BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
07/09/1962
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 7068 - MONDAY, JULY 9TH , 1962 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Osaka Sailors (24-36) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 8 1
Fukuoka Falcons (31-24) 0 3 8 3 1 0 6 0 X 21 20 0
Katagiri Slaps 5 Hits
Niito Katagiri did a number on the Sailors in the 21-5 Fukuoka victory -- and the number was 5. The Falcons second baseman banged out 5 hits in 5 at-bats at Fukuoka Stadium to lead his club past the Osaka Sailors.

"I felt good in the batter's box," he said. "I had confidence in my swing and knew that it was there and that I could get the job done."

Niito Katagiri hit a two-run double in the 2nd, hit an RBI single in the 3rd, hit a two-run double in the 4th, hit an RBI single in the 5th and hit a two-run single in the 7th.

Currently Katagiri is batting .250 with 47 hits and 1 home run. He has knocked in 26 runs and scored 24 times.
OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Ishii CF 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 .171 1 5
A. Kaneshiro RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .205 8 20
K. Shirai 1B 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 .339 12 36
F. Nakasone 2B 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 .271 6 16
B. Matsumura 3B 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .218 5 21
   a-T. Shibuya PH, 3B 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 0 1
Z. Miyamoto C 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .196 0 9
G. Smith SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .278 3 21
W. Okazaki LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .195 0 7
   b-H. Sugimoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 0 0
   c-Y. Ishikawa LF 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .282 5 11
Y. Imoto P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267 0 1
   S. Okazaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   K. Shimizu P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
   T. Masuda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-M. Hino PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .205 3 6
   C. Teramoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 1
   e-I. Kaneda PH 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .286 4 13
Totals 34 5 8 5 6 7 12      
a - T. Shibuya pinch hit for B. Matsumura in the 7th
b - H. Sugimoto pinch hit for W. Okazaki in the 7th
c - Y. Ishikawa substituted for H. Sugimoto in the 7th
d - M. Hino pinch hit for T. Masuda in the 8th
e - I. Kaneda pinch hit for C. Teramoto in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: I. Kaneda (4, 9th Inning off Y. Yamamura, 2 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: K. Shirai , F. Nakasone , T. Shibuya , G. Smith 2 , W. Okazaki , K. Shimizu , I. Kaneda 4
2-out RBI: F. Nakasone , T. Shibuya
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Kaneshiro , Z. Miyamoto
GIDP: F. Nakasone
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Errors: A. Kaneshiro (5)
Double Plays: 2 (Matsumura-Nakasone-Shirai, Nakasone-Smith-Shirai)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Nakanishi RF 4 2 2 3 2 0 0 .278 7 31
J. Murakami 3B 5 2 2 2 1 1 3 .258 3 33
A. Otani CF 6 2 3 4 0 1 3 .288 10 26
Y. Fukunaga LF 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 .255 8 33
   a-K. Sakai PH, LF 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 .160 0 0
K. Mukai C 4 4 3 1 1 0 1 .313 7 27
H. Smith 1B 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 .249 5 17
   b-J. Ishikawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0
   c-T. Kanemura 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .254 1 9
Y. Smith SS 6 2 1 0 0 1 8 .266 9 24
N. Katagiri 2B 5 3 5 8 0 0 0 .250 1 26
M. Yamamoto P 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 .225 0 1
   Y. Yamamura P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 42 21 20 18 9 4 24      
a - K. Sakai pinch hit for Y. Fukunaga in the 7th
b - J. Ishikawa pinch hit for H. Smith in the 7th
c - T. Kanemura substituted for J. Ishikawa in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: N. Katagiri 2 (13, 2nd Inning off Y. Imoto, 2 on, 1 out; 4th Inning off K. Shimizu, 2 on, 0 outs) , T. Nakanishi (9, 3rd Inning off S. Okazaki, 2 on, 2 outs) , Y. Smith (10, 4th Inning off K. Shimizu, 1 on, 0 outs) , K. Mukai (10, 7th Inning off K. Shimizu, 1 on, 0 outs)
Triples: Y. Fukunaga (4, 5th Inning off K. Shimizu, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: A. Otani 2 (10, 3rd Inning off Y. Imoto, 0 on, 0 outs; 3rd Inning off S. Okazaki, 2 on, 2 outs) , K. Mukai (7, 4th Inning off S. Okazaki, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Nakanishi 3 , J. Murakami 2 , A. Otani 9 , Y. Fukunaga 4 , K. Sakai , K. Mukai 7 , Y. Smith 2 , N. Katagiri 7 , M. Yamamoto
2-out RBI: , T. Nakanishi 2 , J. Murakami , A. Otani , N. Katagiri 3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Otani , K. Sakai , M. Yamamoto
GIDP: T. Kanemura , Y. Smith
Hit by Pitch: K. Mukai
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: Y. Smith (5)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Smith-Katagiri-Smith)
OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Imoto L (1-5) 2.2 7 8 8 3 1 1 61 7.47   
S. Okazaki 0.1 3 4 4 1 0 2 19 5.14   
K. Shimizu 3.2 8 9 8 5 2 0 86 8.56   
T. Masuda 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 5.67   
C. Teramoto 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.59   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Imoto 6
Batters Faced: Y. Imoto 18, S. Okazaki 5, K. Shimizu 24, T. Masuda 2, C. Teramoto 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Imoto 3-3, S. Okazaki 1-0, K. Shimizu 3-6, T. Masuda 0-0, C. Teramoto 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Imoto 61-34, S. Okazaki 19-10, K. Shimizu 86-51, T. Masuda 10-7, C. Teramoto 8-5
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Okazaki 2-2 , T. Masuda 1-1
WP: K. Shimizu
Hit Batsmen: Y. Imoto
Balk: Y. Imoto
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Yamamoto W (6-6) 7.2 4 2 2 5 6 0 113 2.63   
Y. Yamamura 1.1 4 3 3 1 1 1 37 6.19   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Yamamoto 64
Batters Faced: M. Yamamoto 31, Y. Yamamura 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Yamamoto 8-8, Y. Yamamura 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: M. Yamamoto 113-66, Y. Yamamura 37-21
Inherited Runners - Scored: Y. Yamamura 2-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Niito Katagiri
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (78 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 8 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 3:15
Attendance: 28392
Special Notes: Niito Katagiri ties the FUK regular season game record for hits with 5. Kazuaki Mukai ties the FUK regular season game record for runs with 4. Niito Katagiri ties the WL regular season game record for RBI with 8.
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