BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT KOBE BULLS
08/31/1961
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 8176 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 31ST , 1961 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vesutan Bees (50-47) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
Kobe Bulls (32-69) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3 8 0
Oto Confounds Bees as Kobe Wins, 3-1
Tatsuharu Oto brought his A-game to help Kobe defeat the Vesutan Bees, 3-1. The win puts the Bulls at 32-69, while the Bees drop to 50-47.

Oto was in the zone all game. He frustrated Vesutan hitters while giving the Bulls 9 innings of quality work. Oto threw 127 pitches, allowing 4 hits and getting 8 punchouts.

Kobe manager Joe Davis praised his team's "businesslike approach."
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Ishii LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .350 13 46
T. Watanabe RF 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .270 18 87
S. Iwai 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .353 11 66
M. Shiotani SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .248 3 28
T. Okinaka CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .233 13 66
K. Aoyagi C 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .293 11 68
K. Morinaga 3B 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 .235 5 44
H. Fujioka 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .258 10 50
A. Marx P 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .170 1 4
Totals 29 1 4 1 5 8 13      
BATTING
Doubles: A. Marx (2, 3rd Inning off T. Oto, 0 on, 2 outs) , M. Shiotani (6, 6th Inning off T. Oto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Watanabe 2 , M. Shiotani 2 , A. Marx 2
2-out RBI: K. Morinaga
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Ishii , H. Fujioka
GIDP: S. Iwai
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: K. Morinaga (19) , A. Marx (2)
Double Plays: 2 (Fujioka-Shiotani-Iwai, Shiotani-Fujioka-Iwai)
PB: K. Aoyagi
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Abe LF 3 2 1 0 1 0 3 .266 3 36
Y. Abe CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .247 4 36
S. Inoue 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .284 5 43
   a-H. Sato 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232 0 2
S. Tashiro 2B 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .273 18 59
C. Kawano RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .259 15 39
A. Tanaka SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .251 5 29
M. Osaki 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .235 2 16
K. Tsuji C 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .160 3 18
T. Oto P 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .222 1 9
Totals 32 3 8 2 4 5 21      
a - H. Sato substituted for S. Inoue in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Osaki (10, 2nd Inning off A. Marx, 0 on, 1 out) , S. Inoue 2 (20, 5th Inning off A. Marx, 0 on, 1 out; 7th Inning off A. Marx, 1 on, 2 outs) , C. Kawano (18, 8th Inning off A. Marx, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Abe , Y. Abe , S. Inoue 4 , S. Tashiro , C. Kawano 2 , M. Osaki 2 , T. Oto
2-out RBI: S. Inoue
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Abe , Y. Abe , S. Tashiro 2 , C. Kawano , T. Oto
GIDP: S. Inoue , C. Kawano
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Tashiro-Tanaka-Inoue, Abe-Osaki)
OF assists: 1 (Abe(Shiotani at 3rd base))
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Marx L (9-9) 8.0 8 3 2 4 5 0 119 5.24   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Marx 57
Batters Faced: A. Marx 36
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Marx 8-9
Pitches - Strikes: A. Marx 119-77
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Oto W (6-8) 9.0 4 1 1 5 8 0 127 3.81   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Oto 78
Batters Faced: T. Oto 34
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Oto 8-9
Pitches - Strikes: T. Oto 127-72
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tatsuharu Oto
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (82 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 10 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM JST
Time: 2:28
Attendance: 18593
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