 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KINBOSHI KITES AT VESUTAN BEES 06/28/1962 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | KINBOSHI KITES AT VESUTAN BEES | GAME ID: 7045 - THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH , 1962 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Kinboshi Kites (24-26) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | Vesutan Bees (21-25) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 5 | 1 | | |  | |
Kites Fall Short, 4-3, at Vesutan | Both teams had their chances, but the Vesutan Bees eventually prevailed.
Susumu Ishii left his imprint on the 4-3 Vesutan win against the Kinboshi Kites. Ishii, who finished 3rd in the WL in doubles with 38 in 1956, was 2-4 with a home run and a double. He scored 2 times. Earning his 2nd save of the year was Hirokatsu Funakoshi.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Shougo Iwai contributed a big hit for the Bees. With Vesutan trailing 3-1, he hammered a 2-run home run.
"The effort we put into this one paid off," Iwai said.
The defeat makes Kinboshi 24-26. | |
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KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | | VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - H. Kitamura pinch hit for M. Kobashi in the 9th b - S. Hashizume pinch hit for M. Watanabe in the 9th
BATTING Triples: K. Masuda (4, 1st Inning off T. Sunada, 2 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: A. Yamamoto 2 , M. Takeno 2 , T. Shimabukuro 2 , K. Masuda 4 2-out RBI: , K. Masuda 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , H. Orido 2 , Y. Kobayashi GIDP: H. Orido Team LOB: 6
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Shimabukuro) | | | a - T. Watanabe pinch hit for S. Tanabe in the 5th b - M. Hirano pinch hit for H. Ogawa in the 7th c - W. Matsumoto substituted for S. Ishii in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: S. Ishii (21, 6th Inning off T. Koyama, 0 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: S. Ishii (7, 4th Inning off T. Koyama, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Okinaka (7, 6th Inning off T. Koyama, 0 on, 1 out) , S. Iwai (4, 6th Inning off T. Koyama, 1 on, 1 out) Total Bases: S. Ishii 6 , M. Shiotani , S. Iwai 4 , T. Okinaka 4 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Watanabe Team LOB: 2
FIELDING Errors: H. Fujioka (8) 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: Partly Cloudy (73 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 10 mph Start Time: 3:05 PM JST Time: 3:56 Attendance: 14413 Special Notes: The game on the original date was suspended in the 3rd inning due to bad weather and rescheduled. |
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