 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KINBOSHI KITES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS 07/02/1963 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | KINBOSHI KITES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS | GAME ID: 7053 - TUESDAY, JULY 2ND , 1963 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Kinboshi Kites (29-23) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | Fukuoka Falcons (26-27) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 4 | 5 | 0 | | |  | |
Falcons Win at Home, 4-1 | The Fukuoka Falcons picked up a win at Fukuoka Stadium, topping the Kinboshi Kites, 4-1. On the mound for Fukuoka was right-hander Ryunosuke Saito. He played a principal role in the triumph. Yuushuu Nakata was called on to finish, recording his 3rd save. The Falcons improved their record to 26-27 with the win over Kinboshi.
Fukuoka took the lead, 4-1, on Jotaro Murakami's 6th home run of the season. The 3-run home run came off Kinboshi pitcher Keiji Tamura in the bottom of the seventh.
"It was a tough night at the plate," said Kinboshi manager Kaita Kurosawa. | |
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KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - M. Takeno pinch hit for M. Kokubunji in the 7th
BATTING Doubles: H. Orido (15, 6th Inning off R. Saito, 0 on, 1 out) , T. Shimabukuro (5, 6th Inning off R. Saito, 1 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: S. Shimabukuro , H. Orido 2 , T. Shimabukuro 2 , K. Masuda , A. Yamamoto , Y. Kobayashi 2 , K. Tamura 2-out RBI: T. Shimabukuro Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Masuda GIDP: A. Yamamoto Hit by Pitch: T. Shimabukuro Team LOB: 7
FIELDING Errors: A. Yamamoto (11) | | | a - J. Murakami pinch hit for R. Saito in the 7th
BATTING Doubles: G. Nakayama (1, 1st Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: T. Nakanishi (15, 1st Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Murakami (6, 7th Inning off K. Tamura, 2 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: T. Nakanishi 4 , G. Nakayama 2 , Y. Fukunaga , N. Katagiri , J. Murakami 4 2-out RBI: J. Murakami Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Morioka Team LOB: 3
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Ueda-Katagiri-Smith) | | |
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KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | K. Tamura L (5-5) | 7.1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 105 | 2.65 | I. Takagi | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.68 | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | R. Saito W (3-6) | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 5.12 | Y. Nakata SV (3) | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3.72 | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Ryunosuke Saito Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (77 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 8 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 2:18 Attendance: 14279 |
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