| BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON FUKUOKA FALCONS AT VESUTAN BEES 07/01/1962 | | | | | |
| BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | FUKUOKA FALCONS AT VESUTAN BEES | GAME ID: 7048 - SUNDAY, JULY 1ST , 1962 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Fukuoka Falcons (29-19) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | Vesutan Bees (24-25) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 5 | 7 | 2 | | | | |
Falcons Suffer One-Run Loss at Vesutan | The rain could not keep the home crowd from enjoying a good ballgame.
The Vesutan Bees handed the Fukuoka Falcons a loss at Fukuoka Stadium. The final score was 5-4. Kazukuni Morinaga was one of the major contributors for Vesutan. In addition to his 1 single and 1 home run, he scored 2 runs and drove in 2. Kouichi Hiramatsu, credited with the win in relief, is now 2-0. He allowed no runs on 2 hits in 4.2 innings.
With Vesutan leading 4-2 in the bottom of the eighth, Morinaga hit a run-scoring single off Fukuoka hurler Yuushuu Nakata. It was the 48th hit of the season for Morinaga and put his team ahead, 5-2.
"Say want you want about this team, they play nine innings hard," said Vesutan manager Jim Harper.
Vesutan has now won 4 games in a row. | |
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FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE | | VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - T. Kanemura pinch hit for E. Yamamoto in the 8th b - R. Nakazawa pinch hit for Y. Nakata in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: A. Otani (8, 8th Inning off H. Ogawa, 2 on, 2 outs) , Y. Smith (8, 9th Inning off H. Ogawa, 1 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: K. Mukai (6, 9th Inning off H. Ogawa, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: T. Nakanishi , A. Otani 2 , K. Mukai 6 , Y. Smith 3 , N. Katagiri 2-out RBI: A. Otani Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , T. Nakanishi 2 , Y. Fukunaga , Y. Smith GIDP: Y. Smith , T. Kanemura Sac Bunt: Y. Yamamura Team LOB: 6
FIELDING Errors: Y. Smith (13) | | | a - T. Ikeda pinch hit for K. Hiramatsu in the 7th b - W. Matsumoto substituted for S. Ishii in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: S. Iwai (13, 3rd Inning off Y. Yamamura, 0 on, 2 outs) Home Runs: K. Morinaga (4, 2nd Inning off R. Saito, 0 on, 2 outs) , S. Ishii (8, 3rd Inning off Y. Yamamura, 1 on, 1 out) Total Bases: S. Ishii 4 , S. Iwai 3 , K. Morinaga 5 , Y. Isobe , H. Fujioka 2-out RBI: K. Morinaga Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Shiotani , T. Okinaka , H. Fujioka , H. Ogawa Sac Bunt: K. Hiramatsu Sac Fly: S. Ishii Hit by Pitch: K. Aoyagi , H. Fujioka Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: K. Aoyagi (1) CS: T. Okinaka (3)
FIELDING Errors: K. Morinaga (6) , H. Fujioka (9) Double Plays: 2 (Shiotani-Fujioka-Iwai, Fujioka-Shiotani-Iwai) PB: K. Aoyagi | | |
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FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE | | VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| | PITCHING Game Score: T. Goto 52 Batters Faced: T. Goto 8, K. Hiramatsu 17, H. Ogawa 11, H. Funakoshi 1 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Goto 2-4, K. Hiramatsu 5-4, H. Ogawa 2-1, H. Funakoshi 0-1 Pitches - Strikes: T. Goto 0-19, K. Hiramatsu 58-37, H. Ogawa 34-23, H. Funakoshi 5-4 Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Hiramatsu 1-0 , H. Funakoshi 1-0 | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Kazukuni Morinaga Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium Weather: Cloudy (74 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 15 mph Start Time: 1:35 PM JST Time: 4:31 Attendance: 21604 Special Notes: The game on the original date was suspended in the 3rd inning due to bad weather and rescheduled. Rain delay of 15 minutes in the 5th inning. |
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