 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON OSAKA SAILORS AT NAGASAKI STARS 09/21/1961 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | OSAKA SAILORS AT NAGASAKI STARS | | GAME ID: 8424 - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST , 1961 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Osaka Sailors (54-61) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | | Nagasaki Stars (68-51) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | | |  | |
| Sailors Claim Late Win | At Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium, the Nagasaki Stars and Osaka Sailors were greeted by an enthusiastic crowd.
The Osaka Sailors had to overcome a fine effort from Nagasaki pitcher Akimasa Murakami to win, 7-5, at Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium. Murakami went 7 innings and allowed 2 runs. Kinya Kodama collected save number 3.
Osaka used a clutch hit from Fumiya Nakasone to get the win. The second baseman drilled a grand slam home run in the top of the ninth inning to put the Sailors ahead, 7-5. It was his only hit in 4 at-bats, but it was a game-changer.
"We can always improve and get better, but we're feeling confident after that win," said Nakasone.
The 5th-place Sailors improved to 54-61.
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| OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - Y. Ishikawa pinch hit for A. Kaneshiro in the 6th
b - F. Anderson substituted for Y. Ishikawa in the 6th
c - I. Kaneda pinch hit for F. Anderson in the 8th
d - A. Uno substituted for I. Kaneda in the 8th
e - M. Hino pinch hit for A. Sawada in the 9th
f - N. Takahashi pinch hit for T. Miyamoto in the 9th
BATTING
Home Runs: K. Shirai (21, 1st Inning off A. Murakami, 0 on, 1 out) , F. Nakasone (24, 9th Inning off M. Yamamoto, 3 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: F. Nakasone 4 , K. Shirai 6 , K. Ota 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: W. Okazaki
Sac Fly: B. Matsumura
Hit by Pitch: B. Matsumura
Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING
SB: F. Nakasone (47)
FIELDING
Errors: K. Shirai (23) , K. Ota (4) | | | a - Y. Sakai pinch hit for A. Murakami in the 7th
b - H. Araki substituted for T. Hirai in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: K. Nagasawa (20, 4th Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 1 out) , B. Nishi (29, 7th Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 1 out)
Triples: I. Fujimori (5, 5th Inning off T. Kurata, 2 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: B. Nishi 3 , T. Hirai , K. Nagasawa 3 , S. Yamashita , W. Hancock , Y. Nakano , I. Fujimori 4 , A. Murakami
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Nishi , S. Okuda 2 , S. Yamashita
Sac Bunt: W. Hancock , A. Murakami
Team LOB: 9 | | |
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| OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE | | NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Kurata | 7.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 3.31 | | T. Miyamoto W (11-10) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5.84 | | K. Kodama SV (3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4.26 | | | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Akimasa Murakami
Ballpark: Nagasaki Prefecture Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (75 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 7 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM JST
Time: 3:40
Attendance: 35298
Special Notes: Rain delay of 44 minutes in the 3rd inning. |
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