 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES 07/20/1963 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES | GAME ID: 7108 - SATURDAY, JULY 20TH , 1963 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Nagasaki Stars (35-33) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | Vesutan Bees (27-43) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 13 | 2 | | |  | |
Bees Edge Stars, 3-2 | In a low-scoring affair between the Vesutan Bees and the Nagasaki Stars, pitcher Art Marx was the difference between victory and defeat. The Vesutan left-hander earned accolades for his stellar performance in the 3-2 Bees win. Marx picked up the win for Vesutan, going 6 innings. He gave up 2 runs on 6 hits. He now sports a record of 3-9. Tetsuya Watanabe was credited with the save, his 2nd in 2 tries.
Masao Shiotani, the Vesutan shortstop, contributed a run-scoring single in the bottom of the third inning to make the score 3-0, Bees. For the game, Shiotani was 2 for 3 with 2 singles and a walk.
"If I go out there and help the team win, that's all you can do," said Marx.
Vesutan has a record of 27-43, placing them last in the Western League. | |
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NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | | VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - S. Ando pinch hit for Y. Nakano in the 7th b - R. Nakagawa pinch hit for A. Murakami in the 8th c - T. Hirai pinch hit for K. Tsuji in the 9th
BATTING Triples: K. Okazaki (3, 4th Inning off A. Marx, 0 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: B. Nishi (12, 5th Inning off A. Marx, 0 on, 1 out) Total Bases: T. Oishi , I. Fujimori , B. Nishi 4 , Y. Sakai , K. Okazaki 4 , S. Ando , A. Murakami 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: I. Fujimori , K. Nagasawa , B. Nishi , Y. Sakai , K. Tsuji 2 , T. Hirai Team LOB: 15
FIELDING Double Plays: 2 (Fujimori-Nishi-Nagasawa, Tsuji-Fujimori) | | | a - K. Morinaga pinch hit for A. Marx in the 6th b - T. Ikeda pinch hit for H. Funakoshi in the 8th c - W. Matsumoto substituted for T. Ikeda in the 9th
BATTING Doubles: S. Ishii 2 (22, 3rd Inning off A. Murakami, 0 on, 0 outs; 7th Inning off A. Murakami, 0 on, 0 outs) Home Runs: S. Iwai (6, 1st Inning off A. Murakami, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: S. Ishii 4 , T. Okinaka 2 , S. Iwai 4 , M. Shiotani 2 , S. Yamashita 3 , Y. Isobe 2 , M. Hirano 2-out RBI: S. Iwai Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Yamashita , K. Aoyagi , K. Morinaga GIDP: K. Aoyagi Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING CS: T. Okinaka (6) , Y. Isobe (1)
FIELDING Errors: S. Iwai (8) , M. Hirano (3) PB: K. Aoyagi | | |
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NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | | VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE | |
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | A. Murakami L (9-4) | 7.0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 2.90 | M. Sakata | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4.08 | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | A. Marx W (3-9) | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 124 | 6.53 | H. Funakoshi H (6) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3.86 | T. Watanabe SV (2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6.03 | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Art Marx Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium Weather: Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 10 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 3:20 Attendance: 12780 Special Notes: Rain delay of 28 minutes in the 3rd inning. |
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