 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON NAGASAKI STARS AT KINBOSHI KITES 08/14/1961 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | NAGASAKI STARS AT KINBOSHI KITES | | GAME ID: 8128 - MONDAY, AUGUST 14TH , 1961 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Nagasaki Stars (50-38) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | | Kinboshi Kites (49-39) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | | |  | |
| Kinboshi Defeated by Nagasaki, 5-3 | Mikiyasu Sakata had a strong outing for the Nagasaki Stars against the Kinboshi Kites at Konohana Stadium. The right-hander was a big part of his team's 5-3 win. Masato Yamamoto earned the save for Nagasaki, his 19th of the year. The 50-38 Stars lead the Western League by one game.
An inflection point occurred with one out in the top of the fifth. That's when Stars second baseman Ienari Fujimori hit a fastball from Ryusuke Maeda for a 2-run single. Just like that, Nagasaki was up, 4-3.
"We'll pop the top on a cold beverage and get back to work tomorrow," Sakata said.
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| NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - K. Okazaki pinch hit for H. Onishi in the 8th
b - Y. Sakai substituted for K. Okazaki in the 8th
c - H. Araki substituted for T. Hirai in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: K. Nagasawa (15, 1st Inning off R. Maeda, 0 on, 2 outs) , T. Hirai (22, 6th Inning off R. Maeda, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: B. Nishi 3 , T. Hirai 3 , K. Nagasawa 2 , S. Okuda , I. Fujimori , Y. Nakano
2-out RBI: T. Hirai , S. Okuda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Nagasawa , S. Okuda , I. Fujimori , H. Onishi , M. Sakata
Sac Fly: S. Okuda
Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING
SB: B. Nishi (5)
FIELDING
Errors: Y. Sakai (23)
Double Plays: 2 (Nishi-Fujimori-Nagasawa, Sakai-Fujimori-Nagasawa) | | | | |
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| NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | M. Sakata W (6-5) | 8.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 104 | 5.37 | | M. Yamamoto SV (19) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.04 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | R. Maeda L (6-9) | 5.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 104 | 4.15 | | K. Kato | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3.78 | | M. Watanabe | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2.33 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Mikiyasu Sakata
Ballpark: Konohana Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (88 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 7 mph
Start Time: 3:35 PM JST
Time: 2:37
Attendance: 28628 |
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