BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT VESUTAN BEES
10/01/1961
 
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON
OSAKA SAILORS AT VESUTAN BEES
GAME ID: 8452 - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1ST , 1961 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Osaka Sailors (59-65) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 9 0
Vesutan Bees (58-65) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Kurata Spins Gem for Osaka
In a tight game between the Osaka Sailors and the Vesutan Bees, pitcher Takahiko Kurata was terrific on the mound. The Osaka left-hander helped his team to the 3-0 win. Osaka is 4th in the Western League with a record of 59-65.

Kurata allowed no runs on 2 hits over 7 innings for the Sailors. With the win, he is 11-9 with an ERA of 3.14.

"We made a couple of mistakes," said Vesutan skipper Jim Harper, "and it cost us."
OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Nakasone 2B 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 .307 25 69
K. Ota C 4 0 0 0 1 1 5 .326 22 71
K. Shirai 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .302 23 91
B. Matsumura 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .268 15 41
A. Kaneshiro RF 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .224 16 70
G. Smith SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .223 11 52
W. Okazaki LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .237 4 39
A. Sawada CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .223 2 11
T. Kurata P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 1 9
   a-I. Kaneda PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .259 3 12
   Y. Niwa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 2
   b-Y. Ishikawa PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .283 26 83
   T. Miyamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3 3 2 15      
a - I. Kaneda pinch hit for T. Kurata in the 8th
b - Y. Ishikawa pinch hit for Y. Niwa in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: W. Okazaki (16, 7th Inning off T. Okamoto, 0 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: F. Nakasone (25, 1st Inning off Y. Nakagawa, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: F. Nakasone 5 , K. Shirai 2 , B. Matsumura 2 , W. Okazaki 2 , A. Sawada , I. Kaneda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Ota , G. Smith 2 , A. Sawada
Sac Fly: A. Kaneshiro
Hit by Pitch: F. Nakasone
Team LOB: 8

BASERUNNING
CS: F. Nakasone (16)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 3 (Matsumura-Nakasone-Shirai, Smith-Nakasone-Shirai, Matsumura-Nakasone-Shirai)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Ishii LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .363 15 60
T. Watanabe RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .268 20 102
S. Iwai 1B 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .337 12 83
M. Shiotani SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .275 4 35
K. Aoyagi C 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .293 13 80
K. Morinaga 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .234 8 57
T. Ikeda CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .105 0 1
H. Fujioka 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .253 10 56
   a-K. Ishiguro PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 0
   b-T. Yamamoto 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 0 2
Y. Nakagawa P 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 0 1
   T. Okamoto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 2
   c-H. Kimura PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .201 0 16
   H. Ogawa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 29 0 5 0 5 6 14      
a - K. Ishiguro pinch hit for H. Fujioka in the 7th
b - T. Yamamoto substituted for K. Ishiguro in the 8th
c - H. Kimura pinch hit for T. Okamoto in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Aoyagi (24, 2nd Inning off T. Kurata, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: S. Ishii , T. Watanabe , K. Aoyagi 2 , K. Morinaga , T. Ikeda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Nakagawa
GIDP: T. Watanabe , S. Iwai , K. Aoyagi
Team LOB: 7

FIELDING
Errors: T. Yamamoto (3)
OF assists: 2 (Watanabe(Shirai at 3rd base), Ikeda(Sawada at home))
OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
T. Kurata W (11-9) 7.0 2 0 0 4 6 0 106 3.14   
Y. Niwa H (9) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 5.20   
T. Miyamoto SV (13) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 21 5.70   
PITCHING
Game Score: T. Kurata 75
Batters Faced: T. Kurata 26, Y. Niwa 4, T. Miyamoto 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: T. Kurata 8-6, Y. Niwa 2-0, T. Miyamoto 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: T. Kurata 106-60, Y. Niwa 13-11, T. Miyamoto 21-11
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
Y. Nakagawa L (3-6) 5.2 1 1 1 3 2 1 79 4.15   
T. Okamoto 2.1 6 2 2 0 0 0 42 4.31   
H. Ogawa 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.58   
PITCHING
Game Score: Y. Nakagawa 62
Batters Faced: Y. Nakagawa 20, T. Okamoto 13, H. Ogawa 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: Y. Nakagawa 9-5, T. Okamoto 2-4, H. Ogawa 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: Y. Nakagawa 79-47, T. Okamoto 42-23, H. Ogawa 12-9
Hit Batsmen: T. Okamoto
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Takahiko Kurata
Ballpark: Fukuoka Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (65 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 11 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM JST
Time: 3:10
Attendance: 12208
Special Notes: Rain delay of 30 minutes in the 6th inning.
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