BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT KOBE BULLS
09/24/1962
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 8437 - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH , 1962 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Osaka Sailors (47-74) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 6 2
Kobe Bulls (64-53) 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 X 8 9 3
Sailors Suffer 8-3 Road Loss
Soggy conditions did not keep Kobe and Osaka from playing their scheduled game.

Kobe right-hander Bill O'Grady pitched his team to victory over the Osaka Sailors at Matsunoki Stadium. The final score was 8-3. In 6 innings, O'Grady surrendered 4 hits, while striking out 1 and walking 5. He allowed 3 runs.

In the bottom of the sixth, Kobe left fielder Shinpei Abe had a productive at-bat. With runners on 2nd and 3rd and one out, Abe stroked a 2-run single to center. It made the score 5-3, Kobe. For the game, he went 1 for 2, while adding 2 RBI and scoring once.

O'Grady called the win the result of "everyone working in tandem."

The win lifted the Kobe record to 64-53.
OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Nakasone 2B 5 0 0 1 0 0 3 .277 20 49
B. Matsumura 3B 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 .219 7 41
K. Ota C 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 .321 16 61
K. Shirai 1B 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .336 27 89
A. Kaneshiro RF 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 .198 17 44
S. Hino LF 4 0 0 0 1 2 4 .220 4 24
T. Ishii CF 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 .176 6 27
G. Smith SS 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 .266 11 58
Y. Imoto P 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 .200 0 3
   K. Sakoda P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   a-Y. Ishikawa PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .237 6 16
   Y. Niwa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 3 6 3 28      
a - Y. Ishikawa pinch hit for K. Sakoda in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: A. Kaneshiro (11, 5th Inning off B. O'Grady, 2 on, 2 outs) , K. Shirai (32, 7th Inning off T. Miyamoto, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: B. Matsumura (2, 6th Inning off B. O'Grady, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: B. Matsumura 3 , K. Ota , K. Shirai 2 , A. Kaneshiro 3 , G. Smith
2-out RBI: B. Matsumura , A. Kaneshiro
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , B. Matsumura 2 , K. Ota 2 , T. Ishii 2 , Y. Imoto
Sac Bunt: Y. Imoto 2
Team LOB: 12

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Ishii (7)

FIELDING
Errors: K. Shirai (13) , T. Ishii (4)
Double Plays: 2 (Nakasone-Smith-Shirai, Niwa-Smith-Shirai)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 .274 2 18
S. Murata SS 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 .246 7 33
S. Inoue 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .307 5 55
R. Okamoto RF 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 .246 2 13
S. Tashiro 3B 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 .252 9 44
C. Kawano LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .321 4 9
   a-T. Oto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .304 9 24
   b-S. Abe LF 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 .324 6 66
Y. Abe CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .232 9 36
K. Tsuji C 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .198 9 40
B. O'Grady P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 0 2
   c-M. Osaki PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .231 12 53
   T. Miyamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   d-A. Tanaka PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .270 11 68
   T. Yamamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 8 9 8 4 2 14      
a - T. Oto pinch hit for C. Kawano in the 5th
b - S. Abe substituted for T. Oto in the 6th
c - M. Osaki pinch hit for B. O'Grady in the 6th
d - A. Tanaka pinch hit for T. Miyamoto in the 8th

BATTING
Triples: K. Tsuji (3, 5th Inning off Y. Imoto, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Smith , S. Murata 2 , S. Inoue , S. Tashiro , S. Abe , K. Tsuji 3 , M. Osaki , A. Tanaka
2-out RBI: S. Murata , K. Tsuji , M. Osaki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Okamoto , B. O'Grady
GIDP: T. Smith , R. Okamoto
Hit by Pitch: S. Tashiro
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Smith (19)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Smith (8) , S. Inoue (20) , B. O'Grady (1)
OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Imoto L (3-11) 5.2 6 8 8 3 2 0 96 6.37   
K. Sakoda 1.1 2 0 0 1 0 0 23 7.88   
Y. Niwa 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.41   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Imoto 24
Batters Faced: Y. Imoto 27, K. Sakoda 7, Y. Niwa 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Imoto 10-4, K. Sakoda 1-3, Y. Niwa 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Imoto 96-59, K. Sakoda 23-12, Y. Niwa 7-5
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Sakoda 2-2
WP: K. Sakoda
Hit Batsmen: Y. Imoto
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. O'Grady W (6-8) 6.0 4 3 1 5 1 0 106 4.31   
T. Miyamoto 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 29 3.49   
T. Yamamoto 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 5.66   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. O'Grady 52
Batters Faced: B. O'Grady 30, T. Miyamoto 8, T. Yamamoto 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. O'Grady 10-7, T. Miyamoto 2-4, T. Yamamoto 0-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. O'Grady 106-58, T. Miyamoto 29-20, T. Yamamoto 14-10
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Bill O'Grady
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Rain (71 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 12 mph
Start Time: 3:05 PM JST
Time: 3:24
Attendance: 34438
Special Notes: Rain delay of 33 minutes in the 3rd inning.
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