 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON VESUTAN BEES AT NAGASAKI STARS 09/15/1962 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | VESUTAN BEES AT NAGASAKI STARS | GAME ID: 8210 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH , 1962 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Vesutan Bees (53-57) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | Nagasaki Stars (61-48) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 7 | 12 | 1 | | |  | |
Stars Rally For Late Win Over Bees | Nagasaki and Vesutan took Mother Nature's best shot and still managed to complete their ballgame.
The Nagasaki Stars beat the Vesutan Bees, 7-4, at Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium. Shou Okuda, who finished 3rd in the WL in triples with 10 in 1958, starred for Nagasaki. He went 3-4 with a home run and a double, while scoring 2 times and driving in 2. Kiyohiro Okazaki, now 2-4, was credited with the win in 2 innings of relief. He allowed no runs on 1 hit, while striking out 2 and walking 1. Masato Yamamoto earned the save, his 16th, for the Stars.
Nagasaki took the lead, 7-4, on Kenji Okazaki's 3rd home run of the season. The 3-run home run came off Vesutan pitcher Haruki Ogawa in the bottom of the eighth.
"We were the better team today. Maybe that won't be the case next game, but we'll enjoy it for now," Okuda told the Nagasaki Citizen.
Nagasaki has won 3 straight, while Vesutan has lost 5 in a row. | |
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VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | |
| | a - Y. Sakai pinch hit for I. Fujimori in the 4th b - H. Araki pinch hit for K. Yoshida in the 6th c - R. Nakagawa pinch hit for Y. Nakano in the 8th d - S. Kinoshita pinch ran for Y. Sakai in the 8th e - K. Okazaki pinch hit for K. Okazaki in the 8th
BATTING Doubles: T. Hirai (13, 1st Inning off T. Goto, 0 on, 1 out) , S. Okuda (23, 1st Inning off T. Goto, 1 on, 2 outs) Home Runs: S. Okuda (12, 4th Inning off S. Tanabe, 0 on, 0 outs) , K. Okazaki (3, 8th Inning off H. Ogawa, 2 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: T. Hirai 3 , K. Nagasawa , S. Okuda 7 , Y. Sakai , W. Hancock , S. Yamashita 2 , Y. Nakano , K. Okazaki 4 2-out RBI: S. Okuda , Y. Nakano , K. Okazaki Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Okuda , W. Hancock GIDP: S. Yamashita Hit by Pitch: I. Fujimori Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING CS: K. Nagasawa (6)
FIELDING Errors: S. Yamashita (9) Double Plays: 2 (Nishi-Fujimori-Nagasawa, Nagasawa-Nishi-Nakagawa) PB: W. Hancock 2 | | |
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VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | T. Goto | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.49 | S. Tanabe | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 81 | 4.21 | H. Ogawa L (3-10), BS (7) | 0.2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4.70 | U. Noguchi | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7.16 | | | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Shou Okuda Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium Weather: Rain (82 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 7 mph Start Time: 3:05 PM JST Time: 4:12 Attendance: 42907 Special Notes: The game on the original date was suspended in the 3rd inning due to bad weather and rescheduled. |
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