BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT NAGASAKI STARS
07/09/1963
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT NAGASAKI STARS
GAME ID: 7068 - TUESDAY, JULY 9TH , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fukuoka Falcons (27-31) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 0
Nagasaki Stars (29-28) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 3 6 0
Falcons Suffer 3-1 Road Loss
The Nagasaki Stars beat the Fukuoka Falcons, 3-1, at Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium. Starting pitcher Akimasa Murakami was a big reason why. He held his opponent in check all game. The win elevated the Stars to 29-28.

Tokita Oishi drew 2 walks in 4 trips to the plate for Nagasaki. The 1959 Most Valuable Player Award winner had a key at-bat in the bottom of the fourth. With no one out and the bases loaded, he broke a 0-0 tie with a run-scoring walk off Minoru Yamamoto. It was his 30th walk of the season.

Oishi attributed the win to "everyone pulling their weight."
FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Nakanishi RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .303 16 39
Y. Smith SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .205 4 24
A. Otani CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .272 7 42
Y. Fukunaga LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .265 6 24
J. Murakami 3B 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 .298 6 32
H. Smith 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .275 4 22
M. Morioka C 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .231 3 15
N. Katagiri 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .229 1 14
   a-T. Kanemura PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .314 3 12
   b-Y. Ueda 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 2 8
   c-R. Nakazawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 2 14
M. Yamamoto P 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 .156 0 4
   Y. Nakata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 1
   d-J. Ishikawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .148 0 1
Totals 35 1 8 1 1 8 19      
a - T. Kanemura pinch hit for N. Katagiri in the 7th
b - Y. Ueda substituted for T. Kanemura in the 7th
c - R. Nakazawa pinch hit for Y. Ueda in the 9th
d - J. Ishikawa pinch hit for Y. Nakata in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: T. Nakanishi , Y. Smith , A. Otani , Y. Fukunaga , J. Murakami , M. Morioka , T. Kanemura , M. Yamamoto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Otani , Y. Fukunaga , J. Murakami
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Katagiri-Smith-Smith)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .325 6 27
T. Hirai RF 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 .224 8 26
   b-H. Araki RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 2 8
K. Nagasawa 1B 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .243 5 24
T. Oishi LF 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 .266 11 37
   c-Y. Nakano LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .159 1 5
Y. Sakai 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .272 4 31
I. Fujimori 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .263 7 19
K. Okazaki CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .221 1 10
K. Tsuji C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 2 12
A. Murakami P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .394 1 4
   a-S. Ando PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 1 2
   K. Okazaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 2 5 3 10      
a - S. Ando pinch hit for A. Murakami in the 7th
b - H. Araki substituted for T. Hirai in the 9th
c - Y. Nakano substituted for T. Oishi in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: B. Nishi , K. Nagasawa , Y. Sakai 2 , I. Fujimori , A. Murakami
2-out RBI: I. Fujimori
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , I. Fujimori 2 , K. Okazaki
GIDP: Y. Sakai
Team LOB: 7
FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Yamamoto L (3-7) 7.0 3 2 2 5 2 0 105 4.55   
Y. Nakata 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 29 3.76   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Yamamoto 60
Batters Faced: M. Yamamoto 28, Y. Nakata 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Yamamoto 11-7, Y. Nakata 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Yamamoto 105-66, Y. Nakata 29-20
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Murakami W (8-3) 7.0 8 1 1 1 7 0 98 2.82   
K. Okazaki SV (3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 6.04   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Murakami 63
Batters Faced: A. Murakami 30, K. Okazaki 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Murakami 4-10, K. Okazaki 4-1
Pitches - Strikes: A. Murakami 98-66, K. Okazaki 12-9
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Akimasa Murakami
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (80 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 5 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 2:26
Attendance: 16655
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