BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT VESUTAN BEES
09/20/1961
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BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 8421 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH , 1961 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fukuoka Falcons (62-58) 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 9 12 2
Vesutan Bees (55-57) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 4 0
Falcons Lick Bees, 9-4
Fukuoka starter Minoru Yamamoto pitched well against the Vesutan Bees at Fukuoka Stadium. The right-hander led his team to a win, 9-4. Today's win puts Fukuoka at 62-58, while Vesutan falls to 55-57.

Jotaro Murakami, who finished 4th in the WL in RBI with 88 in 1958, contributed to the Fukuoka win with a 2-run single in the top of the third. For the game, the third baseman had 3 hits in 5 at-bats with 1 home run, 2 singles, 1 run scored, and 3 RBI.

"The name of the game is scoring runs," Murakami said. "We did a good job of that today."
FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Nakanishi RF 4 1 1 1 1 3 2 .287 8 43
Y. Smith SS 5 1 2 2 0 2 1 .243 4 26
A. Otani CF 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .309 16 68
Y. Fukunaga LF 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 .290 21 86
J. Murakami 3B 5 1 3 3 0 1 1 .260 12 72
H. Smith 1B 3 1 1 2 1 0 3 .253 12 51
   a-Y. Ueda PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 3 14
   b-R. Nakazawa 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 1 3
M. Morioka C 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .252 16 48
N. Katagiri 2B 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 .237 6 37
M. Yamamoto P 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .219 1 6
   S. Arai P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 9 4 11 13      
a - Y. Ueda pinch hit for H. Smith in the 9th
b - R. Nakazawa substituted for Y. Ueda in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: Y. Smith (7, 3rd Inning off A. Marx, 1 on, 0 outs) , N. Katagiri (16, 8th Inning off K. Takahashi, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: M. Yamamoto (1, 3rd Inning off A. Marx, 0 on, 0 outs) , H. Smith (12, 5th Inning off K. Takahashi, 1 on, 1 out) , J. Murakami (12, 9th Inning off S. Yamazaki, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Nakanishi , Y. Smith 3 , Y. Fukunaga , J. Murakami 6 , H. Smith 4 , M. Morioka , N. Katagiri 3 , M. Yamamoto 4
2-out RBI: T. Nakanishi , Y. Smith , J. Murakami
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: N. Katagiri
GIDP: H. Smith
Sac Bunt: M. Yamamoto
Team LOB: 6

FIELDING
Errors: A. Otani (3) , J. Murakami (18)
Double Plays: 2 (Katagiri-Smith-Smith, Murakami-Katagiri-Smith)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Ishii LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 .353 15 55
T. Watanabe RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .275 19 97
S. Iwai 1B 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .339 11 76
M. Shiotani SS 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 .241 3 30
T. Okinaka CF 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .236 17 82
K. Aoyagi C 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .292 12 79
K. Morinaga 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .232 8 51
H. Fujioka 2B 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .258 10 55
A. Marx P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .159 1 4
   K. Takahashi P 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 0 2
   a-H. Kimura PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 0 14
   S. Yamazaki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 29 4 4 4 4 6 9      
a - H. Kimura pinch hit for K. Takahashi in the 8th

BATTING
Total Bases: T. Watanabe , M. Shiotani , H. Fujioka , K. Takahashi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Ishii , K. Morinaga
GIDP: T. Okinaka , H. Fujioka
Sac Fly: T. Okinaka
Team LOB: 3

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Morinaga-Fujioka-Iwai)
FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
M. Yamamoto W (11-11) 8.0 3 4 2 4 4 0 118 3.93   
S. Arai 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 3.46   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Yamamoto 64
Batters Faced: M. Yamamoto 30, S. Arai 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Yamamoto 11-7, S. Arai 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Yamamoto 118-69, S. Arai 16-11
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Arai 2-2
WP: M. Yamamoto
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Marx L (10-10) 4.0 7 6 6 4 7 1 92 5.20   
K. Takahashi 4.0 4 2 2 0 4 1 59 5.68   
S. Yamazaki 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 9 8.22   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Marx 27
Batters Faced: A. Marx 22, K. Takahashi 16, S. Yamazaki 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Marx 2-2, K. Takahashi 3-5, S. Yamazaki 0-3
Pitches - Strikes: A. Marx 92-54, K. Takahashi 59-38, S. Yamazaki 9-7
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Takahashi 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Minoru Yamamoto
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (73 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 17 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:52
Attendance: 14341
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