 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KOBE BULLS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS 06/28/1962 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | KOBE BULLS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS | | GAME ID: 7040 - THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH , 1962 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kobe Bulls (23-26) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | | Fukuoka Falcons (29-18) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 3 | 1 | | |  | |
| Tight Tilt Goes to Falcons, 4-3 | Fukuoka Falcons starter Toshiyoshi Sakata pitched a strong game against the Kobe Bulls at Fukuoka Stadium, leading the Falcons to victory, 4-3. Sakata picked up the win for Fukuoka, going 7 innings. He gave up 3 runs on 6 hits. He now sports a record of 3-2. The Falcons, at 29-18, lead by one game in their division.
The Falcons got a big at-bat from catcher Meguru Morioka. For the game, Morioka was 1-3 with a home run. He drove in 3 runs and scored once. In the bottom of the fourth, with runners on 1st and 3rd, he stroked a 3-run home run. His 2nd home run of the season gave Fukuoka a 4-2 lead.
"No one player deserves all the credit when you win," Morioka said. "And the same is true when you lose."
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| KOBE BATTING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - R. Okamoto pinch hit for B. O'Grady in the 7th
b - C. Kawano substituted for H. Takaoka in the 8th
c - S. Murata pinch hit for T. Ueda in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: A. Tanaka 2 (10, 1st Inning off T. Sakata, 1 on, 0 outs; 5th Inning off T. Sakata, 0 on, 2 outs) , S. Abe (11, 1st Inning off T. Sakata, 0 on, 0 outs) , S. Tashiro (10, 6th Inning off T. Sakata, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: M. Osaki (6, 4th Inning off T. Sakata, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Abe 3 , A. Tanaka 4 , S. Tashiro 2 , M. Osaki 4 , S. Murata , R. Okamoto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , S. Inoue 2 , Y. Abe
GIDP: A. Tanaka
Team LOB: 9
FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (O'Grady-Tanaka-Inoue) | | | a - Y. Ueda substituted for T. Sakata in the 8th
b - T. Kanemura pinch hit for Y. Ueda in the 8th
c - G. Nakayama substituted for H. Smith in the 9th
BATTING
Home Runs: Y. Smith (9, 2nd Inning off B. O'Grady, 0 on, 1 out) , M. Morioka (2, 4th Inning off B. O'Grady, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: Y. Smith 5 , M. Morioka 4
2-out RBI: M. Morioka
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Otani , Y. Fukunaga
GIDP: J. Murakami
Sac Bunt: J. Murakami 2
Team LOB: 2
FIELDING
Errors: Y. Ueda (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Katagiri-Smith-Smith) | | |
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| KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | B. O'Grady L (1-2) | 6.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 98 | 4.59 | | H. Takaoka | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4.11 | | K. Wada | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.16 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Sakata W (3-2) | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 95 | 4.43 | | K. Fukushima SV (11) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1.97 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Toshiyoshi Sakata
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (81 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 7 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 2:32
Attendance: 26664 |
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