BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT KOBE BULLS
09/27/1963
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
KINBOSHI KITES AT KOBE BULLS
GAME ID: 8439 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH , 1963 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kinboshi Kites (61-54) 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 11 1
Kobe Bulls (63-56) 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 X 6 11 0
Bulls Edge Kites, 6-5
Kobe beat Kinboshi at Matsunoki Stadium, eking out a 6-5 win. The win was due in large part to second baseman Takaki Smith. He was 2-3 with a home run, a double, and a walk. He scored 2 runs. Toshitada Morino picked up the win with 7.2 innings of work. He allowed 5 runs on 10 hits, while walking 2 and striking out 3. On the season, he is now 9-11. Shiroku Terada sewed up the save, his 25th.

Atsushi Tanaka, the Kobe shortstop, contributed a 2-run single in the bottom of the third inning to make the score 4-3, Bulls. For the game, Tanaka was 2-3 with 2 singles and a walk. He drove in 2 runs.

"Our approach was just to try to see something over the plate and be aggressive," Smith told the Kobe News.

With the win, the Bulls hiked their record to 63-56.
KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE KOBE BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Shimabukuro 1B 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .277 20 69
H. Kitamura 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .293 20 68
H. Orido C 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 .291 11 52
T. Shimabukuro LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .317 24 82
M. Takeno RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .241 14 65
A. Yamamoto SS 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 .316 10 70
K. Masuda 2B 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .240 15 65
Y. Kobayashi CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .246 11 56
R. Maeda P 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .185 1 5
   a-R. Stone PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .202 0 12
   T. Koyama P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 0 3
   b-Y. Hiramoto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 0 0
   J. Fujimori P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   c-S. Hashizume PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .228 2 18
Totals 36 5 11 4 2 3 12      
a - R. Stone pinch hit for R. Maeda in the 4th
b - Y. Hiramoto pinch hit for T. Koyama in the 6th
c - S. Hashizume pinch hit for J. Fujimori in the 9th

BATTING
Triples: H. Kitamura (4, 3rd Inning off T. Morino, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: A. Yamamoto (10, 8th Inning off T. Morino, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: S. Shimabukuro , H. Kitamura 3 , T. Shimabukuro , A. Yamamoto 5 , K. Masuda 2 , Y. Kobayashi 2 , R. Maeda , S. Hashizume
2-out RBI: A. Yamamoto , K. Masuda , R. Maeda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Kitamura , R. Stone , Y. Hiramoto
GIDP: H. Orido
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: A. Yamamoto (16) , Y. Kobayashi (3)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Fujimori (1)
Double Plays: 1 (Yamamoto-Masuda-Shimabukuro)
OF assists: 1 (Kobayashi(Tanaka at home))
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Smith 2B 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 .262 13 48
R. Okamoto RF 4 2 2 2 0 1 2 .247 11 57
   S. Terada P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0
S. Abe LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .354 13 85
S. Inoue 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .300 3 45
A. Tanaka SS 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 .240 7 51
S. Yamanaka C 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .255 15 50
M. Osaki 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .274 9 41
A. Nevill CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .237 6 47
T. Morino P 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .196 0 2
   a-Y. Abe RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .176 1 10
Totals 33 6 11 6 2 4 10      
a - Y. Abe substituted for T. Morino in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: T. Smith (24, 1st Inning off R. Maeda, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: R. Okamoto (11, 1st Inning off R. Maeda, 1 on, 0 outs) , T. Smith (13, 4th Inning off T. Koyama, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Smith 6 , R. Okamoto 5 , S. Abe , S. Inoue , A. Tanaka 2 , S. Yamanaka , M. Osaki 2
2-out RBI: T. Smith
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: R. Okamoto , S. Yamanaka , Y. Abe
GIDP: A. Nevill
Sac Bunt: A. Nevill
Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING
SB: A. Tanaka (18)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Smith-Tanaka-Inoue)
OF assists: 1 (Abe(Kobayashi at 3rd base))
KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE KOBE PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Maeda L (10-8) 3.0 9 5 5 0 0 1 49 3.36   
T. Koyama 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 1 32 5.28   
J. Fujimori 3.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 42 3.94   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Maeda 19
Batters Faced: R. Maeda 16, T. Koyama 8, J. Fujimori 12
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Maeda 3-4, T. Koyama 2-2, J. Fujimori 5-2
Pitches - Strikes: R. Maeda 49-36, T. Koyama 32-18, J. Fujimori 42-28
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Morino W (9-11) 7.2 10 5 5 2 3 1 103 4.31   
S. Terada SV (25) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 1.30   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Morino 40
Batters Faced: T. Morino 33, S. Terada 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Morino 12-6, S. Terada 3-1
Pitches - Strikes: T. Morino 103-69, S. Terada 16-11
WP: T. Morino , S. Terada
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Takaki Smith
Ballpark: Matsunoki Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (75 degrees), wind blowing in from center at 10 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM JST
Time: 2:44
Attendance: 25984
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