BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
09/10/1962
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT FUKUOKA FALCONS
GAME ID: 8198 - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH , 1962 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (61-51) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 8 11 1
Fukuoka Falcons (51-52) 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 8 1
Yamamoto Powers Kites to 8-4 Win
The Kinboshi Kites beat the Fukuoka Falcons, 8-4, at Fukuoka Stadium. The Kites got a fine performance from shortstop Ayahito Yamamoto, who went 4-4 with a home run, 3 singles, and a walk. He scored 2 times. The second-place Kites have won 4 straight.

Kitahachi Masuda came through with a big-time hit for Kinboshi. The second baseman smacked a grand slam home run in the top of the ninth inning to give his team the lead, 8-4. It was his only hit, but it was clutch.

"We're not exactly playing great right now," said Horace Jackson, the Fukuoka manager.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Shimabukuro 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .264 14 41
A. Yamamoto SS 4 2 4 1 1 0 0 .287 21 76
H. Orido C 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 .276 7 61
T. Shimabukuro LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .274 13 72
M. Takeno RF 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 .264 16 65
Y. Kobayashi CF 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 .272 14 63
K. Masuda 2B 3 1 1 4 1 0 0 .273 8 52
M. Kobashi 3B 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 .253 4 42
   b-H. Kitamura PH, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 6 21
G. Walker P 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 .093 0 1
   a-S. Hashizume PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .218 4 18
   T. Koyama P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .120 0 0
   c-R. Furukawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 0 7
   M. Watanabe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 38 8 11 8 5 3 18      
a - S. Hashizume pinch hit for G. Walker in the 6th
b - H. Kitamura pinch hit for M. Kobashi in the 8th
c - R. Furukawa pinch hit for T. Koyama in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: Y. Kobayashi (25, 4th Inning off T. Miki, 1 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: A. Yamamoto (21, 7th Inning off Y. Nakata, 0 on, 0 outs) , M. Takeno (16, 7th Inning off Y. Nakata, 0 on, 2 outs) , K. Masuda (8, 9th Inning off K. Fukushima, 3 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: A. Yamamoto 7 , H. Orido , M. Takeno 5 , Y. Kobayashi 2 , K. Masuda 4 , M. Kobashi , S. Hashizume
2-out RBI: M. Takeno , K. Masuda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , S. Shimabukuro 2 , T. Shimabukuro , G. Walker
Hit by Pitch: K. Masuda
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: A. Yamamoto (16) , H. Orido (1)

FIELDING
Errors: M. Kobashi (21)
PB: H. Orido
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
R. Nakazawa CF 5 2 3 1 0 0 2 .259 4 16
Y. Smith SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .283 15 45
A. Otani RF 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 .308 22 63
Y. Fukunaga LF 5 1 1 0 0 1 5 .262 15 74
K. Mukai C 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 .318 11 51
J. Murakami 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 .251 8 53
   b-Y. Ueda PR, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298 1 5
H. Smith 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .252 10 40
   c-T. Kanemura 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 5 18
N. Katagiri 2B 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .245 5 47
T. Miki P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .129 2 6
   a-G. Nakayama PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 2 9
   Y. Nakata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   K. Fukushima P 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 0
   R. Suga P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 3 4 4 23      
a - G. Nakayama pinch hit for T. Miki in the 6th
b - Y. Ueda pinch ran for J. Murakami in the 8th
c - T. Kanemura substituted for H. Smith in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Mukai (20, 1st Inning off G. Walker, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: R. Nakazawa (4, 1st Inning off G. Walker, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: R. Nakazawa 6 , A. Otani 2 , Y. Fukunaga , K. Mukai 3
2-out RBI: , K. Mukai 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Nakazawa , K. Mukai , J. Murakami , T. Miki
Sac Bunt: Y. Smith , J. Murakami , N. Katagiri
Hit by Pitch: K. Mukai
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Nakazawa (2) , Y. Fukunaga (14)

FIELDING
Errors: Y. Fukunaga (4)
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
G. Walker 5.0 6 4 4 1 1 1 64 4.65   
T. Koyama 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 36 4.45   
M. Watanabe W (2-2) 2.0 0 0 0 3 2 0 36 2.97   
PITCHING
Game Score: G. Walker 39
Batters Faced: G. Walker 24, T. Koyama 8, M. Watanabe 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Walker 5-9, T. Koyama 3-2, M. Watanabe 2-2
Pitches - Strikes: G. Walker 64-43, T. Koyama 36-22, M. Watanabe 36-17
Hit Batsmen: G. Walker
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Miki 6.0 7 1 1 2 3 0 105 3.39   
Y. Nakata H (12) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 2 18 4.08   
K. Fukushima L (5-5), BS (8) 1.2 2 5 5 3 0 1 27 4.73   
R. Suga 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.71   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Miki 55
Batters Faced: T. Miki 28, Y. Nakata 5, K. Fukushima 10, R. Suga 1
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Miki 4-11, Y. Nakata 1-2, K. Fukushima 2-3, R. Suga 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: T. Miki 105-66, Y. Nakata 18-12, K. Fukushima 27-13, R. Suga 5-2
Hit Batsmen: T. Miki
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Ayahito Yamamoto
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (73 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 9 mph
Start Time: 2:05 PM JST
Time: 3:02
Attendance: 23555
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