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.
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Oishi RF 5 0 1 0 0 2 3 .263 12 42
I. Fujimori 2B 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 .256 8 22
K. Nagasawa 1B 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 .235 8 34
B. Nishi SS 5 1 1 1 0 1 5 .336 12 36
Y. Sakai 3B 4 0 1 0 1 2 3 .281 5 35
K. Okazaki CF 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 .230 1 11
Y. Nakano LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .197 1 6
   a-S. Ando PH, LF 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .302 1 2
K. Tsuji C 3 0 0 0 1 2 5 .210 4 17
   c-T. Hirai PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .213 8 30
A. Murakami P 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .421 1 5
   b-R. Nakagawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .309 0 1
   M. Sakata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 38 2 9 2 6 13 28      
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)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Ishii LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .365 5 25
   T. Watanabe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .344 1 3
T. Okinaka RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .209 8 32
S. Iwai 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .312 6 35
M. Shiotani SS 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 .267 9 55
S. Yamashita 3B 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 .268 9 39
K. Aoyagi C 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .233 7 36
Y. Isobe CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .228 2 28
M. Hirano 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .394 2 14
A. Marx P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .121 0 1
   a-K. Morinaga PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .295 2 9
   H. Funakoshi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-T. Ikeda PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .228 0 9
   c-W. Matsumoto LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 1 5
Totals 34 3 13 3 2 4 15      
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
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   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Murakami 42
Batters Faced: A. Murakami 32, M. Sakata 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Murakami 8-7, M. Sakata 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: A. Murakami 100-61, M. Sakata 13-8
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   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Marx 58
Batters Faced: A. Marx 31, H. Funakoshi 8, T. Watanabe 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Marx 6-1, H. Funakoshi 1-4, T. Watanabe 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: A. Marx 124-83, H. Funakoshi 27-20, T. Watanabe 23-11
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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