BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT NAGASAKI STARS
07/05/1961
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT NAGASAKI STARS
GAME ID: 7064 - WEDNESDAY, JULY 5TH , 1961 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fukuoka Falcons (30-25) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 8 0
Nagasaki Stars (30-25) 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 X 4 5 1
Nagasaki Beats Fukuoka, 4-2
Baseball fans saw a good contest between the Nagasaki Stars and Fukuoka Falcons.

The Nagasaki Stars beat the Fukuoka Falcons by a score of 4-2. Nagasaki right fielder Hirotsugu Araki deserved the lion's share of the credit. Araki was 1 for 3 with a walk, while adding 3 RBI for the Stars. Nagasaki reliever Toshio Iwamoto was the winner. His record is now 1-1. Katsunari Ishiguro took the loss. Masato Yamamoto picked up the save for Nagasaki, his 11th of the year.

The game turned with no one out in the bottom of the fourth when Araki hit a 2-run single. It thrust the Stars into the lead, 3-1.

Araki called the triumph "a good team win."

Nagasaki, at 30-25, sits in second place in the Western League.
FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Nakanishi RF 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 .307 3 19
N. Katagiri 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .229 4 17
A. Otani CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 5 .299 9 33
Y. Fukunaga LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 .278 11 38
J. Murakami 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .252 4 26
M. Morioka C 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 7 21
S. Fukui SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 0 1
   a-T. Kanemura PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .232 5 11
   b-Y. Ueda SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .191 0 5
S. Hino 1B 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 .300 0 2
M. Yamamoto P 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .259 0 2
   K. Ishiguro P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0
   S. Kawakami P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0
   c-N. Kodama PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .361 2 4
Totals 34 2 8 2 3 5 22      
a - T. Kanemura pinch hit for S. Fukui in the 8th
b - Y. Ueda substituted for T. Kanemura in the 8th
c - N. Kodama pinch hit for S. Kawakami in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Nakanishi (8, 1st Inning off A. Murakami, 0 on, 0 outs) , S. Hino (1, 6th Inning off T. Iwamoto, 1 on, 2 outs) , N. Katagiri (9, 7th Inning off K. Okazaki, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Nakanishi 3 , N. Katagiri 2 , A. Otani , J. Murakami , M. Morioka , S. Hino 3
2-out RBI: S. Hino
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , Y. Fukunaga 2 , J. Murakami , S. Kawakami
GIDP: M. Morioka , M. Yamamoto
Team LOB: 8
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi SS 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 .303 8 35
T. Hirai LF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .260 9 37
S. Okuda CF 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .328 8 45
K. Nagasawa 1B 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .256 9 54
W. Hancock C 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .226 5 31
H. Araki RF 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 .244 7 32
I. Fujimori 2B 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 .220 9 22
Y. Sakai 3B 3 0 1 0 1 2 6 .245 1 16
A. Murakami P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161 2 3
   T. Iwamoto P 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 0 0
   a-Y. Nakano PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 0 4
   K. Okazaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-K. Tokuda PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .042 1 3
   M. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 27 4 5 4 7 6 19      
a - Y. Nakano pinch hit for T. Iwamoto in the 6th
b - K. Tokuda pinch hit for K. Okazaki in the 8th

BATTING
Total Bases: K. Nagasawa , W. Hancock , H. Araki , I. Fujimori , Y. Sakai
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Nishi , T. Hirai , Y. Sakai
Sac Bunt: T. Iwamoto
Hit by Pitch: T. Hirai
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
CS: T. Hirai (2)

FIELDING
Errors: I. Fujimori (11)
Double Plays: 2 (Nishi-Fujimori-Nagasawa, Hancock-Fujimori-Nagasawa)
FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Yamamoto 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50   
K. Ishiguro L (0-2) 2.1 3 4 4 5 2 0 69 5.06   
S. Kawakami 3.2 2 0 0 2 4 0 53 1.09   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Yamamoto 52
Batters Faced: M. Yamamoto 6, K. Ishiguro 15, S. Kawakami 15
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Yamamoto 3-3, K. Ishiguro 2-3, S. Kawakami 0-6
Pitches - Strikes: M. Yamamoto 0-9, K. Ishiguro 69-37, S. Kawakami 53-27
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Kawakami 1-1
Hit Batsmen: S. Kawakami
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Murakami 2.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3.24   
T. Iwamoto W (1-1) 4.0 4 1 0 2 1 0 58 3.45   
K. Okazaki H (3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 24 7.02   
M. Yamamoto SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 3.38   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Murakami 41
Batters Faced: A. Murakami 9, T. Iwamoto 18, K. Okazaki 7, M. Yamamoto 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Murakami 2-3, T. Iwamoto 5-5, K. Okazaki 0-3, M. Yamamoto 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: A. Murakami 0-16, T. Iwamoto 58-35, K. Okazaki 24-18, M. Yamamoto 11-7
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Hirotsugu Araki
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (79 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 7 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 3:41
Attendance: 32558
Special Notes: The game on the original date was suspended in the 3rd inning due to bad weather and rescheduled.
Sunday, October 27th , 2024 - OOTP Baseball 25.9 Build 91