BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT VESUTAN BEES
08/06/1962
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 7140 - MONDAY, AUGUST 6TH , 1962 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fukuoka Falcons (42-36) 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 8 13 0
Vesutan Bees (38-39) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3
Fukuoka Beats Vesutan, 8-1
Akihito Otani led Fukuoka to a win over Vesutan. The final score was 8-1. The Kyoto, Japan native collected 2 extra-base hits, including 1 home run and 1 double. The Fukuoka winning streak has reached 5 games.

Fukuoka third baseman Jotaro Murakami contributed a timely at-bat in the top of the fifth. With two down, he hit a splitter to left field for a 2-run single. It was his 81st hit of the season and put the Falcons ahead, 5-1.

Otani said his team "played with focus."
FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Nakanishi RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .264 9 34
   a-R. Nakazawa PH, CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299 2 11
J. Murakami 3B 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 .260 6 46
   b-Y. Ueda PH, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353 1 4
A. Otani CF, RF 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 .324 19 49
   c-G. Nakayama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 1 3
   e-J. Ishikawa LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Y. Fukunaga LF 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 .251 11 48
   d-K. Sakai PH, RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 1 1
K. Mukai C 5 1 2 0 0 2 3 .299 8 38
Y. Smith SS 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 .277 12 33
T. Kanemura 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .247 3 14
   f-M. Morioka PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 2 10
   Y. Nakata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
N. Katagiri 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 3 37
R. Saito P 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .125 0 0
   g-H. Smith PH, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .263 7 24
Totals 42 8 13 7 3 6 22      
a - R. Nakazawa pinch hit for T. Nakanishi in the 7th
b - Y. Ueda pinch hit for J. Murakami in the 7th
c - G. Nakayama pinch hit for A. Otani in the 8th
d - K. Sakai pinch hit for Y. Fukunaga in the 8th
e - J. Ishikawa substituted for G. Nakayama in the 8th
f - M. Morioka pinch hit for T. Kanemura in the 9th
g - H. Smith pinch hit for R. Saito in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: A. Otani (12, 1st Inning off G. Fujii, 0 on, 2 outs) , K. Mukai (15, 5th Inning off G. Fujii, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: Y. Smith (12, 2nd Inning off G. Fujii, 0 on, 0 outs) , A. Otani (19, 5th Inning off S. Tanabe, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Nakanishi 2 , J. Murakami , A. Otani 6 , Y. Fukunaga 2 , K. Mukai 3 , Y. Smith 5 , N. Katagiri , R. Saito
2-out RBI: J. Murakami , A. Otani , Y. Fukunaga
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Nakanishi , J. Murakami , Y. Fukunaga , K. Mukai , T. Kanemura
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: Y. Smith (6)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Ishii LF 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .367 10 42
   e-O. Miyaji PH, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0
M. Shiotani SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .269 12 55
S. Iwai 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .369 8 64
T. Okinaka RF, CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .248 11 52
K. Aoyagi C 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .261 4 43
   f-H. Nishikawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .237 0 4
Y. Isobe CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .216 3 31
   S. Tanabe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 0 0
   b-M. Hirano PH, 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .184 0 5
K. Morinaga 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .253 5 43
H. Fujioka 2B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .235 7 25
   c-T. Yamamoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .231 1 3
   H. Ogawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
G. Fujii P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .161 0 0
   a-T. Ikeda CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195 1 4
   d-W. Matsumoto PH, RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .071 0 1
Totals 31 1 5 1 1 4 10      
a - T. Ikeda substituted for G. Fujii in the 5th
b - M. Hirano pinch hit for S. Tanabe in the 7th
c - T. Yamamoto pinch hit for H. Fujioka in the 7th
d - W. Matsumoto pinch hit for T. Ikeda in the 7th
e - O. Miyaji pinch hit for S. Ishii in the 8th
f - H. Nishikawa pinch hit for K. Aoyagi in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Fujioka (4, 3rd Inning off R. Saito, 0 on, 0 outs) , S. Ishii (31, 5th Inning off R. Saito, 0 on, 2 outs) , M. Hirano (1, 7th Inning off R. Saito, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Ishii 2 , K. Aoyagi 2 , M. Hirano 2 , H. Fujioka 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Shiotani , K. Morinaga , W. Matsumoto
Sac Fly: S. Ishii
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Errors: S. Ishii (7) , M. Shiotani (22) , S. Iwai (10)
FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Saito W (9-5) 8.0 5 1 1 1 2 0 109 3.72   
Y. Nakata 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 4.41   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Saito 69
Batters Faced: R. Saito 30, Y. Nakata 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Saito 9-13, Y. Nakata 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: R. Saito 109-68, Y. Nakata 14-10
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
G. Fujii L (5-7) 4.2 10 7 2 3 3 1 104 4.84   
S. Tanabe 2.1 2 1 1 0 1 1 24 3.48   
H. Ogawa 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 4.18   
PITCHING
Game Score: G. Fujii 26
Batters Faced: G. Fujii 29, S. Tanabe 9, H. Ogawa 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Fujii 3-8, S. Tanabe 2-4, H. Ogawa 2-2
Pitches - Strikes: G. Fujii 104-65, S. Tanabe 24-18, H. Ogawa 20-14
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Tanabe 2-2
WP: G. Fujii
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Akihito Otani
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (73 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 2:45
Attendance: 18083
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