BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES
07/22/1963
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
NAGASAKI STARS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 7110 - MONDAY, JULY 22ND , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nagasaki Stars (36-34) 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 10 15 3
Vesutan Bees (28-44) 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 X 11 15 1
Okazaki Sensational, 5-for-5
The Vesutan Bees downed the Nagasaki Stars, 11-10, at Fukuoka Stadium, in spite of the best efforts of Nagasaki center fielder Kenji Okazaki. Okazaki lashed the ball all over the park in a 5-hit explosion, finishing with a 5-for-5 line -- and a loss.

"I don't remember a better day batting, but it sure is disappointing to lose the game," he said to BNN reporters in the postgame interview. "A win would have made the day much sweeter."

Asked if he would adjust his strategy next time the Bees face Okazaki, Vesutan manager Jim Harper said "absolutely not."

"Our strategy was to not give him good pitches to hit," he said. "We didn't do that, and he worked us over. Thankfully, we won anyway, and next time we'll pitch to him better."

Kenji Okazaki singled in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, singled in the 6th, doubled in the 8th and hit an RBI single in the 9th.

This season, Okazaki is swinging the bat at a .254 rate with 33 hits in 130 at-bats. To date he has hit 1 home run, scored 13 runs and driven in 12.
NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Oishi LF 6 1 3 0 0 2 2 .267 12 42
T. Hirai RF 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 .218 8 30
K. Nagasawa 1B 4 1 1 2 1 1 3 .236 9 38
B. Nishi SS 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .331 12 38
Y. Sakai 3B 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 .275 5 36
I. Fujimori 2B 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 .264 8 23
K. Okazaki CF 5 2 5 1 0 0 0 .254 1 12
K. Tsuji C 4 1 1 3 0 1 5 .212 5 20
   c-W. Hancock PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .273 1 8
N. Yoshinaga P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .415 0 3
   a-S. Ando PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .295 1 2
   K. Okazaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   S. Okazaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-R. Nakagawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .298 0 1
   H. Kobayashi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-H. Araki PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 2 8
Totals 42 10 15 8 3 7 22      
a - S. Ando pinch hit for N. Yoshinaga in the 6th
b - R. Nakagawa pinch hit for S. Okazaki in the 8th
c - W. Hancock pinch hit for K. Tsuji in the 9th
d - H. Araki pinch hit for H. Kobayashi in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Hirai 2 (10, 5th Inning off T. Sunada, 0 on, 2 outs; 9th Inning off K. Hiramatsu, 1 on, 0 outs) , K. Okazaki (1, 8th Inning off H. Funakoshi, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: K. Tsuji (5, 2nd Inning off T. Sunada, 2 on, 2 outs) , K. Nagasawa (9, 7th Inning off T. Sunada, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Oishi 3 , T. Hirai 4 , K. Nagasawa 4 , Y. Sakai , I. Fujimori 2 , K. Okazaki 6 , K. Tsuji 4
2-out RBI: I. Fujimori , K. Okazaki , K. Tsuji , W. Hancock
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Oishi , B. Nishi , K. Tsuji , S. Ando , R. Nakagawa , H. Araki
GIDP: K. Nagasawa
Hit by Pitch: W. Hancock
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
Errors: K. Nagasawa (9) , B. Nishi (15) , I. Fujimori (13)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Ishii LF 4 1 1 0 2 0 6 .366 5 27
   T. Okamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
T. Okinaka RF 5 3 1 0 1 1 5 .209 8 32
S. Iwai 1B 6 1 4 4 0 0 3 .319 6 40
M. Shiotani SS 6 2 2 4 0 0 3 .266 10 60
S. Yamashita 3B 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 .270 9 39
K. Aoyagi C 5 1 2 0 0 2 6 .238 7 36
T. Ikeda CF 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 .235 0 10
M. Hirano 2B 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 .377 2 15
T. Sunada P 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .179 0 5
   a-T. Watanabe PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .344 1 3
   H. Funakoshi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-K. Morinaga PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .304 2 10
   K. Hiramatsu P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-W. Matsumoto LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 1 5
Totals 40 11 15 11 7 6 32      
a - T. Watanabe pinch hit for T. Sunada in the 7th
b - K. Morinaga pinch hit for H. Funakoshi in the 8th
c - W. Matsumoto substituted for K. Hiramatsu in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Ishii (24, 7th Inning off K. Okazaki, 1 on, 1 out) , T. Ikeda (5, 8th Inning off H. Kobayashi, 1 on, 0 outs)
Triples: S. Iwai (3, 8th Inning off H. Kobayashi, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: M. Shiotani (10, 7th Inning off K. Okazaki, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: S. Ishii 2 , T. Okinaka , S. Iwai 6 , M. Shiotani 5 , S. Yamashita 2 , K. Aoyagi 2 , T. Ikeda 3 , K. Morinaga
2-out RBI: , S. Iwai 2 , M. Shiotani
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , S. Ishii 2 , S. Iwai , M. Shiotani , K. Aoyagi 2 , T. Ikeda
Sac Bunt: T. Sunada
Sac Fly: M. Hirano
Team LOB: 14

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Okinaka 2 (15)

FIELDING
Errors: S. Yamashita (5)
Double Plays: 1 (Shiotani-Hirano-Iwai)
NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
N. Yoshinaga 5.0 5 2 1 5 4 0 109 3.08   
K. Okazaki L (2-5), BS (4) 1.2 6 5 5 1 2 1 54 6.75   
S. Okazaki 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00   
H. Kobayashi 1.0 4 4 4 1 0 0 32 7.52   
PITCHING
Game Score: N. Yoshinaga 50
Batters Faced: N. Yoshinaga 28, K. Okazaki 12, S. Okazaki 1, H. Kobayashi 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: N. Yoshinaga 6-5, K. Okazaki 2-1, S. Okazaki 0-1, H. Kobayashi 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: N. Yoshinaga 109-64, K. Okazaki 54-33, S. Okazaki 6-3, H. Kobayashi 32-18
WP: N. Yoshinaga , K. Okazaki
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Sunada W (4-9) 7.0 11 5 5 1 7 2 104 4.18   
H. Funakoshi H (7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.74   
K. Hiramatsu 0.2 3 5 4 2 0 0 28 39.00   
T. Okamoto SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.38   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Sunada 41
Batters Faced: T. Sunada 32, H. Funakoshi 4, K. Hiramatsu 9, T. Okamoto 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Sunada 11-2, H. Funakoshi 0-3, K. Hiramatsu 1-1, T. Okamoto 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Sunada 104-62, H. Funakoshi 12-10, K. Hiramatsu 28-14, T. Okamoto 1-1
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Okamoto 2-0
WP: K. Hiramatsu
Hit Batsmen: K. Hiramatsu
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Shougo Iwai
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (79 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 14 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:38
Attendance: 9442
Special Notes: Rain delay of 16 minutes in the 3rd inning.
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