BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT NAGASAKI STARS
08/15/1962
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT NAGASAKI STARS
GAME ID: 8126 - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15TH , 1962 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fukuoka Falcons (46-39) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 1
Nagasaki Stars (50-37) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 X 4 5 0
Stars Win at Home, 4-1
The Nagasaki Stars beat the Fukuoka Falcons, 4-1, at Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium. Starting pitcher Tatsuo Sato was a big reason why. He held his opponent in check all game. Masato Yamamoto got the save, his 13th in 19 chances. Nagasaki raised its record to 50-37 with the win.

Teruhi Hirai had a big solo home run for the Stars in the bottom of the sixth inning. With Nagasaki leading 1-0 and the bases empty, he sized up a sinker from Tadaatsu Miki, who is tied for 9th in the WL in complete games with 4, and punished it. The result was his 13th home run of the season, which put the Stars on top, 2-0.

Hirai said his team "played with determination."
FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Nakazawa CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .304 2 11
J. Murakami 3B 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .268 7 50
A. Otani RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .318 20 53
Y. Fukunaga LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .256 13 55
K. Mukai C 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .295 8 39
H. Smith 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 8 28
   a-T. Kanemura PH, 1B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .267 3 15
Y. Smith SS 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .264 12 36
N. Katagiri 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .266 5 43
T. Miki P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .122 2 4
   b-G. Nakayama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 1 4
   Y. Nakata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1 0 6 9      
a - T. Kanemura pinch hit for H. Smith in the 7th
b - G. Nakayama pinch hit for T. Miki in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: Y. Smith (20, 7th Inning off T. Sato, 1 on, 2 outs) , A. Otani (14, 9th Inning off M. Yamamoto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: R. Nakazawa , J. Murakami , A. Otani 2 , Y. Fukunaga 2 , T. Kanemura , Y. Smith 2
2-out RBI: Y. Smith
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Otani , K. Mukai , T. Kanemura , N. Katagiri
Sac Bunt: J. Murakami
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: Y. Fukunaga (11)

FIELDING
Errors: Y. Smith (21)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Nishi SS 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .283 10 37
T. Hirai RF 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .315 13 34
S. Okuda CF 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 .262 9 63
R. Nakagawa 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .209 0 7
I. Fujimori 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .202 6 37
S. Yamashita 3B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 .240 8 40
W. Hancock C 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .202 4 36
K. Okazaki LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .314 2 4
T. Sato P 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 0 3
   a-Y. Nakano PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204 6 29
   M. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 30 4 5 4 1 4 6      
a - Y. Nakano pinch hit for T. Sato in the 8th

BATTING
Triples: T. Hirai (1, 8th Inning off Y. Nakata, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: S. Yamashita (8, 2nd Inning off T. Miki, 0 on, 1 out) , T. Hirai (13, 6th Inning off T. Miki, 0 on, 0 outs) , B. Nishi (10, 8th Inning off Y. Nakata, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: B. Nishi 4 , T. Hirai 7 , S. Yamashita 4 , T. Sato
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Nakagawa
Team LOB: 3
FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Miki L (8-7) 7.0 3 2 2 1 4 2 101 3.38   
Y. Nakata 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 1 12 4.62   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Miki 66
Batters Faced: T. Miki 26, Y. Nakata 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Miki 8-9, Y. Nakata 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: T. Miki 101-63, Y. Nakata 12-9
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Sato W (10-7) 8.0 6 1 1 0 5 0 95 3.23   
M. Yamamoto SV (13) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 3.40   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Sato 71
Batters Faced: T. Sato 29, M. Yamamoto 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Sato 9-9, M. Yamamoto 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: T. Sato 95-70, M. Yamamoto 13-10
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tatsuo Sato
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (75 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 6 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 2:13
Attendance: 36387
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