 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON NAGASAKI STARS AT KOBE BULLS 07/07/1961 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | NAGASAKI STARS AT KOBE BULLS | | GAME ID: 7072 - FRIDAY, JULY 7TH , 1961 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Nagasaki Stars (32-26) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | | Kobe Bulls (16-44) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | | |  | |
| Stars Pull Out Late Win, 5-4 | The Nagasaki Stars picked up a win at Matsunoki Stadium, taking down the Kobe Bulls, 5-4. Starting pitcher Naoto Yoshinaga was a big reason why. Yoshinaga picked up the win for Nagasaki, going 8 innings. He gave up 4 runs on 7 hits. He now sports a record of 8-4. Masato Yamamoto, who finished 2nd in the WL in saves with 18 last year, nailed down the save.
Had Ienari Fujimori not delivered a key base hit in the top of the eighth, the outcome might have been different. Instead, with two down and a runner on 2nd, Fujimori hit a run-scoring single. That made the score 5-4, in favor of the Stars.
"One win at a time, one game at a time. We try not to get too far ahead of ourselves," Yoshinaga told the Nagasaki Citizen.
The Stars raised their record to 32-26.
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| NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | | KOBE BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - K. Tokuda pinch hit for N. Yoshinaga in the 9th
b - Y. Nakano substituted for K. Tokuda in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: T. Hirai (13, 6th Inning off T. Oto, 0 on, 0 outs) , W. Hancock (8, 8th Inning off T. Oto, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Hirai 3 , K. Nagasawa , W. Hancock 2 , H. Araki 2 , I. Fujimori 2
2-out RBI: W. Hancock , H. Araki , I. Fujimori
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Nishi , Y. Sakai
GIDP: K. Nagasawa , W. Hancock
Sac Fly: S. Okuda
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING
SB: W. Hancock (1) , H. Araki (1) , I. Fujimori (4) | | | a - S. Inoue pinch hit for K. Yamashita in the 9th
b - H. Sato pinch hit for M. Tabata in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: C. Kawano (9, 4th Inning off N. Yoshinaga, 2 on, 0 outs) , Y. Abe (5, 7th Inning off N. Yoshinaga, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Abe 2 , A. Tanaka , S. Tashiro , C. Kawano 2 , Y. Abe 2 , K. Tsuji
2-out RBI: A. Tanaka
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Tashiro , Y. Arakawa , K. Tsuji
Sac Bunt: A. Tanaka
Team LOB: 5
FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Yamashita-Tanaka-Arakawa, Arakawa-Tanaka-Arakawa) | | |
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| NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | | KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | N. Yoshinaga W (8-4) | 8.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 113 | 3.06 | | M. Yamamoto SV (13) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.00 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Oto | 7.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 120 | 4.50 | | M. Tabata L (1-7), BS (5) | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4.46 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Naoto Yoshinaga
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (74 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:37
Attendance: 23770 |
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