BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT NAGASAKI STARS
09/15/1963
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT NAGASAKI STARS
GAME ID: 8208 - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fukuoka Falcons (52-57) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 2
Nagasaki Stars (64-49) 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 X 7 9 1
Stars CF Okuda goes 3-for-3 in Win
Nagasaki center fielder Shou Okuda helped his team beat the Fukuoka Falcons, 7-1. Okuda, who led the WL in extra base hits with 68 in 1961, went 3 for 3 for the Stars. Akimasa Murakami earned the win to go to 14-7. He allowed 1 run on 7 hits, with 3 walks and 4 strikeouts in 8 innings of work. Nagasaki goes to 64-49. The win puts them 3½ games up in their division.

In the bottom of the fourth, Nagasaki catcher Kaito Tsuji had a productive at-bat. With the bases loaded and one out, Tsuji stroked a run-scoring single to right-center. It made the score 2-0, Nagasaki. For the game, he went 1 for 4. He drove in 2 runs.

Tsuji called the win the result of "everyone being in sync."
FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Nakanishi RF 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 .283 22 56
Y. Smith SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 .226 10 43
A. Otani CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .305 15 72
Y. Fukunaga LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .249 14 57
K. Mukai C 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .308 6 30
J. Murakami 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .268 9 53
H. Smith 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .278 7 38
N. Katagiri 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .231 3 28
T. Sakata P 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .108 0 1
   K. Shimizu P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-R. Nakazawa PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .269 3 18
   M. Watanabe P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 0
   b-J. Ishikawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .180 0 2
Totals 31 1 8 1 3 5 21      
a - R. Nakazawa pinch hit for K. Shimizu in the 7th
b - J. Ishikawa pinch hit for M. Watanabe in the 9th

BATTING
Total Bases: T. Nakanishi , Y. Smith , K. Mukai , J. Murakami , H. Smith 2 , T. Sakata , R. Nakazawa
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Nakanishi , A. Otani , Y. Fukunaga , K. Mukai
GIDP: J. Murakami
Sac Bunt: T. Nakanishi , Y. Smith
Sac Fly: T. Nakanishi
Team LOB: 9

FIELDING
Errors: A. Otani (8) , N. Katagiri (16)
OF assists: 1 (Otani(Okuda at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. Hale 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .353 2 5
K. Nagasawa 1B 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .225 11 51
B. Nishi SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .317 21 71
T. Oishi LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .267 20 70
S. Okuda CF 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 .237 6 23
Y. Sakai 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .262 6 56
T. Hirai RF 4 1 2 3 0 0 3 .240 16 50
K. Tsuji C 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 .210 6 33
A. Murakami P 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .308 1 7
   S. Okazaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7 3 0 15      
BATTING
Triples: T. Hirai (7, 6th Inning off T. Sakata, 2 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: S. Okuda (6, 2nd Inning off T. Sakata, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Hale (2, 6th Inning off T. Sakata, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: J. Hale 4 , K. Nagasawa , S. Okuda 6 , Y. Sakai , T. Hirai 4 , K. Tsuji
2-out RBI: J. Hale , T. Hirai
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Murakami
Hit by Pitch: J. Hale
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: S. Okuda (5)

FIELDING
Errors: A. Murakami (4)
Double Plays: 2 (Murakami-Nishi-Nagasawa, Nishi-Nagasawa)
PB: K. Tsuji
FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Sakata L (5-13) 5.2 6 6 4 3 0 2 100 5.26   
K. Shimizu 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.45   
M. Watanabe 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 22 2.72   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Sakata 34
Batters Faced: T. Sakata 28, K. Shimizu 2, M. Watanabe 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Sakata 7-9, K. Shimizu 0-1, M. Watanabe 3-3
Pitches - Strikes: T. Sakata 100-58, K. Shimizu 6-4, M. Watanabe 22-14
Hit Batsmen: T. Sakata
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Murakami W (14-7) 8.0 7 1 1 3 4 0 114 3.15   
S. Okazaki 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 2.13   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Murakami 65
Batters Faced: A. Murakami 33, S. Okazaki 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Murakami 7-11, S. Okazaki 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: A. Murakami 114-68, S. Okazaki 14-12
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Okazaki 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Shou Okuda
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (77 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 7 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:04
Attendance: 25247
Special Notes: Rain delay of 15 minutes in the 3rd inning.
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