 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS 08/08/1962 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS | GAME ID: 7151 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8TH , 1962 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Vesutan Bees (39-39) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | Osaka Sailors (30-54) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | | |  | |
Bees Bridle Sailors, 3-1 | Vesutan Bees starter Tatsuki Goto pitched a good game to help his team take down the Osaka Sailors, 3-1. Goto, who finished 4th in the WL in innings pitched with 207.1 in 1960, went the distance for Vesutan. He gave up 1 run on 5 hits. The victory gives Vesutan a record of 39-39.
Who knows how it might've ended, had it not been for Masao Shiotani? The Vesutan shortstop had a run-scoring double in the top of the second inning to put the Bees on top, 2-0. For the game, Shiotani had 2 doubles and 1 single in 5 at-bats.
Goto called the win a testament to his team's "grit." | |
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VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE | | OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
BATTING Doubles: M. Shiotani 2 (26, 2nd Inning off Y. Imoto, 1 on, 2 outs; 9th Inning off Y. Niwa, 2 on, 1 out) Total Bases: S. Ishii , M. Shiotani 5 , S. Iwai , T. Okinaka , Y. Isobe , K. Morinaga , H. Fujioka 2-out RBI: M. Shiotani Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Iwai , T. Okinaka , K. Morinaga , H. Fujioka , H. Nishikawa Sac Bunt: T. Goto Sac Fly: T. Okinaka Team LOB: 10
FIELDING Double Plays: 2 (Iwai-Shiotani-Goto, Goto-Shiotani-Iwai) | | | a - Y. Ishikawa pinch hit for G. Smith in the 7th b - M. Hino pinch hit for Y. Imoto in the 7th c - F. Anderson pinch hit for S. Hino in the 9th
BATTING Home Runs: K. Shirai (17, 9th Inning off T. Goto, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: F. Nakasone 2 , K. Shirai 4 , S. Hino , G. Smith Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , A. Kaneshiro 2 , M. Hino GIDP: B. Matsumura , Y. Imoto Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: F. Nakasone (21)
FIELDING Errors: K. Shirai (8) , M. Hino (9) | | |
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VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE | | OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | T. Goto W (5-5) | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 123 | 3.34 | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | Y. Imoto L (2-7) | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 6.96 | Y. Niwa | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.28 | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Tatsuki Goto Ballpark: Kotei Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph Start Time: 7:05 PM JST Time: 2:32 Attendance: 9849 |
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