BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KOBE BULLS AT KINBOSHI KITES
09/09/1963
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KOBE BULLS AT KINBOSHI KITES
GAME ID: 8203 - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kobe Bulls (56-47) 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 8 12 1
Kinboshi Kites (49-51) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0
Kobe Beats Kinboshi, 8-2
Yutaka Abe was instrumental in his team's 8-2 triumph over the Kinboshi Kites. The right fielder was 1 for 1 with a home run, while adding 4 RBI and scoring once for the Kobe Bulls. The Bulls bumped their record to 56-47 with this win.

Had Shunji Yamanaka not delivered a key base hit in the top of the seventh, the outcome might have been different. Instead, with two down and the bases loaded, Yamanaka hit a 2-run single. That made the score 4-2, in favor of the Bulls.

Said losing manager Kaita Kurosawa: "We need to play with more of an edge."
KOBE BATTING LINESCORE KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 .250 10 41
R. Okamoto RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .240 9 45
   b-S. Murata PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .224 4 19
   c-Y. Abe RF 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 .161 1 9
S. Abe LF 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .349 10 71
S. Inoue 1B 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .290 3 36
S. Yamanaka C 5 0 2 2 0 1 1 .257 15 44
A. Tanaka SS 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 .225 7 44
M. Osaki 3B 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .245 7 29
   T. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-C. Kawano PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 0 6
   S. Terada P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
   e-S. Tashiro PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 1 6
   T. Murakami P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
A. Nevill CF 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 .244 6 43
M. Tabata P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .116 0 2
   a-T. Ide 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .211 0 2
Totals 38 8 12 8 5 4 15      
a - T. Ide substituted for M. Tabata in the 6th
b - S. Murata pinch hit for R. Okamoto in the 7th
c - Y. Abe substituted for S. Murata in the 7th
d - C. Kawano pinch hit for T. Yamamoto in the 8th
e - S. Tashiro pinch hit for S. Terada in the 9th

BATTING
Triples: C. Kawano (2, 8th Inning off J. Fujimori, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: Y. Abe (1, 8th Inning off J. Fujimori, 3 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: T. Smith 2 , Y. Abe 4 , S. Abe , S. Inoue , S. Yamanaka 2 , A. Tanaka 2 , C. Kawano 3 , A. Nevill 2
2-out RBI: S. Abe , S. Yamanaka , A. Nevill
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Abe , A. Tanaka , M. Tabata
Hit by Pitch: M. Osaki
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Smith (29) , A. Tanaka (15)
CS: A. Tanaka (6)

FIELDING
Errors: S. Inoue (10)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Shimabukuro 1B 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 .268 18 60
H. Kitamura 3B 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .286 18 58
T. Shimabukuro LF 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 .303 18 67
K. Masuda 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 4 .233 11 49
M. Takeno RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .233 12 57
A. Yamamoto SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .303 6 49
Y. Kobayashi CF 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .237 7 45
K. Nojima C 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .218 5 12
I. Takagi P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 0
   J. Fujimori P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
   T. Igarashi P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-H. Orido PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .292 10 43
Totals 36 2 9 2 4 7 22      
a - H. Orido pinch hit for T. Igarashi in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: T. Shimabukuro (18, 1st Inning off M. Tabata, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: S. Shimabukuro 2 , H. Kitamura , T. Shimabukuro 5 , K. Masuda 2 , A. Yamamoto , H. Orido
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Masuda , M. Takeno
Team LOB: 11

BASERUNNING
CS: S. Shimabukuro (14)
KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Tabata 5.2 5 2 2 3 3 1 116 3.54   
T. Yamamoto W (8-0) 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 0 23 2.97   
S. Terada 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 1.15   
T. Murakami 1.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 18 2.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Tabata 51
Batters Faced: M. Tabata 25, T. Yamamoto 5, S. Terada 4, T. Murakami 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Tabata 9-5, T. Yamamoto 0-1, S. Terada 0-2, T. Murakami 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: M. Tabata 116-68, T. Yamamoto 23-14, S. Terada 11-8, T. Murakami 18-12
Inherited Runners - Scored: T. Yamamoto 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
I. Takagi 5.2 5 1 1 2 3 0 98 3.10   
J. Fujimori L (7-4), BS (9) 1.2 6 7 7 3 1 1 41 4.18   
T. Igarashi 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 1.70   
PITCHING
Game Score: I. Takagi 56
Batters Faced: I. Takagi 24, J. Fujimori 14, T. Igarashi 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: I. Takagi 7-6, J. Fujimori 1-3, T. Igarashi 2-3
Pitches - Strikes: I. Takagi 98-61, J. Fujimori 41-27, T. Igarashi 21-15
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Fujimori 1-0
Hit Batsmen: I. Takagi
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Yutaka Abe
Ballpark: Konohana Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (74 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 8 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 3:18
Attendance: 19982
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