BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
09/06/1963
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 7144 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (49-48) 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 8 0
Fukuoka Falcons (47-53) 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 X 7 13 2
Down to Defeat Goes Kinboshi, 7-5
The Fukuoka Falcons beat the Kinboshi Kites, 7-5, at Fukuoka Stadium. Fukuoka catcher Kazuaki Mukai, who finished 4th in the EL in wins above replacement with 5.2 in 1960, collected 1 single and 1 double with 3 RBI. The 5th-place Falcons hiked their record to 47-53.

With Fukuoka leading 4-3 in the bottom of the fifth, Mukai hit a sinker from Yasuhiko Hidaka for a 2-run double. It was his 7th double of the season and put the Falcons ahead, 6-3.

"Nice win for us," said Mukai. "Now we'll go after the next one."
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Shimabukuro 1B 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .266 18 60
H. Kitamura 3B 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 .287 15 54
M. Takeno RF 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .233 11 55
T. Shimabukuro LF 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 .306 17 65
K. Masuda 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .229 11 47
H. Orido C 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .294 10 43
Y. Kobayashi CF 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .239 7 45
Y. Hidaka P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 0 4
   I. Takagi P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0
   T. Igarashi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-Y. Hiramoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 0
R. Stone SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .219 0 12
Totals 34 5 8 4 4 1 10      
a - Y. Hiramoto pinch hit for T. Igarashi in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: S. Shimabukuro (20, 1st Inning off Y. Nakata, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: T. Shimabukuro (9, 8th Inning off Y. Nakata, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: S. Shimabukuro 2 , H. Kitamura , T. Shimabukuro 4 , K. Masuda , H. Orido , Y. Kobayashi , R. Stone
2-out RBI: H. Kitamura , H. Orido
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Shimabukuro , M. Takeno , H. Orido , Y. Kobayashi
Sac Bunt: Y. Hidaka
Team LOB: 7
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Nakanishi RF 4 1 1 0 1 2 2 .282 21 53
Y. Smith SS 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 .210 9 38
A. Otani CF 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 .296 12 60
Y. Fukunaga LF 5 0 0 0 0 1 6 .248 14 54
K. Mukai C 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 .318 6 30
H. Smith 1B 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 .271 7 33
G. Nakayama 3B 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .239 2 9
   K. Fukushima P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
N. Katagiri 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 .240 3 26
Y. Nakata P 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .125 0 1
   a-Y. Ueda 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .310 2 11
Totals 37 7 13 7 3 6 21      
a - Y. Ueda substituted for Y. Nakata in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: N. Katagiri (15, 4th Inning off Y. Hidaka, 1 on, 2 outs) , T. Nakanishi (17, 5th Inning off Y. Hidaka, 0 on, 0 outs) , H. Smith 2 (15, 5th Inning off I. Takagi, 1 on, 2 outs; 7th Inning off I. Takagi, 0 on, 2 outs) , K. Mukai (7, 5th Inning off Y. Hidaka, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: A. Otani (12, 1st Inning off Y. Hidaka, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Nakanishi 2 , Y. Smith , A. Otani 5 , K. Mukai 3 , H. Smith 5 , G. Nakayama , N. Katagiri 3 , Y. Ueda
2-out RBI: A. Otani , K. Mukai , H. Smith , G. Nakayama , N. Katagiri
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Fukunaga , G. Nakayama , N. Katagiri , Y. Nakata
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
Errors: A. Otani (7) , Y. Fukunaga (6)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Hidaka L (6-10) 4.2 9 7 7 0 3 1 75 4.30   
I. Takagi 2.1 3 0 0 2 2 0 48 3.22   
T. Igarashi 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 22 1.82   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Hidaka 21
Batters Faced: Y. Hidaka 23, I. Takagi 12, T. Igarashi 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Hidaka 4-7, I. Takagi 4-1, T. Igarashi 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Hidaka 75-50, I. Takagi 48-31, T. Igarashi 22-12
Inherited Runners - Scored: I. Takagi 1-1 , T. Igarashi 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Nakata W (3-0) 7.1 6 4 3 3 0 0 97 4.43   
K. Fukushima 1.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 28 2.74   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Nakata 49
Batters Faced: Y. Nakata 31, K. Fukushima 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Nakata 11-11, K. Fukushima 2-2
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Nakata 97-52, K. Fukushima 28-19
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Fukushima 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Kazuaki Mukai
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (80 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 7 mph
Start Time: 1:35 PM JST
Time: 2:46
Attendance: 16976
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