 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON NAGASAKI STARS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS 09/28/1961 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | NAGASAKI STARS AT FUKUOKA FALCONS | | GAME ID: 8440 - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH , 1961 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Nagasaki Stars (75-53) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | | Fukuoka Falcons (64-64) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | | |  | |
| Stars Stick Falcons with 5-2 Loss | Nagasaki starter Naoto Yoshinaga pitched well against the Fukuoka Falcons at Fukuoka Stadium. The left-hander led his team to a win, 5-2. Yoshinaga yielded 2 runs over 8 innings to notch the win. He scattered 7 hits, walked 0, and struck out 10. His record improves to 17-9. Masato Yamamoto, summoned from the bullpen, notched his 27th save.
Nagasaki used a well-timed hit by Binya Nishi to capture the win. The shortstop socked a bases-clearing double in the top of the fourth inning to put the Stars ahead, 4-1. Though it was his only hit in 4 at-bats, it was important.
"The only difference is executing pitches and not executing pitches," said Yoshinaga. "When you don't execute, you get beat. When you execute, you usually give your team a chance to win."
At 75-53, the Stars are currently second in the Western League.
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| NAGASAKI BATTING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - R. Nakagawa pinch hit for N. Yoshinaga in the 9th
BATTING
Doubles: B. Nishi (32, 4th Inning off T. Miki, 3 on, 2 outs) , I. Fujimori (18, 6th Inning off T. Miki, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: Y. Nakano (7, 9th Inning off R. Suga, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: B. Nishi 2 , T. Hirai , S. Okuda 2 , S. Yamashita , I. Fujimori 3 , Y. Nakano 4
2-out RBI: B. Nishi
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Hirai , S. Okuda , I. Fujimori 2 , N. Yoshinaga
Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING
SB: S. Okuda (18)
CS: S. Okuda (6)
FIELDING
Errors: B. Nishi (39) , N. Yoshinaga (5)
Double Plays: 2 (Nishi-Fujimori-Nagasawa, Fujimori-Nagasawa) | | | BATTING
Triples: Y. Fukunaga (7, 6th Inning off N. Yoshinaga, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Nakanishi , A. Otani , Y. Fukunaga 3 , J. Murakami , H. Smith 2 , N. Katagiri
2-out RBI: J. Murakami
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Nakanishi , J. Murakami , M. Morioka
GIDP: Y. Fukunaga , N. Katagiri
Sac Fly: Y. Fukunaga
Team LOB: 6 | | |
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| NAGASAKI PITCHING LINESCORE | | FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | N. Yoshinaga W (17-9) | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 120 | 2.83 | | M. Yamamoto SV (27) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3.77 | | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | T. Miki L (15-7) | 8.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 3.18 | | R. Suga | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4.88 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Naoto Yoshinaga
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (67 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 7 mph
Start Time: 1:05 PM JST
Time: 2:50
Attendance: 33098
Special Notes: Rain delay of 17 minutes in the 5th inning. |
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