 | 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. | |
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KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | | KOBE BATTING LINESCORE | |
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)) | | | 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)) | | |
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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 | | | 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 | | |
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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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