BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT NAGASAKI STARS
09/03/1963
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT NAGASAKI STARS
GAME ID: 8179 - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (48-46) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 9 1
Nagasaki Stars (58-45) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 7 0
Kites Nip Stars, 4-3
Kinboshi Kites starter Gene Walker pitched a strong game against the Nagasaki Stars at Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium, leading the Kites to victory, 4-3. Josuke Fujimori earned his 17th save in 25 chances. With the victory, the Kites upped their record to 48-46.

Mitsuyasu Takeno came through with a big-time hit for Kinboshi. The right fielder smacked a 2-run home run in the top of the eighth inning to give his team the lead, 4-3. It was his only hit, but it was clutch.

Walker called the win "a lesson in teamwork."
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Shimabukuro 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .258 17 56
H. Kitamura 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .288 14 51
M. Takeno RF 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 .238 11 54
T. Shimabukuro LF 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .305 17 62
K. Masuda 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .225 11 44
H. Orido C 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .298 10 42
Y. Kobayashi CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .233 7 45
O. Fukuda SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   a-R. Stone PH, SS 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 .222 0 12
G. Walker P 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .154 0 2
   K. Kodama P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1
   J. Fujimori P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4 1 5 9      
a - R. Stone pinch hit for O. Fukuda in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Shimabukuro (9, 4th Inning off R. Yamakawa, 0 on, 2 outs)
Triples: T. Shimabukuro (8, 7th Inning off R. Yamakawa, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: M. Takeno (11, 8th Inning off K. Okazaki, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: H. Kitamura 2 , M. Takeno 4 , T. Shimabukuro 5 , K. Masuda , H. Orido , Y. Kobayashi , R. Stone
2-out RBI: R. Stone
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Shimabukuro , K. Masuda , G. Walker
GIDP: R. Stone
Team LOB: 4

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Shimabukuro (7)

FIELDING
Errors: K. Masuda (14)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Nagasawa 1B 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .223 10 47
T. Hirai RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .238 15 44
B. Nishi SS 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .322 21 70
T. Oishi LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .272 18 62
S. Okuda CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .245 3 20
   b-R. Nakagawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .293 1 4
   c-K. Okazaki CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 2 16
Y. Sakai 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .268 6 54
I. Fujimori 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .266 11 35
   d-H. Araki PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 2 8
K. Tsuji C 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .216 6 31
R. Yamakawa P 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 1
   a-S. Ando PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .339 2 9
   K. Okazaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   e-W. Hancock PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 1 8
Totals 35 3 7 3 1 7 10      
a - S. Ando pinch hit for R. Yamakawa in the 7th
b - R. Nakagawa pinch hit for S. Okuda in the 8th
c - K. Okazaki substituted for R. Nakagawa in the 9th
d - H. Araki pinch hit for I. Fujimori in the 9th
e - W. Hancock pinch hit for K. Okazaki in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: B. Nishi (28, 6th Inning off G. Walker, 2 on, 2 outs)
Triples: B. Nishi (5, 1st Inning off G. Walker, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Nagasawa , B. Nishi 6 , T. Oishi , S. Okuda , S. Ando
2-out RBI: B. Nishi , T. Oishi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Hirai , T. Oishi , Y. Sakai
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Fujimori-Nagasawa, Okazaki-Fujimori-Nagasawa)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
G. Walker 6.1 4 3 0 1 4 0 100 5.47   
K. Kodama W (2-2) 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 4.33   
J. Fujimori SV (17) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 27 3.47   
PITCHING
Game Score: G. Walker 62
Batters Faced: G. Walker 25, K. Kodama 4, J. Fujimori 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Walker 5-10, K. Kodama 1-1, J. Fujimori 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: G. Walker 100-71, K. Kodama 15-10, J. Fujimori 27-19
WP: G. Walker
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Yamakawa 7.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 91 4.35   
K. Okazaki L (4-7), BS (9) 2.0 3 2 2 0 2 1 27 4.72   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Yamakawa 59
Batters Faced: R. Yamakawa 27, K. Okazaki 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Yamakawa 6-11, K. Okazaki 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: R. Yamakawa 91-57, K. Okazaki 27-16
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Gene Walker
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 4 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:43
Attendance: 15879
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