BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS
07/09/1961
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS
GAME ID: 7067 - SUNDAY, JULY 9TH , 1961 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vesutan Bees (27-25) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 8 1
Osaka Sailors (30-26) 1 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 X 9 10 2
Big Day for Nakasone in 9-5 Sailors Win
Fumiya Nakasone knocked in 4 runs to help Osaka beat Vesutan, 9-5. Nakasone produced 1 single, 1 double, and 1 home run. Takahiko Kurata got the win, improving to 6-4. He pitched 8.2 innings, giving up 7 hits and 5 runs, while striking out 3 and walking 4. Osaka occupies 4th place in the Western League at 30-26.

Kousei Ota, who finished 4th in the WL in home runs with 24 in 1958, contributed to the Osaka win with a 2-run home run in the bottom of the third. For the game, the catcher had 2 hits in 5 at-bats with 1 home run, 1 single, 1 run scored, and 2 RBI.

Ota told a Osaka News reporter that he was "very happy" with the win.
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Ishii LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .354 6 27
   b-T. Yamamoto PH, LF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0
H. Kimura SS 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 .187 0 8
S. Iwai 1B 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .354 9 39
   c-H. Nishikawa PH 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .250 2 9
   d-M. Hirano 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .320 1 3
K. Aoyagi C 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 .302 5 35
T. Watanabe RF 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 .254 13 47
T. Okinaka CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .210 10 33
K. Morinaga 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .224 3 23
H. Fujioka 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .303 8 33
T. Goto P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267 1 5
   K. Takahashi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 0 0
   a-W. Matsumoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .397 8 18
   Y. Okamura P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
   e-O. Miyaji PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316 3 14
Totals 33 5 8 5 4 3 16      
a - W. Matsumoto pinch hit for K. Takahashi in the 7th
b - T. Yamamoto pinch hit for S. Ishii in the 8th
c - H. Nishikawa pinch hit for S. Iwai in the 8th
d - M. Hirano substituted for H. Nishikawa in the 8th
e - O. Miyaji pinch hit for Y. Okamura in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Nishikawa (1, 8th Inning off T. Kurata, 2 on, 0 outs) , K. Aoyagi (12, 8th Inning off T. Kurata, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Ishii , H. Nishikawa 2 , M. Hirano , K. Aoyagi 2 , T. Watanabe , K. Morinaga , H. Fujioka , T. Goto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Ishii , K. Aoyagi , H. Fujioka , W. Matsumoto
GIDP: T. Okinaka
Sac Bunt: T. Goto
Sac Fly: K. Aoyagi , T. Watanabe
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Errors: T. Watanabe (8)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Nakasone LF 5 2 3 4 0 1 1 .335 11 39
K. Shirai 3B 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 .301 10 49
K. Ota C 5 1 2 2 0 1 4 .366 11 36
Y. Ishikawa 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .312 18 55
A. Kaneshiro RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .236 7 32
W. Okazaki CF 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 .227 2 24
O. Nishimura 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .207 1 10
G. Smith SS 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 .256 7 28
T. Kurata P 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 .333 1 6
   Y. Niwa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 9 10 8 5 4 15      
BATTING
Doubles: F. Nakasone (13, 6th Inning off K. Takahashi, 3 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: F. Nakasone (11, 1st Inning off T. Goto, 0 on, 0 outs) , K. Ota (11, 3rd Inning off T. Goto, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: F. Nakasone 7 , K. Shirai , K. Ota 5 , W. Okazaki 2 , O. Nishimura , G. Smith
2-out RBI: K. Ota
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Ishikawa
Sac Bunt: T. Kurata
Sac Fly: G. Smith
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: G. Smith 2 (15)
Double Plays: 1 (Nishimura-Smith-Ishikawa)
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Goto L (4-7) 4.1 6 5 5 1 3 2 67 6.11   
K. Takahashi 1.2 2 3 3 4 1 0 58 6.61   
Y. Okamura 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 22 3.70   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Goto 33
Batters Faced: T. Goto 20, K. Takahashi 11, Y. Okamura 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Goto 4-6, K. Takahashi 1-3, Y. Okamura 3-3
Pitches - Strikes: T. Goto 67-43, K. Takahashi 58-31, Y. Okamura 22-15
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Takahashi 1-0
WP: K. Takahashi
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Kurata W (6-4) 8.2 7 5 4 4 3 0 133 3.10   
Y. Niwa 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5.96   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Kurata 51
Batters Faced: T. Kurata 38, Y. Niwa 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Kurata 11-11, Y. Niwa 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Kurata 133-85, Y. Niwa 5-3
Inherited Runners - Scored: Y. Niwa 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Fumiya Nakasone
Ballpark: Kotei Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (75 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 7 mph
Start Time: 6:35 PM JST
Time: 2:50
Attendance: 20028
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