 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON NAGASAKI STARS AT OSAKA SAILORS 09/21/1962 |  |  | | | |
 | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | NAGASAKI STARS AT OSAKA SAILORS | GAME ID: 8421 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST , 1962 - GAME LOG | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | Nagasaki Stars (63-51) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | Osaka Sailors (45-72) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | | |  | |
Stars Pull Out Late Win, 4-3 | The rain could not keep the home crowd from enjoying a good ballgame.
The Nagasaki Stars dealt the Osaka Sailors a 4-3 loss at Kotei Stadium. Teruhi Hirai, who finished 3rd in the WL in OPS with 1.059 in 1957, was the star on offense. He belted 2 home runs. He drove in 3 runs and scored twice. Masato Yamamoto earned the save for Nagasaki, his 17th.
Hirai had an important at-bat with a runner on 1st in the top of the sixth, when he hit a 2-run home run. The Stars went on to win.
Hirai called the win "a team effort."
With this game in the books, Nagasaki is 63-51, Osaka 45-72. | |
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NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | | OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - R. Nakagawa pinch hit for Y. Nakano in the 5th b - H. Araki pinch hit for K. Yoshida in the 5th c - K. Okazaki pinch hit for T. Iwamoto in the 7th d - S. Yamashita pinch hit for K. Okazaki in the 9th
BATTING Triples: H. Araki (1, 9th Inning off C. Teramoto, 0 on, 1 out) Home Runs: T. Hirai 2 (20, 6th Inning off K. Sakoda, 1 on, 0 outs; 8th Inning off C. Teramoto, 0 on, 1 out) Total Bases: B. Nishi , T. Hirai 8 , S. Okuda , Y. Sakai , W. Hancock , H. Araki 3 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , T. Hirai 2 , W. Hancock , I. Fujimori Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: K. Nagasawa (11)
FIELDING Errors: B. Nishi (33) , T. Hirai (6) , I. Fujimori (29) Double Plays: 1 (Sakai-Fujimori-Nagasawa) | | | a - F. Nakasone pinch hit for K. Sakoda in the 7th b - Y. Ishikawa pinch hit for T. Ishii in the 8th c - W. Okazaki pinch ran for K. Shirai in the 8th d - I. Kaneda pinch hit for C. Teramoto in the 9th
BATTING Triples: S. Hino (8, 9th Inning off M. Yamamoto, 0 on, 1 out) Home Runs: K. Ota (16, 1st Inning off T. Masuda, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: S. Hino 4 , B. Matsumura , K. Ota 4 , K. Shirai 2 , M. Hino 2 , G. Smith 2-out RBI: K. Ota Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: G. Smith , K. Sakoda GIDP: K. Ota Hit by Pitch: F. Anderson Team LOB: 10
FIELDING PB: K. Ota | | |
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NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | | OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
PITCHING Game Score: T. Masuda 43 Batters Faced: T. Masuda 13, K. Yoshida 5, T. Iwamoto 7, K. Okazaki 10, M. Yamamoto 5 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Masuda 2-5, K. Yoshida 0-2, T. Iwamoto 3-2, K. Okazaki 1-4, M. Yamamoto 1-1 Pitches - Strikes: T. Masuda 0-38, K. Yoshida 24-15, T. Iwamoto 21-13, K. Okazaki 40-22, M. Yamamoto 14-8 Hit Batsmen: K. Yoshida | | | | |
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GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Teruhi Hirai Ballpark: Kotei Stadium Weather: Cloudy (77 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 10 mph Start Time: 3:05 PM JST Time: 4:13 Attendance: 14721 Special Notes: The game on the original date was suspended in the 4th inning due to bad weather and rescheduled. |
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