 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KINBOSHI KITES AT KOBE BULLS 08/28/1962 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | KINBOSHI KITES AT KOBE BULLS | | GAME ID: 8168 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 28TH , 1962 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Kinboshi Kites (53-49) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | | Kobe Bulls (52-46) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | 5 | 1 | | |  | |
| Kinboshi Hopeless Against Oto | In a remarkable performance, Kobe Bulls starter Tatsuharu Oto beat the Kinboshi Kites, 5-0, in an impressive 7-hit shutout.
"My arm felt good, mechanics were good and my stuff was working," he said later. "It doesn't get any better than this."
The Bulls hurler finished with 2 strikeouts and 1 walk. He showed pinpoint control and a sharp fastball.
"It was a rough one for my guys," Kinboshi manager Kaita Kurosawa said, following the game. "We weren't at our best and their guy was."
On the season, Oto has compiled a 14-4 mark with a 2.52 ERA in 23 starts. In pitching 192.2 innings he has 103 strikeouts and 52 walks while limiting the opposition to a .240 batting average. | |
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| KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | | KOBE BATTING LINESCORE | |
| | | | Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI | | A. Tanaka SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .280 | 9 | 60 | | S. Tashiro 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .253 | 9 | 42 | | S. Inoue 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .322 | 3 | 39 | | R. Okamoto LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .255 | 2 | 11 | | M. Osaki 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .246 | 9 | 40 | | C. Kawano RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .326 | 3 | 8 | | Y. Abe CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .234 | 9 | 33 | | T. Oto P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .319 | 8 | 23 | | S. Yamanaka C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .247 | 1 | 7 | | Totals | 29 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | | | | BATTING
Doubles: M. Osaki (12, 2nd Inning off K. Tamura, 0 on, 0 outs) , A. Tanaka (18, 5th Inning off K. Tamura, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: A. Tanaka 2 , S. Tashiro , M. Osaki 2 , C. Kawano , S. Yamanaka
2-out RBI: A. Tanaka , S. Tashiro
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Okamoto , S. Yamanaka
Sac Fly: S. Tashiro
Team LOB: 7
FIELDING
Errors: S. Yamanaka (4)
Double Plays: 1 (Tashiro-Tanaka-Inoue) | | |
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| KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE | | KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | K. Tamura L (8-10) | 7.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 112 | 3.10 | | K. Kato | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6.21 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Oto W (14-4) | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 2.52 | PITCHING
Game Score: T. Oto 74
Batters Faced: T. Oto 34
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Oto 10-14
Pitches - Strikes: T. Oto 117-82
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Tatsuharu Oto
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (79 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 10 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 2:28
Attendance: 34434 |
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