BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS
06/29/1963
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS
GAME ID: 7047 - SATURDAY, JUNE 29TH , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vesutan Bees (17-34) 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 14 0
Osaka Sailors (28-20) 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 X 8 10 0
Shirai Lifts Sailors to 8-7 Win
Led by Kikuichi Shirai, the Osaka Sailors defeated the Vesutan Bees, 8-7. Shirai, a native of Machida, Tokyo, went 2-4 with a home run, while scoring 2 and driving in 5 for the Sailors. Osaka has won 3 straight, while Vesutan has lost 3 in a row.

In the bottom of the seventh, Shirai put his team in front with his 9th home run of the season. The grand slam home run, which came against Hirokatsu Funakoshi, made it 8-5, Osaka.

"I was just going up there trying to see good pitches, that was about it," said Shirai.
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Ishii LF 4 2 2 0 1 1 3 .366 3 22
T. Okinaka RF 5 1 3 3 0 0 2 .189 5 25
S. Iwai 1B 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 .272 4 21
M. Shiotani SS 4 1 0 2 0 1 4 .278 7 45
S. Yamashita 3B 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 .265 8 30
K. Aoyagi C 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 .211 5 21
T. Ikeda CF 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 .295 0 8
H. Fujioka 2B 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .250 4 16
   a-M. Hirano PH, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .425 1 7
G. Fujii P 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .190 0 3
   H. Funakoshi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-T. Watanabe PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .278 0 1
   T. Okamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-W. Matsumoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 0 0
Totals 41 7 14 7 3 3 29      
a - M. Hirano pinch hit for H. Fujioka in the 8th
b - T. Watanabe pinch hit for H. Funakoshi in the 8th
c - W. Matsumoto pinch hit for T. Okamoto in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Fujioka (4, 4th Inning off T. Kurata, 2 on, 0 outs) , T. Okinaka 2 (13, 4th Inning off T. Kurata, 2 on, 2 outs; 9th Inning off T. Drill, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: S. Ishii (5, 3rd Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Ishii 4 , T. Okinaka 5 , S. Iwai 3 , S. Yamashita , T. Ikeda 2 , H. Fujioka 3 , T. Watanabe
2-out RBI: T. Okinaka
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Iwai , T. Ikeda , W. Matsumoto
Sac Fly: M. Shiotani
Team LOB: 11

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Shiotani-Fujioka-Iwai)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Nakasone 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .260 9 21
K. Kikuchi RF 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 .267 6 25
K. Shirai 1B 4 2 2 5 0 0 0 .325 9 29
S. Hino LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .243 2 17
B. Matsumura 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .275 11 32
Z. Miyamoto C 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 .312 1 5
   T. Drill P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 1
G. Smith SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .205 5 24
H. Takahashi CF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .174 1 2
   c-F. Anderson PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200 1 2
   d-T. Ishii CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .140 3 13
T. Kurata P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182 0 1
   a-M. Hino PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .205 3 9
   b-K. Ota C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .294 7 23
Totals 33 8 10 8 2 4 11      
a - M. Hino pinch hit for T. Kurata in the 6th
b - K. Ota substituted for M. Hino in the 7th
c - F. Anderson pinch hit for H. Takahashi in the 7th
d - T. Ishii substituted for F. Anderson in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: G. Smith (4, 3rd Inning off G. Fujii, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: M. Hino (1, 6th Inning off G. Fujii, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: K. Shirai (9, 7th Inning off H. Funakoshi, 3 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: F. Nakasone , K. Kikuchi , K. Shirai 5 , S. Hino 2 , Z. Miyamoto , G. Smith 2 , H. Takahashi , M. Hino 3
2-out RBI: Z. Miyamoto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: F. Nakasone , G. Smith
GIDP: B. Matsumura
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
SB: H. Takahashi (1)
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
G. Fujii L (1-4) 6.1 8 7 7 2 4 0 110 5.52   
H. Funakoshi BS (2) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 1 10 4.94   
T. Okamoto 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.90   
PITCHING
Game Score: G. Fujii 31
Batters Faced: G. Fujii 29, H. Funakoshi 3, T. Okamoto 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Fujii 5-10, H. Funakoshi 1-0, T. Okamoto 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: G. Fujii 110-64, H. Funakoshi 10-6, T. Okamoto 9-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: H. Funakoshi 3-3
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Kurata 6.0 8 5 5 3 2 0 108 2.08   
T. Drill W (2-4) 3.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 62 2.49   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Kurata 35
Batters Faced: T. Kurata 29, T. Drill 16
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Kurata 8-8, T. Drill 5-4
Pitches - Strikes: T. Kurata 108-65, T. Drill 62-42
WP: T. Kurata
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kikuichi Shirai
Ballpark: Kotei Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (82 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph
Start Time: 1:35 PM JST
Time: 2:52
Attendance: 17426
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