BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT KINBOSHI KITES
09/29/1961
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
FUKUOKA FALCONS AT KINBOSHI KITES
GAME ID: 8447 - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH , 1961 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fukuoka Falcons (64-65) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 1
Kinboshi Kites (78-49) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 7 0
Falcons Handed 3-2 Loss by Kinboshi
Kinboshi Kites starter Ryusuke Maeda pitched a strong game against the Fukuoka Falcons at Konohana Stadium, leading the Kites to victory, 3-2. The winner was Maeda. He threw 8.0 innings of 6-hit ball. The loser was Ryunosuke Saito. By defeating Fukuoka, the first-place Kites improved to 78-49.

Yutaka Kobayashi broke a 0-0 tie in the bottom of the fourth with a run-scoring sacrifice fly. It put the Kites in front, 1-0. For the game, Kobayashi drove in one run.

"Ryusuke giving us the start that he did was huge," said Kinboshi manager Kaita Kurosawa.
FUKUOKA BATTING LINESCORE KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
T. Nakanishi RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .287 9 45
Y. Smith SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .245 5 31
A. Otani CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .304 16 71
Y. Fukunaga LF 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 .293 23 97
J. Murakami 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .259 12 73
T. Kanemura 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .284 9 24
N. Katagiri 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .228 6 37
S. Yamanaka C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .209 1 8
R. Saito P 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .078 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2 1 8 12      
BATTING
Home Runs: Y. Fukunaga (23, 9th Inning off K. Kato, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: T. Nakanishi , Y. Smith 2 , A. Otani 2 , Y. Fukunaga 4 , T. Kanemura
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Murakami , T. Kanemura
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
SB: Y. Smith (3)
CS: T. Nakanishi (7)

FIELDING
Errors: T. Kanemura (5)
Double Plays: 1 (Smith-Katagiri-Kanemura)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. Takeno RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .274 14 60
S. Shimabukuro 1B 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 .290 11 61
T. Shimabukuro LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .289 13 73
A. Yamamoto SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282 19 91
K. Masuda 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .307 19 89
H. Orido C 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .320 4 57
   K. Kato P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Y. Kobayashi CF 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 .288 16 68
M. Kobashi 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .234 11 66
R. Maeda P 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 .233 0 9
   a-K. Nojima C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .330 4 15
Totals 30 3 7 3 2 3 16      
a - K. Nojima substituted for R. Maeda in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: S. Shimabukuro (11, 7th Inning off R. Saito, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: S. Shimabukuro 4 , K. Masuda 2 , H. Orido , R. Maeda 3
2-out RBI: S. Shimabukuro
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Shimabukuro , M. Kobashi
GIDP: T. Shimabukuro
Sac Fly: Y. Kobayashi
Team LOB: 6
FUKUOKA PITCHING LINESCORE KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Saito L (8-13) 8.0 7 3 3 2 3 1 103 4.93   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Saito 57
Batters Faced: R. Saito 33
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Saito 10-10
Pitches - Strikes: R. Saito 103-68
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
R. Maeda W (10-10) 8.0 6 1 1 1 6 0 101 3.97   
K. Kato SV (11) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21 2.95   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Maeda 71
Batters Faced: R. Maeda 30, K. Kato 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Maeda 10-7, K. Kato 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: R. Maeda 101-73, K. Kato 21-16
Inherited Runners - Scored: K. Kato 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Ryusuke Maeda
Ballpark: Konohana Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (65 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 9 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 2:19
Attendance: 38773
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