 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON NAGASAKI STARS AT KINBOSHI KITES 08/15/1961 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | NAGASAKI STARS AT KINBOSHI KITES | | GAME ID: 8129 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 15TH , 1961 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Nagasaki Stars (51-38) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | | Kinboshi Kites (49-40) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | | |  | |
| Stars 6-2 Victors Over Kinboshi | Nagasaki beat Kinboshi on the strength of starting pitcher Akimasa Murakami's fine effort. The right-hander led his team to a win, 6-2. The winning pitcher was Murakami, now 14-4. He tossed 8 innings of 5-hit ball, while walking 0 and fanning 4. Nagasaki currently is in first place in the Western League at 51-38.
In the top of the third, Nagasaki first baseman Kin Nagasawa had a productive at-bat. With the bases loaded and one out, Nagasawa stroked a 2-run single to left. It made the score 3-0, Nagasaki. For the game, he was 1 for 4, while adding 2 RBI and scoring once.
"I'm just happy to help the team win," Nagasawa told the Nagasaki Citizen.
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| NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - B. Nishi pinch hit for A. Murakami in the 9th
BATTING
Home Runs: H. Araki (8, 7th Inning off K. Kato, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Hirai , H. Araki 5 , K. Nagasawa , S. Okuda , Y. Sakai , W. Hancock 2 , A. Murakami
2-out RBI: H. Araki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Hirai
GIDP: H. Onishi
Sac Bunt: A. Murakami
Team LOB: 3
BASERUNNING
CS: S. Okuda (5)
FIELDING
PB: W. Hancock | | | a - H. Kitamura substituted for G. Walker in the 6th
b - S. Nakada pinch hit for K. Kato in the 7th
BATTING
Doubles: S. Shimabukuro (8, 4th Inning off A. Murakami, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: S. Shimabukuro (6, 6th Inning off A. Murakami, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: S. Shimabukuro 6 , A. Yamamoto 3 , S. Hashizume
2-out RBI: S. Shimabukuro
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Nakada
Team LOB: 4
FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Yamamoto-Masuda-Shimabukuro) | | |
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| NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | A. Murakami W (14-4) | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 104 | 2.84 | | K. Okazaki | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5.65 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | G. Walker L (5-6) | 5.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 4.57 | | K. Kato | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3.83 | | I. Takagi | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.72 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Akimasa Murakami
Ballpark: Konohana Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (81 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 2:34
Attendance: 25692 |
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