BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT NAGASAKI STARS
09/05/1963
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT NAGASAKI STARS
GAME ID: 8180 - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (49-46) 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 5 1 11 17 1
Nagasaki Stars (58-46) 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1
Hits Galore: Shimabukuro Drills 5 Hits
Sueo Shimabukuro had an answer for everything the Nagasaki Stars threw at him at Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium. The Kinboshi first baseman went 5-for-6 in the game to put his name in the record book and give the Kites a win, 11-5.

Summing up his batting philosophy to BNN writers after the game, Shimabukuro said, "I just see the ball and I hit it."

Sueo Shimabukuro singled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, hit a solo-shot off Akimasa Murakami in the 5th, flied out in the 7th, hit a two-run single in the 8th and hit an RBI single in the 9th.

So far this season, Shimabukuro has put up a .266 batting average with 116 hits, 18 home runs and 60 RBIs.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Shimabukuro 1B 6 3 5 4 0 0 1 .266 18 60
H. Kitamura 3B 6 2 3 2 0 1 3 .291 15 53
M. Takeno RF 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 .238 11 55
T. Shimabukuro LF 5 1 2 2 0 1 3 .307 17 64
K. Masuda 2B 5 0 2 2 0 0 3 .228 11 46
H. Orido C 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 .294 10 42
Y. Kobayashi CF 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 .237 7 45
K. Tamura P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .173 1 8
   I. Takagi P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   a-S. Hashizume PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .242 2 17
   T. Igarashi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-Y. Hiramoto PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0
   T. Koyama P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 0 1
R. Stone SS 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 .216 0 12
Totals 43 11 17 11 2 6 19      
a - S. Hashizume pinch hit for I. Takagi in the 8th
b - Y. Hiramoto pinch hit for T. Igarashi in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: H. Kitamura (13, 7th Inning off K. Kondo, 1 on, 1 out) , T. Shimabukuro (10, 7th Inning off K. Kondo, 1 on, 2 outs) , K. Masuda (6, 7th Inning off K. Kondo, 1 on, 2 outs) , Y. Kobayashi (17, 8th Inning off K. Okazaki, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: S. Shimabukuro (18, 5th Inning off A. Murakami, 0 on, 0 outs) , H. Kitamura (15, 8th Inning off K. Okazaki, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: S. Shimabukuro 8 , H. Kitamura 7 , M. Takeno , T. Shimabukuro 3 , K. Masuda 3 , Y. Kobayashi 4 , Y. Hiramoto
2-out RBI: S. Shimabukuro , T. Shimabukuro 2 , K. Masuda 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Kitamura , T. Shimabukuro , K. Masuda , H. Orido 2
Sac Bunt: R. Stone
Sac Fly: M. Takeno
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Shimabukuro (8) , M. Takeno (22)

FIELDING
Errors: K. Tamura (4)
Double Plays: 1 (Masuda-Stone-Shimabukuro)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
K. Nagasawa 1B, 2B 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 .226 10 48
T. Hirai RF 4 1 0 0 1 3 5 .235 15 44
B. Nishi SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 6 .321 21 70
T. Oishi LF 3 1 1 3 2 0 2 .273 19 65
S. Okuda CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .241 3 20
Y. Sakai 3B 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .268 6 54
I. Fujimori 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .264 11 35
   a-S. Ando PH, 1B 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .339 2 9
K. Tsuji C 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .214 6 31
A. Murakami P 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .339 1 7
   K. Kondo P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1
   M. Sakata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   K. Okazaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   K. Usui P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-R. Nakagawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .289 1 4
   S. Okazaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 5 5 4 8 6 22      
a - S. Ando pinch hit for I. Fujimori in the 8th
b - R. Nakagawa pinch hit for K. Usui in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Nagasawa (15, 9th Inning off T. Koyama, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: T. Oishi (19, 3rd Inning off K. Tamura, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: K. Nagasawa 3 , B. Nishi , T. Oishi 4 , Y. Sakai
2-out RBI: T. Oishi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Nishi , T. Oishi , R. Nakagawa
GIDP: T. Oishi
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Errors: Y. Sakai (24)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Tamura 3.1 2 5 2 6 2 1 78 3.67   
I. Takagi W (3-1) 3.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 37 3.34   
T. Igarashi 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 16 1.89   
T. Koyama 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 6.09   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Tamura 36
Batters Faced: K. Tamura 19, I. Takagi 12, T. Igarashi 5, T. Koyama 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Tamura 4-4, I. Takagi 2-7, T. Igarashi 1-0, T. Koyama 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: K. Tamura 78-43, I. Takagi 37-27, T. Igarashi 16-9, T. Koyama 11-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: I. Takagi 3-0
WP: K. Tamura 2
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Murakami 4.0 7 2 2 1 3 1 86 3.17   
K. Kondo 2.2 3 3 0 0 2 0 35 5.48   
M. Sakata 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.22   
K. Okazaki L (4-8) 0.1 3 4 4 1 0 1 20 5.28   
K. Usui 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 20 3.86   
S. Okazaki 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8 2.30   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Murakami 42
Batters Faced: A. Murakami 20, K. Kondo 12, M. Sakata 1, K. Okazaki 5, K. Usui 4, S. Okazaki 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Murakami 3-6, K. Kondo 3-3, M. Sakata 0-0, K. Okazaki 1-0, K. Usui 1-1, S. Okazaki 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: A. Murakami 86-53, K. Kondo 35-29, M. Sakata 3-3, K. Okazaki 20-10, K. Usui 20-11, S. Okazaki 8-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Kondo 1-0 , M. Sakata 1-0
WP: K. Usui
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Sueo Shimabukuro
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (82 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 5 mph
Start Time: 1:35 PM JST
Time: 4:18
Attendance: 20308
Special Notes: Rain delay of 58 minutes in the 5th inning. Sueo Shimabukuro ties the KIN regular season game record for hits with 5.
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