (1, 5th Inning off S. Ikeda, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: S. Ishii (5, 6th Inning off H. Kobayashi, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Ishii 8 , T. Okinaka , S. Iwai , S. Yamashita , K. Aoyagi , Y. Isobe 3 , K. Hirakawa 3 , G. Fujii , M. Hirano
2-out RBI: S. Ishii , K. Aoyagi , K. Hirakawa , G. Fujii
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Okinaka , S. Iwai , M. Shiotani 2 , K. Hirakawa 2 , G. Fujii
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Ishii (10)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Fujioka-Shiotani-Iwai)
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Masuda 2.0 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 3.30   
S. Ikeda L (0-1) 3.0 4 3 3 1 1 0 57 6.59   
H. Kobayashi 3.0 4 1 1 0 2 1 48 6.39   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Masuda 40
Batters Faced: T. Masuda 11, S. Ikeda 16, H. Kobayashi 13
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Masuda 2-2, S. Ikeda 3-5, H. Kobayashi 6-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Masuda 0-25, S. Ikeda 57-34, H. Kobayashi 48-33
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
G. Fujii W (3-5) 7.0 8 5 5 3 1 2 83 5.44   
H. Ogawa SV (7) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 2.41   
PITCHING
Game Score: G. Fujii 39
Batters Faced: G. Fujii 31, H. Ogawa 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Fujii 8-11, H. Ogawa 2-3
Pitches - Strikes: G. Fujii 83-73, H. Ogawa 22-16
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Susumu Ishii
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (83 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 13 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 3:53
Attendance: 8583
Special Notes: The game on the original date was suspended in the 3rd inning due to bad weather and rescheduled.
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