 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON KINBOSHI KITES AT NAGASAKI STARS 09/05/1963 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | KINBOSHI KITES AT NAGASAKI STARS | GAME ID: 8181 - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH , 1963 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Kinboshi Kites (49-47) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | Nagasaki Stars (59-46) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 10 | 0 | | |  | |
Stars Earn 6-1 Home Win | The home crowd had a good time watching the Kinboshi Kites and Nagasaki Stars get after it.
Nagasaki Stars starter Tatsuki Goto pitched his team past the Kinboshi Kites, 6-1. Goto yielded 1 run over 8 innings to notch the win. He scattered 5 hits, walked 0, and struck out 5. His record improves to 9-5.
Nagasaki catcher William Hancock contributed a timely at-bat in the bottom of the first. With two down, he hit a splitter to right-center field for a run-scoring single. It was his 19th hit of the season and put the Stars ahead, 3-1.
"We played a good game and came out on top," said Hancock.
The first-place Stars, at 59-46, now lead their division by 2 games. | |
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KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | |
| | a - R. Nakagawa pinch hit for T. Goto in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: K. Nagasawa (16, 2nd Inning off H. Takaoka, 0 on, 1 out) Total Bases: K. Nagasawa 2 , S. Okuda , B. Nishi , T. Oishi , Y. Sakai , I. Fujimori , Y. Nakano 3 , W. Hancock 2-out RBI: I. Fujimori , W. Hancock Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Nagasawa , S. Okuda , B. Nishi , T. Goto Sac Bunt: T. Goto Sac Fly: Y. Nakano Team LOB: 8
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Fujimori-Nishi-Nagasawa) | | |
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KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | T. Goto W (9-5) | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 103 | 3.81 | S. Okazaki | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.16 | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Tatsuki Goto Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium Weather: Cloudy (78 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 5 mph Start Time: 5:05 PM JST Time: 2:39 Attendance: 18583 |
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