BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS
09/09/1962
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS
GAME ID: 8200 - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH , 1962 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vesutan Bees (53-53) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
Osaka Sailors (41-66) 0 0 0 1 5 0 4 0 X 10 14 1
Sailors Trounce Bees, 10-3
The Osaka Sailors picked up a win at Kotei Stadium, knocking off the Vesutan Bees, 10-3. On the mound for Osaka was right-hander Yugo Imoto. He played a key role in the triumph. In 9 innings, Imoto surrendered 7 hits, while striking out 5 and walking 1. He allowed 3 runs. The Sailors raised their record to 41-66.

Kousei Ota, who finished 2nd in the WL in home runs with 24 in 1960, came through for Osaka with a 3-run home run in the bottom of the fifth. The catcher went 2 for 4 for the game, including 1 home run and 1 double. He scored 1 run and collected 3 runs batted in.

"Today was a lot of fun," said Ota.
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Ishii LF, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .368 15 60
T. Watanabe RF 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .221 5 16
   b-K. Hamada PH, RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
S. Iwai 1B 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .360 11 83
   c-O. Miyaji PH, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 0 0
M. Shiotani SS 4 2 3 1 0 0 1 .300 23 85
K. Aoyagi C 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .268 8 60
Y. Isobe CF 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 .217 4 43
K. Morinaga 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .232 7 55
H. Fujioka 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .221 8 32
G. Fujii P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .140 0 0
   S. Tanabe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 0 1
   a-T. Ikeda PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .227 2 9
   U. Noguchi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   S. Yamazaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-M. Hirano PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 1 8
Totals 34 3 7 3 1 5 13      
a - T. Ikeda pinch hit for S. Tanabe in the 7th
b - K. Hamada pinch hit for T. Watanabe in the 8th
c - O. Miyaji pinch hit for S. Iwai in the 8th
d - M. Hirano pinch hit for S. Yamazaki in the 9th

BATTING
Triples: T. Watanabe (1, 3rd Inning off Y. Imoto, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: M. Shiotani (23, 2nd Inning off Y. Imoto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Watanabe 3 , M. Shiotani 6 , K. Aoyagi , K. Morinaga , H. Fujioka
2-out RBI: T. Watanabe
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Ishii , S. Iwai , H. Fujioka
Sac Fly: Y. Isobe
Team LOB: 6
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Nakasone 2B 5 3 3 1 0 1 0 .270 16 39
B. Matsumura 3B 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 .234 6 34
K. Ota C 4 1 2 3 1 1 1 .336 15 54
K. Shirai 1B 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .337 22 77
   c-Z. Miyamoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .201 1 11
   d-F. Anderson 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 5 20
A. Kaneshiro RF 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .201 14 37
S. Hino LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .231 4 23
T. Ishii CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .181 5 23
G. Smith SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .270 11 49
   a-T. Shibuya PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 0 2
   b-M. Hino SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 6 15
Y. Imoto P 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .206 0 3
Totals 38 10 14 10 2 5 10      
a - T. Shibuya pinch hit for G. Smith in the 7th
b - M. Hino substituted for T. Shibuya in the 8th
c - Z. Miyamoto pinch hit for K. Shirai in the 8th
d - F. Anderson substituted for Z. Miyamoto in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: F. Nakasone (15, 7th Inning off U. Noguchi, 0 on, 1 out) , A. Kaneshiro (10, 7th Inning off U. Noguchi, 2 on, 2 outs) , K. Ota (15, 8th Inning off S. Yamazaki, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: F. Nakasone (16, 4th Inning off G. Fujii, 0 on, 0 outs) , K. Ota (15, 5th Inning off G. Fujii, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: F. Nakasone 7 , B. Matsumura 3 , K. Ota 6 , K. Shirai , A. Kaneshiro 2 , S. Hino 2 , T. Ishii , Y. Imoto
2-out RBI: B. Matsumura , K. Ota , A. Kaneshiro , S. Hino , Y. Imoto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Z. Miyamoto , T. Shibuya
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: G. Smith (19)
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
G. Fujii L (7-10) 4.2 6 6 6 1 1 2 71 4.81   
S. Tanabe 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 18 4.34   
U. Noguchi 0.2 4 4 4 1 0 0 21 7.63   
S. Yamazaki 1.1 3 0 0 0 2 0 33 2.08   
PITCHING
Game Score: G. Fujii 28
Batters Faced: G. Fujii 21, S. Tanabe 5, U. Noguchi 7, S. Yamazaki 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Fujii 7-6, S. Tanabe 1-1, U. Noguchi 0-2, S. Yamazaki 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: G. Fujii 71-47, S. Tanabe 18-14, U. Noguchi 21-13, S. Yamazaki 33-20
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Yamazaki 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Imoto W (3-9) 9.0 7 3 2 1 5 1 112 6.38   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Imoto 67
Batters Faced: Y. Imoto 36
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Imoto 6-16
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Imoto 112-75
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Yugo Imoto
Ballpark: Kotei Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (78 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:39
Attendance: 13584
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